Soul Primordial Essence

The attendant's unrestrained mental probing disgusted Li Ziran, yet the instant he entered, more than a dozen spiritual scans invaded his Spirit World.

Some merely touched its edges before being blocked by the Shadow Veil. Others seeped through the shadow membrane, yet none swept directly across his Spirit World like the attendant had just done.

This attendant is no ordinary person!

Li Ziran instantly reached that conclusion, and quickly realized that this was not a spiritual invasion. It was more like recognition.

Not through the eyes, but through spiritual probing—a habit, more than anything.

Demons! Soul vision.

Li Ziran could not help recalling the records about Demons in ancient texts. It was said that Demons saw in an entirely different way from humans. They relied on a unique form of soul vision to identify living beings.

Much like bats using ultrasound to navigate, it was exceedingly unusual.

After a brief adjustment, Li Ziran did not dwell on it. The spiritual probes only lingered on the surface and had not penetrated the core of his Spirit World.

On the contrary, nearly everyone in the Black-Red Slave Shop was a Demon in disguise. Even among the slaves for sale, spiritual spying could be felt.

Emily had said that Demons could be seen here, but wasn't their number a little too great?

This was absolutely a Demon nest.

They're wildly arrogant!

Li Ziran thought to himself. If this had been in the eastern Wasteland, they would have been uprooted long ago. How would they dare conduct spiritual scans so openly? Yet he said nothing and simply followed behind.

They first entered the shop's warehouse, then descended the stairs beneath it to the first basement level. This was the packing room.

Some Bugbears were stuffing brawny Sea Folk warriors into seawater-filled containers, sealing and