The situation inside this young man's body had indeed caught Mo Shang by surprise.
He had never expected that, among the five remaining people, someone besides himself was still concealing his strength.
Judging solely by how easily he suppressed the violent crimson energy invading his body, this young man was probably no ordinary figure.
After all, more than ten prodigies had entered the blood pool, yet by now, everyone apart from the few of them had become nourishment for it. Even two of the others would probably have been unable to hold on by this point if Mo Shang had not secretly left chaos flame seeds inside their bodies, giving them a measure of resistance against the violent energy...
But precisely because of this, Mo Shang felt a flicker of curiosity about him.
Could he be a spy planted in the Hall of Souls by another faction?
As Mo Shang sensed the restrained violent energy inside the young man's body, a thought surfaced in his mind. It immediately seemed to take root, opening up a fresh perspective as he began speculating about the young man's identity. Unfortunately, there were no clues from which he could draw any conclusions...
Just then, Mo Shang suddenly noticed the energy inside the young man's body gathering steadily toward the wisp of chaos flame. Alarm rose in his heart. He immediately hid his awareness within the chaos flame and reined in its aura, disguising it as a strand of formless energy mingled with the blood pool's energy.
The Dou Qi inside the young man's body enveloped the energy containing the chaos flame and began refining it. Within Mo Shang's perception, all that originally violent energy was gradually refined, ultimately becoming part of the young man's strength.
The lone remaining wisp of chaos flame could no