A short while later.
A group of black-robed people arrived at the place where Seventeen had died.
"Elder!" one of the black-robed men called, his expression grave. Black threads intertwined before him as he said, "Seventeen is dead. One slash severely wounded him, and another killed him. There isn't much lingering martial soul aura, but gravity was briefly disrupted. Someone probably ambushed Seventeen with a slash, then used a soul skill that altered gravity to stop him from escaping before killing him with another slash. There are traces of a Flying Soul Tool in the air, at least a Level 7 Soul Tool. A soul engineer killed Seventeen. He probably fled west."
"A soul engineer?" A sinister old man snorted and said coldly, "First they destroyed the Ming Seven Altar, then they slew one of our disciples. Whoever they are, anyone who provokes us must die. After them!"
"Yes!" the seven Holy Spirit Cult disciples beside the old man answered in unison. Flying Soul Tools appeared on their backs, carrying them in immediate pursuit of Jiang Hai and the others.
Flying Soul Tools might not yet have been widespread among the soul masters of the three nations originally belonging to the Douluo Continent, with only a small minority of soul engineers equipped with them, but that did not apply to the Holy Spirit Cult, which had spent years lurking within the Sun Moon Empire. Those years had given the Holy Spirit Cult an unparalleled appreciation for soul tools. Not only were most of its members required to equip themselves with soul tools, but the cult had also trained and recruited a considerable number of soul engineers.
However, apart from the Flying Soul Tool on the Fifth Elder's back, those used by the other seven were far inferior to Jiang Hai's