In the deepening sunset.
Shen Xinghai returned to the Crimson Training Camp in his flashy red trench coat.
He had intended to circle back, but when he saw Ye Qingnuo's paper airplane, he curled his lip and left.
Whatever happened next was the Dawn Blade's business anyway.
Back in his private instructor's quarters, Shen Xinghai put everything else aside, turned on his computer, entered his access credentials, and began searching the records.
With a stalk of straw between his lips, he muttered to himself.
"That kid looked so young, yet he was involved in a battle like that. An expert the Dawn Blade has been training in secret?"
"One of his talents should have something to do with tentacles..."
Shen Xinghai skimmed through the records, only to discover that quite a few Sequence Talents involved tentacles. He couldn't make an accurate judgment.
"Another talent had something to do with souls. Of course, that could have been a Taboo Object."
"But he detected the Spirit Mirror Knight's attack in advance and even saved me. He must be at least Sequence 8."
"If I search by Sequence Talent, there aren't many that involve souls and are that powerful."
"Sequence 9-40, [Word of Turbidity]."
"Sequence 8-43, [Soul Guardian]."
"Sequence 8-23, [Night]."
"..."
He continued down the list.
Almost all the Sequence Talents involving souls were high-ranking talents.
He read all the way through Sequence 7. Quite a few entries were missing, their information still incomplete.
Suddenly, Shen Xinghai's gaze stopped on 9-003.
"Soul-Seizing? A Divine Sequence Talent? It can absorb the souls of the dead and read some of their memories."
He instinctively shook his head.
One reason the Divine Sequence had attained its almost mythical status was its rarity. Among all the publicly known Awakened in every faction across Planet Earth, only