The initial tension that had gripped the cave when the blue flames erupted suddenly began to dissipate.
The Shadow Hall experts, trained to gauge the spiritual reserves and cultivation bases of their targets, scanned Huo Yue from head to toe.
They looked for the deep, resonant ocean of power that usually accompanied a Nascent Soul or Spirit Ascension master, but instead, they found a reservoir that, while incredibly dense and pure, was fundamentally limited in its capacity.
"Leave the rest to you?" Hei Yi snorted in disdain, a mocking sneer distorting his blood-stained face. "A mere peak Golden Core realm actually said that to us? Are you still dreaming?"
The men behind him joined in his laughter, their voices echoing darkly off the cavern walls.
To them, the gap between the Peak of the Golden Core Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm was an unbridgeable chasm.
