Several small spatial rifts appeared, sucking in the three corpses and erasing all traces. Only the strange sight left behind by the ravages of the cursed fire remained.
After completing this, Yue Shi slowly walked out.
At the same time, his consciousness entered the mysterious space to check the new ability he had just acquired.
Textual information flooded his mind. The ability granted by the second scale marker on the progress bar was named 【Trace Seeking】.
【Trace Seeking】
【Perceive the flow of space】
【Capture the traces of all things】
【Trace the source, find the trail】
【“You can’t escape!”】
【Allows tracking of “traces” left by specific targets. Uses items, blood, hair, or other mediums belonging to the target to provide a general directional lock. Greatly enhances directional intuition and reduces the possibility of getting lost.】
“A support-type ability?” Yue Shi evaluated it mentally. Although it lacked direct lethality, it was quite practical.
“Being able to use blood or hair to locate a target... doesn't that mean anyone I get such a medium from won't be able to hide, even if they flee to the ends of the earth?”
Just as this thought arose, Yue Shi’s footsteps suddenly came to a halt.
Bang!
He felt as if he had slammed into a wall—an invisible wall of air that completely sealed off the path ahead.
“A spatial blockade? Are they trying to trap me here?”
Without the slightest hesitation, Yue Shi raised his hand and activated 【Banish】 against the air wall in front of him.
Buzz!
A spatial rift tore open ferociously, eroding the invisible barrier ahead.
The two spatial forces clashed violently, emitting a continuous sound of crisp shattering.
After several seconds of stalemate—
Crack!
The air wall shattered.
Almost simultaneously, a muffled groan of pain came from not far away, followed by the wet sound of liquid splashing.
Yue Shi immediately looked toward the source of the sound. The sense of direction provided by his 【Trace Seeking】 ability allowed him to pinpoint the location accurately.
Just outside the parking garage, a woman also wearing a Glory Association uniform was slumped on the ground. Her white uniform was stained red by the blood she had coughed up. Her face was as pale as paper, blood continued to seep from the corners of her mouth, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.
As his Insight vision swept over her, he saw that the woman’s ability was 【Drawing a Prison】: it could lock down the space of an area, isolating the inside from the outside. Forcibly breaking the lockdown would cause a severe backlash to the caster.
As expected, it was a spatial lockdown ability.
At this moment, the woman couldn't see Yue Shi walking out of the parking garage at all. She could only feel that the 【Drawing a Prison】 she had set up had been forcibly broken from the inside, and the backlash had nearly shattered her internal organs.
Yue Shi quickly approached her, raising his hand to deliver the final blow.
However, just as his attack was about to land—
“Bang!” He actually hit another, slightly weaker air wall.
The moment the woman was heavily injured and coughing blood, she realized the situation had changed and unhesitatingly used 【Drawing a Prison】 on herself, forming a cage to protect her body.
“Tch, how troublesome.” Yue Shi didn't pause for a second as he cast 【Banish】.
A spatial rift accurately gnawed away at the air wall.
“No...!” Seeing this, the woman’s eyes filled with despair.
Crack.
The sound of shattering rang out.
“Pfft!” The woman suffered a second backlash and coughed up another large mouthful of blood. Her eyes rolled back, and she went straight into shock.
Yue Shi stepped forward, habitually killing her and absorbing her source.
However, after the source absorbed this time flooded into his body, the growth of the progress bar in the mysterious space was very obvious—it even exceeded the sum of the previous three people!
“Hmm?” Yue Shi was slightly startled.
“Is it because her ability is of the spatial attribute, which is particularly compatible with the power of my new system, resulting in higher conversion efficiency?”
This discovery stirred his heart.
As per his routine, he destroyed the brain, destroyed the body to eliminate the evidence, and finally used 【Banish】 to swallow all traces.
Counting this woman, the three control-type transcendents in the parking garage, and the serpentine girl in the containment vehicle, Yue Shi had already dealt with five members of the Glory Association.
One had to admit that the Glory Association was quite cautious. They hadn't sent people one by one to their deaths but had instead formed a group to coordinate.
An assassin skilled in stealth and controlling snakes, a support who could lock down space, and three powerful control-types—the configuration could be described as luxurious.
If it had been any other transcendent, they would have likely met their end here.
Unfortunately, they had encountered the big boss, Yue Shi.
By now, power had been restored to parts of Cloud Rest Villa. It was unclear whether they had activated a backup power supply or if the distribution room had been repaired in an emergency.
The dim lights illuminated the villa’s paths and building outlines, adding a few more hints of gloom.
Yue Shi walked step by step toward the interior of the villa.
The identities of hunter and prey had long since been reversed without anyone noticing.
He even faintly hoped that the Glory Association would send more people—especially transcendents with spatial abilities.
The interior of the villa wasn't as heavily guarded as he had imagined. Perhaps it was because most of the combat power had been deployed toward the parking garage, or perhaps they were confident in the external blockade and ambushes.
Yue Shi slipped in easily.
In a hallway, two staff members wearing logistics uniforms were pushing an equipment cart, talking in low voices:
“What happened at the parking garage just now? There were loud noises and vibrations, and the lights were out for quite a while.”
“I don’t know. The captain told us to stay on standby and not run around.”
“This damn place always feels creepy. Let's finish up and head back early...”
Before they could finish speaking, one of them suddenly felt his neck tighten as if gripped by invisible iron pincers. He was lifted off the ground, his feet kicking wildly as he made “hissing” choking sounds.
The other person was shocked to see his companion suddenly levitate, his face quickly turning a deep purple. He let out a scream of terror and turned to run.
Bang!
He was slammed hard, thrown against the wall until he saw stars.
“A ghost! There’s a ghost!” He slumped to the ground, watching his companion struggle in mid-air, babbling incoherently with fear.
A low, raspy voice whispered in their ears: “Where is Su Yuanhe?”
“Who is Su Yuanhe? I don’t know... Argh!” The person being strangled struggled with difficulty.
Crack!
The clear sound of bone snapping echoed. The man’s head slumped at an unnatural angle, and he instantly went silent. He was tossed aside like trash.
“Where is Su Yuanhe?” the voice spoke again, targeting the other man.
“I don’t know Su Yuanhe either!” the survivor cried, tears and snot streaming down his face. “But if you’re looking for the high-level Glory Association member, he’s in the only suite on the top floor of the central main building. There are people guarding him!”
“How many people? What are their abilities?”
“I don’t know! I really don’t know! Please, spare me...”
He didn't get to finish his words.
A spatial rift flashed for an instant, and he and his companion vanished without a trace.
Yue Shi didn't linger for a second, making his way toward the top floor of the central main building.
Along the way, he encountered several more scattered patrols and staff members. Without exception, they all received his kind greetings, divulged clues for the sake of Yue Shi’s great cause of revenge, and finally, thoughtfully volunteered for death.
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