"What exactly is Qin Bai's Life Soul?"
Su Zhan didn't beat around the bush, directly asking the question on his mind.
"SSS-grade Life Soul, Eternal Night Aurora Whip."
Wang Mingyuan wore an expression that said he expected this question as he explained: "Its attacks carry extremely powerful mental shocks, with each hit having a probability to randomly deprive one of the five senses - vision, hearing, smell, taste, or touch."
Though Su Zhan had anticipated this, the answer still made his heart tremble.
SSS-grade Life Soul.
The number born in Daxia each year could be counted on one's fingers.
Averaged across the five major regions, each area wouldn't even get two.
And now, just in Jiang City alone, three SSS-grade awakeners had gathered: Wang Mingyuan, Qin Bai, and himself.
This level of talent and strength truly deserved such a position.
Su Zhan unconsciously touched his pocket watch. The Abyssal Gaze was a special existence even among SSS-grade Life Souls.
But compared to Qin Bai's domineering ability to directly deprive the five senses, he felt it fell short.
However, it was likely because his current realm was too low.
So the ability wasn't complete yet.
If he reached higher realms in the future, he would gain more abilities, and they would definitely become more powerful than the current ones.
The true distinction of strength would only be possible to compare when he reached higher realms.
"Very surprised?"
Wang Mingyuan suddenly asked.
Su Zhan nodded honestly: "Three SSS-grades gathered in one city - the probability is too small."
"Hahahaha, that's true indeed."
Wang Mingyuan laughed, then changed the subject: "Go rest, we might have a major operation tonight."
Su Zhan made an affirmative sound and turned to enter the hotel.
His room was on the 21st floor.
And Wang Mingyuan stayed right next door.
To conveniently protect his personal safety.
Su Zhan entered the room and closed the door.
Standing in the entryway, his gaze slowly swept across the room.
He took off his uniform jacket stained with blood and casually draped it over the chair back.
Pressing a button on his tactical belt, both swords dropped down.
He caught them and placed them in the entryway cabinet.
After doing these things, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
His pressure had been too great these past few days.
He constantly felt like he might be exposed at any moment.
"Time is too short, I must quickly improve my strength."
Su Zhan thought to himself. This sense of crisis drove his desire to improve his strength to its peak.
It also happened that his injuries had completely recovered today.
He could finally cultivate.
No time like the present.
Su Zhan sat cross-legged, hands naturally resting on his knees.
As his breathing gradually stabilized, he felt the accumulated medicinal energy within his body begin to awaken.
This was accumulated during those three months of frenzied cultivation.
It still hadn't been fully digested yet.
The first wisp of spiritual energy rose from his dantian.
Su Zhan's eyelashes trembled slightly.
It was a peculiar feeling, like millions of ants crawling orderly through his blood vessels.
The medicinal deposits in his liver dissolved first.
Cool medicinal energy flowed along his meridians toward his limbs and entire body.
Fine beads of sweat emerged at Su Zhan's temples.
He couldn't even remember how many types of medications he had injected over these three months.
Now they were activating one by one.
Each type of medicinal energy brought different sensations when dissolving: sometimes like fire burning, sometimes like needle pricks, some bringing soreness and itching.
...
After who knows how long had passed like this.
A light sound came from within Su Zhan's body, like some kind of shackle being broken.
This was accumulated during those three months of frenzied cultivation.
Su Zhan was completely drenched, as if just pulled out of water.
He slowly exhaled a turbid breath that condensed without dispersing in the air.
This was medicinal residue.
Outside the window, the sky was already turning fish-belly white at the horizon.
Su Zhan moved his stiff neck, bones making crisp cracking sounds.
He checked his phone.
Eight hours had passed.
He had finally digested forty percent of the accumulated medicinal energy in his body.
This was because during the three or four days of injury, he hadn't had the conditions to absorb the medicinal residues.
So now he could achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Directly digesting forty percent of the medicinal residues.
He estimated that it would take another two or three days to absorb all the medicinal residues in his body.
By that time.
He would probably reach the peak of Dew Realm sixth stage.
Su Zhan felt the flowing newborn strength within him.
Not enough yet.
Still far from being able to protect himself in front of Qin Bai and Wang Mingyuan.
The path of cultivation was long and arduous.
He went to the bathroom.
Took off his thoroughly soaked clothes.
Su Zhan stood under the shower, letting cool water wash away the sweat stains left after cultivation.
He closed his eyes, allowing the cold water to stimulate his pores, washing away the post-cultivation heat.
Just as he grabbed a towel to casually wipe his hair.
His phone rang.
Su Zhan opened his phone to look.
It was a message from Wang Mingyuan: Operation, come down quickly.
"Okay."
Su Zhan replied with a single word.
He pulled a clean dark red combat uniform from the wardrobe.
This was uniformly issued by the academy, with a Vermilion Bird emblem embroidered on the left chest.
After putting on his shoes and picking up the twin swords from the entryway cabinet.
Su Zhan shook his still dripping hair and pushed the door open.
Downstairs.
The Aberrant Purge Division's off-road vehicle was already running.
Exhaust pipe emitting white smoke.
"Su Zhan."
Wang Mingyuan was talking with Qin Bai and immediately raised his hand in greeting when he saw Su Zhan arrive.
"Teacher."
Su Zhan nodded and immediately followed him into the vehicle.
The door closed.
Cold air from the AC blew against his face.
Qin Bai played with a curved silver needle, saying: "These high-level aberrations are different. I went through quite some effort to make him talk."
Hearing this, Su Zhan could already imagine the scene.
Heart-Interrogation Needles inserted in every joint, Eternal Night Aurora Whip lashing until skin split and flesh tore.
But Qin Bai's casual tone suggested the real situation might be ten times more cruel than he imagined.
"Information."
Wang Mingyuan handed over a tablet: "Where we're going this time can be considered your old enemy."
Amid the roaring engine, the off-road vehicle quickly started moving.
Old enemy?
What the hell?
Su Zhan took the tablet, frowning as he asked: "Old enemy?"
Wang Mingyuan didn't answer, just gestured for him to look himself.
Su Zhan immediately focused his gaze on the tablet, his pupils suddenly constricting.
The middle-aged man in the photo had an authoritative appearance, seventy percent similar to Doberman. The information showed:
[Du Shanhe, 59 years old, Chairman of Du Corporation, Doberman's father. Through interrogation of the previous aberration, confirmed that Du Shanhe is a specially dangerous aberration who has been undercover for 35 years...]
Sudden understanding dawned in Su Zhan's heart.
No wonder Doberman dared to openly shield Du Feng back then - the entire Du family was a nest of aberrations.
Specially dangerous aberration - this level was unknown how much higher than Doberman, no wonder their influence was so great.
The next second.
A chill crawled up his spine.
Doberman had still been identifying him as an aberration before dying, though it was dismissed as trying to drag someone down with him before death.
But what if he had told Du Shanhe?
After all, Du Shanhe was the family leader - it would be normal to tell him about such things.
Qin Bai was sitting in the front row. With his methods and strength.
If he could capture Du Shanhe, he would absolutely make Du Shanhe talk.
What if at that time...
Su Zhan felt a chill in his heart.
Doberman was already dead - a dead man tells no tales.
But if Du Shanhe mentioned this during interrogation, even just fragments, given Qin Bai's character of hating aberrations like poison, he would definitely investigate to the end!
"What's wrong?"
Qin Bai turned around: "So excited to see an old acquaintance?"
Su Zhan remained composed: "Just didn't expect the Du family to be rotten from top to bottom."
"That's what makes it interesting."
Qin Bai played with the Heart-Interrogation Needle: "Father and son reuniting underground - how heartwarming."