Blue Phoenix Chapter 539 - Concealment

Pushing the door open, Hui Yue's heart started beating faster. His body was currently reinforced with the strength of the red gem, but even so, he was not invulnerable. The expert he was up against was someone who consumed souls like he did; it was likely that he also possessed soulforce. If he had developed his soulforce to the point of being able to attack, then Hui Yue's soul could be in danger.

Even if this expert did not have soulforce, he still walked down the dao of devouring much like Hui Yue. He had discovered earlier, it was possible to rip the soul of one's enemy out of their body when one reached mastery in the dao, and Hui Yue did not wish to have to deal with such an attack.

As the door swung open, Hui Yue looked inside the tower only to see a large room. In the middle of this room, there was the corpse of an elderly man handcuffed and hanging from the ceiling. His body had been lacerated, and his head was dangling from the side. It was obvious that he had died a miserable death filled with enormous pain.

Although the sight shocked Hui Yue, it was not the first time he had seen a lacerated corpse, and he quickly adjusted as his eyes continued to roam across the chamber.

No matter where he looked, he could not find even the shadow of the master who had been refining souls, but soon he did find the souls that were being refined.

At the far back of the room were a desk and a chair. Both were made from wood but had long since been turned black by the soul energy which had permeated it. On top of the desk was a big black round ball of energy which constantly leaked soul energy. This ball of energy was no longer under the control of the master and therefore was losing energy. It seemed like now it was leaking energy much quicker than before.

"You will do just fine!" The cold voice from before sounded in the chamber. It sounded like it came from everywhere at once, but even so, Hui Yue stayed calm. He knew that this was a very simple technique to make it impossible to find one's location from the sound of th

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