Scarlet instinctively tightened her grip on the Wildfire Spear, but Dustin gently pressed down on her wrist, signaling her not to act rashly.
Corinne walked straight to the stall. Without even sparing the vendor a glance, she tossed down a bag of spirit stones and reached out to take the sword.
“Wait!”
A voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.
Another man stepped forward. He appeared to be in his thirties, with a sinister face and a bluish-purple robe. Faint arcs of lightning crackled around his body.
He was a member of the Yux family.
“Young lady,” the man said with a forced smile, “the murderous aura in that sword happens to counteract the lightning techniques practiced by my Yux family. It would be perfect for research. Why don’t you let me take it instead?”
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