Azrael raised his head to look at the sky and saw that it was raining heavily, with stormy winds blowing at high intensity.
It was only because of the formation isolating the hideout from the outside world that the settlement remained unaffected.
Moreover, when the power of the world had surged into Azrael's body earlier and the wind element had gone into a complete frenzy because of his unstable emotions, the raging winds had completely ignored the area around the hideout where he was.
Otherwise, even with the formation in place, the entire settlement would have been razed to the ground.
Azrael did not bother looking for Luo Bingqing and Elyara, as he could already sense that both of them were approaching his location.
At the same time, while heading toward him, they were also taking care of the remaining members of the Transcendent Organization who were attempting to escape.
'Now that I think about it, I can't sense the presence of the kidnapped people anywhere in this hideout.'
Azrael listened carefully to the sounds carried by the winds, but even then, he could not find any trace of the kidnapped people.
'Joseph told me they were capturing people for their blood, but I didn't find anything like that here.'
At this thought, Azrael immediately recalled the rift he had seen earlier, and his eyes narrowed.
'It's not easy to hide thousands of kidnapped people inside this place. Could it be that they were all sent into that rift? If yes… then why?'
Azrael's mind raced, but since he knew nothing about the true nature of the rift, he was unable to reach a definite conclusion.
As he was pondering, he suddenly felt something and turned his head slightly, only to see Luo Bingqing and Elyara walking toward him.
The remaining members of the Transcendent Organization were all of low level, so it had only taken them a few minutes to eliminate them completely.
When they drew closer, their pace gradually slowed, and they finally stopped around five meters away from him.
"You guys didn't leave?" Azrael asked in a calm voice.
Luo Bingqing and Elyara did not answer immediately. Instead, both of them studied him carefully and after a brief silence, Elyara asked in a cautious tone,
"Are you alright?"
Earlier, when they had been paralyzed by the overwhelming Bloodlust, both of them had distinctly felt Azrael's aura within it, confirming that it was him who had been releasing such an intense murderous intent.
Just recalling that suffocating aura still sent goosebumps crawling all over their bodies.
They had assumed something terrible must have happened to Azrael, which was why he had been so enraged. But looking at his usual calm demeanor now, both of them began to wonder if the Bloodlust they had felt earlier had truly been his.
"What happened to me?" Azrael asked with a raised eyebrow, completely unaware that due to the evolution of his trait, his Bloodlust had blanketed not only the chamber in the building but the entire settlement.
Luo Bingqing and Elyara exchanged a glance, and then Luo Bingqing spoke in a low voice.
"We felt an intense Bloodlust earlier. It was coming from this direction, so we thought something had happened to you."
"Oh, that…" A look of realization crossed Azrael's face, and he casually waved his hand.
"It was the leader of the Transcendent Organization. He used an epic-level prop to paralyze me with overwhelming Bloodlust. But don't worry, he is already dead."
Luo Bingqing and Elyara were stunned by his words, their eyes widening in disbelief.
Though they felt something was wrong with the way Azrael casually mentioned that the Bloodlust was related to the leader of the Transcendent Organization, their attention was drawn to something else.
"Wait! What do you mean he is dead?" Elyara asked, her voice filled with shock and confusion.
"I meant exactly what I said. I killed him."
Both of their jaws nearly dropped to the ground, and a chill ran down their spines.
On their way here, they had passed the place where Melissa and the others who had tried to stop Azrael had perished.
Since those people had only just died, Luo Bingqing and Elyara could still sense the lingering traces of their auras.
From those auras, they could tell that not only apprentice warriors and class-level warriors had died there, but even an epic-level warrior.
It was already astounding that Azrael had managed to slaughter an epic-level warrior along with so many class-level and apprentice-level warriors in such a short span of time. But now, to hear him say that he had even killed the leader of the Transcendent Organization left them utterly shaken.
"Wasn't the leader of the Transcendent Organization a level 37 epic-level warrior? How did you kill him and in such a short time at that?" Luo Bingqing asked, his voice brimming with disbelief.
Azrael did not answer and simply shrugged.
"Have you informed the security forces about the location of the hideout?" He asked calmly.
Luo Bingqing took a deep breath when Azrael ignored his question. Choosing not to press further, he nodded.
"I have already informed them. But it's only been about twenty minutes since then. It'll take them at least another half hour to gather sufficient forces and get here."
'Half an hour, huh…' Azrael nodded slightly at his words, then asked Luo Bingqing to take out the spaceship.
Luo Bingqing was puzzled as to why Azrael had suddenly made such a request, but he did as he was told nonetheless. Once the spaceship was out from the storage ring, Azrael carefully lifted the tube containing No. 4 and carried it inside.
Only at this moment did Luo Bingqing and Elyara notice the little girl within the tube. Feeling her faint but lingering life force, both of them frowned slightly.
"Who is she?" Elyara asked.
"Someone I know," Azrael replied briefly, before carrying the tube into his room aboard the spaceship.
After setting her down, he checked her condition once again. Confirming that everything was stable, he finally left the room and closed the door behind him.
'Now, let's get started,' He said to himself once the door sealed shut.
"Come with me," He said, his gaze turning back to Luo Bingqing and Elyara. "I will show you guys something."