Almost immediately after Mason's death, a scarlet thread shot out from his body straight toward Felix. The thread moved so fast that Felix could not react before it vanished.

Quickly sitting in a meditation pose, Felix located the thread within himself.

"Even with my current power, it'll take a month to fully dissolve this Scarlet Thread."

Since the thread was not harming him, Felix guessed it had to be some kind of ancestral protection to identify who killed their descendant.

Though Felix had instantly suppressed it to its limit, total elimination would take at least a month.

This was why he was frustrated. While his suppression had reduced the thread's tracking range greatly, it was not gone. Within a certain distance, it could still instantly identify Felix as Mason's killer.

Whoever created this thread was powerful. They were definitely beyond Felix's current ability to fight. But nothing could be done about it now. He would have to take things one step at a time.

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