Setting aside whatever Erphine was trying to do, while he stood before Wang Yu and Avia delivering a lengthy monologue like a supervillain, Wang Yu remained on high alert and carefully watched his every move while using his ripples to communicate with Avia.0

In a few brief exchanges, Wang Yu quickly grasped Avia's situation and confirmed that the traitor behind this incident was none other than her teacher, Weber Lanchester. His previous use of his ripples to probe Weber hadn't detected anything unusual.0

"Have I been relying too much on this ability?" Wang Yu murmured to himself. It wouldn't do to grow overly dependent on his ripples, though much of the problem lay in the conceit of thinking that transcendental forces like mana and the void were necessarily superior to the fundamental tenets of life. That was why Wang Yu had overlooked Weber's abnormalities.0

In truth, given Wang Yu's training and knowledge, he should have recognized that there was something amiss about Weber Lanchester. The old professor had simply been too strong for someone of his age.0

That certainly wasn't definitive proof that something was amiss, but Wang Yu should have been more careful in conducting subsequent scans. If he hadn't dismissed Weber's abnormalities just because his ripples hadn't shown anything unusual…0

Wang Yu shook his head. There was no point dwelling on what ifs. After reprimanding himself for his oversight, Wang Yu refocused entirely on the presen...0