A massive explosion erupted behind him, and pieces of the car were sent flying in all directions amid the scorching flames. It was as if a huge red firework had been set off right in the middle of the highway. Meanwhile, Edward had already drifted over to the side, and none of the flaming shrapnel flying through the air had managed to even graze him.

Right at this moment, the truck up ahead suddenly drew to a halt, following which a faint cry of surprise rang out. Edward paid no heed to this, beginning to carefully inspect his surroundings instead.

At some point in time, this entire highway had taken on an illusory quality.

All of the surrounding colors had faded into black and white, and the end of the highway was blurry and indistinct, as if it were being concealed by vapor and mist.

His assailant had set up an array just now. The array had most likely been set up with the assistance of some type of artifact. The man in the truck was a Soul Hunter at the very most, and he certainly wasn't powerful enough to instantly create arrays at will.

"Come out," he said in a calm voice as he cast his gaze toward the truck. "It's only been half a day since I left Los Angeles and something like this has already happened... Could it be that there's a mole in the Los Angeles Police Station?"

All of a sudden, the truck abruptly burst into flames, and amid the scorching flames, the...