The stalemate between them now was getting even more tense. Xian's search for the marking behind the necklace Stella was given by Aria was making proper progress. Still with little information and not enough openings to dig deeper, Xian had tried his best overall but had led from one dead end to another. Seeing the masked women in front of him, he now seemed to have made at least a couple of conclusions.
"Aria, I presume?" Xian scoffed at the scenario. He had expected Aria to be some part of all of this, but never the ringleader. The fact that she was able to hide herself so well and disclose the extent of her powers meant that she was someone he would not beat, and he knew it.
