Chapter 451: Stairway to hell

"Why do I feel like you've become even stronger ever since your return?" Alion asked, taking a subtle glance at the pool of blood in the back. "I don't remember you ever having a trick like that."

"My strength resides in my soul." Gabriel raised his right hand in the direction of the blood pool. A small portal appeared above the blood pool that started sucking in all the blood from the pool, as if it was a black hole. 

"With the merging of two lives, my soul is certainly stronger than it was in the past," he explained. However, only he knew if he was telling the truth or not. Alion knew that even if Gabriel wasn't stronger than before, he wasn't going to accept it before outsiders like Jia. 

After what happened in the past, Gabriel had been very careful in what information to give Jia. Even though he looked as if he was answering everything that Jia asked, only Alion knew that Gabriel was only giving her the information that he wanted to give her.