Humans generally tend to have weak soul strength. Nether Wraiths, who were inherently strong in soul aspect, could easily crush warriors of the same rank directly without any fanfare.
If a soul strength of a Nether Wraith was like a surging flame, then a human's was nothing more than a dim spark.
The Nether Wraith king was deeply familiar with these things, and that's why the shock that he felt was the greatest.
A mere Peak Iron grade was able to fight him on equal footing. The Nether Wraith felt burning anger—he, a Peak Gold rank expert, failed to kill puny Iron grade warriors. This was just humiliating. If word were to spread, he would become a laughingstock in the whole community.
Although he had heard Red Caped-Demon had formidable soul strength, to reach this level was impossible!
"There is something wrong with this human; he is definitely a monstrous genius of the human race.
"If I could kill him today and report the matter..."