At the Fighting Association, Lin Sheng pushed open the Cultivation Room door. The Meltform Phantom on his shoulder had curled into a ball of silver fur, nodding drowsily as though truly asleep. Every so often, however, it quietly raised its head, revealing one gleaming, jewel-like eye to check its surroundings.
"Lin... Master, what exactly is this place? I sensed a Desolate Tier presence. We'd better keep our distance."
Molten Form's voice sounded in his mind. Lin Sheng replied flatly without so much as lifting an eyelid.
"Stay put and stop talking."
With that, Lin Sheng headed down the association's corridor toward the lobby.
He remembered Mary saying that the Fighting Association's intelligence center had extremely high clearance. Perhaps he could find the information he needed there.
He had just reached a bend in the corridor when he ran into Mary, hurrying along with a stack of documents in her arms.
The blonde secretary's eyes lit up at the sight of him. She stopped at once and arched an eyebrow. "Well, well, where is our star disciple Lin off to? You've barely seen off those two beauties from the Crimson Lightning Company, and you're already itching to do something?"
Lin Sheng ignored her teasing and went straight to the point. "Mary, I'd like to look up information on the 'destruction trait' and the 'Sun Maiden Instrument,' as well as... some records of Void Lifeforms. Can I access those at the association's information center?"
"The information center?" Mary patted the documents in her arms, a touch of proud haughtiness instantly appearing on her face as she raised her chin. "That's one of the Fighting Association's most important facilities. It holds a vast amount of intelligence covering all of Senluo Province and even the Alliance. Not just anyone can walk in. But..."
She