That Silly Woman

"That's true."

Shimada Yukimi's face darkened, but she said nothing more. She merely watched the figure wreathed in flames standing close to Shen Yi.

Though the woman had struck without warning, she withdrew her hostility once she reached them and began studying them with a serious expression.

"Who is this woman? What does she want?"

Wen Ke'er looked at the composed Fei Mi beside her, utterly baffled.

Everyone could see how much Fei Mi cared about Shen Yi, and they knew what her feelings meant. Yet now she was letting another woman crowd him without trying to stop her?

Shimada Yukimi: "..."

"Such a steady presence. Even with me this close, you haven't wavered a bit. Should I call you outrageously brave or extraordinarily dense?"

Biers shed the scorching flames around her.

The temperature in the surrounding space plunged.

Yet even from this close, where Biers could feel Shen Yi's strangely hot breath, he remained calm.

Not only was he unangered by what she had done, he was unfazed by her approach.

As unresponsive as a block of wood...

No, a block of ice!

"Tell me, how did someone with such a young life force make it all the way to the Twilight Abyss Third Layer?"

Mischief flashed through Biers's eyes. She circled Shen Yi, examining him as though she had found a treasure.

"Darling, have I ever told you how the Orc race developed so quickly?"

Seeing the slight embarrassment Biers's pestering had brought to Shen Yi's face, Fei Mi spoke softly, amusement in her eyes.

"Can't you just say what you mean?" Wen Ke'er asked coldly. Shen Yi and Fei Mi were clearly on guard against this woman who had appeared out of nowhere, while she and Shimada Yukimi were completely in the dark.

"The Orc race?"

Shimada