"This is..." Gongyang Wan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"You... controlled it?" Lin Qiye asked in surprise when he saw that Gongyang Wan's body had not gone out of control.
"I knew it, I knew I could do it!" Gongyang Wan burst into laughter, but halfway through, her expression froze. "No additional transformative abilities? The Heart-Returning Gu hasn't disappeared either... Damn it! Then what use is this hand to me?!"
Gongyang Wan had risked swallowing the Willow Branches in the hope of obtaining the power of the Cthulhu Mythos and freeing herself from Huo Qubing's control. Yet not only had she gained no abilities, she had turned directly into this inhuman monster. What had been the point of taking that risk?
Gongyang Wan's expression shifted repeatedly, but in the end, she merely darkened her face and examined the disgusting willow-branch arm again.
"A lost gamble is a lost gamble... At least it looks intimidating enough." She snorted coldly.
Gongyang Wan's formidable mental resilience utterly stunned Lin Qiye and Wu Quan. If an ordinary person had risked their life on such a gamble only to end up with a revolting arm, they would probably have broken down on the spot. Yet she had calmed down so quickly and accepted reality so openly...
Gongyang Wan was far stronger than Lin Qiye had imagined... both in ability and in temperament.
"Are you really not feeling unwell at all?" Lin Qiye asked with a frown. "Do you hear anyone talking in your ear? Do you feel unusually irritable? Does your body itch, as if something is about to burrow out?"
"No." Gongyang Wan waved her hand impatiently.
Now Lin Qiye was truly at a loss... He had dealt with the Cthulhu Mythos so many times and gotten so close to Lovecraftian Creatures, yet this