Yu Guo had been inside Haunted Academy for nearly a full day and night.
That was terrifying news.
Unlike Song Yitong, who had entered the mission early, he had broken into Haunted Academy alone, facing that dangerous and unknown world of ghosts by himself.
Yu Guo's overall strength in the Seventh Branch was not particularly high.
His personality might have allowed him to handle missions with ease, but neither his mind nor his abilities ranked among the best.
The reason people often considered him a veteran, even placing him on par with the Vice Branch Manager, was largely because he possessed a great many Sin Objects.
Healing, combat, defense, utility... he had them all.
He even possessed a major life-saving Sin Object like the White Candle, capable of defying fate itself.
Yu Guo's mind was inferior to Xie Zheng's, his combat skills inferior to Chang Nian's, his temperament inferior to Tong Guan's, and his ruthlessness inferior to Fang Shenyan's. Yet all of his shortcomings were compensated for by those Sin Objects.
His extraordinary mental fortitude, fairly capable mind, and systematic collection of Sin Objects—those were what made Yu Guo who he was.
But even such a setup was not enough to explain how he could survive in Haunted Academy for so long.
Ji Li clenched the white strip of cloth, folded it, and returned it to his pocket before glancing toward the doorway.
The two black-clothed people had long since vanished. Once the commotion had died down, even they had lost interest in coming back to investigate.
Covered in dust, Ji Li slowly made his way toward the door with his cane, his expression growing increasingly grim.
He had given Yu Guo one final chance, and Yu Guo had refused it.
Thus, if Yu Guo appeared in this mission and