That was far too obvious.
Only one person could impose mental restraints and sear someone's vision through eye contact: Little Grape, Gryph. And now, Little Grape had merged with the Yellow Robe, forming a humanoid whole.
It possessed the Yellow Robe's rapid movement and concealment, as well as Little Grape's Evil Sun scorching.
Even Yi Chen, meeting its gaze now, could feel the searing of his soul.
But none of that mattered. What mattered most was Little Grape's abnormal state. The arrangement of its eyeballs into a smiling face inevitably made one suspect that Little Grape had been affected by the Clown Virus—perhaps it had even undergone a brand-new form of indoctrination.
If William couldn't explain this, Yi Chen might really kill him.
However, Little Grape, on the opposite side of the lake, raised its right arm at that moment and waved goodbye. The smile on its face also vanished, and it seemed to return to normal.
Before Yi Chen could ask anything, Little Grape had already disappeared.
It seemed to have merely been an examiner invited by William, responsible for making eye contact with the contestants who came ashore. Only those who could survive the scorching through the Tomie Trait were qualified to step onto the final stage.
Yi Chen watched the tranquil lake before him. Its overall temperature had risen by 10°C after Liu Xinzhi sank into it.
He had no intention of going down to rescue or retrieve her. He simply waited in silence.
About ten minutes later, a woman leaped from the center of the lake like a lotus rising from the water. Quite a few burn scars remained on her perfect body, but her internal organs had basically recovered, and her temperature was no longer rising.
The eyes that had been directly scorched by the