The weirdo who had appeared out of nowhere, lurking in the shadows and emitting a continuous stream of sharp, bizarre laughter, was naturally pointing at Lin Yu, who currently stood beside Cheng Shuang.
Even though she had only known Lin Yu for a short while...
"Sorry, I won't hand over my team member to someone of unknown identity just because of a casual remark from you."
Cheng Shuang coldly rejected the other party, leaving no room for negotiation at all.
"Get lost now, and I might just pretend nothing happened... but if you continue to block my path, don't blame me for being unpolite."
The shrill-laughing weirdo spoke again.
"Hehehe, don't be so absolute... At least you should ask that kid for his opinion, right?"
"Isn't the opinion of the person directly involved important?"
Cheng Shuang looked at Lin Yu.
"Do you know what this thing is?"
Lin Yu shook his head, wearing a helpless and nervous expression. "I have no idea what kind of ghost this is... I don't even remember ever encountering anything like it—I'm certain I've never seen such an existence in any [Instance] across the Ten Realms."
As Lin Yu spoke, Cheng Shuang let out a breath. "Alright, don't worry... I'll take care of it."
As Cheng Shuang spoke...
Lin Yu heard the sound of some kind of mechanical transmission coming from within her body.
"Click, clack..."
Crisp metal sounds rang out, and Cheng Shuang's entire presence became far more dangerous—Lin Yu suddenly felt as though the kind and intellectual older woman before him had abruptly transformed into an active volcano about to spin out of control and erupt.
A terrifying energy began to leak from her body—yet compared to the scorching heat of a volcano, the texture of that energy was far more frigid and