The moment Yi Mingqiu met Chen Yu's gaze, he immediately straightened up, like a soldier awaiting orders, his eyes filled with respect.
"You're Yi Mingqiu?"
"Yes, Mr. Nightfall!"
As the captain of the Cleansers, he held an almost unparalleled position of authority in Linjiang City.
Yet now, he was being utterly deferential before Chen Yu.
Even Zhang Ping looked at Yi Mingqiu in astonishment.
This kid usually loved making trouble. Why was he being so obedient today?
"Your Ghost Mask can isolate any ghostly aura and ghostly fluctuations. Try putting it over the female corpse's mouth. Block her mouth and see if you can stop her from making any sound."
Chen Yu pondered aloud.
As long as the sound stopped, the corpse would no longer continue floating, and the being controlling those eyes would stop advancing as well.
"Yes!"
Yi Mingqiu nodded at once and immediately took action.
He was the captain of the Cleansers, highly agile and skilled. Having dealt with Rifts year-round, he was also extremely familiar with them.
He stepped directly into the Rift, swimming through the Corpsewater Underground River within it toward the floating female corpse.
Everyone watched Yi Mingqiu's movements intently, waiting for him to succeed.
At that moment, the female corpse's crying grew increasingly terrifying.
The crying could not affect those standing on the shore.
But it could affect anything that approached it!
The instant Yi Mingqiu entered the underground river and neared the female corpse—
The crying entered his ears. His eyes bulged, and his body began trembling violently. Had a Ghost Controller not used a Ghost Chain to drag Yi Mingqiu back to shore in time, he would likely have drowned in the underground river!
"What happened to you?"
Luo Mu hurriedly asked.
Yi Mingqiu snapped out of his terror, drenched in