"Trouble..." Even though the old man had acted, a small portion of the black mist still drifted away on the wind, dispersing farther and farther like smoke. No one had expected the tentacled monster to pull something like this so suddenly.
"Ho ho, that was quite beautifully done." Yakumo Yukari spread open her palm. Resting within it was a pale-purple transparent sphere of light the size of a glass marble, and sealed inside was... part of the black mist that had spread out earlier.
Putting away the sphere of light in her hand, Yakumo Yukari tilted her head toward the direction from which the ice ring extended. "Mm, quite strong for a human, though he's a bit old."
"You're hardly qualified to call anyone old." Jiu Ming stepped out of Yakumo Yukari's Gap and, hearing her appraise the man so casually, could not help saying so. That tentacled monster actually had twenty-four Super Energy Crystals in its body... it was utterly fucking ridiculous. Jiu Ming figured he could now completely outclass any super power plant.
"That's true. Little brother, you aren't exactly young either." Yakumo Yukari seemed to be in quite a good mood, smiling as she brought up a topic she usually did not care for. "So what? Doesn't everyone see me as seventeen?"
"You actually think you have a point... Say, you aren't really planning to do something that dangerous, are you? Don't try to hide it! I saw what you had in your hand!"
"What? You're not joining the gathering? You should know that plenty of people want to get acquainted with you." Hearing Jiu Ming say that he wanted to leave, Wang Hai raised his brows and tried to persuade him to stay.
"Stop pretending. I bet some of you can't wait for me to leave,