Xiao Yu merely nodded slightly when she heard me say that.
"This is the first step toward fulfilling our destiny. Be careful."
"Yeah! We'll definitely succeed!"
"..."
Xiao Yu and I both carried the conviction that Carefree Tower had to be destroyed.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
At the very stroke of midnight, an eerie wind suddenly rose along the tranquil lakeshore.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The wind was not strong, but it was bone-chilling, like the cold wind of midwinter.
The white mist over the lake began to drift, while the water slapped against the shore with a "splash, splash."
I took out the invitation and looked at it, only to find that the three words "Carefree Tower" were emitting a faint phosphorescent glow.
This was the positioning tool used to guide Carefree Tower's "ghost envoys" here.
Xiao Yu and I stopped talking at that moment and simply stood quietly on the shore, waiting.
The eerie wind continued for roughly ten minutes, while the thick fog blanketing the lake only thinned a little.
But at that moment, Xiao Yu suddenly spoke.
"It's here!"
Her voice was soft, and as soon as the words left her lips—
I saw a lone lantern on the mist-covered lake.
The lantern gradually emerged from the haze and grew brighter, while a small boat slowly sailed toward us across the lake.
But in my eyes, ghostly energy filled that little boat, wisps of black qi rising from it.
It was clearly a ghost ship...
Just as we had guessed, they would use a Nether Ship to bring us into Carefree Tower...
The small boat swayed from side to side, its oars beating against the lake with splashing sounds.
Standing aboard was a ghost radiating faint black qi from his entire body.