Taika Sha's expression turned unusually grave. "That reminds me, there's something I need to make clear to everyone. Lord Lin Yi's return will certainly be a tremendous boost, but we must also recognize that it could ignite a decisive battle."
"What do you mean?" Qing Ling furrowed her brow.
Taika Sha looked around at everyone and said solemnly, "When Lord Lin Yi left all those years ago, he was targeted in a planned ambush. The enemy must have assessed the combat strength he displayed then. Now that he's about to return, if they discover his whereabouts, they certainly won't sit by and let such a powerful ally join us without a fight."
"After all, the journey covers nearly ten standard years. Unless Lord Lin Yi returns alone, he can't exactly bring his team along by teleporting the whole way. So, if they discover the Lin Yi Squad's trail, there's a very high chance they'll send a large force to surround and destroy them. This wouldn't just be to stop Lord Lin Yi from returning; it would also be to undermine our morale, and they might..." She paused, a hard glint in her eyes. "Set a trap, hoping to swallow the forces we're bound to send out to meet him!"
"We have to go meet him. That's the trap they're laying in plain sight. If we don't go, Lord Lin Yi could end up surrounded. If we do, we could walk straight into an ambush."
Yan Long said gravely, "There's something I need to tell you all. Over the years, we've learned a little about their reconnaissance methods. Based on scattered clues and our analysis of several anomalous energy fluctuations, we suspect they may be using a rare variant of... Void Worm."
"Void Worm?"
Qing Ling looked surprised. The Void Worm