"Sorry, I was too impulsive."
Gu Yue took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the panic and killing intent surging in her heart.
Her face resumed its pitiful expression.
But her fingers, hanging at her sides, had dug their tips into her palms.
She had gone from being a righteous champion of pure love to the very kind of homewrecker she hated most.
How could she accept that?
"All right. Since the Soul Spirit has been absorbed, let's head back."
Lin An didn't want to stay any longer.
He turned and walked toward the exit, his steps faster than usual.
Xie Xie climbed to his feet from the corner, rubbing the back of his head where it had hurt from the impact. He stared blankly at Lin An's retreating figure.
"Hey? You're not waiting for me? I haven't finished showing off my new Soul Skill—"
Lin An had already left the room.
Gu Yue shot him a cold look.
Xie Xie immediately shut his mouth.
Then she hurried after them and wrapped herself around Lin An's arm again, pressing close.
Leng Yaozhu stood where she was, watching the three figures disappear at the end of the corridor.
Her brow slowly furrowed.
Something had definitely happened just now.
Lin An's expression had changed at some point.
She remembered clearly: when Xie Xie awakened his Bloodline, a look of shock had flashed across the boy's face, followed by pallor.
And there had been Gu Yue's reaction.
That degree of losing control couldn't have come from nothing.
Using her Ultimate Douluo spiritual power, she replayed the entire memory, searching frame by frame—
She found nothing unusual.
No energy fluctuations, no signs of intrusion, nothing that didn't make sense.
But that was precisely what made it even more suspicious.
Just then, the communicator on