The sudden change in Lilith lasted only an instant.
Just as Qi Wu began to worry, Lilith gritted her teeth and pressed both hands firmly against her chest.
"Get... back inside!"
The white light receded, and she turned back into the little blonde girl with twin ponytails.
Lilith let out a long breath, stroking her completely flat chest as she spoke with lingering fear:
"Phew... that was close. Good thing I suppressed that thing again. I absorbed too much and overdid it. I nearly couldn't maintain my form."
"Oh?" A hint of amusement flashed through Qi Wu's blue-green eyes behind his sunglasses.
Looks like this little girl has quite a few interesting secrets of her own.
Jiang Qingyue leaned closer, curious.
"Lilith, who was that lady in the white light just now?"
Lilith's gaze flickered, and she waved a hand evasively.
"It's nothing. Just a troublesome inherited power from my clan. Letting it out under normal circumstances would cause some serious problems."
Only Gale silently tightened her grip on her sword hilt.
The image of that mature woman, visible for just an instant, had filled her with an almost heart-stopping sense of danger. That was definitely not an aura an ordinary vampire should possess.
Still, seeing that Lilith was unwilling to elaborate, Qi Wu had no intention of asking.
After all, who didn't have a few secrets?
"All right, break time is over."
Qi Wu adjusted his sunglasses and pointed toward the main hall deep inside the temple.
"If we don't chase him now, that fat monk will be long gone."
With that, Qi Wu walked toward the main hall. His pace remained casual, but his perception was already operating at full power like a radar.
The instant they entered the hall, the air seemed to congeal into a viscous