"Senior White Night, we're ready to go!"
White Night nodded.
The moment Lynn finished speaking, he felt White Night's hand grip his shoulder.
In an instant.
Before Lynn's astonished eyes.
The scenery on either side began racing backward at an unimaginable speed.
At some point, White Night's body had become completely incorporeal. Like an evil spirit whose outline was only faintly visible, he strode through shadows and black mist like a phantom, covering a hundred meters with every step.
Lynn immediately noticed that even his own body had become as insubstantial as White Night's.
It was as though White Night's touch had temporarily transformed him into an evil spirit as well.
Seemingly noticing the surprise in Lynn's eyes, White Night smiled as he sped onward and said:
"Don't be surprised. This is actually my true form. That fire all those years ago burned everything to death. Everyone in that school building that fell into the Dark World was already dead, and I was no exception."
"The hatred and resentment in my heart were what allowed me to keep existing. But that elder gave me salvation, and with it, a new obsession to sustain me."
He turned and smiled at Lynn.
"But I'm still human."
Lynn took a deep breath, an indescribably complicated look entering his eyes.
In truth, he wasn't surprised.
When he had first met White Night, the race listed on his status panel had indeed been partly evil spirit.
Nearly every creature dragged down into the Dark World had become a warped embodiment of resentment.
And he had to admit.
White Night had truly suffered more than ordinary people could endure to reach the heights he stood at today, one step at a time.
Less than ten minutes later.
Lynn and White Night's bodies slowly materialized in