"Seriously, why are there lonely ghosts wandering around here at a time like this?"
Du Yu looked irritably at the Red-Clad Girl and the white wolf, then said, "A Can, A Kui, ask that girl to move aside. They'll get hurt once the fighting starts."
The Shame and Guilt Brothers nodded and were about to step forward when Jin Jianglang reached out to stop them.
"Don't...!"
"Huh?" A Can froze. "What's wrong, Brother A-Xiang?"
"Don't go near them..." Shiranui Jinkuro's eyes were filled with terror. "Their auras aren't human! They're 'longing' and 'reluctance'!"
"What?!" Du Yu stared, then took another look at the person and wolf in the distance. "What the hell? Aren't longing and reluctance supposed to be 'threads'? No matter how thick they get, they shouldn't turn straight into people..."
"I don't understand either... I've never seen or even heard of anything like this... How could they possibly be a 'person' and a 'wolf'?"
"Nothing is impossible." The Queen Mother of the West slowly walked over and told them, "All things in this world possess a spirit. Given the right opportunity and sufficient cultivation, anything can assume human form."
"That's unbelievable!" Shiranui Jinkuro said in horror. "You mean that girl and white wolf are monsters formed from 'longing' and 'reluctance'?!"
"To be precise, they should be called 'thread spirits.'" The Queen Mother of the West narrowed her eyes. "They're spirits that have developed intelligence. They'll be harder to deal with than the Sky-Piercing Pillar."
"Not necessarily." A trace of coldness crossed Zhan Qisheng's face. "If they've taken human and animal forms, that means they have 'weak points' and 'vital spots.' In that case, we can fight them too."
"Hey, Old Zhan, what are you planning?" Du Yu paused and looked at him.
"Helping Brother A-Xiang, of course. I'll