The Green Pen at Du Yu's waist saw what was happening and sighed helplessly.
"Du Yu... I feel like even if you died here, I wouldn't be abandoned. Some other Underworld Enforcer would probably pick me up."
"What the hell kind of thing is that to say?!" Du Yu was stunned. "Don't we have any camaraderie?!"
"Camaraderie, my ass!" Yingning snapped in her sweet voice. "I do all the fighting, and you do all the being a comrade?"
Du Yu dodged while arguing with Yingning, his hands more than full.
"At least I've done everything I could for you!" Du Yu said. "And now you're suddenly abandoning me? That fondness for giving up sounds awfully familiar. Forget Yingning-you should call yourself 'Ying Gives Up' from now on!"
Du Yu's provocation worked. Yingning snorted, called him shameless, and flew out.
The pair in black and white had never expected Du Yu, who appeared to be a mere mortal, to carry a Magic Treasure. Unable to halt their momentum, they raised their ritual implements to block the Green Pen. But its power was formidable; though both withstood the blow, they were driven back several steps.
Seeing that the pair could not hold her off, Yingning turned the pen's tip around and flew toward their necks, sending a wave of icy air straight at the burly man in white.
"Yingning! Don't kill anyone!"
Du Yu shouted. Yingning slowly came to a halt, turned back impatiently, and asked in a chilly voice, "Are we fighting or not?"
"We are..." Du Yu said. "Just don't kill them!"
"You!"
"There seems to be a Vengeful Spirit attached to that pen," the burly man in white said. "Send a voice transmission to the Niu Household, quick."
"Are you ordering me around?" The little boy in black gave