Lin Yi actually sensed an aura of the same origin as "Ashes" in the slime!
An ominous feeling immediately rose in his heart. Had all the Night-Walking Species here been melted by Ashes, then reduced into a sauce as though they had been left frying in a pan...?
Otherwise, why would the slime be so thick?
"What exactly happened up there?"
"No, I can't drag this out!"
The instant he sensed the aura of Ashes, Lin Yi knew he had to resort to extraordinary measures. He immediately directed A-Gui to forcibly absorb the residual Ashes in the slime and steered A-Gui upstairs.
But after only a few steps, he felt an indescribably powerful resistance within this layer, stopping him from advancing like soft rubber.
The surrounding space seemed to have softened, wrapping itself around A-Gui's body. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether it was space or slime.
Lin Yi ignored everything else, simply controlling A-Gui to absorb the Ashes in the slime while constantly pushing toward the Teaching Building's fifth floor.
An unknown amount of time passed-perhaps three to five minutes, perhaps a dozen or more-before the space on the Teaching Building's fifth floor rippled slightly. A fiercely red palm broke through it, followed by a head, then an upper body...
A-Gui resembled someone who had sunk into a bog and was pulling himself free, except this bog now stood upright. Even as A-Gui emerged completely, the slime clung to his body like sticky rice cake, stretching into long ribbons.
A-Gui tore through these ribbons of slime, then silently began surveying the surroundings.
Meanwhile, Lin Yi's perception slowly radiated outward with A-Gui at its center.
As soon as he investigated, Lin Yi sensed the scorching aura coming from Teaching Building B.
"That's...?!"
Lin Yi controlled A-Gui to