Boss's gaze was calm. Although she voiced her puzzlement, that placid gaze seemed to have seen through everything already.
"I don't know what happened to you. Even the Ashes inside you seem to have undergone more complicated changes... I haven't had time to sense the strength of the Ashes inside you yet, but the Ashes inside Huihuizi are already different from ordinary Ashes. And her 'Ashes Apostles' state is different from all the ones I know."
"'Ashes Apostles' have lots of different forms?" Lin Yi asked curiously.
Boss said flatly, "Those forms aren't clearly defined categories. They're distinctions I made based on my experience fighting 'Ashes Apostles.'"
"Oh, I see..." Lin Yi made a show of understanding.
Boss nodded slightly. "Some other changes seem to have happened to you, too. Let me test you first in a moment and see what level you've reached."
As Boss spoke, she had already reached the center of the Gymnastics Hall's training area.
She stopped and slowly turned, looking at Lin Yi and Li Huiyuan like a coach.
"Whether you're training or not, clear some space," she said dispassionately.
"You got it!" The Athlete Students drilling with one another nearby quickly dropped their stances and scattered.
Seeing that training was about to begin, Li Huiyuan stopped pretending and suddenly tugged on the arm of Lin Yi's that she was holding.
"Lin Yi."
Her tug pulled Lin Yi a little to one side.
Li Huiyuan leaned right up to his ear. "When you mentioned my name to Boss just now, you didn't call me 'Huihuizi' even once. Are your feelings fading?"
Lin Yi had thought something good was coming his way, but hearing that immediately gave him a bad feeling. Sure enough, before he could react, Li Huiyuan's hand suddenly slipped to his waist like