Cattiss used her new chitin shell to cover the vital parts of her body a little.
She had originally felt there was no need to cover herself in front of Lin Hao, but at his insistence, she had manifested it anyway.
However, the two maintained a delicate distance from each other, well out of reach.
Although Cattiss had verbally agreed and stopped running, both remained sufficiently wary.
Lin Hao had discovered that Cattiss had rather low standards. She had switched allegiances at the drop of a hat and could not be trusted.
Even now, his sense of danger had merely faded rather than disappeared. It could change at any moment with her mood.
Under the condensed spirit of her Legendary Domain, Lin Hao's perception also tended toward murkiness and heaviness.
Cattiss was more direct. "Until Mother breaks through to Legendary, I'd better keep a little distance from you."
"You don't trust me?"
Lin Hao looked deeply pained, seemingly a little hurt. He did not even correct how she addressed him.
"This isn't distrust. It's a habit of our Swarm. Even if I officially joined your forces now, Mother, I think your first order would be for me to hand over my 'source of life.'"
Cattiss sat cross-legged on the ground, her plump, pale legs folded beneath her. After she had shed her chitin armor earlier, the delicate, supple skin underneath had been revealed.
Some grit and dust from the wilderness now clung to her, but that slight dirtiness strangely gave her a different sort of charm.
"You know how strong I am. Give it to me first, and I'll help you catch another one afterward. How does that sound?"
Lin Hao began trying another way to persuade her.
At the same time, he tried to approach Cattiss slowly.
Cattiss was