The Nightmare Star slowly sailed away from the Golden Commerce Guild, gradually picking up speed as it headed in the opposite direction.
Three hours later.
The Golden Commerce Guild's ships were no longer visible in the Crystal Ball, and there were no other suspicious ships nearby.
Yang Yi stopped the ship and checked his Exposure. It had already begun falling, dropping by 1%...
"Let me go! Where did you get this stuff? Damn it!"
Cui Xiya struggled and cursed.
Yang Yi had wrapped her up like a dumpling, using cloth and yarn dyed with the Darkness Core. Only her head remained exposed as she hung from his wrist like a pendant.
"The holy light will punish you!"
Yang Yi ignored her, lifted his eyepatch, and scanned the surroundings with Three Eyes, making sure no invisible ships or anything else were following them.
"Y-you... why do you have three eyeballs in your left eye?
"Heavens, that's a mutation caused by Abyss pollution... you're a Polluter!"
Cui Xiya suddenly grew terrified, as though she were looking at a monster.
"You should contact the Radiant Holy Church yourself and let them purify you with Holy Fire. Only then can you be freed from your suffering and find salvation!" she prattled on, urging Yang Yi to turn himself in like a little religious charlatan.
He lifted her in front of his face and examined her closely, his three black eyeballs turning, their yellow, pinpoint pupils directed at her.
"E-even if you eat me, the pollution in your body won't be purified!" Cui Xiya shrank back in fright, not daring to open her eyes.
"Have you gotten smaller?" Yang Yi asked with a frown.
It was not obvious without Three Eyes, but once he used it, he noticed that Cui Xiya seemed a little smaller.