In the stifling dark room, Ji Yan listened to the cries of the "Face Bud" on his arm while staring at Black Rose. "But you chose the wrong Eerie Deity."
"The Eerie Deity [Human-Faced Tree] can only baptize one player. You and I..."
Before he could finish, Black Rose interrupted, "I'm not here to compete with you."
"I'm here to join forces with you."
"Join forces?" Ji Yan raised a brow.
"According to the information I received, successfully killing an Eerie Deity allows for two 'baptisms.'"
"[Human-Faced Tree] is one of the four Eerie Deities in the shrine capable of fully unleashing its bizarre abilities to affect and corrupt us."
"And its weakness is that it is fixed in one place and cannot move. That gives us an excellent opportunity—and time—to take it down!"
"After all, if we enter the territories of the other three Eerie Deities, we'll immediately be hunted through scent..."
Ji Yan understood. "So you intend to hunt [Human-Faced Tree] together with me."
"That way, we can complete the baptism ritual and remove [Human-Faced Tree]'s influence!"
After saying that, Ji Yan asked suspiciously, "The information that killing an Eerie Deity allows two baptisms wasn't in the panel announcement. Where did you get it?"
As [Human-Faced Tree] grew once more, the angle of Black Rose's tilted neck became increasingly severe. She struggled to shake her head. "[Audience]."
"I completed one path of the [The Empress] Tarot Card, and it rewarded me with that information."
Ji Yan rubbed his chin. "What exactly was your path?"
The corner of Black Rose's mouth twitched faintly. "Are you checking my household registration? You're asking that too?"
"Does a team not even have that much trust?"
"When you completed your own path earlier, I didn't expose you."
"You thought your act was flawless,