Kong Yi watched Cherry Blossom Monk's smile, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
He said nothing more, choosing to stay and watch the show.
He began mulling over Ji Yan's trick of eating eyeballs...
Inside the [Shrine].
Ji Yan moved swiftly through the wooden corridors, the air thick with unease.
Yet Ji Yan seemed intimately familiar with the entire layout of the [Shrine], always managing to avoid collisions perfectly.
He could even exploit positional gaps and block lines of sight at the limit, evading the Eerie Deities time and again!
Outside the [Shrine], Cherry Blossom Monk narrowed his eyes.
Then, he opened the side quest's "exclusive panel" and decisively activated his authority—
In an instant, [Two-Mouthed Eerie Woman], one of the four [Eerie Deities], changed direction, as though she had acquired Ji Yan's location.
Yet Ji Yan seemed to sense it immediately. He summoned Burning Death Eerie to carry him, guide his route, and escape [Two-Mouthed Eerie Woman]'s tracking pursuit through sheer speed.
Cherry Blossom Monk was puzzled. His authority should have been taken back.
Why can he still sense the locations of the four Eerie Deities?
He even seems... able to tell when I've mobilized my authority!
Puzzled though he was, Cherry Blossom Monk remained composed.
After all, he had sealed every exit from the [Shrine] with "Order." Even if they could not catch him, once the sixty-minute countdown ended, the outcome would be the same.
It was only a matter of time...
Cherry Blossom Monk continued resting with his eyes closed.
Beside him, Kong Yi crushed the cigarette butt beneath his foot and yawned. "More than twenty minutes have passed. We're nearly halfway through."
"How's it going inside?"
Cherry Blossom Monk spoke casually. "A rat scurrying everywhere will eventually tire out."
But despite his words, unease lingered in