Negotiating Leverage, Hidden Cave

Splash.

Deep in one direction of the mass graveyard.

An abandoned wooden cabin stood there, well concealed.

Guan Ying appeared there and looked at the half-open wooden door. "The operation failed."

A voice slowly came from within the cabin. "I expected it."

Guan Ying frowned slightly. "But that woman, the Farming Bishop, has been fitted with the Shackles of Atonement."

His smile carried a hint of mockery. "Congratulations. You have another controllable chess piece."

A voice came from inside the cabin. "I can see every Judgment issued by the Dark Court. I know exactly what happened."

"Let her in."

Guan Ying narrowed his eyes slightly. "Where is my brother?"

"He has another task."

Guan Ying's face darkened. "You'd better not turn my brother into a death servant. Otherwise, even if I have to pay the price of being erased, I..."

He did not finish.

Because any blatant disrespect toward a disciple of the Lord of Judgment would bring the agonizing strangulation of Three Snakes Entwining Heart.

"Why would I ever use an Eerie Game Master as a death servant?"

"After all, I still need your older brother, along with that Ji Yan, to lure out and kill the Eerie Lord of Deception. Then I can seize the Key of Authority for this sequence and head to North Town."

"This isn't my goal alone."

"Reopening the North Town map would be a blessing for all future players. They would remember me, and the Dungeon would retain traces of me."

"Because I stopped the Dungeon from restarting."

"Unfortunately, only one of Wu Wen and I can survive!"

Guan Ying ignored those words. He glanced behind him, spat out, "Go in," then turned and left in one direction.

A Shan's figure emerged from the mist.

She stared at the wooden cabin, her eyes