Pawn Promotion, God of Wandering Privilege

Staring at the eerie creature that resembled a massive stone statue, Ji Yan's heart inexplicably began to race.

Outside, pale lightning tore through the dark clouds again.

Daylight flashed and vanished, revealing the giant creature's true form for an instant.

Its enormous body stood over twenty meters tall, covered in cracks. Large amounts of flesh had even crumbled into ash and fallen away, like a century-old tree withering away, its lush branches and leaves all drying up.

Only its roots retained a trace of life.

Ji Yan lowered his voice and leaned closer to Xu Xin. "This Boss is almost done for."

"It's hanging on by a single thread of life."

Xu Xin's pretty face remained calm. "You need to understand one thing."

"No matter how dim the stars become, even if they only have a trace of afterglow left, they can still..."

"Still what?"

"Blind you."

"..."

Kong Yi gently pushed Ji Yan's shoulder. "Stop standing there like an idiot. Go on."

Ji Yan asked, "What am I supposed to do?"

Don't tell me it's another audience ritual like those Sequence Lords?

"Aren't you here to familiarize yourself with this dungeon?"

"What makes this dungeon special is that the map environment you see is merely a background framework. It doesn't matter. Just treat it as scenery. The core of this dungeon is entirely contained within the Eerie Boss in front of you."

"Every [Chess Piece] brought onto the board needs to be 'lit up' before it can be placed, and only then can it intervene in the Main Quest."

Hearing that, Ji Yan said nothing more and walked forward.

The desolate space contained nothing but the sound of his footsteps.

As he drew closer, the oppressive aura of the massive eerie creature became increasingly suffocating. Xu Xin had been