The Eerie Clinging to Him, in the Tool Bar

"What are you doing?" Liu Congming stared in bewilderment and called out instinctively.

Receiving no response, he could only hurry after him.

At last, in a corner, he saw the Oil Lamp Ghost holding its own Grudge Eerie Item, the [Bronze Oil Lamp], and staring at that ceramic vat.

The water in the vat was pitch-black, its surface covered in floating moss.

"How can an eerie unlocked from the haunted house refuse to obey? Get back here!"

"The eerie in that vat isn't playing around!"

The moment Liu Congming saw this, he rushed over to help, wanting to snatch back the lamp and use that to keep the Oil Lamp Ghost away.

Hidden inside that vat was an unlocked [drowned eerie], its resentment incredibly heavy, reaching the terrifying sixth tier.

Earlier, Liu Congming had wanted to interact with it, to see whether there was some side quest that could unlock this drowned eerie.

The result was unsurprising. Not only did the interaction fail, but his very first sentence provoked the [drowned eerie]'s hostility!

Liu Congming did not want the Oil Lamp Ghost he had just unlocked to be "eaten" by an eerie from his own haunted house before it could even serve as cannon fodder...

But just as he approached, Ji Yan carried the lamp closer. The flame of the [Bronze Oil Lamp] suddenly turned ghostly green!

The pinky-sized flame was like it had been doused in kerosene, flaring up instantly—

"A broken oil lamp dares provoke me?"

"I can swallow you whole!!"

Ripples spread across the vat's surface, and a ghastly pale, swollen eerie face emerged at the bottom.

The next instant, a pair of eerie hands with waterlogged, swollen flesh reached out of the water and grabbed for Ji Yan's throat!

Ji Yan did not move.

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