An Actor's Self-Cultivation Against a Mere Tier 9

Splurt—

Drip, drip.

Jiang Ziyang's body twitched as thick, dark-red blood sprayed out uncontrollably.

A dagger swiftly drained Jiang Ziyang's life away.

His health plummeted—

When Xiao Bing pulled out the dagger, Jiang Ziyang should have died and logged out. Instead, an Eerie suddenly crawled out of [Jiang's Haunted House].

It activated its eerie ability. Immediately afterward, a fist-sized bloody hole pierced through its own neck, while Jiang Ziyang's fatal wound visibly healed...

[Death Substitution Eerie].

Normally, if a player suffered a fatal injury, their contracted Eerie would not step in to save them.

But once a certain threshold of "favorability" was crossed and it turned into "personal affection," this cold Order Rule would be broken!

At that moment, [Death Substitution Eerie] transferred the equivalent injury onto itself, its body visibly weakening.

It stared coldly at Xiao Bing. "This human cannot die... I owe him a debt I can never repay."

Xiao Bing released the dagger, turned, and ran.

"Kill him!!"

The joy on the faces of those Haunted House Eeries, who had been waiting for Jiang Ziyang to die so they could be freed, had not even faded.

Having received the order, they could only lock their hatred onto Xiao Bing one after another. At the same time, they glared viciously at Death Substitution Eerie, silently cursing, "Human lapdog! Showing off your pathetic loyalty here!!"

Xiao Bing had barely run a few steps before the Haunted House Eeries caught up to him.

The next second, he was torn to pieces.

But after tearing him apart, they discovered that it had only been an Eerie from another haunted house.

"This damned illusion!!"

Clutching his throat, Jiang Ziyang's entire face trembled with rage.

"I'll play this game with you to the bitter end!"

Watching the enraged Jiang Ziyang, Death Substitution Eerie,