In the stifling secret chamber.
Qian Duoduo had nearly been turned into a pincushion by the Eerie Weapon in [I]'s hand. The horrifying amount of blood loss made one's scalp tingle.
What made [I]'s scalp tingle even more was that the Healing Eerie Items on Qian Duoduo seemed truly inexhaustible.
He had forcibly endured it!
Hisss—
The black cube in his hand suddenly stopped refracting its beam of light. Its usage time had reached the threshold, and it entered cooldown.
Before him, bloodied Qian Duoduo also seemed to have reached the end of his strength.
"Hah... hah..."
Qian Duoduo gasped heavily. Every breath made his body tremble violently.
Noticing Qian Duoduo's weakening aura, [I]'s gaze settled on his chest.
More precisely, he was staring at Qian Duoduo's heart!
"[Q]'s codename should return to its rightful owner. The White Chess Faction will gain one more Chess Player, while you Black Chess Faction will take another step toward hell."
Seizing an enemy's codename was itself a way to demonstrate one's worth to [Daily Hidden Tuo Luo] and increase one's "reusability." He would not miss such an opportunity for stacked rewards...
But just as [I] reached toward Qian Duoduo's chest, Qian Duoduo, who should have been out of strength, suddenly raised his hand. A black centipede hidden beneath his sleeve lunged for [I]'s throat.
In that flash,
An eerie hand covered in corpse spots seized the black centipede.
It easily crushed it into a pulp...
Behind Qian Duoduo, a hunchbacked eerie shadow had silently appeared. One hand had crushed the centipede, while the other gripped his neck.
The "black Rubik's Cube" that [I] had somehow been holding in his other hand had turned into a wooden comb.
This was a Grudge Eerie Item—
"I can figure out every last one of your little