[Lush City] Southern District.
In a hotel sub-instance, a Player rubbed his bald head and closed the exclusive panel for [Temple of the Dead Buddha]. "It's awakened... more smoothly than I expected."
"I need to wrap things up on my end too."
"After all, if that 'remnant body' gets away, that guy will nag me again."
Inside [Temple of the Dead Buddha], in another corner.
Li Qingzhi hid behind a bronze Buddha statue and removed a button-shaped earpiece from his ear. "Just as I thought, that phone of his is no ordinary thing."
"Based on this information, the remnant body of [Phone Eerie] must be inside that phone!"
"That [Buddha-Form Eerie Manifestation] is untouchable, but a single head is worth a thousand points..."
Li Qingzhi's eyes likewise filled with intense greed at the thought of points.
He had a reason why he absolutely had to earn points.
Killing [Buddha-Form Eerie Manifestation] was unrealistic, but cutting off one of its heads might still be possible...
"Father..."
Something wriggled beneath the clothes on his back.
Then a hoarse voice spoke. "We can try..."
"But that thing's baleful aura is even stronger than mine. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it."
Inside [Temple of the Dead Buddha], a man in a baseball cap hid within a lotus pond.
Using an eerie item to separate out a space in the water, the baseball-cap Player opened his game panel with a grim gaze. "There are still three hours until dawn..."
"I'll first conceal my aura and hold out for an hour."
The moment he finished speaking, the entire pond suddenly shook.
The baseball-cap Player jerked his head up and saw an enormous shadow pass through the layer of water above him...
His pupils contracted, and he held his breath.
But the