Veins bulging beneath his skin, Li Qingzhi brought the hourglass close to his eyes. Just as he was about to inspect it carefully, a disturbance suddenly came from ahead...
Ji Yan muttered, "That Eerie has awakened."
Within the botanical garden, rustling suddenly broke out.
A ghostly figure slowly emerged from the undergrowth, while countless cockroaches and rats scattered wildly across the ground.
As a foul stench spread through the air, the ghostly figure was exposed before Ji Yan and Li Qingzhi.
Both of them froze.
That eerie's entire body was crawling with insects. Cockroaches and bugs burrowed freely in and out of the seven openings on its face, while beneath its rotting skin, roundworms and centipedes could clearly be seen writhing.
Putting away the hourglass, Li Qingzhi's mouth twitched. "What the hell is that thing?"
Ji Yan took half a step back. As his gaze fixed on it, [Omniscient Understanding] activated and provided a piece of information--
[This is an "Eerie" with no rank, no combat strength, and no eerie name. Because it is "unknown," it has been granted an "invincible" eerie ability.]
[To kill it, you must uncover this "Eerie's" "true identity." So, can you find it?]
Another riddle...
Ji Yan frowned deeply as he pondered inwardly.
No rank or combat strength, No eerie name, Yet it possessed an invincible eerie ability?
What did that mean?
Ji Yan's mind was a mess. [Omniscient Understanding] rarely gave hidden information that was nothing but questions.
Usually, in situations like this, the answer lay within those questions.
To kill this Eerie, he had to uncover its "identity." Could its unknown identity make it die the moment it was exposed?
At that moment, That Eerie let out a hoarse, piercing sound. "The key to the upper floors... is in my hands."
"If you