Tombdeep Eye (First Update)

Chilling shards of sword blade scattered across the floor, reflecting the rekindled light and thick blood.

The air was heavy with the sticky smell of blood. Its familiarity brought Xia Lun a little comfort, and his pounding heart gradually steadied.

Outside the corridor, however, Evil Spirits wailed one after another, their shrieks stabbing at his eardrums. Footsteps and the rustle of flesh echoed between the rough granite walls, setting his nerves on edge.

"That hooded man must have accomplices. From the sound of it, they've let out every prisoner." Renee pressed her lips together, but her words still came quickly. "I'm sorry, Xia Lun. They're after me, and I've dragged you into this..."

She paused, bent to pick up the lantern from the Warden's hand, and carefully offered it to Xia Lun. "The lamp he was holding is no ordinary object. You could try taking it, but be careful. It may be contaminated."

As gray mist burst from the corpse and poured into him, Xia Lun took the lantern from Renee and strode forward. Without a word, he tallied his gains.

[Slaughter! You killed 12 Lost Jailers and gained 240 Memory Points!]

[Feat! You killed the Deep Warden in a head-on fight and gained 1,800 Memory Points!]

Judging by the Memory Points they awarded, the corrupted jailers were even weaker than the pirates in the first Scenario. And the Warden, who had supposedly completed the Threefold Pilgrimage, was only on the level of the Abyssal Hand.

Once, Xia Lun had needed careful planning and a host of pirates fighting beside him to take on the Abyssal Hand. Now, faced with an enemy of that caliber, sheer violence was enough for him to settle things swiftly on his own.

The Memory Points were only to be expected. But when