Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

"You have quite a good appetite; you picked the biggest one."

Qi Xie took the "Red-Eyed Demon" out of the shadow space and threw it into the liquid version of darkness, watching as the grayish-white illusory tentacles wrapped around it.

Then he took out a severed arm and threw it over as well.

This is the arm of "Red-Eyed Demon" that was shot off by Qi Xie.

In the past, Qi Xie would probably have secretly kept the arm and used it as a substitute for other products later.

However, after learning about the strange laws of the Fallen World from Zhao Jian'an at the barbecue stall and discovering that the evil god's sanity seemed to have returned, he decided to be more obedient.

Of course, they weren't entirely honest either.

He simply threw his arm over.

As for the ceremonial dagger that was as strange as the bronze plaque, he secretly kept it, intending to study it again later, combining it with the information about the Fallen World that he had obtained from Zhao Jian'an.

Just as he was pondering this.

Suddenly, he felt a cool, sticky sensation between his eyebrows.

Qi Xie tensed up for a moment, but then forced himself to relax and give up resisting.

A gray-white tentacle without a blood-red vertical eye at the end extended and touched Qi Xie's smooth forehead.

"etc!"

Unpleasant memories surfaced in Qi Xie's mind:

"My Lord, does this hurt?"

Although [Imagination] was already upgraded, or rather, [Beauty] was "contaminated" once before.

But Qi Xie was still unsure whether leveling up through the "gift" method would hurt.

Upon hearing Qi Xie's words, the gray-white tentacle that had been placed on his forehead stopped.

The crimson vertical eye in the darkness stared at him blankly for a while before finally understanding his question.

Then, a soft murmur whispered in my ear:

"Just like...last time..."

It hurts just as much as last time?!

Qi Xie bared his teeth, his expression contorted:

"Then why didn't you say...?"

He almost experienced that feeling of wanting to smash his own head again!

"Um……"

The blood-red vertical eye sized up its subordinates, recalling the scene of its last upgrade, and uttered a muttered murmur:

"I...thought...that...you...liked..."

Otherwise, whose family members would have nothing better to do than choose a perfectly good upgrade path and instead make themselves suffer?

He didn't understand, but he respected.

Qi Xie: ...

Qi Xie's face twitched a few times, unable to express his bitterness, but he ultimately chose to decisively skip the topic and interrupted the evil god before speaking:

"Could you please change the 'gift' into a sealed artifact?"

He plans to sell the sealed artifacts and upgrade them through the Traveler System.

In addition, he has just discovered another blind spot.

The illusory gray-white tentacle paused in mid-air, seemingly wanting to say something, but stopped speaking because Qi Xie had ended the conversation. Instead, it said softly:

"Can……"

Then, from the liquid darkness, a crown made of intertwined thorns slowly emerged. A section of the crown had a grayish-white, thumb-sized, oval, opaque gem wrapped around it, which looked like a fossilized eye of some kind of creature.

Qi Xie reached out and took it.

The next second, a system notification popped up.

【Light Chaser】(Level 2): ​​A gift from an unknown entity. When worn on the head, it can generate light from an unknown source to dispel darkness and purify impurities through a preset command.

But at the same time, thorns will grow in the light, piercing the wearer's flesh and devouring their blood—even if one is trapped in thorns and blind, one must still seek the direction of the light.

Um~

Qi Xie's lips curled up.

Plans are in place!

The first thing he did after getting the [Light Chaser] was not to sell it, but to start researching it!

He plans to make a record of this item before selling it!

For him, as long as there is "fantasy", there is no need to care where the physical copy is!

Once you understand something enough, having it is enough to last forever!

If it weren't for the current limitation on the number of C-grade [Imagination] items, which only allows for the replication of one target at a time, he could sell all the sealed items for money.

Normally, this spot is occupied by [Substitute Copper Coin].

He currently possesses two [Substitute Coins], one physical and one imaginary replica, to prevent any unforeseen events.

If he's not mistaken, [Daydreaming] should undergo a qualitative change after reaching Rank B, just like [Eye Ring] reaching Rank 2 and then [Shadow's Gaze].

Besides making copying faster, it might also increase the number of slots for "Daydreaming".

If that's the case, then he could get a level 2 sealed artifact for free!

"I'm such a clever little devil!"

Qi Xie thought smugly, and then began to examine the thorn crown in his hand.

"But this thing's properties conflict with mine... Putting aside dispelling darkness, purifying impurities... it probably won't purify me, will it?"

As for the side effects of piercing the body and consuming blood, he simply ignored them.

Based on his current body composition.

Even a single lick from a forbidden, long-tongued female ghost would require searching the entire house for garlic to mask the odor.

If it wants to eat, let it have some. Just treat it like raising another pig. Anyway, it's not like I haven't fed pigs with my own body before.

Moreover, with the same level of [Flesh and Blood Reconstruction] present, this thing shouldn't have much of a chance of sucking him to death.

"Hmm... Normally the password can be changed at will, but it cannot be changed while the [Light Chaser] is in use... So what should I use as the password...?"

Qi Xie pondered, and a word surfaced in his mind.

Light!

At that time, he will be solemn, wearing a crown of thorns, and will shout out the word "Light" in a majestic voice!

God said, "Let there be light!" and there was light!

Then, the holy light purified him and the monster before him.

The fantasy ended, Qi Xie shook his head, and couldn't help but smile.

This art style is really unsuitable for the followers of an evil god.

He has a more suitable art style.

We'll change the password later.

Qi Xie randomly set "light" as the password in his mind, then put the thorn crown wrapped with gray-white gemstones on his head, preparing to continue experimenting with the effects of the [Light Chaser].

Because this thing's attributes clearly conflict with those of the evil god, he controlled the [Light Chaser] to activate it to the minimum.

"Light!"

Accompanied by Qi Xie's low shout.

Deep within the grayish-white gemstone, specks of light suddenly appeared, and platinum light gradually emanated from the gemstone, dispelling the darkness surrounding Qi Xie.

Because of Qi Xie's control, this area is very small, only about half a meter in diameter.

At the same time, Qi Xie was inspired and intuitively felt that when the pure light shone, he could summon this light to strike the target.

Splash splash splash splash—

Under this sacred light, the thorns that twined into a crown twisted and grew, their sharp branches piercing Qi Xie's skin and stabbing into his brain.

However, the thorns soon slowed down their growth, seemingly reluctant to enter this 'evil' body.

"As expected, the side effects of the thorns aren't too severe, but the crown's purifying effect is rather awkward..."

This burning sensation came from the crown's rejection of Qi Xie's soul, not from actual temperature, so it was not apparent on the surface.

"Fortunately, my pain tolerance is high enough that I'm already numb to this level of pain."

Qi Xie removed the crown, causing the pure light to disappear, and at the same time, the growing thorns gradually retracted on their own.

After personally experimenting with it, he was convinced that he understood it well enough to imagine this level-two sealed artifact.

And then comes the main course!