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

"Me, rough?!"

The ghost child trembled in fright and turned to look at the smiling Qi Xie behind him.

When did you arrive?!

It didn't sense anything at all!

"Little one, playing ball with them is so boring! Why don't you give me the ball? Big Brother has something much more fun for you!"

The eerie child instinctively took a step back.

It clearly remembered that the one with the most dangerous aura was sent to its grandparents' house!

Why is he here? Did he dodge his grandparents' attack?

"Wh...what is that...?"

Its voice was stiff.

Qi Xie smiled mysteriously, lifting his coat with his right hand and pulling up the hem of his shirt...

"What...what are you going to do?!"

The child's eyes twitched, and at the same time, due to the curiosity unique to this age, he couldn't help but lean closer to take a closer look.

"Of course... I'll show you Gege's precious treasure~"

Qi Xie subtly reached out and pulled out a sturdy, large stick.

Then there was the blood axe, its tip gleaming with a cold light!

When the Blood Axe was tattooed in miniature on his chest, the end of the handle was imprinted just below Qi Xie's left abdomen.

The hairs on the child's body stood on end instantly!

It sensed a deadly threat!

This human deliberately lured it to such close range!

"roar--!!"

He suddenly let out a beast-like roar, and his entire body began to swell and deform!

His fingernails grew out of shape, his fangs stretched out, and his legs, now with reverse joints, pushed off the ground with all his might, trying to get away from Qi Xie.

However, Qi Xie deliberately restored the Blood Axe to its tattooed form to lure the ghost child to his front, in order to cancel the pre-animation of pulling the axe out of the shadows and prevent the ghost child from becoming alert and running away.

By the time the opponent saw the Blood Axe, it was too late.

Whoosh!

The Blood Axe swung through the air, creating a crescent moon of blood!

The child's two legs, which had transformed into wild beast-like reversed joints, were instantly severed at the knees.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

The eerie child let out a sharp, piercing scream.

Qi Xie held the blood axe in the same position, swung it high and slammed it down with the back of the axe, the unsharpened back of the axe hitting the ghost child's mouth hard.

The child's screams abruptly stopped.

First, hit the legs to prevent escape, then hit the mouth to prevent begging for mercy.

His methods were skillful and his thinking was clear; he was obviously a repeat offender.

The poor child monster, a powerful restricted-level monster, was completely suppressed by Qi Xie in less than three seconds due to its immature mind and weak strength.

"Waaaaah..."

The child was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He covered his mouth and rolled around on the ground, with blood dripping from between his fingers and broken fangs showing.

"To be honest, I still have some use for you. Why don't you just obediently take the ball out? Why do you have to make things difficult for yourself?"

Qi Xie slung his axe over his shoulder, squatted down, and spoke in a gentle tone with a kind smile like that of a friendly older brother.

The eerie child raised his head, looking at Qi Xie with a terrified expression. Qi Xie was backing away, supporting himself on his elbows, muttering incoherently as he retreated:

"You...you can't do this to me...If you treat me like this, Grandpa and Grandma will..."

As it was talking, it stopped.

As the shadow of a blood-red vertical eye flickered beneath Qi Xie's feet, a surprised and terrified voice faintly drifted out:

"My dear grandson...my dear grandson! Is that you?! Run! Run!! This guy isn't human, don't let this beast catch you..."

The eerie child stiffened its neck and looked up.

Qi Xie looked at him with a smile.

"If I give you the ball, will you let me go?"

What do you think?

"..."

"......"

The air was silent for five seconds. The strange child turned its head and tried to crawl away using its hands and feet, but Qi Xie was quick and grabbed it by the back of its collar.

The eerie child twisted its body, bared its teeth and claws, and cried out:

"Let me go! Let me go!! You bad person!! You..."

Glug glug glug...

Bai Yiyi and Wang Shan huddled to one side, their eyes wide with fear as they watched Qi Xie begin his inhumane water torture.

It's not that I'm afraid... it's just that the technique is indeed too skillful.

Five minutes later.

Qi Xie twirled an old-fashioned floral ball between his right fingertips, while the shadow beneath his feet slowly swallowed the unconscious, shocking child.

Wang Shan swallowed hard, suddenly realizing that recruiting Qi Xie into the guild wasn't such a good thing after all.

This person's mental state is completely off!

It was obvious that the ghost child wanted to surrender in the second minute, but this guy, as if for fun, insisted on watering him for another three minutes!

Despite these thoughts, Wang Shan immediately stood at attention and bowed slightly to Qi Xie:

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Qi. I, Wang, will remember this favor."

His mental state is his own business, but offering help is a favor, and he should remember it.

"No need. I already said, I'll take care of you in this instance by accepting your pen. Besides, I was looking for this eerie child anyway... You've already done me a huge favor by stopping spreading that 'lolicon master' nickname."

Qi Xie was examining the polka-dot ball in his hand at the moment, speaking casually.

Wang Shan smiled but didn't say anything, only keeping the life-saving grace firmly in his heart.

Human relationships are one thing, but when it comes to all the calculations, life is always the most important thing.

However, he is still very weak and doesn't know what he can do for Qi Xie.

"By the way, where are the other two? That guy, what's his name... Ghost Hand Dick, and that auntie pretending to be young. Aren't they with you?"

Qi Xie opened the system and checked the ball's attributes. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned to Bai Yiyi and asked.

"no."

Bai Yiyi shook her head:

"We haven't seen any trace of them along the way; they must have been teleported somewhere else."

"Oh?"

Qi Xie narrowed his eyes slightly, a strange meaning flashing in them.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Yiyi noticed Qi Xie's unusual expression and asked curiously:

"Will they run into any problems?"

"No, I hope I'm just overthinking it."

Qi Xie didn't say anything, he just gently tossed the ball out of his hand.

pop - pop - pop -

The ball hit the wall and bounced wildly in the cramped space, making a clear, crisp sound.

Strangely, the ball kept bouncing without stopping or slowing down; instead, it began to move in a certain direction during the bounce.

According to the information Qi Xie obtained from checking the ball's attributes on the system panel, as long as he follows the ball, he can find a route in the chaotic old house and eventually reach the wedding room of the ghost bride and ghost groom.

"Follow me, we need to speed things up."

Qi Xie strode forward:

"To avoid any accidents."

Bai Yiyi and Wang Shan exchanged a puzzled look, but wisely refrained from saying anything more and quickened their pace to silently follow Qi Xie.

......

......

Meanwhile, in another part of the old house.

In a corridor identical to the one where Qi Xie and his two companions were, two figures stood motionless, too afraid to move.

This was because an unusually strange room had appeared in front of the two of them.