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

That familiar, chilling feeling, like falling into an ice cave, gradually spread.

gurgle gurgle...

Grayish-white, illusory tentacles emerged from the eerie pattern, their ends opening into blood-red vertical eyes like glass marbles.

The vertical-eyed creature scanned the restroom and then fixed its gaze on Qi Xie.

"My Lord..."

Qi Xie pretended to be authentic:

"I have hunted the prey you requested; I hope you will be satisfied with this offering."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers, and the shadow beneath his feet opened its identical blood-red vertical eyes and reached out towards the tentacles.

It contains the body of the "student ghost".

As for the calamity-level bizarre materials, he temporarily hid them in a corner, not in the Shadow.

That thing was too tempting for the evil god.

He planned to wait until he had collected enough calamity-level bizarre energy before exchanging it all with the evil god for a 'gift'.

Otherwise, if this dim-witted evil god swallowed the material whole and then insisted that he hadn't eaten it, making him find it again, he would be ready to kill him.

Where do you think his bizarre inspiration for extorting the doorman came from?

This is something that doesn't necessarily remember the next meal after eating the previous one.

At this moment, the evil god also sensed the enormous, extremely dangerous and eerie aura emanating from the shadow, and all its tentacles immediately became restless, swaying in the air.

Qi Xie instantly became alert and subconsciously took a step back, worried that the other person might lose their mind from being tempted and let him bite them.

Unexpectedly, the tentacles did not attack violently as usual. Instead, they extended several tentacles, slowly reaching into the shadows and lifting up the student ghost's body.

"I'm recovering further and starting to have some self-control and rationality..."

Qi Xie made a decision in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed.

However, the next moment, he felt a sudden chill on his right hand.

Qi Xie subconsciously looked down.

In an instant!

Cardiac arrest!

Several ethereal, grayish-white tentacles had somehow wrapped around his right hand, encircling his forearm, wrist, and fingertips.

"Oh shit?!"

Qi Xie's forehead twitched.

He was all too familiar with this predatory entangling technique.

In the past, this meant that an evil god would drag him over and devour him.

I shouldn't have let my guard down!

Qi Xie cursed himself inwardly.

Things have been so peaceful lately that I've become less vigilant and overlooked the danger of this thing!

In the past, if someone were dragged over like this, they would most likely die!

In an instant, his shadow floated up and stood beside him.

His left hand swiftly reached in, retrieved the gleaming blood axe, and raised it high.

It wasn't that they were preparing to chop down the evil god, but rather that they were preparing to chop down themselves.

In this situation, the only option is to cut off the entangled part and feed it to the evil god, sacrificing the pawn to save the king, and cutting off the tail to survive.

The thought of cutting off his own right arm made Qi Xie almost want to curse:

"I've helped you achieve such a huge result, and you still want to exploit your employees?! Is there no justice in this world?!"

However, before his blood axe could fall...

A sudden change occurred.

You have lost: Level 3 Sealed Artifact [Eye Ring]

"Um?"

Qi Xie was stunned.

The next second, the blood-red vertical eyes of the shadow beside him instantly closed, fell back to his feet, and became an ordinary shadow.

Qi Xie looked down at his right hand.

On the middle finger of his right hand, the eye ring that had been firmly fastened slowly unfastened.

The ruby-shaped eye on the ring rolled twice.

The ring, which Qi Xie originally thought was made of silvery-white tentacles of an unknown metal, slowly loosened and slid down Qi Xie's slender fingers to his fingertips like real tentacles, merging into the evil god's tentacles wrapped around Qi Xie's fingertips.

Then, the evil god's tentacles wrapped around his fingertips slid up to the base of his fingers, rolled into a circle, and slowly broke off, leaving a new circle of tentacles wrapped together.

A blood-red vertical eye suddenly opened in the middle of the tentacle with a "pop".

This time, the vertical eye is no longer a ruby-like pupil-less eye, but a real, blood-red vertical eye exactly like the one on the evil god.

His eyes were still looking upwards, at Qi Xie, who had a blank expression.

Then he blinked.

It's like saying hello.

At the same time, a system notification popped up in front of me.

You have obtained the sealed artifact: [Shadow's Gaze] (Level 2)

"A blessing..."

He whispered softly in her ear.

At the same time, the tentacles wrapped around his right hand slowly loosened and retreated.

Qi Xie: ...

So, it turns out they've finally paid salaries?

You should have at least said something!

That's terrifying!

The blood-red vertical eyes at the ends of several tentacles looked at Qi Xie.

Qi Xie also looked up and met the eyes of the tentacle.

The tentacle then turned to the blood axe that Qi Xie held high in his left hand, a look of obvious doubt appearing in its eyes.

"Hahaha... I was worried that the offering was too big and you might have trouble digesting it, so I took it out to ask if you needed me to cut it into pieces for you?"

Qi Xieqian chuckled twice and pointed at the student ghost's body.

The tentacles hovered in mid-air, while several blood-red vertical eyes blinked.

Qi Xie almost hallucinated that there was a small "loading" circle spinning around on the tentacle.

Several seconds later, the evil god seemed to understand Qi Xie's meaning and turned back to continue eating.

"No need..."

The whispered words murmured in my ear.

Qi Xie's eye twitched, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

At least they managed to fool them.

The evil god continues to eat dry rice.

Seeing that it seemed there was nothing more for him to do.

Qi Xie moved two more steps to a safer location away from the evil god, and began to examine the new ring on the middle finger of his right hand with curiosity.

Open the system panel and click on the Seal Artifacts Encyclopedia.

Surprisingly, the encyclopedia entry for the sealed artifacts only contains a very brief description:

【The Gaze of the Shadow】(Level 2): ​​The unknown supreme terror casts its gaze upon you, and from this moment on, His gaze will always be with you.

Qi Xie: ...

What the hell is this?

What's the difference between saying it and not saying it?

Right now, that supreme terror is right next to me, eating and drinking, and every now and then it raises its tentacles to glance at me!

"I should try it myself..."

Qi Xie took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried to feel the presence of the ring.

However, the next second, he opened his eyes in astonishment.

At the same time, the shadow beneath his feet slowly opened its blood-red vertical eyes again, twisting and contorting into several strands that rose from the ground like tentacles.

"this?!"

Qi Xie looked at the shadowy tentacle with blood-red vertical eyes beside him and slowly reached out his hand.

The next moment, he actually touched the shadow tentacles.

Is it a physical entity?!

Qi Xie was shocked for a moment, then a thought struck him.

The next second, his hand reached into the shadows again.

He could sense that the space where he used to store items in the shadows was still there.

【The Gaze of the Shadow】is significantly stronger than the previous 【Eye Ring】!

He can now completely control his shadow, not only easily switching between reality and illusion to devour storage items, but also directly using it in battle!

Qi Xie was excited!

Is this a level two sealed artifact that rivals a level B skill and is extremely dangerous and bizarre?

"Let's test its power..."

Qi Xie was eager to try.