After the enormous tail swept through the darkness, the vast space on the underground floor returned to its initial silence. When everyone tried to locate the shadow that had just appeared, they found it had already vanished into the darkness.
Margery quickly cast an illumination spell using her staff.
The area around her was immediately lit up, revealing part of the underground floor.
Luo Wei glanced around. At the center of the hall stood a massive celestial globe. Surrounding the circular hall were dozens of towering bookshelves, filled with countless heavy books and documents. This place seemed to be the research institute's library or archive.
The two elders had been knocked over by the earlier impact. After getting up, they exchanged a look of astonishment.
"Could that have been... the president?"
"Was that him?"
"Brother!" Helena helped Luo Wei up. "Are you alright?"
Luo Wei shook his head and immediately turned his gaze to Tilis, who was standing nearby.
She was spacing out again.
"Tilis?" Luo Wei walked over and asked in a low voice, "Did you remember something again?"
Tilis nodded thoughtfully, her eyes fixed on the direction where the creature had disappeared.
"That's what the Sea God looked like. When I was studying with my teacher, I remember it had a huge, long... tail, like a fish's."
After hearing her words, Luo Wei frowned. "But the Sea God has been dead for a long time. The one who attacked us was most likely the president."
What puzzled him even more was how the president had taken on the form of the Sea God. Had he become a god as well?
If becoming a god meant growing a giant fish tail, that seemed pretty underwhelming...
When he voiced his confusion, Tilis shook her head vigorously, her eyes tightly shut.
"No, that's impossible! His method is wrong! He can't succeed!"
"My teacher told me that the ritual requires the sacrifice of the flesh and blood of these ancient gods! Only by slaying a god can one become a god!"
"And only then will a higher, more powerful being feel pleased, granting us the reward of touching the truth! Only then can we open that door!!"
Tilis seemed to have recalled a lot of memories all at once. Her eyes widened suddenly.
"Yes, yes! That's it!"
She eagerly grabbed Luo Wei's wrist. "I'm almost there. I'm about to remember everything!"
Luo Wei quickly held her hand and lowered his voice.
"Tilis, wait—!"
He immediately looked toward a dark corner of the room, where a strange noise had just emerged.
The sound was faint and rustling, like the slithering of a damp, cold snake across the floor.
Hearing the noise, the two elders decided to strike first this time.
After quickly casting their spells, two powerful magical blasts shot toward the source of the sound.
As the bookshelves collapsed with a thunderous crash, Luo Wei finally saw what had been making the noise.
It was several thick, grotesque tentacles covered in dense, fleshy protrusions. Some of the protrusions could open like mouths, revealing uneven, jagged teeth resembling those of a lamprey.
After being hit by the magic, the creature didn't seem to suffer much damage. Instead, it appeared to be enraged, raising its tentacles high and thrashing them toward the group.
A pungent, fishy stench filled the air. Luo Wei pulled Tilis, who was still lost in her memories, back to safety, while Helena carefully guarded their retreat.
This time, facing the "president's" sneak attack, the two elders coordinated much better.
Elder Roens slammed his staff onto the ground, and a hemispherical magical storm erupted within the circular hall. The intense gusts of wind caused dozens of bookshelves to sway and collapse, sending countless pages and documents flying through the air.
When their line of sight was finally clear, Elder Margery soared into the air, her gaze locking onto the shadowy figure lurking in the darkness.
Behind her, a circle of magic crystals formed a radiant array, shooting beams of light like comets toward the enemy's position.
With the light from the spells, Luo Wei finally caught a glimpse of the president's true form, which had been hidden in the darkness.
It was a grotesque, indescribable body, as if various unrelated parts had been forcibly stitched together. Above a bloated mass of flesh were numerous tentacles covered in mouthparts, writhing and snapping like jaws. It moved on multiple webbed limbs, dragging behind it a long, serpentine or fish-like tail. Amidst the mass of flesh was a vaguely humanoid face.
Luo Wei frowned as he stared at the bizarre, enormous creature. It looked like a chaotic amalgamation of deep-sea creatures, like a grotesque seafood platter.
Tilis, who had been holding Luo Wei's hand, finally snapped out of her daze.
She looked at the scene of the elders battling the monster, her gaze settling on the creature.
"The Artificial God Project..."
She suddenly sneered. "Fools will always be fools. Did he really think he could gain power by merging himself with the Sea God?"
"But he does seem incredibly powerful now," Luo Wei remarked, noticing a shift in the battle.
Under the elders' relentless magical attacks, the massive creature remained unmoved. Elder Margery, puzzled, soon realized that the monster was using a magical shield to deflect the damage. Its body was enveloped in a faint blue glow.
Moreover, many of the scattered tentacles were holding staffs and other magical weapons, almost like human hands. The creature wasn't relying on brute strength but was engaging in a magical duel with the elders.
"A monster that can use magic isn't just terrifying," Luo Wei muttered, watching the elders dodge the creature's relentless attacks. "It's downright horrifying when it has both a monstrous body and magical abilities."
The president clearly hadn't completely lost his human rationality. Not only could he use magic, but he was also cunning. The elders had shifted from offense to defense, constantly evading the storm of attacks.
As the saying goes, "Two fists are no match for four hands," and the president had far more than four.
Tilis, no longer dismissive, furrowed her brow as she stared at the monster.
"We can't delay any longer..."
A hint of frustration flickered in her purple eyes.
At that moment, as if sensing Tilis's gaze, the creature's vaguely humanoid face turned toward her.
Its pale, lifeless eyes locked onto Tilis, and its bloodied face twisted as it let out a hideous, gurgling sound.
"Devour... power..."
"You..."
"More valuable..."
The president stopped attacking the elders and abruptly lunged toward Tilis, Luo Wei, and Helena.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
