Bang! White slime splattered everywhere.
Gu Lian kicked the Tentacle Monster down the stairs, seized the moment to pull out the folding knife embedded in its body, and delivered a forward slash.
Clang~
The blade dragged a sharp light as it cut through, severing a twisted tentacle in the middle. Because it wasn’t fully severed, the tip of the tentacle was still writhing.
The Tentacle Monster rolled down the stairs.
Two tentacles wrapped around the main railing to stabilize its deformed body, and Gu Lian, dragging her long blade, had already charged in front of it.
Squelch. The long blade pierced into the intersection of the Tentacle Monster’s four main tentacles, emerging from the back of the tentacles. The tip was stained with slime, and thick white liquid flowed from the wound.
Zzzz— The Tentacle Monster let out an incomprehensible roar. Its four main tentacles swung, and the dense mass of small tentacles lashed about wildly.
The entire staircase trembled like an earthquake, but what greeted it was that familiar sole of a shoe!
Bang! Gu Lian kicked the Tentacle Monster’s single eye again, sending it flying out of the building. After flying backward dozens of meters in midair, the monster flicked its two rear pairs of tentacles, using their curved ends to brace against the ground, and abruptly stopped.
Most of the Tentacle Monster’s body was suspended in midair, supported by only two tentacles. Its blood-red single eye stared venomously at the stairway entrance in front of it.
Whoosh. Gu Lian charged out of the dark stairway, her long blade in hand. At this moment, the mutation on her body had disappeared, and even the Fire of Dead Silence had gone out. Once outside the stairway, she might be monitored.
To avoid getting hit by the Lieshou’s special bullets, Gu Lian deactivated her Weiyi state.
From the exchange just now, she had confirmed that this Tentacle Monster wasn’t very strong and had low intelligence. Even without using her true strength, defeating it would be more than enough.
Whoosh~ Gu Lian took a deep breath, then used her full speed, her figure constantly shifting across the field. The Tentacle Monster glared at her angrily, and its two front tentacles extended and stabbed toward her.
Swish. A small lock of gray hair fell. Gu Lian sidestepped to avoid the stabbing tentacles. Just as she ran forward a few steps, an extremely thin tentacle abruptly burst out from the ground.
Clang~ A flash of blade light, and the mini tentacle was cut off. A large amount of white slime sprayed from the severed end.
She raised her left arm to block the sprayed slime, but some still splashed onto her face. Gu Lian rushed in front of the Tentacle Monster and slashed repeatedly with her long blade. The blade was swift and sharp.
Squelch~ Squelch~ Squelch~ The long blade carved numerous wounds near the Tentacle Monster’s eye, and slime splashed all over Gu Lian.
As she twisted her body to dodge a tentacle’s entanglement, dozens of small tentacles coiled together into a fleshy claw, lunging at her exposed chest.
Boom!!! An explosion of air burst forth. Before the Tentacle Monster could pierce Gu Lian’s chest and stab her heart, Gu Lian’s straight kick had already landed squarely on that large eye.
Hit by another random kick, the Tentacle Monster’s eye socket split apart slightly. Its octopus-like big head tilted backward, and its single eye nearly popped out of its socket.
The Tentacle Monster’s head pressed against the ground. Its twisted body rolled backward a few times because this kick was different from the previous two.
This time, she didn’t have to worry about the noise of her movements and used her full strength in human form.
After rolling a few times, the dense small tentacles on its body formed a fleshy hand that grabbed a nearby utility pole, pulling it until the pole bent slightly.
When striking, one must hit vital points. As for the Tentacle Monster, the only thing on its entire body that could be called a vital point was its eye.
With this kick, the Tentacle Monster was severely injured. The single eye was the foundation of its ability to control the tentacle body, yet that foundation had been kicked three times in a row by the same person.
Zzzz— The Tentacle Monster was completely enraged. Green blood flowed from its central single eye. Its two main tentacles slapped the ground, and one after another, dense tentacles longer than a person burst out from the ground, densely packed.
Clang! The blade light flickered. Gu Lian brandished her long blade and charged forward. White slime splattered everywhere. Wherever she passed, incomplete tentacles flew up, leaving only a row of uneven stumps.
Clang, clang, clang… The slashes never stopped. On the sidewalk at the edge of the road, the flowing blade light seemed to hover and flicker in midair. Gu Lian’s assault never paused for a moment.
Seeing the situation turning unfavorable, the Tentacle Monster’s main body crawled on the ground. Its four main tentacles pierced into the ground, rapidly spreading under the asphalt road.
Just as the tentacles that had tunneled through the ground were about to burst out from below, Gu Ye extended her right foot and slid her body to the right. Four tentacles thrust out from where she had been standing. The dense small tentacles on them coiled together, forming a prison of biological tissue.
Having narrowly dodged the Tentacle Monster’s attack, Gu Lian had already appeared in front of it, stabbing her long blade toward its single eye.
Crack~ The folding knife pierced through the Tentacle Monster’s eye. Green blood no longer flowed from the wound; instead, cracks spread from the point of injury, and the Tentacle Monster turned to stone.
Not good! A sense of crisis arose in Gu Lian’s heart. Just as she was about to leap sideways, the white slime that had splattered on her body unexpectedly sprouted four tentacles.
The bloated tentacles wrapped around Gu Lian’s limbs. Gu Lian, who had been in midair, fell to the ground with a thud. The four tentacles pressed her firmly.
The Tentacle Monster’s single eye squeezed out from the white slime on Gu Lian’s chest. This scene was both eerie and disgustingly extreme.
Slap. Dense small tentacles gradually grew from the four main tentacles and slapped against Gu Lian’s body.
“Hmph…” Gu Lian only let out a muffled grunt. As soon as she raised her hand, countless tentacles wrapped around it, gradually covering her exposed body. She now only felt her body being squeezed from all directions.
A red light flickered in the depths of Gu Lian’s eyes. Beneath the cover of her clothes, the skin on her torso and upper arms turned dark and shiny. Grayish markings intersected on her chest, forming a diamond shape on her sternum.
Squelch~ White slime splattered. Gu Lian exerted her full body strength. The Tentacle Monster’s single eye widened, and the tentacles that had covered most of Gu Lian’s body were forcibly torn off.
Gu Lian’s left hand tore off a tentacle that was wrapping around her, and immediately grabbed at the single eye on her chest. In the Tentacle Monster’s field of vision, a fair hand blocked its sight.
“Got you!”
Zzrrak~ The single eye was forcibly ripped out from the Tentacle Monster’s main body. Green juice gushed from the eye socket on the monster’s body.
Gu Lian raised her hand, her five fingers gripping the eyeball, and applied force.
Splat~ The eyeball was crushed. Stinking thick pulp oozed from between her fingers. Gu Lian stared at the pulp in her hand for a moment, and a terrifying thought suddenly surfaced in her mind—
‘Eat it!’
A strange, fragrant scent drifted into her nostrils. It was clearly a stench, but for some reason, Gu Lian felt that the pulp in her hand was extremely tempting. If she ate it, she could become stronger!
Plop. The Tentacle Monster’s body fell to the ground. The milky white slime and the monster itself rapidly evaporated.
Smelling the scent, Gu Lian swallowed. She simply stared at the pulp that was still flowing from her arm, dripping down and falling from her elbow.
Finally, gritting her teeth, Gu Lian shook the pulp from her hand and turned to walk back to Uncle Xiong’s house. Right now, she was outside, so she couldn’t eat these things. Besides, they looked disgusting. Forget about eating anything.
The road fell silent again. The streetlight’s glow remained bright. As the light cast down, the surroundings seemed to return to their original state.
If not for the densely packed holes on the sidewalk and a puddle of stinking, disgusting liquid, it would seem as if nothing had just happened.
“Really frightening…” Dao Ba Nu, with bandages wrapped around her head, sat on a trash can across the sidewalk. There was a hint of envy in her voice. She had originally been tasked with observing Gu Lian’s situation, but she never expected to witness the scene of her brutally beating a Weiyi with her own eyes.
Earlier, the Masked Man had said that Gu Lian might have killed a Weiyi alone, and she had been a bit skeptical. But now, she had no choice but to believe.
A single folding knife, relying entirely on physical ability—Gu Lian had taken down a Weiyi that looked far from easy to deal with. Who knew how strong she would be once she put on the [Cursed Armor]?
She was really jealous now!