I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

Through the Peeping Eye of Fate, Chen Lun learned some information about the Octopus Monster.

Afer Chen Lun ruthlessly cracked the Octopus Monster's probing attempt, it seemed to have enraged it. The next moment, the pool trembled, and four or five tentacles flew out simultaneously, lashing toward Chen Lun in midair.
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Crack! Crack crack crack... Bang!

Chen Lun's Silver Staff disassembled itself in his hand, and amidst a shower of sparks, it transformed into a long Silver Whip. Immediately after, his leather glove emitted a flame, dyeing the Silver Whip with a layer of burning fire.

Whoosh—crack! Crack crack!!

Streaks of silver light, accompanied by high temperature, collided with the incoming massive objects, causing explosions.

The bulky tentacles were severed at the sound, their ends a blur of flesh and blood, whipped into shreds by the spikes and blades of the Silver Whip. The broken tentacles burned with Supernatural Flame, sizzling as they fell into the water, and even as flames continued to burn and violent bubbles erupted from the water's surface.

Several bleeding tentacles flailed wildly, stirring up waves of water splashes, and soon, a gigantic spherical head emerged from the water.

The grey-green surface of the octopus head bore several azure ring patterns, and two pitch-black horizontal eyes stared directly at Chen Lun.

A deep madness and a desire to kill washed over him.

"You want to kill me?"

A smile appeared on Chen Lun's face, and slowly, dark golden scales covered his face, as he raised his Flaming Silver Whip and brought it down fiercely.

"Then come and try!"

Whoosh—!!

A silver flash appeared, and being too large to dodge, the Octopus Monster could only raise its other intact tentacles to endure the blow.

Crack!!

In the booming sound, its tentacles were once again severed.

Ao—!!

The Octopus Monster made a strange cry, causing the small pool to ripple.

Hu!

With a flap of the black wings on his back, Chen Lun dove downwards, retracting the Silver Whip in his hand into a fine sword, with roaring flames burning on it.

—Plop!!

A giant round mouth suddenly opened atop the head of the Octopus Monster, its densely packed serrated teeth writhing and instantly spraying out a black mist.

The figure of Chen Lun was instantly submerged in this black fog.

As the black mist diffused, the mud and weeds around the pool turned black and decayed, then crumbled to pieces, as if the fog contained an extremely potent Supernatural Toxin.

Hu!

As the black fog cleared, a figure suddenly appeared, swinging the Silver Sword overhead slashing down.

"This level of toxin can't affect me..."

Chen Lun grinned, the flaming Silver Sword already slicing through the Octopus Monster's large head.

The Silver Sword cut through like slicing tough leather, causing dark green thick fluid to squirt out, which was then immediately scorched by the flame, sizzling noisily.

Ao—!!

The Octopus Monster began to struggle frantically, shaking the entire pool, as if several deep-water bombs had exploded, with water splashing high into the sky, raining down like a drizzle.

Immediately afterward, it dived sharply, seemingly ready to escape.

With a flap of his black wings, Chen Lun holding the Silver Sword dive-bombed straight down, crashing into the water with a bang.

In the turbid water below, three cracks appeared on his cheeks, which bubbled with fine bubbles upon a slight flutter.

[Fish Gills]!

As a man capable of combat in sea, land, and air, there was no way an Octopus Monster could slip away by diving in front of him!

Amidst the dark and clouded vision, Chen Lun focused intently on the huge red outline ahead and pursued it.

A few Walking Fish he had seen earlier from the surface swam past him, which he grabbed with one swift motion. The Walking Fish struggled in his hand, but were completely unable to affect his iron-like grasp.

Crrack...!

The ring on his finger emitted a bewitching red light, and immediately, the Walking Fish's body contorted, twisting into a cloud of blood mist that was absorbed into the Blood Poem Ring.

[You have killed the polluted creature "Walking Fish" and gained 10 Experience Points!]

A blush passed across Chen Lun's face, and his snake pupils shone with greater intensity.

He devoured the Walking Fish through the abilities of the Blood Poem Ring, recovering some of his Physical Strength and Spirituality.

"It seems that due to the large difference in Levels, a penalty has been applied to the benefits…"

Chen Lun noticed the notification and thought to himself.

He stomped his foot, creating a ring-shaped bubble, and then accelerated forward in pursuit.

During this process, he repeated his trick, grabbing the passing Walking Fish and "eating" them at will, causing other Walking Fish to panic and scatter in all directions.

Whether it was the Octopus Monster or the strange creature pursuing it, both exuded a terrifying aura, prompting the school of Walking Fish to keep their distance.

Soon, Chen Lun gradually caught up with the Octopus Monster, and at the same time, both of them had reached the depths of the pool, where there was no light at all, shrouded in pitch black.

This made Chen Lun somewhat surprised because he never anticipated such a tiny pool to be bottomless.

But then he thought that in this bizarre "Immortal Realm," anything seemed possible.

Crack!

Chen Lun laughed as his hand dug into the flesh of the Octopus Monster.

[You used the skill [Animal Mimicry LVMAX+2], learning corresponding traits from the target.]

[Abyss Touch]

Trait description: Your body can partially transform into tentacles, granting you temporary supernatural flexibility, high activity, powerful grasping, and underwater breathing capabilities!

This was Chen Lun getting another enhancement in his Beast Tamer–exclusive skill; [Animal Mimicry]'s memory slots could now hold one more supernatural trait, after he had assigned that 1 Blessing Point from the first part of the Main Quest reward to [Nature's Favor].

Chen Lun removed [Fish Gills], saving [Abyss Touch] instead.

The next second, the three cracks on his cheeks vanished, replaced by two azure ring-shaped patterns, providing Chen Lun with the ability to breathe underwater as they wriggled.

All this was within his expectations.

"This trait is wonderful... I wonder what kinds of marvelous changes will occur if I combine [Abyss Touch] with [Serpentine Incarnation]..."