A Life of Attributes Starting as a Nobleman in the Republic of China Era

The Huangpu River is over ten meters deep, so the monitor lizard couldn't reach the bottom. However, it was somewhat adept at swimming, and it kept paddling with its limbs, swaying its body from side to side as it swam toward the shore.

The familiar bone remodeling, reverse spinal stretching, keratinocyte growth, and the formation of a transparent, waterproof nictitating membrane around the eyelids.

Chen Che, now transformed into Cangming, could see clearly underwater. He used all his strength to cling tightly to the giant lizard's tail and swim towards the river.

Lizards cannot breathe underwater. If Chen Che can deplete the oxygen of the monitor lizard within the duration of the Azure Sea, he will win.

The monitor lizard sensed the burden on its tail and swung its thick tail violently, trying to shake Chen Che off.

Water splashed and the monitor lizard thrashed about in the murky river. Chen Che gritted his teeth and dug his fingers into the gaps between the monitor lizard's rough scales.

A human and a lizard are entangled and churning in the turbid currents of the Huangpu River.

Although Chen Che's body structure was more adapted to underwater activities, the monitor lizard was still two zhang long and much stronger than Chen Che.

The monitor lizard's tail spun wildly in the river like a violent steel whip. Chen Che's arm bones cracked under the strain of the lizard's swinging motion, and his shoulder joints were almost dislocated.

As one force diminishes while the other increases, Chen Che's pulling force becomes weaker and weaker.

The giant lizard suddenly turned its head, its golden vertical pupils filled with an eerie smile.

Chen Che was startled and instinctively tried to let go to dodge, but he was a beat too late.

The monitor lizard turned its massive jaws around and swung its tail toward its head, forming a closed circle. With tremendous force, its gaping maw snapped at Chen Che!

"Click."

The blood, like a bursting red ribbon, instantly stained the surrounding river water crimson.

Chen Che felt a piercing pain from his right shoulder to his left rib, and then his right arm went numb.

The monitor lizard's massive jaws snapped diagonally across his torso, piercing through his right shoulder.

Chen Che let out a suppressed roar of pain as the salty river water filled his throat, but his left hand still gripped the giant lizard's tail tightly.

A cruel glint of mockery flashed in the monitor lizard's eyes.

Instead of biting off Chen Che's arm, it swung its tail violently, as if toying with its prey, and slammed him hard towards the bottom of the river.

His right arm ached, and his left hand alone wasn't enough. The monitor lizard lashed its tail with tremendous force, sending Chen Che tumbling through the water and hurtling towards the riverbed.

The Huangpu River was churning with undercurrents, and Chen Che's body was being sucked deeper and deeper into the whirlpool. The excruciating pain and massive blood loss made his consciousness increasingly blurred.

Just as Chen Che's flame of consciousness was about to be extinguished, a light blue attribute panel suddenly popped up in front of him.

The legendary attribute "[Live Towards Death]" flickers on and off, triggering automatically!

All attributes doubled!

A warm current was secreted from the brainstem, flowing down the spine and irrigating the whole body, like spring water in spring water revitalizing a parched wheat field, and reaching all the nerve endings in the body.

The pain from broken bones and muscles is completely suppressed by various hormones secreted in the brain.

The crimson mist of blood was still spreading on Chen Che's right shoulder and left rib, but he could no longer feel any pain.

The feeling of near-death weakness vanished, replaced by an almost explosive power surging through every muscle.

Chen Che opened his eyes, and deep within his pupils, it seemed as if a ghostly blue flame was burning.

The riverbed is filled with howling undercurrents, and turbid mud and sand are churning.

Chen Che's eyes pierced through everything, fixed intently on the massive shadow above.

The monitor lizard is swimming towards the riverbank.

It clearly regarded Chen Che as an inanimate object.

His legs suddenly straightened in the mud. The moment Chen Che's feet landed, the riverbed within a radius of several meters collapsed, and turbid mud and sand surged wildly in all directions in a ring.

His figure was like a torpedo launched from its gun, tearing through the water and leaving a trail of rapidly rolling white torrents as he hurtled toward the giant lizard's embrace.

The monitor lizard sensed the flow of water and suddenly turned its head.

Before he could react, Chen Che had already crashed into its arms.

Chen Che brought his left hand together like a knife and, using the force of his charge, plunged it into the soft, scaleless area under the giant lizard's jaw.

"puff."

His entire forearm was buried in flesh and blood.

The monitor lizard opened its huge mouth, its massive body convulsed wildly, and its tail lashed out, stirring the river water as if it were boiling.

It desperately shook its head, trying to shake off Chen Che, but Chen Che's left arm was as hard as cast iron, firmly nailed into its jaw, while his other hand grabbed the edge of its eye socket, his ten fingers digging into its flesh.

Chen Che hung on the giant lizard's head, his left hand relentlessly attacking the wound on its jaw. Each thrust left a trail of destruction, turning the lizard's life force into a pulp.

Monitor lizards' regenerative abilities are already limited in water, so they couldn't withstand Chen Che's continuous and fatal injuries.

Fresh blood spread through the river.

The monitor lizard's struggles gradually weakened.

Its eyes changed from ferocity to fear, and then from fear to pleading.

Chen Che met its gaze; the eerie blue flames in its pupils were terrifyingly calm.

Chen Che grabbed the monitor lizard's head, forcefully turned it 180 degrees, and dived towards the bottom of the river.

The world at the bottom of the river was deathly silent.

The undercurrents stirred up by the monitor lizard's death throes gradually subsided, and the crimson mist of blood slowly diffused in the water.

Chen Che dragged the giant lizard's massive body, his feet treading on the silt that had accumulated at the bottom of the river for many years.

He could feel his left arm still deeply embedded in the wound under the monitor lizard's jaw, blood flowing down his arm.

The monitor lizard in my arms gradually lost its life, its golden vertical pupils losing their luster and covered with a thin, deathly gray film.

Just then, Chen Che suddenly felt a rush of water rushing towards him.

In his mind, he clearly saw a semi-transparent, huge figure with golden vertical pupils suddenly erupt from the giant lizard, its blood-red maw gaping wide as it lunged at his face.

It was exactly the same as when Cangming was captured.

Chen Che opened his eyes wide, facing the overwhelming force head-on.

The image in his consciousness, like a ghost, flowed directly into his body, instantly merging with him, becoming one with him.

The next instant, Chen Che heard a "ding" sound in his mind, and the attribute panel popped up.

It's a new entry.

"Captured: [Soul: Chongchi]".

Meanwhile, the monitor lizard's body, submerged at the bottom of the river, seemed to be boiling from beneath its skin, constantly churning blood bubbles, undergoing a breathtaking "metamorphosis".

Its hard scales and sharp claws seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand, curling and peeling away layer by layer to reveal the bright red, writhing flesh underneath.

The bones continued to contract and shrink, emitting dull cracking sounds as they shattered into large pieces.

The shed bone layer quickly turned black and rotted, eventually turning into a pool of bubbling, viscous pus that slowly flowed into the Huangpu River.

A few breaths later, at the bottom of the river where the stench of blood had not yet dissipated, only the corpse of Wang Jian remained, his body covered in blood, his eyes closed, and a shocking gash on his jaw.

The shed skin and flesh, once separated from Wang Jian's body, quickly collapsed like molten wax, turning black, rotting and dissolving. Before long, it turned into a pool of bubbling, viscous pus, melting into the mud at the bottom of the river.

It's already chapter 80! Looking at the readers' comments, I've been getting a lot of flak, haha. Of course, I have many flaws… I'll learn from them and definitely change. I hope you'll continue to follow me.