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How did it change so quickly?

Where are the elite adventurers we were promised?

Hua Zhen and Tia Ge were both a little confused.

However, they quickly realized what was happening and decided to rescue the person immediately.

Valentina's condition is not optimistic right now.

You should know that tentacle monsters are a unique type of monster.

The mucus secreted by the tentacle monster is a powerful sensory amplifier, slowly eroding the target's rationality and will.

The tentacle monster in front of them seemed to be showing off its spoils, or threatening Hua Zhen and Tia Ge, as it shielded Valentina in front of it as a hostage.

"Gulp..." Valentina gritted her teeth, "Don't... don't worry about me! Just do what you're supposed to do!"

"What's wrong with him? He's still so arrogant even after all this..." Tia frowned. "Is this guy really an elite adventurer?"

"I can't argue with that, why is he so bad!" Hua Zhen muttered.

"What are you all standing there for? Don't worry about me, just attack with all your might!" Valentina shouted, her eyes sharp as knives. "While this guy can't escape now, my defense is high enough that I can attack with all my might!"

"No, more important than that, you shouldn't get caught..."

"A miscalculation... I have no experience dealing with tentacle monsters; I thought it would attack directly..."

"You just mentioned XX, right?" Tia frowned. "Hold on, don't fall into corruption yet. If you attack us to protect the tentacle monster, we'll be in trouble!"

"I...I didn't say that...Damn it, how dare they humiliate me like this...Gulp, kill me!"

"Wow, there are even classic lines from the female knight!" Tia exclaimed in amazement.

"You read quite a lot, huh?"

As Hua Zhen spoke, she looked down.

The ground beneath the tentacle monster's feet had turned into a damp, dark swamp. Countless skeletal hands were gripping the tentacle monster tightly, their bones embedded deep in its flesh, preventing it from moving an inch.

This is probably the source of Ms. Jin Jin's confidence, right?

"Alright, let's go," Hua Zhen said. "Use the bouncy bombs to blow up the area you just bombed. The wound there is quite large, so it should be more effective."

"Okay!"

Tia sprinted forward and activated time stop again.

"World! Time, stand still!"

After stopping time, Tia didn't hesitate at all. The moment she got close to the tentacle monster, she ignited the bouncy bomb. Just as she was inserting it into the tentacle monster's body, she was surprised to discover something.

That's because the bouncy bomb easily pierced through the tentacle monster's translucent body.

At the same time, through the dispersing mist, Tia saw the yellow-orange, core-like thing inside the tentacle monster's translucent body.

"Huh?" Tia was surprised.

But there's no time left.

The five-second deadline is about to expire.

She had to temporarily retreat back to Hua Zhen's side.

"Bang!"

Time passed again, and the bouncy bomb exploded violently.

The shockwave from the explosion caused large patches of waist-high weeds to fall over.

However, the tentacle monster was unharmed.

It wiggled its tentacles gleefully, as if mocking Tia and Hua Zhen's incompetence.

"How could this happen..."

Hua Zhen frowned as he looked at the enormous, semi-transparent tentacle monster in front of him.

Because it's semi-transparent, attacks can't target it?

How can a tentacle monster have this kind of mechanism?!

"Holy crap, even the bombs were useless! How sneaky is that?!" Tia was shocked. "What are we going to do now? If it can launch a one-sided attack, we'll end up like Valentina in no time!"

"No rush, we have a way," Hua Zhen said. "Let's go back and find Miss Jin Jin!"

"ha?"

"There's no time to explain," Hua Zhen shouted to Valentina. "Hold on a little longer, we'll be right back to rescue you!"

Then, without hesitation, he took Tia and Karula and ran away.

"Eh...?"

Valentina blinked.

Watching the group quickly disappear into the mist, a slight sense of panic rose in her heart.

next second.

Her body was turned upside down, and her gaze met the tentacled monster's menacing eyes.

Immediately, the tentacles wrapped around Valentina's body secreted even more sanity-destroying fluid.

"Gurgle...kill me...kill me, oh oh oh oh!!!"

Valentina violently twisted her body.

……

……

"This is bad!"

Tia shouted as she was led away by Hua Zhen.

"Are we just going to abandon her like this? We should really go back. I, Lady Tia, can't just abandon someone and run away!"

"Shut up! This is called a strategic retreat," Hua Zhen said. "Although ordinary attacks are ineffective, Miss Jin Jin's magic array has successfully restrained that thing. She should have a way!"

Miss Jin is not far from here.

Soon, the three people and the dog arrived at their destination.

"Hey Chao, what are you doing back here?" Miss Jin Jin, hearing the shouts, also exclaimed in surprise from above.

Hua Zhen didn't dare to delay and immediately informed the other party of what had happened ahead.

"Hmm... I knew it," Miss Jin said. "That's probably the ability of the Ghost Grass. Since it has assimilated with the Tentacle Monster, it has become a semi-spirit. Under these circumstances, ordinary attacks are ineffective against it."

"What should we do then?"

"Damn it... I don't have my workshop here, and I'm too busy to clean it up right now. I'm counting on you, Hua Zhen!"

"I???"

"I will remove the magic from you, and your soul should be extracted. At that time, I will cast necromancy on you to maintain the connection between you and your body while giving you the ability to invade. Go and destroy the core of the tentacle monster. That thing is probably the key to its spiritualization."

"Do tentacle monsters have souls too?" Tia asked.

"The three elements that constitute life are body, spirit, and soul. You can't do without any of them. Monsters also have souls. Although monsters cannot communicate with humans, they can achieve empathy when they encounter a soul with compatible affinity... I'm an expert in this area, you can completely trust me."

"I...I understand." Hua Zhen nodded.

This job will definitely make you a fortune.

Fortune favors the bold.

We can't back down now!

"What about me? What about me?" Tia asked. "I, Lady Tia, also need a chance to play!"

"You're in charge of observing the situation," Jin Jin said. "The fusion of the mutated ghost grass and the tentacle monster resulted in a semi-spirit form. Someone must stay outside to observe whether the tentacle monster's body has changed. Also, your bodies cannot be too far apart, or you know the consequences."

After saying that, Jin Jin couldn't help but feel glad that her decision to stay up all night to prepare was the right one.

Although there is no magic workshop here.

But she still has that luxury now.

Soon, under Miss Jin Jin's magic, Hua Zhen's body collapsed to the ground like a doll whose spring had suddenly snapped.

at the same time.

Hua Zhen's soul, like water absorbed by salt, drifted out along with the mist.

Not only was my whole body empty, but I also lost my weight, so I could float wherever I wanted.

So this is what it feels like to be a wandering ghost.

"Wow, there's even a leaked play!" Hua Zhen exclaimed in surprise.

He ran up to Tiague and waved, but she couldn't see him at all.

"Get out of here!" Jin Jin's voice echoed in his mind. "I can only give you one hour!"

"It even has remote calling? That's amazing!"

"Of course," Jin Jin's smug voice echoed in my mind, "In a way, you are now a soul in my hands, so naturally I can convey my words to you."

"Then how do I deal with the tentacle monster's soul?"

"Don't worry, the souls of these monsters aren't as advanced as those of humans. They won't detect you when you first enter. You just need to destroy their core."

"One more thing: if your soul kills its soul, then under the condition of compatibility, you will take over the tentacle monster's body. Although the strength of the soul will not be reflected in the body, the strength of the body will be reflected in the soul."

"There's even possession?!" Hua Zhen exclaimed in shock. "What's meant by 'compatibility'?"

"Soul attributes can resonate when they align," Jin Jin said. "However, if you truly resonate with that tentacle monster's soul, you'll probably feel reluctant to kill it. But don't hesitate. In that situation, it's best if you can reach an agreement; if not, it's an enemy, so just kill it!"

"Awesome."

"Hmph, that's the secret of necromancy. Want to learn? I won't teach you!" Jin Jin's tone was full of smugness.

"Let's talk about it later." Hua Zhen took a deep breath. "Well then... I'll go!"

Hua Zhen swam towards the tentacle monster.

Without the constraints of clothing, I felt as if I had returned to the vastness of nature, completely at ease.

My mind felt more relaxed than ever before.

It feels like you've endured societal prejudice and oppression, and finally, on a rainy night, you come to the bathroom, slather yourself in shower gel, and keep falling down, pretending to be a newborn giraffe calf... How pitiful!

No wonder Ghost Grass was so popular in Farlans before!

Soon, Hua Zhen saw the tentacle monster and Valentina, who was being controlled by it.

At this point, her condition was very abnormal.

Her beautiful, aloof face was flushed with a drunken blush.

And he even drooled...

This cannot be blamed on myself and Tia.

Ultimately, it's because you're too bad at the game!

Hua Zhen shook her head, then plunged headfirst into the tentacle monster's body. Because the tentacle monster was in a semi-spiritual state, Hua Zhen slipped in as smoothly as a Dove chocolate bar.

The tentacle monster's body was covered with strange roots that had penetrated deep into its veins.

The bright, clear core lies just ahead.

Hua Zhen swam towards that direction with all her might.

But at that very moment...

The tentacle monster appeared before him.

It wasn't a huge body, but rather a tiny one.

"This is... the soul of a tentacle monster?" Hua Zhen couldn't help but be a little surprised.

I never imagined that such a big guy would have such a tiny soul.

It's like the surprise of meeting a mature older sister you booked online in person only to find out she's only ten years younger.

The soul of the tiny tentacles swayed back and forth like a squid.

Hua Zhen knew perfectly well that with just a gentle squeeze, the little tentacle's soul would die.

However, its behavior is very strange.

There was no attack on Hua Zhen, nor any suspicious action.

It roamed and moved through the air.

Finally, they reached the core area.

"Is this... giving me directions?"

Hua Zhen was somewhat incredulous.

But soon, he remembered Jin Jin's words.

The strength of the soul is not manifested in the physical body, but the strength of the physical body is reflected in the soul.

But the tiny tentacle in front of me doesn't fit either of those criteria.

"Never mind, let's prioritize dealing with the immediate issue first."

The moment Hua Zhen's hand touched the core.

A strange stream of fragmented memories flooded into his mind.

The fragile shell cracked open, and tiny tentacles emerged.

Before they could even experience the world, they were lifted up by a hand.

A chilling laugh reached my ears.

The stark white light shone down.

A sharp knife sliced ​​through the body.

The magic circuits were being extracted one by one, causing his body to spasm.

The experiments were tedious and repetitive.

A dark and gloomy cellar.

A body that gradually grows abnormally large after being injected with a certain drug.

And... the arrival of the last enormous magical plant.

"Is this...an experiment?"

The memories flashed by as quickly as a slideshow.

Hua Zhen then realized that these were the memories of the little tentacle monster.

The soul of the little tentacle monster in front of them stretched out its tentacles toward Hua Zhen.

Immediately afterwards, the monster's consciousness was transmitted.

Despite being the soul of a demon, Hua Zhen could sense the other party's goodwill.

In this situation, he began to consider whether or not to kill the other person.

Because this is a conversation between souls.

"You...want me to take you away from here?"

"No, no, no, our compatibility might indeed be good... but I am human, you are a tentacle, and my body doesn't have enough space to accommodate both your soul and mine at the same time. You might as well just die."

"What? Your wish is the same as mine?" Hua Zhen became slightly interested. "Tell me about it."

"No, no, my wish isn't to use my tentacles to play with women and make them lay eggs. I want to make money... I'm not lying to you, but I am indeed a fan of tentacle comics. I've drawn tentacle comics related to Hatsune Miku... But in the end, I don't actually have tentacles."

The little tentacle monster's soul silently pointed one of its tentacles toward Hua Zhen's crotch.

"This tentacle is still not soft enough," Hua Zhen sighed. "It's as hard as a diamond... Wait, what did you say? You don't want to die, you want to reside inside my body?"

"How presumptuous! Are all tentacle monsters as rude as you? Oh, you're the special one. Ah, I know you've been modified... There are too many geniuses in Farlans, and there are even idiots who can modify monsters. I hope someone doesn't sew a little girl and a dog together and call me 'big brother'..."

"Alright, alright, if you don't stop me, I'll try to figure something out before you die... I know a necromancer who can help you."

"There's one last thing I need to tell you... What, watch out for the grass on your head?"

Hua Zhen was stunned for a moment.

Looking up, all I could see were countless ghostly roots pouring down.