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Chapter 504 - 501·BE14·"Metamorphosis

Chapter 504: Chapter 501·BE14·"Metamorphosis

"Thump."

"Thump."

At the moment the "Path of Purification" task was completed, Su Ming’an sensed a life-like beating emerging within the tentacle monster, thumping rhythmically, beat by beat.

Heartbeat-like sounds kept arising from the black goo, as if this mass of tentacles suddenly came to life.

After the tentacles expanded to 10,000 yards, the monster seemed to have undergone a transformation.

Before he could fully perceive these changes, a Rose Cane stabbed him from the back, piercing through his heart.

He looked down slightly.

The tip of the cane, with a silver-white blade attached, was covered in blood which kept sliding down the blade, dripping onto the black goo that was now violently trembling and surging. The person behind him was also shaking, a white-gloved hand propping up Su Ming’an’s body, driving the pointed blade even deeper.

A great amount of blood surged from Su Ming’an’s throat, and a sharp pain from his chest spread, his vision starting to blur. He was all too familiar with this feeling—it was a harbinger of death.

Whoever had stealthily slipped to his back and delivered such a strike, with the heart pierced through, was absolutely not going to survive.

Under normal circumstances, he could continue to function by using Cloning, but just happen to dispatch his clone as the boss rabbit to inspect the grounds. The death of this body meant complete death.

He immediately activated his Immortal Skill on himself.

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[Immortal Pendant (Red Level): "Captain, please carry it... to see the world I haven’t seen, to finish the journey I couldn’t."

Active Skills (Immortality): Can be used on any dying NPC or Player, forcibly extending their life by ten seconds. Cooldown time is half a day, and it can only be used once on the same person.]

...

The blood gushing constantly from his chest stopped abruptly under the effect of the Immortal Skill. The vision that had darkened began to clear up as if suddenly breaking into daylight, even his shattered heart started beating again.

The final ten seconds, forcibly extended by the "Immortality" skill, were counting down for his life.

There was a strange feeling about life condensing at its final moment.

The barrage of comments in the top right corner turned into a commotion. The audience, capable of viewing from a third-person perspective, had already identified the assailant who was trying to assassinate him, although their words were blocked.

In fact, Su Ming’an had a premonition himself.

...

Immortal Skill activated, first second.

He was acutely aware that his time was running out.

...or rather, the time for this loop was running out.

He slapped backward with extreme ferocity, issuing a Spatial Vibration attack from himself as the center, infusing all his Mana Points without distinguishing between friend and foe. The violent fluctuations erupted around him, even affecting himself with the close-proximity tremor.

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the surrounding tentacles rose up like stirring seas, while the black mud surged forth like a tsunami—

"BOOM—!"

The explosion sounded, and ridden by the wave, his body became more fragile, as if it might be torn apart by the air at any moment, but it was forcibly maintained by the Immortal Skill in a state just before death.

He was still able to move and breathe, and even... counterattack.

He wanted to see... who wanted to kill him.

...

Immortal Skill activated, third second.

The sharp Rose Cane was still firmly pressed against his back, like a sprout breaking through the soil, piercing through his chest.

Even aware that fatal Spatial Damage would follow, the person behind did not let go and dodge; as the surrounding fluctuations echoed, a stream of warm blood sprayed onto Su Ming’an’s shoulder.

Su Ming’an turned around, the blood-stained breeze lifting the hair on his forehead.

He blinked.

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Fourth second.

——He saw a vision full of golden yellow.

The blond youth with azure eyes was covered in blood affected by the spatial ripples, crimson cracks splitting open upon his skin.

The young man braced against his staff, unwavering, merely meeting his sea-blue eyes with his own.

Su Ming’an looked at him, blinking as if to confirm the other’s identity.

His gaze held indifference and an inquiry.

"Noel," he said.

And the other gazed back at him, pushing the force in his hands bit by bit, Su Ming’an could distinctly feel the beautiful scepter, adorned with a blue rose, piercing deeper and deeper into his chest, deeper and still deeper.

It pierced through flesh and bone, severed tendons, until it burst forth from his heart, like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.

...

The sixth second.

Noel’s movements didn’t halt, he was enlarging the wound, obliterating the heart, ensuring Su Ming’an’s inevitable demise.

The motion of expanding the injury was extremely fast, with a morbid meticulousness, the vibrant red liquid meandered down his pale fingers, evoking the image of a rose burning in flames.

"Thump, thump."

The heartbeats from within the black mire grew louder, and at this moment, Su Ming’an suddenly lost control over the tentacle monster.

He faintly heard the system prompt, the sound was not clear, because that eerie heartbeat was just too loud, it made his head hot, his sense of weakness and pain from nearing death began to recede, as if he had suddenly spiked a high fever.

[Player (Su Ming’an), due to your strength returning to normal for an extended period, and insufficient Mentality Points, you have lost control over the tentacle monster.]

[You are about to... Follower...]

...

The Immortal Skill activated, the eighth second.

As if there was some sharp emotion impeding thought, with the heartbeat from the black sludge getting louder, Su Ming’an’s thoughts gradually became chaotic.

...Strange.

...Where did the problem arise?

He knew that the feeling he was experiencing now was very similar to those players who were "metamorphosed" by the White Sand Paradise.

...He seemed to be undergoing "metamorphosis" by something.

In his vision, an expanse of black and dark blue viscous substances took over his retina, these fluidic materials linked the profound depths with even more spectacular layers below, greedily extending outward...

The profound and unreachable darkness permeated his entire being, he felt his body shaking uncontrollably, violently trembling, an eerie melting sensation emerged throughout his body, as if something had suddenly taken over from head to toe.

This second, he lost control over his limbs.

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The ninth second.

His field of view started to shift and distort on a large scale, everything in sight was gradually vanishing.

A pale eyeball suddenly emerged, taking over his vision, its faint light peering steadily at him, while bizarre ribbons of matter spread over his entire body.

This second, his five senses began to fade, as if something abnormal had taken over his body.

In the upper left corner of his field of view, the original 65 Mentality Points in the safety zone, that beautiful orange-yellow bar, in a flash, suddenly plummeted like off a cliff—

To the bottom.

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The tenth second.

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[Current SAN Points: 0 Points. (Transformation, Madness)]

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