Life Dungeon Game

He Ao used his divine sense to observe the turbulent, twisting power within the monster's body.

This power has reached the limit of C-level, and even slightly exceeded it.

"Jacqueline!"

He shouted loudly.

Having anticipated this, Jiaxi braced herself on the sofa with both hands, performed a backflip, and landed behind the sofa, retreating towards the doorway.

At the same time, He Ao activated his super memory and suddenly pulled out a butterfly knife from his chest.

Twisted tentacles, obscuring the sky, flew in.

He Ao raised his head and stared at the enemy in front of him. Countless distorted and chaotic kaleidoscope-like lights and shadows were pieced together behind the monster in front of him, tightly attached to the monster's body. They were stitches together from the countless lives it had devoured.

In that instant, He Ao could even hear distorted and chaotic thoughts murmuring in these shadows.

The power of super memory filled his body, and the beautiful, metallic butterfly knife unfolded its blade.

In the past, when He Ao faced enemies of this caliber, he had usually already advanced to C-level, and with the help of his super memory, he could reach or surpass the limits of C-level in a short time.

Now, he only has hypermemory.

I had some things to take care of, plus writer's block, so it's a bit late. I should update again around noon tomorrow, and I'll add more chapters once I'm done with my work.

Chapter 667 Not Dirty (Mega Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

A sharp blade flashed through the lights of the dome, severing the nearest tentacle that had attacked.

As twisted, writhing flesh splattered on the ground, He Ao leaped up, closing the distance between himself and the monster that the leader of the Viper Gang had transformed into.

Along the way, he constantly changed his moves, severing the tentacles that attacked from the air.

The monster clearly hadn't expected He Ao's knife to be so sharp. After He Ao severed several tentacles in succession, it decisively abandoned its original aggressive fighting style and began to use several tentacles in combination to attack He Ao.

He Ao, who was originally rushing towards the monster, suddenly slowed down because of this coordination.

In close combat, weapons are often stronger the longer they are. Although these tentacles are mutated biological limbs, they can actually be considered long weapons, and they are even more unpredictable than long weapons made of ordinary steel.

Generally speaking, the more open the area, the more space long weapons have to operate and the greater their power can be exerted; conversely, the narrower the area, the more agile short weapons will be enhanced.

The top floor was completely transformed by the Viper Gang leader into a spacious, unpartitioned space, so it can't be said that he didn't make any preparations for the possibility of fighting people here.

In such an area, the monsters already have a terrain advantage.

The butterfly knife in He Ao's hand, including the handle, was only about forty centimeters long. What he needed to do now was to close the distance with the monster so that he could make the best use of the short and flexible advantages of the butterfly knife in close combat.

The monster clearly understood his intentions, so it kept using its tentacles to hinder his movements.

This time, the tentacle monster that the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang transformed into was quite different from the tentacle monsters that He Ao had encountered before. The monsters that He Ao had encountered before had basically lost their minds, attacked more brutally, and could be deceived by some obvious tricks.

However, the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang clearly retained more rationality and had thoroughly studied the fighting tactics of the tentacles.

This can be seen from the advantageous terrain he arranged and the fact that he intentionally kept a distance from Heo from the beginning.

At the same time, he will also use three or four tentacles to attack together.

Although his coordination is not complicated, it is basically one feint or frontal attack, one sneak attack, and one at a distance, ready to strike and provide deterrence.

However, in this coordinated effort, the roles of each tentacle are not fixed. The feint attack might suddenly launch a sneak attack, and the one that provides deterrence and attracts attention will become a real frontal attacker once attention is relaxed.

In a sense, these tentacles have already taken on the basic form of an 'array', and these 'tentacle groups' consisting of three groups will not launch attacks one by one; it is even possible that three to four groups will launch an attack on He Ao simultaneously.

These groups will also maintain the position of the formation for each other.

Several times, while He Ao was focused on dealing with one group, he was suddenly ambushed by the group that was poised to attack from the side. If it weren't for his quick reaction and the fact that he had his cane as a 'second weapon' to defend himself, he might have had his chest pierced long ago.

Obviously, poison

The snake gang leader, transformed into a monster, adapted the way he commanded group battles to the way he used his tentacles.

Moreover, these tentacles that grow from his own body do not suffer from the obstacles of individual disobedience or ineffective command transmission in group battles, and can ensure that orders are obeyed without question.

He is not only powerful, but also intelligent and has a great talent for fighting.

Except for the beginning of the battle when he had several tentacles cut off by Heo due to his reckless attack, he basically relied on the cooperation of his tentacles to suppress Heo and prevent Heo from advancing even an inch.

He Ao can use his super memory, martial arts to gather power, and his divine sense and weapons enhanced by it to barely block the monster's attacks, and even manage to harm the monster.

However, his body is very fragile, far less powerful than he is at this moment. Any slight brush from the monster could directly cause him serious injury.

However, as the battle continued, He Ao also discovered that this monster's method of using its tentacles was not without limitations.

First of all, he cannot control too many tentacles at once. Heo has only been attacked by four groups of tentacles at most, and the attacks were very short. Basically, he gave up immediately after failing to strike once.

However, that attack severely impacted Heo's cane.

Even the simultaneous attack of all three groups of tentacles is rare. Most of the time, it is one or two groups that attack alternately, exhausting Heo's spirit.

This means that this tentacle combat method is not without its costs. Controlling so many tentacles to perform so many delicate movements may not be so easy; it is a very mentally taxing task.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the monster was concealing some of its strength, waiting for He Ao to form a fixed understanding and lower his guard before launching a surprise attack.

However, there shouldn't be too many hidden parts. If there were too many hidden parts, there would be no need to hide them. Just take them out and you can crush He Ao at this moment.

Besides energy, there is another thing that limits a monster's combat power: its recovery speed.

The tentacle monsters that He Ao had fought before all had relatively strong self-healing abilities. Even if they were cut off, they could still wriggle a little, and the cut surface would quickly stop bleeding. The severed part could also launch an attack.

After the monster's tentacle was severed, it bled profusely, and the monster could only let the tentacle wrap itself up to stop the bleeding, which rendered the tentacle essentially incapable of fighting.

This may be the price of 'rationality'. When the leader of the Viper Gang turned into a monster, he maintained a certain degree of 'rationality' and made himself more 'human'. Similarly, he may also have to accept some of the weaknesses of 'human'.

This resulted in the monster rarely launching attacks blindly. After the two were locked in a stalemate, the monster basically stopped sending several groups of tentacles at once and instead began a classic wheel-and-roll tactic, wearing down Heo's strength one by one.

Of course, He Ao was no pushover either; he could always manage to cut off one or two tentacles of the monster during lulls in the battle.

"Old sir, your natural strength isn't that great. You must have used some special method to gain such explosive power. Such power probably won't last long, right?"

Tentacles

The head held aloft stared at He Ao, "If you keep dragging this out, you'll only end up dead. You have a granddaughter. Do you want to see her die with you? If you give up now, I can save your granddaughter's life. Don't worry about me breaking my promise. The entire underworld of St. John knows that I keep my word and never go back on my word."

He looked up at him, but didn't say anything. Instead, he suddenly gathered his strength in his arm, seized the moment when the head was distracted by talking, and severed the two tentacles that were fighting him with one blow.

How can someone who can so easily blur the lines between enemy and friend for the sake of self-interest have the option of keeping their promises?

He will most likely only do things that maximize his own interests.

Of course, He Ao wasn't just guessing the Viper Gang leader's personality based on inference; he had a better way.

At the very beginning of the battle, he placed a mark on the leader of the Viper Gang.

The fact that the monster in the form of the Viper Gang leader possessed higher rationality meant that the Hypermemory Mark could easily read his surface thoughts, unlike the other monsters he had encountered before, where only chaotic thoughts could be read.

To possess human strengths, one must also bear human weaknesses.

Through this 'mind reading', He Ao was also able to understand why the monster had suddenly spoken and tried to blackmail He Ao through Jiaxi.

Because 'he' can't hold on much longer.

Inside this monster's body, there isn't just one absolutely clear and rational mind, but rather a body still filled with all sorts of chaotic babbling.

As time went on in his monstrous state, these chaotic babblings rapidly eroded the sanity of the Viper Gang leader, threatening to completely transform him into a monster.

So he said He Ao wouldn't last long, but actually he himself wouldn't last long either.

After all, gaining power always comes at a price.

After Heo reacted on the spot and cut off the monster's two tentacles, he closed the distance between himself and the monster.

Knowing he couldn't persuade He Ao, the monster controlled one set of tentacles to continue holding He Ao back while simultaneously summoning another set of tentacles to quickly extend forward and rush towards Jiaxi, who had retreated to the doorway.

At that moment, Garcia, who was already carrying the Gauss gun, gathered all her strength and pulled the trigger, firing a shot in the direction of the monster. Then, using the recoil, she rolled sideways out of the door frame and hid behind the door.

The bullet, creating a sonic boom, pierced through the void, grazed the monster's head, and shattered the floor-to-ceiling window behind him.

The monster's tentacles paused slightly. Clearly, it hadn't expected that Jiaxi could resist so effectively and quickly under such circumstances.

Although my marksmanship was poor, I missed and went far astray.

But this is a little girl who looks to be less than ten years old. Is that reasonable?

An ordinary child would be terrified just by seeing him like that, and wouldn't be able to be dragged away.

He didn't know that Jiaxi had seen many monsters with He Ao before, but he was very clear about one thing.

This little girl is a born warrior.

Some things really do require talent.

We can't let her grow up!

The howling cold wind, through the hole punched in the French window, brushed against the monster's cheek, pulling him back to reality.

And

Just as he was about to control more tentacles to go after Jiaxi, an old figure appeared in front of him.

He stared at that wrinkled, chiseled face, at the cold gaze in those dark brown eyes.

That look seemed to be telling him something.

You're distracted.

Immediately following was the cold glint of a butterfly knife.

The surprise caused by the monster, Jiaxi, lasted only a very brief moment, as did the distraction.

However, He Ao seized this brief opportunity, forcibly gathering his strength in his legs, and in that extremely short moment, he broke through the final distance between himself and the monster.

At this moment, the monster had no time to chase after Jiaxi. Faced with He'ao who was right in front of it, it had to quickly retract its tentacles to block He'ao's attack.

He just attacked Jiaxi, intending to use this as a diversionary tactic against He Ao.

He Ao's response was also a strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao".

The butterfly knife, amplified by divine sense, scraped across the tentacles that had hastily retracted, severing the long strips of flesh one by one, and cutting towards the center of the monster's torn chest.

That's where the monster's energy gathers.

boom--

The monster's body was forced to retreat under the attack, crashing into the already breached French window. With a loud and crisp sound, the huge French window was smashed open with a large hole.