This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"boom!!"

The earth trembled, and raging flames exploded!

The albino millipede's head exploded and shattered in the explosion. The shock wave, carrying shell debris and thick smoke, spread outward, setting the surrounding grass and trees on fire.

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“Sah!!”

Suddenly the wind blew up, blowing away the smoke and dust.

Ye Yiyi's tall figure also emerged from the smoke.

"handsome!"

He held his head high and chest out, his lips curled up in delight. He raised his hand and scratched his nose with his thumb, his eyes sweeping over the millipede debris all around him, feeling an indescribable sense of comfort in his heart.

"Fuye Liu is really useful!"

This smooth combo left Malu with no chance to fight back. Before the opponent could even react, he was killed instantly by pure violence!

This is more than just a cool word to describe it.

"From now on, even if I don't hold a weapon and don't transform into a dragon, my combat effectiveness will be guaranteed."

He nodded with satisfaction. Now he especially wanted to see the shocked and terrified expressions on the Curse Masters' faces when he fought against them in the future, blocked their weapons with his arms, and defeated them all with his bare hands.

Thinking about it, it makes people unable to resist pulling it out! !

"Ahem! Don't get carried away!!"

Ye Yiyi coughed twice, quickly took out the hilt of the Longzhu Holy Sword and performed a cleansing on himself, removing the flesh, blood and shell fragments left on his body by the millipede.

"Uh, my clothes are damaged again..."

He looked at his clothes that had become rags, and his expression suddenly stiffened.

Yes, the grayish-white fluid of the millipede seems to have a corrosive effect.

The close combat just now was so intense, and he even got into the opponent's body to open it. I don't know how much gray-white body fluids were on his body.

Although it didn't affect his body, his clothes did suffer.

"This is the second one today..."

He rolled his eyes and tore off the rag, hesitated for a moment, but didn't find new clothes to put on.

"Or maybe I should just do as in the game and wear nothing but a loincloth."

Not wearing protective gear in the game is not only for the purpose of reducing weight and improving rolling performance, but more for the purpose of showing off skills.

That is, "I don't wear protective gear because I can remain unharmed."

The reason why Ye Yiyi didn't want to wear it was simply because the clothes were too easily damaged during battle, which made her feel uncomfortable.

"So it's best not to wear it when you're out exploring. It's not too late to put it on when you meet people."

Having made up his mind, he immediately took off all his clothes and only wore a simple pair of coarse cloth shorts.

"That way, even if it breaks, I won't feel bad."

He patted his chest muscles with satisfaction and then started cleaning up the battlefield.

The albino millipede was blown to pieces by him, with no intact part on its body. In desperation, Ye Yiyi could only collect some of the millipede's body fluids.

"Could this thing also be the essence of albino?"

Looking at the grayish-white liquid in the glass bottle, Ye Yiyi looked at the light curtain suspiciously.

【White Violent Essence】

Item Description: The essence of the violent giant millipede's body fluids.

One of the materials used to craft props.

Concentrated albino pheromones can erode the environment,

The organisms in the range are passively induced by pheromones and mutate.

But the direction and outcome of the mutation are random and unpredictable.

"Mutations?"

Ye Yiyi frowned slightly.

"Why does it feel like... something that would only be used in evolutionary research?"

The direction and results are unpredictable, which means that some mutated organisms will become stronger and smarter after mutation.

Some will become weaker and less fit for survival, and will be eliminated by nature.

Ultimately, organisms with positive mutations will survive and may even pass these positive mutation genes to their offspring during reproduction, eventually developing into a population.

In this way, variation leads to evolution.

This giant millipede and the giant mosquitoes before it may be a new group produced by this mutation.

The gray-white forest where Ye Yiyi is now standing should be caused by the influence of concentrated albino pheromones.

"So the insect magicians here are researching how to make creatures evolve?"

With doubts in mind, Ye Yiyi put away the essence and walked towards the depths of the gray forest.

Soon, a colorful light appeared in the depths of the forest.

The dung beetle returned from its reconnaissance and landed on Ye Yiyi's shoulder, flapping its thin wings.

"Dung Beetle, do you feel anything unusual in this white environment?"

Ye Yiyi looked at it with some worry.

He didn't want the dung beetles to be affected by this place and suffer negative mutations.

"Buzz~"

"Huh?" Ye Yiyi's expression suddenly became a little strange when he heard the answer.

"You mean, this place makes you feel comfortable, like your power is slowly growing?"

"Om!!"

After receiving the dung beetle's affirmative answer, Ye Yiyi couldn't help scratching his head.

"Could it be that the effect of the Gold of Derivation makes it so that you will hardly suffer any negative mutations at any level?

"...Never mind, let's talk about this later. Tell me what you found out."

"Buzz!"

"We didn't find any other giant insects, and we found the tower... Wait! What did you say?"

Ye Yiyi raised her head and looked into the distance with wide eyes.

"How come you found a bug man under the tower?!"

Soon, Ye Yiyi led the dung beetle and followed the path cleared by the giant millipede in the weeds and arrived at the outskirts of the magician's tower.

Hiding in the tall grass, Ye Yiyi looked through the gap at the camp in front of him that was emitting flashing blue light.

This is a large camp with the Twin Magician Towers as the center and a wall made of solid wooden columns stacked side by side on the outside.

Because of the wall, Ye Yiyi could not see the specific layout of the camp. He only knew that there was some special item inside that could emit flashing blue light.

The light he saw in the sky before came from this.

What surprised Ye Yiyi even more was that in the sentry post above the wooden wall.

He also saw a "Masked Rider" with round compound eyes, large pincer-shaped jaws, four arms and two legs, and thin wings draped behind him.

"Is it really a bug man?"

Ye Yiyi was surprised and puzzled by the ant-like insect man, but suddenly reacted.

"No, I've seen these 'Masked Riders' before!

"They are humans who have undergone metamorphosis!!"

Chapter 464: Insect Camp and Gnawing Magician

In the lower level of the Weapon Museum in the Fairy Mountains, Ye Yiyi had seen for the first time the "insect man" who was given [Incomplete Metamorphosis] and was born as a puppet.

The Eagle-Winged Knights controlled by the insect magicians not only have the appearance of non-human insects, but are also extremely powerful and can fly in the air.

Their fighting ability is not inferior to that in life, and even slightly surpasses it.

But in the final analysis, it is just a mindless puppet body.

The magic [Incomplete Metamorphosis] created by the insect magician based on the flying insect faith hymn [Metamorphosis] does not have the power to bring the dead back to life.

Naturally, it is impossible to transform dead life into new life.

But at this moment, in front of another insect magician tower hundreds of kilometers away.

He truly saw the "insect man" who gave up his life, his reputation, and everything that was human, and was born as a new life!

Ye Yiyi took out a telescope and observed the insect man standing guard on the watchtower. Seeing that he looked idle, shaking his head, and even yawning with his hands covering his jaw, he wondered to himself:

"The expressions and behavior of these insect people are extremely agile, and there is basically not much difference between them and normal humans."

"If their appearance wasn't so different from humans, I would have mistaken them for humans wearing leather suits.

“The power of hymns is truly amazing!”

I put down the telescope and marveled at the leaves lying in the grass.

He also has the hymn [Metamorphosis], which was even the first hymn he got after traveling through time.

Since he did not meet the minimum faith requirement of 38, he never had the opportunity to use this hymn after obtaining it, and he did not know the true effect of this hymn.

"So, what are the differences between these new insect-born beings and humans?"

Ye Yiyi thought in his heart, and then looked at the dung beetle beside him.

"How do you feel?"

"Buzz~~"

The dung beetle responded by gently flapping its wings.

But Ye Yiyi was a little surprised when he heard the voice.

"You said they gave you the feeling of flying dragons?"

This is strange. These people are insect people. What do they have to do with flying dragons?

The two have absolutely nothing in common.

"Buzz!"

"Oh, you mean... there's a faint sense of oppression about them, like some particularly powerful creature, like a flying dragon?"

Ye Yiyi nodded thoughtfully and finally understood.

Simply put, this group of insect people gave the dung beetle the same feeling as an ordinary person facing a flying dragon.

It is a terrifying existence that makes it impossible for people to muster the courage to resist or even stand in front of them. The mere sight of them will make people feel fear and want to escape.

And according to the dung beetle, there is something even more powerful and terrifying in the center of the camp.

Even after evolving to its current level and possessing intelligence no less than that of humans, dung beetles still sense a huge fear and crisis.

It was also for this reason that the dung beetle did not dare to approach the camp, but hurried back after discovering this place and informed Ye Yiyi.

"Then why can't I feel it?"

After listening to the dung beetle's explanation, Ye Yiyi was a little confused.

Because he didn't feel any sense of oppression from those insect people at all.

If it was something like true sexual liberation, he couldn't have failed to notice it.

What's more, these insect people look like biological Kamen Riders. Ye Yiyi has no other feelings about them except that they are extremely handsome.

"Or is it some kind of pheromone specifically targeting insects? Or is it a trait unique to these insect people?