Chapter 168 The Difference Between Monsters

After being pinned down by the school players, the monster immediately recovered and tried to struggle violently, but being torn apart by these despised ants was a sheer humiliation for a dungeon boss.

But as soon as it struggled a little, Li Mo pressed it down hard and threatened it with his mouth. It would either be bitten to death by him or tortured by the players. Either way, it was dead now.

The monster's scarlet eyes stared intently at Yin Xiu, who was being embraced by his giant tentacles. "Why... you can accept a fellow monster like it, but you can't accept me!"

"We're all monsters! We're all the same kind!"

Yin Xiu narrowed his eyes calmly, "You are the same? How are you the same?"

"You modified my cognition, altered my memory, and the way you kept me by your side was to turn me into a monster, but it didn't do that."

He raised his hand and pointed at the shattered school around him, as well as the players caught by the tentacles. "You're destroying the school and killing them, while it's catching the school and the players who were about to fall into the sea. Don't you see the difference between you two?"

The monster stared at Yin Xiu intently, "I can't understand... I can't understand... What's the point of saving those meaningless players? My only goal is you. As long as you're alive and you can stay, it's enough. In this dungeon, what's the point of all these people dying... It's just a waste of time."

Yin Xiu stared at it with a faint sneer, "It seems that no matter how many people you kill or how many souls you use to fill this empty shell of yours, it's useless. You are completely different from it. You are just a living creature with the same appearance. You have no soul or thoughts at all."

"How could this be..." The monster's red pupils widened. "My goal is you. Getting you is my dream... I can think... I am a living soul..."

It tried hard to defend itself, but all that was revealed through the torn wounds on its body were pitch-black holes. There was nothing to fill this huge but empty shell.

It followed its instinct and wanted to learn to become a human. It killed many people and turned the players' bodies into puppets, simulating what it thought a human should look like. It kept obtaining human souls to fill its own void, but it could never possess a real soul.

Human beings are not such insensitive beings, nor do they have supernatural powers. Their hearts are colorful and they are not stereotyped creatures controlled by the same kind of creatures.

But this monster will never understand.

"Really? In my opinion, the thoughts you want to get from me... may not necessarily be your own thoughts." Yin Xiu stared at it indifferently, watching the huge body shrinking rapidly. Its body was cut open by the players, and the soul crystals inside were constantly taken out.

The tentacles were cut off, the eyes were gouged out, and those things in its body that were similar to Li Mo were hollowed out bit by bit, and even it began to doubt its own inner self.

"I am alive... I have a soul. My body... my body is full of souls..." It slowly looked at its increasingly hollowed-out shell and wailed in fear, "My collection! The souls I collected! The things I want to possess! Give them back to me!"

The monster flapped its wings, trying to use its tentacles to snatch things from the players. There was a sudden earthquake, and its tentacles instantly slapped towards the players.

In order to suppress it, the huge black monster next to it opened its huge mouth and bit it hard.

Suddenly, the monster stiffened, and its body suddenly seemed to deflate. It trembled and slowly shrank, and finally turned into a huge tentacle in front of everyone, which looked exactly the same as the one on Li Mo's body.

"Isn't this... the tentacle I lost?" The dark monster slowly approached the giant tentacle on the ground and recognized it. "It's the part I lost when I replaced it. How come it's here?"

Yin Xiu was indifferent to the statement in its mouth that it was like shedding its skin. He just confirmed that this monster, which was extremely similar to Li Mo, was indeed its imitation.

It was probably a creature created in a dungeon. It wasn't a complete creature at all, without an independent soul. Even the slightest thought of wanting to get Yin Xiu was...

"Hmm?" Yin Xiu noticed a problem and looked up at Li Mo, "When did you change your touch?"

"It's been several years, right? It changes every few years." The huge monster shook its tentacles and approached Yin Xiu. "I just bit it, I didn't kill it. It suddenly changed into that shape on its own."

Yin Xiu didn't listen to the monster's loud excuses at all. He just kept thinking, "How could the tentacles I replaced a few years ago be so strong against me..."

Yin Xiu couldn't figure it out. He was convinced the tentacles' desire for him must have been influenced by the original body, but a desire that had existed for years...? The timing wasn't right. Was this also a problem with the instance?

He shook his head, determined not to dwell on the question, then turned and hopped off the tentacle disk back to the school.

Those players who were originally excitedly cutting the monster and digging out the soul gem from its body were a little disappointed when they saw the large piece of tentacle left. They had not cut enough!

"Are there any props in the storage series?" Yin Xiu patted the huge tentacle and felt it trembling. He was afraid that although its body had become like this, its consciousness was still inside. It would be too easy for it to let it go.

"Yes, yes, yes." Someone immediately came over happily with a storage prop. They watched Yin Xiu put the huge tentacle into the prop, then raised it and said, "Lend me the prop first. I'll return it to you when I'm back and have used it."

"Brother Xiu has helped us a lot. Don't ask for a loan, we'll just give it to you!" The players were quite polite. After all, many of the props in the town were obtained by Boss Ye when he took them into the dungeon. Brother Xiu retrieved Boss Ye's soul, which was a great favor to the town.

"Okay." Yin Xiu responded and put the small glass marble-like storage prop into his pocket. Then he found that he was busy killing monsters and forgot about Yaya. Now there was no Yaya's prop coin in his pocket.

He turned his head and looked around, and found that at the edge of the broken school, Li Mo, who had turned back into a human, was smiling and using his tentacles to pull the wet Yaya up from the edge.

Yin Xiu was surprised, "Why are you soaked?"

"Brother... I was clinging to your lap when I came out..." Yaya was soaked to the skin, pouting at Yin Xiu with grievance, "When you were busy chopping the tentacles, you kicked me into the sea..."

Yin Xiu was silent for a moment, "Sorry... I forgot..."

I really forgot that I was holding Yaya on my lap, and all my attention was focused on dodging the tentacles.

"It's okay. Yaya is very strong and swam back on her own." Yaya landed from the tentacles, shook off her soaked red skirt, and twisted her wet pigtails. "As compensation, next time we enter a dungeon, brother, please remember to braid my hair again. Mine are all undone."

"Okay, okay..." Yin Xiu responded apologetically, feeling lucky that Yaya was still a weirdo.

Otherwise, Xiaohong's figure would be so pitiful struggling in the sea.