Chapter 43.2 (1/2)

While Xiao Tangqiu was still puzzled over the matter, the glass bottle in Lippinobert’s hand suddenly fell to the ground, making a crisp clink as it broke. Then, he suddenly knelt to the ground, grabbing his own neck as he screamed in pain.

Along with his screams, his body began to change. Thick black smoke emerged from within and his body started to expand. In a few seconds, his head had broken through the ceiling of the church, even wrecking the eaves.

The two rookies, Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, had to dodge the falling bricks and tiles and at the same time try their best to avoid being trampled to death by Lippinobert, who had transformed, becoming almost as large as a hill.

Lippinobert screamed painfully, surrounded by the black smoke. But all of a sudden, he suddenly cried out excitedly, “She’s back! She’s back!”

“I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time…”

“You’re back!”

“Welcome back…”

Xiao Tangqiu was immediately dumbfounded. Lily Marlene came back? Was their mission a failure?

He waited for awhile in fear but didn’t hear the system’s prompts. At this moment, the black smoke around Lippinobert began to gradually fade away.

By the time the black smoke had completely dissipated, Lippinobert had changed entirely.

His face was split in half, half of which was still his own, but the other half was extraordinarily feminine, which made him look as if he were wearing a mask. He seemed to be half male, half female.

The wedding dress on his body had been torn apart in the process of his transformation but it didn’t reveal a human body. Instead, he had a wooden body, just like a puppet. His elbows and knees had also turned into puppet joints. This freak puppet master, who was obsessed with turning others into puppets, had finally turned himself into one.

“Welcome back…”

Lippinobert began to talk to himself, his voice sounding very strange, both like a man and a woman, but nothing like a man or a woman. It was sometimes sharp and sometimes low.

In the next second, he asked himself and answered himself, “I’m back…”

After that, he began to laugh, “Hehehehe…”

Xiao Tangqiu was spooked by Lippinobert and subconsciously stumbled backwards in Shen Yuan’s direction. Although Lippinobert seemed to have only transformed physically, Xiao Tangqiu was keenly aware of the solemn expressions of Shen Yuan and the others. Things were obviously not optimistic.

Shen Yuan said coldly, “He took the demon’s heart and has become the first demon generation…”

Duan Hongzhen couldn’t help swearing, “Fuck! The first demon generation! This is no longer an ordinary S-level mission! “

Yu Fuling’s expression turned frosty, “Older brother Shen, let’s break away from the instance.”

On the side, Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian were confused with what they had heard, but Xiao Tangqiu managed to catch on to some of the information he got. After receiving the demon’s heart, Lippinobert had become “the first demon generation” that Shen Yuan had mentioned. The first demon generation was obviously very difficult to deal with. Otherwise Shen Yuan and the others wouldn’t look so serious. But since there was a first demon generation, did a second demon generation and a third demon generation also exist?

Not only did demons exist in this world, but their numbers were also extremely large, so large that they needed levels to distinguish them?

When he heard Yu Fuling’s proposal to forcefully break away from the instance, Xiao Tangqiu’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. He had learned from Su Manluo that there were props to forcefully break away from the instance. It wasn’t surprising that Shen Yuan and the other old players had such props. However, it was obviously impossible for him and Tang Mianmian to own such a thing. If Shen Yuan decided to forcefully break away from the instance, he and Tang Mianmian could only stay here and wait for death.

Yu Fuling earnestly persuaded, “Older brother Shen, this instance doesn’t just have the difficulty of an ordinary S-level mission. You’ve used that ability too many times in this instance. If you continue, your body won’t be able to hold on…”

Sai Lulu’s expression was more serious than ever. “Yes, older brother Shen! You can’t use that ability anymore! Let’s go!”

Xiao Tangqiu’s gaze was as deep as an ocean as he looked at Shen Yuan. He bit his lip, not knowing what to feel.

He knew that what Yu Fuling and Sai Lulu said was true, because after the giant serpent had been eliminated earlier, the tattoo of Ouroboros on Shen Yuan’s body hadn’t disappeared as before. Instead, it remained on Shen Yuan’s cheek and neck till now, clearly visible, swirling slowly, as if the eternal serpent in his tattoo would come alive and devour everything in the next moment.

This must be a sign that Shen Yuan was almost at his limit.

Xiao Tangqiu lowered his eyes, laughing bitterly on the inside.

Although it was difficult to accept it in his heart, in his head, he knew that even if Shen Yuan made the choice to leave the instance, they had no reason or right to blame him for that. After all, from the beginning, Shen Yuan had no obligation to help and protect them. In this cruel world of death and murder, it had always been survival of the fittest. Even if they could temporarily depend on the strong, they couldn’t rely on them forever.

They weren’t strong enough and could only be eliminated… Was that it?

Xiao Tangqiu turned around, not daring to look at Shen Yuan’s expression. He was even more afraid to expect anything of his decision.

Yet in the next moment, Shen Yuan’s voice coldly rang, “No, we stay.”

Xiao Tangqiu suddenly froze. He didn’t expect that Shen Yuan would choose to stay. Yu Fuling cried out in disbelief, “Older brother Shen, what we’re facing is the first demon generation!”

Shen Yuan calmly interrupted Yu Fuling, “I will stay. You guys go.”