Attic.
Lynn, in his final moments of complete paralysis and nerve damage, gritted his teeth and used his last ounce of strength to open a bottle of Flesh Proliferation Potion.
Just as the potion splashed onto his palm, spinal damage robbed him of all control over his body.
Yet the potion continued working rapidly, constantly repairing his damaged tissues.
"Twenty seconds... hope it's enough time..."
He clenched his jaw tightly.
His gaze fell upon the [Heart of the Faceless Demon] lying beside him.
This cursed object was indeed an extremely powerful artifact, his ultimate trump card, but he never imagined that even using such a bug-like item couldn't eliminate that monster!
At this moment, the heart had turned completely black.
Although this heart was powerful.Equally so.
Such a potent cursed object came with unimaginably severe side effects.
Whoosh—
A tremendous suction force suddenly erupted from the heart, and he immediately felt all the blood in his body boiling.
In the next instant, the heart cracked open and instantly attached itself to his chest.
Thump-thump—
The heart began beating continuously, while all the blood in his body was rapidly drawn toward it.
As it sucked his blood, the heart turned blood-red.
At first glance.
It looked like a pulsating blood tumor had grown on his chest.
"Double whammy!"
Lynn gritted his teeth fiercely.
But the Flesh Proliferation Potion sensed the rapid blood loss and began continuously producing new blood for him.
The two forces reached a near stalemate.
But Lynn knew.
If he didn't recover quickly, he would still die when the twenty seconds ended.
Lynn clenched his jaw, his eyes completely bloodshot.
"Hurry! Mutate! Mutate already!"
Right now.
His only hope was the mutation effect of the Flesh Proliferation Potion on his body.
The spinal damage had almost severed his control over his limbs—he desperately needed new appendages.
And in the next moment.
The system notification finally sounded.
[Ding! Your body has undergone a third-level mutation.]
Rip—
Simultaneously, Lynn's left eye bulged violently as a crimson long snake squeezed out from his eye socket.
[Ding! Mutation analysis in progress...]
[Ding! Warning! Your current physique and willpower cannot fully control this mutation. Target control efficiency: 31%]
[Third-level Mutation: Brain Snake]: A flesh snake born from the brain, possessing extremely high bloodthirst impulses.
Instantly.
Lynn felt the intense bloodthirsty impulses flooding from the mutant.
Even his own mind began craving blood.
"Thirty-one percent efficiency?! Got to risk it!"
Lynn gritted his teeth.
Focusing all his mental energy, he struggled to control the long snake emerging from his eye socket.
As the snake writhed desperately.
Lynn finally managed to make its large mouth bite onto the second bottle of Flesh Proliferation Potion at his waist.
Crack—
The bottle shattered instantly.
Crimson potion splashed all over his body.
Simultaneously, Lynn completely lost control of the brain snake, which began thrashing wildly.
As if detecting the intense blood scent.
The brain snake suddenly opened its huge mouth and bit down on the [Heart of the Faceless Demon] attached to Lynn's chest, which was drinking greedily.
Crimson blood splattered.
The two entities seemed to enter immediate intense conflict.
The brain snake began tearing at the heart, while the heart responded by growing tiny flesh tissues across its surface, attempting to envelop and devour the snake.
Lynn lay paralyzed, watching this absurd scene while breathing heavily.
His brain and heart were fighting!
This terrifying scenario could probably only occur in this dark world.
But because of the entanglement between the heart and brain snake, Lynn's rapidly draining blood loss was significantly alleviated.
The Flesh Proliferation Potion also began quickly repairing his damaged spine.
"Time... enough..."
...
Downstairs.
The previously frantically thrashing numerous limbs had calmed down.
The frozen giant pupil twitched slightly as the monster's tissues began slowly squirming.
"Core repair complete... beginning tissue takeover..."
"Target threat level adjusted... extreme... target consumption value adjusted... highest priority..."
"Initiating hunt..."
Hum—
The giant pupil glowed red, suddenly lifting to stare at the ceiling.
In that instant, its massive body burst through the ceiling, crashing onto the second-floor attic.
Its gaze swept across the blood-covered walls and floor.
But Lynn was no longer there.
"Target locked... highest priority consumption... activating evil spirit vision..."
One of its eyes suddenly turned ethereal.
Next moment.
It whirled around and leaped out.
...
Simultaneously.
Street filled with billowing black fog.
Lynn, draped in a cloak, moved with jerky, twisting motions as he stumbled frantically along the street.
The brain snake emerging from his eye socket still fought with the faceless heart attached to his chest, but he had finally regained spinal function from the Flesh Proliferation Potion at the last moment, reclaiming body control.
He gritted his teeth fiercely.
His desperate determination surged as he madly sprinted toward Number 44.
Because he knew that monster wouldn't let him go, and his only chance to Survive was to seek help from the equally ???-level haunted house!
Finally.
As he broke through the fog, a slender figure appeared in Lynn's vision.
From further down the street, faint humming could be heard.
Next moment.
A woman in a blood-red dress appeared, smiling slightly as she carried a baby in her arms, approaching step by step from the distance.
She was covered in blood, smiling peacefully while carrying three heads in her other hand.
With straws still stuck in them.
The Blood-Robed Evil Spirit immediately noticed Lynn stumbling toward her direction and paused in surprise.
"The brat from the potion shop?"
She seemed slightly astonished.
She instantly noticed Lynn's blood-soaked condition, the broken tentacles on his back, and the long snake emerging from his eye socket.
Utterly bizarre.
"Your styling is quite unique today? Sweetheart, practicing some strange performance art?"
She held the Adorable Baby, stopping beside Lynn.
She examined him up and down with mischievous curiosity.
Lynn breathed heavily, wiping blood from his face as he grinned:
"Ah! Something like that. Hasn't your curse recovered? Why didn't you come find me tonight?"
The Blood-Robed Evil Spirit swayed gracefully with the baby, tapping her crimson lips as she gave him a seductive look: "What? Couldn't wait that long? Still reminiscing about yesterday's tender moments?"
She smiled charmingly.
Lynn's blood-drenched appearance seemed to suit her aesthetics perfectly.
"You weren't home?"
Lynn asked wide-eyed.
She lifted the three heads in her hand, sweetly touching her own face as she tilted her head:
"Indeed, quite troublesome~ My daughter is at that growing age now. Without proper nutritional supplements, she might develop poorly, so Mommy has to take matters into her own hands~"
"Ora~"
The Adorable Baby (๑＞︶＜)و wiggled her ears, holding a head with a straw and taking a gulp.
[Lynn SAN -10]
After examining Lynn's appearance, the Blood-Robed Evil Spirit smiled:
"Speak, my sweetheart. Encountered something you can't handle? Otherwise, with your personality, you wouldn't come rushing to big sister so urgently, would you?"