The monster emitted a threatening roar towards Casey Cat, causing the entire passage to shake, with numerous rocks falling.
Casey Cat wrinkled its nose, displaying a look of complete disdain, and continued to meow insults.
“It’s so smelly, so smelly, so smelly!”
“You, you 800-year-old unbrushed teeth rice dumpling! You’ve even passed your bad breath to us, poor little cubs!”
“Roll out of your coffin! Watch me give you a face full of blooming cat punches!”
It stood tall and proud, unafraid of the grotesque and mentally corrupted monster before it. A massive cat occupied the passage, with its large tail fluffed up, patting the ground, causing the floor to tremble with each thud, as if a small earthquake had occurred.
Although the monster appeared insane and completely irrational, it seemed to understand Casey Cat’s meow insults. It was provoked to the point of uncontrollable anger, and its smoky form crackled with terrifying electrical sparks. Countless eyes displayed expressions of hatred and malice, as if cursing the cat to be forever buried in nightmares.
The attack came from the depths of consciousness, surging with the deepest fears, pains, and despair buried in memory, intending to drown the soul in a nightmare.
This was the specialty of monsters residing in the dream world, but their technique was unrefined and rough. The accuracy of the curse cannot even be compared with Second Treasure’s scolding Shi Yuebai to go bald. It was a miserable sight for the cat to witness.
Casey Cat scratched its ears a few times as if swatting away annoying flies, taunting the rolling smoke, “Can’t handle your own body’s issues, huh? Quickly go back where you came from!”
“Listen to the cat, eat your fill. Don’t you see what kind of thing you are? So greedy, aren’t you afraid of stuffing yourself to death!”
While Casey Cat scolded the monster, it also scolded Shi Yuebai mentally. It knew this guy was unreliable, forgetting everything when facing Xu Yintang, even in a D-level instance. Not only was he incapable of protecting a little one, but he also embarrassed the intelligent Casey Cat. Pah, pah, pah!
Taking advantage of Shi Yuebai not being able to retort at the moment, Casey Cat boldly enjoyed its verbal tirade. After all, being locked in confinement didn’t mean it had no awareness of what Shi Yuebai was up to. Casey Cat knew all about the temptations and mischief Shi Yuebai used to tease Xu Yintang. Letting him touch his ears and tail, and even feeding the little ones. So, the cat’s itchy teeth just begged for a good clawing of this selfish scoundrel.
Second Treasure struggled to get up with Casey Cat’s fluffy protection. Its consciousness was still quite muddled, mostly immersed in the madness of bloodstains and mud, as if it were locked inside a pitch-black coffin with no daylight. A strange humming resonated in its head, whose meaning it couldn’t comprehend.
It seemed like Little Darling was calling its name anxiously, and it also sounded like Third Flora was scolding it, but now it couldn’t understand what those voices were saying.
Mom…
It wanted its mom…
Second Treasure began to sob anxiously. In total, it was only a little over twenty days old, and it was the favorite among the little ones, skilled in coaxing and clinging. It had never even broken a fur in its usual days, let alone experienced such a great grievance.
It didn’t want to… Second Treasure didn’t want to become a motherless little one…
Second Treasure vigorously resisted, struggling to push back the invading force in its consciousness. Even in the face of a formidable foe, the fear it couldn’t control left it weakened and trembling, even causing it to curl its tail tightly.
Casey Cat, appreciating Second Treasure’s efforts in the consciousness realm, saw that despite being afraid to the point of trembling, Second Treasure hadn’t given up in the face of the enemy.
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The primary battleground for the body’s takeover was within Second Treasure’s consciousness and deep within the rift between dream and reality, a chaotic domain that even Casey Cat couldn’t approach. It could only assess the situation from the scenes in reality and offer meow-meow encouragement to Second Treasure.
However, Xu Yintang could see it all.
After being knocked unconscious due to the mental impact, he found himself in a mysterious state. His body had temporarily shut down due to cognitive overload, but his consciousness was unusually awake and expansive. It was as if multiple monitors in his head simultaneously lit up, providing a 360-degree, all-encompassing view of everything that was happening. It even came with self-narration.
This state wasn’t unfamiliar to Xu Yintang. It was accompanied by pain, dizziness, and a strong sense of detachment triggered by consuming too much information. When he used to receive electric shocks during treatment, his consciousness would detach to this third-person perspective whenever it reached a certain level, often squatting next to his own body, sighing at the sight of himself bleeding from the nose and eyes rolling. It was a rather ugly sight.
So, he instinctively checked his own body first, and he was relieved to see that his eyes were closed with a slightly furrowed brow. It was almost like he was sleeping. Soon after, his view was directed to Second Treasure and the intruder, who were wrestling within the consciousness.
In Second Treasure’s consciousness, it still maintained its small, slightly bald youngling appearance, while on the other side was a grotesque and terrifying monster, standing three to five meters tall with six long arms and eight compound eyes.
Second Treasure was desperately biting the monster, but its teeth couldn’t penetrate the monster’s skin. When the monster’s palm came down, it seemed like it could squash Second Treasure into a meat pancake, causing it to frantically use its short legs to roll away in an attempt to escape.
A substantial portion of its already meager fur had been torn away, with one of its five large eyes continuously oozing blood and unable to open. Its carefully tended tail furball had been trimmed, leaving it in a pitiful state, sandwiched between its legs.
Xu Yintang had raised Second Treasure for quite some time, and he had never seen his little one in such a disheveled and aggrieved state. He saw Second Treasure being tossed around by the monster’s claws, and it was too painful to get back up. The feeling of exhaustion, combined with the physical pain from the wounds, made tears uncontrollably stream down its face.
“Mom, it hurts, it’s so scary…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay, Mom’s here. We’re not scared anymore.”
Xu Yintang comforted the cub, nimbly dodging the monster’s attacks, and then rolled behind the monster to retrieve the ultimate weapon he had discussed with his teammates. Seizing the perfect opportunity while the monster was turning around, he struck fiercely.
“Buzz—!!!”
The buzzing sound as the chainsaw met flesh created a tremendous noise in the space. The foul-smelling blood splattered across Xu Yintang’s face, but it only made him sneer and swing the chainsaw harder, cutting off the paw that dared to harm his cub.
“Ahhhhhh—!!!”
The monster screamed in agony, its rage intensifying. It swiftly swiped the other arm, which was sharp as a steel blade, toward Xu Yintang. Without hesitation, Xu Yintang stuffed the chainsaw into his game backpack, lowered himself to dodge the attack, and retrieved another chainsaw. Finding the right angle, he struck fiercely once more.
This time, he didn’t directly saw into the monster’s limb, as the creature’s skin and bones were too tough. The previous chainsaw had almost gone dull.
The open space with no cover provided Xu Yintang with the freedom of movement he needed. The monster’s massive body, several meters tall, was ill-suited for fighting in this environment. Its configuration of eight eyes and six arms made it even more cumbersome and slow.
Playing cat and mouse with this kind of creature was Xu Yintang’s old specialty. He ran around, making the monster constantly shift its gaze, creating visual blind spots. Whenever he found an opportunity, he inflicted slashes on the monster, replacing the chainsaw after several strikes.
He ensured that every blow went deep, causing excruciating pain. Finally, he seized the perfect moment and, using the monster’s raised claw for leverage, delivered a vicious blow to its foul-smelling maw.
Of course, engaging in close combat meant taking risks. Xu Yintang nonchalantly spat out blood. He could feel his body rapidly healing the wounds, and the repeated cycle of injury and recovery stimulated his nerves to produce a sense of pleasure. A strange, tingling sensation traveled from his spine to the top of his head. The fresh blood and the creature’s wails brought a shiver of ecstasy that wouldn’t cease.
“More…more…”
“Let’s devour it,” Xu Yintang grinned, with a moon reflecting in his eyes as red as blood. “Second Treasure, we’re going to eat it.”
Second Treasure, choked with emotion, loudly agreed. Despite the monster’s immense size and terror, having Mom by its side gave it endless courage. The tiny cub, now bristling with fur, rushed bravely toward the monster, empowered by Mom’s attacks.
It was so small that, under the protection of Xu Yintang’s strikes, the monster’s eight eyes couldn’t even see its presence. The tiny cub’s teeth and claws weren’t as threatening as the chainsaw that could cut off a piece of flesh in a single swipe.
Second Treasure successfully landed on the monster’s paw. It assessed its surroundings and, after diving into the wound that Mom had created, it used its tiny teeth and claws to dig into the monster’s flesh, veins, and muscles, swallowing down large gulps of its sweet, bloody essence.
Devour…devour it all…
As long as we devour it, we won’t be afraid anymore…
…
In reality –
Casey Cat witnessed Second Treasure’s sudden improvement in condition, while the commanding yet immobilized monster continued to emit painful howls.
Casey Cat knew that in the battle within the consciousness, Second Treasure had the upper hand. Meow-meow-meow-meow, it cheered on Second Treasure, also muttering a few words about how slow Shi Yuebai was. They had been deadlocked for so long, and Shi Yuebai still hadn’t finished the job on the other side.
…
Xu Yintang’s consciousness remained mostly focused on his consciousness domain, where he was turning the monster into slices of beef rolls. However, there was still a part of his awareness that he couldn’t retrieve, floating above the lake’s surface. He saw how the chrysalis, suspended in the moonlit waters, was brutally torn down from the sky by Shi Yuebai.
Xu Yintang somehow understood what that chrysalis was.
It was not made of jade or stone; it was constructed using layers of silk produced by some creature, overlapping and intertwined, shrouded in thick, oppressive Yin energy. All these layers condensed into a fog-like presence, forming the outermost thin cocoon.
The entire chrysalis operated in a manner very similar to the cocoon he had created with flesh and blood. The life enclosed within would transform into a different form as energy gathered over time.
This transformation was not an upgrade of the original entity, but rather a creation of a new life form using the original as nourishment. In other words, it was like a caterpillar turning into a chrysalis. The being within the chrysalis was not rational, possessing only instinct and animal-like qualities. It couldn’t even be sensed in the Void Sea where “They” resided, with its consciousness barely squeezing into the gaps of the dream.
However, given that the cocoon’s raw material was just an ordinary human, creating a life form of this level was already quite remarkable.
Shi Yuebai quickly realized why the entity inside the chrysalis was trying to take over Second Treasure’s body. The coffin was too tightly sealed, and the entity inside could only escape when its energy was at its peak. If it didn’t find a suitable host body, it would be trapped in the cocoon, eventually succumbing to its fate.
In other words, regardless of who came, the final boss battle in this copy would be one’s own people fighting one another. The only difference was that Second Treasure’s consciousness hidden within the dream was so perfectly aligned with the monster that it awakened a strong desire in the creature to achieve ascension.
This unexpected twist took Shi Yuebai off guard, as, after deducting Second Treasure, Shi Yuebai himself was the most likely candidate to be possessed. His soul had cracks, but his physical strength was high. Any sensible person would choose him.
On the night of the full moon, the bright and clear moonlight shone on him. The golden beastly eyes revealed a twisted, terrifying bloodlust. He had just passed through the berserk period of his monthly transformation in the previous copy, but the full moon still had a significant influence on him.
Shi Yuebai’s fingers made crisp, clinking sounds as his hands transformed into large, ferocious, and beastly forms, and sharp, blade-like nails extended from his fingertips. He jumped from the high point and landed on the chrysalis, violently tearing open its outer shell.
A viscous, foul-smelling black liquid dripped from the chrysalis’ seams into the water, causing the lake to boil and bubble, emitting a pungent, putrid stench. The entire body of water turned murky and dark gray, and dozens of fish surfaced belly-up within moments.
Suddenly, a sharp, bloodstained claw emerged from the chrysalis’ cracks and lunged directly at Shi Yuebai’s face!
Shi Yuebai evaded, simultaneously grabbing the edges of the chrysalis, and with a forceful tug, he ripped the outer shell open. From within the chrysalis, a monster with six hands and eight eyes flew out, emitting a high-pitched, ear-piercing screech.
Shi Yuebai laughed with delight, his demeanor reminiscent of a wild beast hunting its prey or a cat playing with a mouse. The smile was both cruel and incredibly beautiful, leaving Xu Yintang feeling that it was both brutal and astonishing.
He couldn’t help but join in the laughter, casting off the blood and filth clinging to the chainsaw and squinting at the monster that had been reduced to a bloody gourd.
The monster gasped for breath, three of its claws having been severed, causing its body to sway uncontrollably. In the physical world, its true body had been beaten to a pitiful state by another death god. The dual pain of its physical body and consciousness had it confused and almost ready to give up. At this moment, it was also experiencing eerie, bone-chilling sounds of gnawing coming from within its body.
Something…
Something was inside its body…
Its throat seemed to be blocked by something, desperately wanting to surge out. It futilely opened its cracked mouth and emitted a silent, mournful scream. The next moment, billowing smoke poured out from every crevice and wound in its body.
It was like a massive cloud, like exhaust from a chimney, like dust spewing from a volcano, and it instantly devoured the gigantic monster.
Devour…devour it all…
Bright lights flickered within the smoke, and countless eyeballs moved, dragging the monster’s consciousness into an endless nightmare.
It wouldn’t die.
It would live on in an eternal nightmare.
Author’s Note –
Second Treasure: Dinner’s ready!
I was so worried Second Treasure was going to die! Thankfully he’s okay! 😭
Poor second treasure 😭
Meal fit for a treasure! Eat up… Thanks for the update 🤣🤣❤️❤️
Welp, eternal suffering seems like a reasonable punishment for hurting the baby!!
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Late dinner
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