Eldritch Horror Theatre

So the guy in front of him was, theoretically speaking, the God of Death’s tool man. No—tool bug?

Even though Brother A Wei’s phrasing had grown a bit ambiguous in his excitement, Fu Qian felt he had still gained quite a lot from their exchange.

Judging from his earlier performance, Fu Qian had been leaning more toward some kind of gluttonous, rot-faced human centipede.

However, as a higher-level tool bug, A Wei’s insights were obviously more credible.

Of course, his main reason for sharing all this was to convey a message: ”You’re in deep trouble, kid,” and ”Do you know who has my back?”

Things were not looking good.

Fu Qian let out a long sigh.

If he truly had the God of Death backing him, that meant the situation just now likely hadn’t been a trick of the eye, but the real deal... an A Wei who actually couldn’t die.

”I have to admit, your attack just now was quite interesting. No wonder you were willing to pay such a massive price to trade blows with me.”

Examining Fu Qian’s slowly recovering severed limbs, A Wei was clearly very satisfied with his silence.”It’s a pity that your sharp knife is my healing medicine... The authority of the Dominator of Death is something you simply cannot fathom... Are you planning to use that thing to send me away too?”

Amidst his arrogant posturing, A Wei was surprised to find his opponent pulling something from his pocket—a snow-white Bone Whistle.

”If you can’t kill me, banish me. That really is a pretty good idea.”

A moment later, he almost couldn’t resist clapping.

Clearly, he had seen everything when Fu Qian used the Insect Whistle earlier.

”I don’t doubt that thing can be activated again. The problem is, do you think that worm can handle such a huge responsibility?”

After gaining the upper hand, he had obviously become much more talkative.

Fu Qian completely understood. Since A Wei considered himself to be standing in an invincible position, dragging things out would only leave Fu Qian going from bad to worse, making the kill even easier.

Heh... Haha...

In the next moment, facing these doubts, Fu Qian let out a string of mocking laughter that gradually grew exaggerated.

He even took off the Mask of the Great Fortune Wisdom King and casually tossed it aside.

What is this...

A deathly pale face, an exaggerated smile, and hair dyed in a myriad of chaotic colors.

The face revealed beneath the mask clearly dealt a certain level of shock to A Wei.

”What is this ridiculous trick? The so-called Dayun Mingwang is just a clown?”

”Hmph. The power of trusting in your companions is something a guy like you will never understand.”

Having changed his image, even Fu Qian’s movements had become exaggerated. A second later, he tossed the Bone Whistle straight into his mouth and blew it without hesitation.

Though he maintained an arrogant posture, A Wei was clearly quite wary of this lunatic who had repeatedly made him suffer losses.

Therefore, the moment the buzzing sounded, he rapidly used Blink to widen the distance.

Yet, amid a thunderous roar, rubble and dust surged upward as a giant head drilled out from underfoot.

The good news: the worm had finished digesting and had answered the summons once again.

The bad news: it had drilled right out from beneath Fu Qian’s feet...

Ahahaha...

Unsurprisingly, A Wei’s mocking laughter echoed out.

Not bad at all!

Meanwhile, Fu Qian easily dodged the grotesque mandibles, feeling quite satisfied with this development.

Even though it only possessed Demigod Level lethality, it could actually breach the Death Boundary!

He would have to bump up his rating for Liu Yi’s gift a few notches after this.

Looking at it right now, the best way to utilize this power was not to dodge, but to jump straight into its mouth and let it carry him away.

Even if he couldn’t be certain what unknown location he’d be taken to, it was clearly a way out of this unsolvable death trap.

”You wanted to use it to open a passage. You weren’t trying to send me away, but to send yourself away...”

The laughter came to an abrupt halt as Brother A Wei finally realized what was happening.

”Then why did you dodge?”

His words were accompanied by deep confusion.

Because at this point, having failed to catch its prey, the worm had already retreated, leaving only a massive crater in the ground.

By misleading him, this guy really had created a chance to escape just now, yet he had willingly given it up.

...

Brother Worm truly was a creature of absolute principle; it only ever took one bite each time.

Also examining the pit in the ground, Fu Qian let out a sigh of admiration. Both his laughter and his expression grew wild and exaggerated.

”Why should I leave? I have already received its final ripple...”

Amidst this off-the-charts chuuni declaration, an incomparably profound darkness rose up from every single one of Fu Qian’s cells.

This guy would never understand just how terrifying a fully prepared task runner could be.

Is this... left behind by that bug just now?

Staring at his opponent, who seemed to be permeated by endless gloom to the point where even his very existence was blurring, A Wei was momentarily caught in a state of shock and uncertainty.

He could naturally tell that, although the color tone was somewhat similar to the Physical Black Dragon Wave from earlier, the scene unfolding before him was fundamentally different.

That profound sensation of The Deep, like a convergence of the most obscure Residue, made one afraid to look directly at it.

”And you had better... quickly ask your Dominator of Death to think of a solution.”

Right then, his opponent issued a declaration bordering on blasphemy, followed by... a gunshot?

Seeing the other party actually pull out such an incomprehensible weapon and pull the trigger right at him, A Wei felt as if his entire worldview was being challenged.

However, just to be cautious, he easily dodged the attack. A split second later, his opponent crossed space and appeared right in front of him once again.

Bang, bang, bang...

The problem was, even at point-blank range, his opponent still chose to use Gun Kata, unloading all his bullets in one breath.

This incomprehensible behavior, paired with the man’s uniquely bizarre getup, made him look like a fully corrupted circus performer.

Though bewildered, A Wei wasn’t going to be scared off by someone playing the fool, especially not after seeing the horrific wound on the man’s waist.

This guy’s condition is already terrible, and he proved just now that he does possess some means of escape...

With that thought in mind, A Wei didn’t even bother dodging the last few bullets, choosing instead to meet attack with attack once more.

The reason he dared to do so was, naturally, because his greatest reliance was his immortal body.

And that was indeed the case. After his opponent used a shattered bone claw to gouge at the hole in his stomach, he didn’t even feel the wound tear.

In its place came a bizarre sensation.

”Were you planning to use this thing to corrupt me?”

Feeling the erosion of some sort of concept, A Wei came to a realization.

”It’s an interesting method, I’ll give you that, but like I said before... are you crazy for trying to compete with me in strength here?”

As he spoke, the Crescent Hook Sword slashed out. Under the erosion of Death, the opponent’s head—already shriveled like dry grass—along with his neck and more than half his shoulder, was chopped clean off.

A Wei naturally knew this wouldn’t be enough to cause his opponent’s death, and that the man’s real head wasn’t even there anymore, but he genuinely couldn’t stand looking at that smiling face.

At the exact same time, as his opponent gouged at him again, that contaminating erosion resurfaced—this time more than three times stronger than before.

This...

In his shock, A Wei found that his backhand slash hit nothing but empty air, passing straight through the opponent’s body.

Before he could even comprehend what had happened, he felt his own body uncontrollably plummeting toward a gloomy, dark place.