Eldritch Horror Theatre

Liang Yuntian's reaction confirmed Fu Qian's suspicions without a doubt.

Before running into him and Liu Yi, this guy had already eaten someone.

And it was highly likely to be someone listed on the Library Card.

"To use your own words."

Fu Qian pointed at his own head.

"We might both be chosen, but there are levels among Chosen Ones."

"It's going to be hard to hide your pathetic little tricks from me."

"Hmph!"

Liang Yuntian's massive body swayed.

"Take a guess."

"Hmph, I'm not surprised. The moment I left, she only had one fate waiting for her."

Liang Yuntian sneered.

"The moment we received this gift, the urge to devour came right along with it."

"In fact, I only struck first because of the weird way that guy was looking at me."

"But you were right about one thing—there are levels to Chosen Ones. I might have taken a bigger risk just now, but my gains definitely far exceed yours."

"I can tell."

Fu Qian sized him up with complete seriousness.

"You've got a strikingly unusual bone structure."

"My only worry just now was that you'd run. I didn't expect you to be stupid enough to stay."

"And you actually dared to come back after running away. Looks like you really want to go a few rounds."

Fu Qian fired back without a shred of politeness.

"Heh!"

Liang Yuntian let out a string of dark laughter.

The next moment, his body launched forward in an eerie rush, driving a heavy punch straight at Fu Qian.

At some point, sharp bone spikes had sprouted from his knuckles.

Getting hit by those definitely wouldn't feel good.

Fu Qian sighed inwardly as he easily dodged the strike.

Despite his imposing momentum, Liang Yuntian was clearly an amateur at killing.

His punches and kicks relied almost entirely on instinct, making his intentions painfully obvious.

Although Fu Qian's control over this body was still a little awkward, handling this was a piece of cake. He even managed to land a backhand slap right after dodging.

Smack!

The slap landed squarely on Liang Yuntian's face, nearly making him stumble.

Having devoured two people, however, his physical resilience was remarkably high.

He took mere seconds to regroup and charge again, completely consumed by rage.

Unfortunately for him, it was still just wild, uncoordinated flailing, only now fueled by anger.

Without an overwhelming speed advantage, he posed little threat to Fu Qian.

Meanwhile, the counterattacks Fu Qian landed while dodging dealt solid damage, and those injuries were quickly piling up.

It wasn't long before the guy was covered in wounds.

Roar!

Unable to land a hit and pushed to the absolute limits of his fury, Liang Yuntian stopped and let out a throat-tearing roar.

The next moment, clusters of sharp bone spikes erupted from every joint on his body.

The white bone spikes rapidly lengthened and curved, overlapping layer upon layer until they encased his entire body in a suit of bone armor.

Over a dozen of the longest spikes grew straight from his spine, unfurling aggressively behind his back to vaguely resemble a pair of wings.

Why did this give him an inexplicable sense of déjà vu?

Looking at the scene before him, Fu Qian couldn't help but recall Brother Six-Legs's memorable brain-opening display.

Did the act of 'eating' really absorb and fuse a portion of the target's abilities?

"I really should thank you!"

Liang Yuntian's voice had turned gravelly after his transformation.

"I can feel it. My fusion with the power has deepened.

This is a qualitative change. The old me didn't understand its true essence at all."

'Or maybe a bug's leg just stretched too far and poked you in the brain.'

Fu Qian mocked him inwardly in the face of this impassioned speech.

The next moment, a spike shot from Liang Yuntian's back like lightning, moving at a nearly imperceptible speed.

'This speed... making up for a lack of skill with raw upgrades?'

This was where the disadvantage of poor bodily control finally showed.

Although Fu Qian had anticipated his opponent's attack, his body's speed clearly couldn't keep up with his mind.

Blood sprayed as his left shoulder was pierced clean through.

And that was only because he reacted fast enough to avoid his vitals. Had he been a fraction of a second slower, his heart would have been ruptured on the spot.

"Not bad!"

Liang Yuntian's laughter held a bloodthirsty edge.

"How about this?"

An instant later, all the bone spikes on his back straightened at once and thrust at him from every direction.

Speed aside, a blanket attack like this left absolutely no room to dodge in such a confined space.

Streams of blood sprayed through the air. In the blink of an eye, Fu Qian's entire body was riddled with wounds.

"Look at this!"

Fu Qian looked at the ruined office while clutching a gaping hole in his neck.

"This is why you always lock the door after getting off work."

"This baseless confidence of yours is really pissing me off."

Liang Yuntian shook the bone spikes on his back, slinging blood in every direction.

"Actually, it's not entirely baseless."

Fu Qian offered a smile and lowered the hand pressing against his neck.

Not only had the bleeding stopped, but layers of bone armor now covered his neck as well.

If not for that defense, he very likely would have lost his head just now.

The threat of death seemed to have stimulated his "true self," binding him to this body even more tightly.

Fu Qian had a feeling that if he pushed just a little harder, he could achieve one-hundred-percent synchronization with this body and unlock incredible power.

At that point, Liang Yuntian wouldn't be a threat anymore.

In fact, that was exactly what he had been trying to do just now, only to halt at the very last second.

"Baseless confidence, huh?"

Fu Qian muttered to himself with his head lowered, as if he had just realized something.

A moment later, he lightly swiped his fingernail across his neck, and blood sprayed from the wound once more.

"You..."

Clearly shocked by his actions, Liang Yuntian froze in place.

'Is this guy trying to kill himself?'

"Thank you for reminding me."

"People are always so easily misled by their own thinking."

"Just like your pretentious analysis earlier. You drew a ridiculous conclusion and believed it without a shadow of a doubt."

"Are the things I take for granted as facts really the truth?"

Fu Qian looked at Liang Yuntian as he dug his fingertips straight into his own wound, stirring the flesh.

"I'm a man who reflects on himself. Hearing you say 'baseless confidence' made me realize a rather incredible truth."

Liang Yuntian clearly couldn't understand what he was talking about anymore.

"So I'm going to test a possibility—the possibility that a certain truth exists."

Fu Qian broke into an absolutely deranged smile as his hand groped through the bloody mess of his own flesh.

Amidst the excruciating pain, he could feel his connection to this body teetering on the verge of collapse.

Finally, his fingers brushed against a long, sharp claw.

In that instant, he felt as if he were shaking hands with himself.

"And now, it's time to witness a Miracle."

"Get the hell... out!"

Grabbing hold of "himself," Fu Qian yanked his hand outward with brutal force.

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