105: Chapter 105 The Rampaging "Demon" Nature
Looking at this massive, still-warm corpse beneath me, an unprecedented hunger, originating from the deepest part of my Soul, surged like a floodgate opening, instantly drowning all my reason!
I could no longer suppress that instinctual craving for blood from the Mosquito!
Without hesitation, I thrust my cold proboscis, which had just tasted death, fiercely into its still-twitching... heart!
"Gulp, gulp..."
The scalding, bloody sweet blood, filled with complex energy, flowed like the most delicious nectar down my proboscis and surged crazily into my body!
Boom!
In that instant, I felt as if I had swallowed an erupting active volcano!
Majestic, violent, and filled with primitive, wild energy, it raged and washed through every part of my body!
My Demonic Power core, which had been dried up due to [Primary Regeneration] and the previous battle, was instantly filled and replenished by this massive influx of energy!
[Ding! Absorbed [Corrosive Lizard (Essence Rank Elementary)] Qi and blood, obtained evolution points +3000!]
An unprecedented... sense of satisfaction filled my entire body!
But, immediately following that, a more terrifying emotion, one I had never experienced before... erupted from the deepest part of my Soul!
Ecstasy!
Cruelty!
Slaughter!
Devouring!
I wanted more!
I wanted to devour more, more powerful blood!
I wanted to tear apart every living thing before me and turn their flesh and blood into nourishment for my evolution!
At this moment, my vision turned into an eerie, blood-red color filled with the desire for slaughter!
I saw the mutant rats and mutant Cockroaches shivering in the dark corners, disturbed by this battle... They were no longer my "sentinels".
They had all turned into walking blood bags emitting an alluring fragrance!
I even saw, hundreds of meters away, the weak Girl in White Robes leaning against the cold pipe wall, struggling to catch her breath...
She, too, had turned into a huge, humanoid blood bank made of the purest, most delicious Ice Phoenix Divine Blood!
Devour her!
If I devour her, I can become stronger!
I can immediately Breakthrough to the Demon Rank!
Even higher!
This crazy, demonic thought echoed wildly in my mind like the most vicious curse!
At this moment, my reason was almost completely crushed by this most primitive, violent instinct originating from the "Demon"!
"No!"
"Get... out!"
I let out a roar from my Soul, filled with pain and struggle!
My human will, named "Mo Wen", engaged in the most intense and cruel clash with the Mosquito's instinct named "Devouring"!
My body trembled uncontrollably in mid-air.
My compound eyes, flickering with eerie purple light, turned scarlet, filled with cruelty and slaughter; then they regained a hint of clarity, filled with pain and struggle.
I knew that if I couldn't suppress this power today...
Then, I would no longer be "me".
I would completely degenerate into a monster that only knows how to kill and devour!
"Suppress... it!"
I condensed all my willpower into an invisible, razor-sharp "Mental Spike" and stabbed it fiercely into the scarlet, violent desire screaming in my mind!
"Hum—!"
My Soul jolted violently!
An indescribable, sharp pain spread throughout my entire body!
But the demonic voice that had been echoing wildly in my mind was finally forcibly suppressed by me!
The scarlet world filled with the desire for slaughter receded like the tide.
My vision regained clarity.
"Huff... huff..."
I gasped for air, feeling as if I had just finished a marathon, my strength completely drained.
A cold, Soul-deep lingering fear flooded me completely.
I looked down at the lizard corpse on the ground, which had been half-drained by me, and then at my own blood-stained proboscis, my heart filled with unprecedented complexity and fear.
I was no longer just the human "Mo Wen" who possessed the body of a Mosquito.
I was a "Demon" constantly in Fusion with the most primitive and cruel killing instinct of a Mosquito.
Carrying a cold, lingering murderous intent and a brand-new awe and vigilance toward my own power, I dragged the massive lizard corpse and flew with difficulty back to the side of the girl I had sworn to protect with my life.
When I returned to our temporary "shelter", Lin Qingzhi suddenly opened her cold phoenix eyes.
She looked at me, her dim eyes showing no surprise or fear.
There was only understanding.
She had clearly sensed the violent aura on me that had almost completely spiraled out of control.
"This is the inevitable path of a Demon."
She looked at me and conveyed her thoughts with an extremely calm tone, as if stating a truth.
"Control it, and you are the King."
"Be devoured by it, and you are a beast."
Her words struck my heart like a morning bell and evening drum, completely dispelling the last trace of confusion and fear in my heart.
King, or beast?
I looked at her, then at the massive corpse on the ground, my compound eyes shining with unprecedented determination.
I will be the King!
I used my proboscis to cut off a piece of the freshest, most energy-rich lizard flesh and pushed it in front of Lin Qingzhi.
This was my trophy.
And it was my offering to her.
Lin Qingzhi looked at me, and for the first time, a faint, heartfelt smile appeared on her pale, beautiful face.
She did not refuse.
And I turned my gaze to my brand-new System panel.
[evolution points: 8000]
Killing the Corrosive Lizard gained me 3000 points.
Previously, I had 5000 points left.
Now, I have a full 8000 evolution points!
Looking at this huge sum, and then at the dangerous underground world we were in, a plan, bolder and crazier than any before, slowly took shape in my mind.
I would turn this dark underground pipe network, filled with filth and death... into my... Empire!