360: Loki succeeds

Chen Lu's vision gradually blurred, and the thoughts in his mind also began to become indistinct.

But as he looked at the familiar yet strange face before him, a strong surge of unwillingness suddenly welled up in his heart.

“Loki!”

Chen Lu struggled to squeeze out two words from his throat, trying to keep his mind clear.

“How terrifying. This dose of venom still couldn't change your cognition?” Loki's lips curved into a dangerous arc.

“You… what exactly do you… want to do? I pose… no… no threat to you at all.” Chen Lu’s neck was almost completely green from the snake venom, and even his voice became hoarse.

“Hmph! What threat can a useless person like you pose to me? I merely want the power of that Whale of Change.”

!!!

Upon hearing Loki’s words, Chen Lu’s mind instantly cleared a little.

“The power of the Whale of Change? That is the key to opening Takamagahara. What do you need it for…”

Chen Lu’s voice stopped abruptly. Suddenly, his mind reacted.

“Loki!”

A sharp shriek burst from Chen Lu’s throat, “Are you coveting the power of Takamagahara?”

“Hehe, don’t use such an unpleasant word as ‘coveting’! I’m just temporarily keeping it for the Cthulhu.” Loki’s smile was sincere and innocent.

“You’re dreaming!” Chen Lu’s eyes became fierce. “Even if I die, I won’t give you the power of the Whale of Change.”

“Really? I don’t believe it.” Loki shook his head, then said triumphantly, “How about we make a bet? I bet you will personally offer the power of the Whale of Change to me.”

“Impossible, absolutely impossible.” Chen Lu’s eyes were bloodshot, and he shook his head like a rattle-drum.

“Is that so? Then let you properly experience the power of consciousness grafting.”

A red light suddenly burst from the eyes of the Serpents of Deceit, and a large amount of venom continued to inject, causing Chen Lu's brain to feel a strong sense of numbness.

“Grafting…?”

As Chen Lu uttered the last two words, his consciousness completely fell into Chaos.

So-called consciousness grafting is an ability of the Authority of Deceit. Through the venom of the Serpents of Deceit, it can change the opponent's cognition and consciousness, thereby making the opponent completely submit to oneself.

Although this effect is powerful, the conditions for its activation are equally demanding.

Because consciousness has extremely strong autonomy, regardless of strength, as long as the opponent reacts in time, they can resist through various means.

However, Chen Lu did not possess this point, because his consciousness was chaotic and disorderly.

On the bone wall of the Whale of Change, dozens of people from the Chen clan were embedded. Although these people's consciousnesses were polluted by the power of Cthulhu, it is undeniable that these consciousnesses did not perish, but were stitched together.

In addition, the Whale of Change's interior was already polluted by Cthulhu into a chaotic collective of consciousnesses, so it was already very difficult for Chen Lu to maintain basic daily communication.

Coupled with the fact that he was already severely injured after the failure of the fishing village plan, even if he knew what Loki was going to do, he had no way to resist.

The venom of the Serpents of Deceit spread throughout his body. Chen Lu’s consciousness was first drowsy. After an unknown period of time, his mind suddenly cleared.

He opened his heavy eyes, surveying everything around him.

Suddenly, Chen Lu saw a blurry black figure floating in the sky.

The enormous black body was like a small mountain, covered with countless fleshy whiskers and tentacles. Incoherent, bizarre chanting continuously poured into Chen Lu’s ears, and an aura of decadence and degradation eroded his sanity.

“This is… Black Goat Lord!”

Chen Lu’s eyes flickered with excitement, “It’s actually Black Goat Lord.”

Suddenly, a thought popped into Chen Lu’s mind: Strange, isn’t Black Goat Lord injured and asleep?

However, as soon as this thought emerged, Chen Lu immediately gave himself a reason.

Black Goat Lord's status is noble, and his strength is unfathomable. Isn't recovering from injuries a matter of moments?

With a reasonable explanation, Chen Lu had no other thoughts in his mind and began to prostrate himself towards the sky.

“Black Goat Lord, I am your humble follower. Please lead me to the other shore of paradise!”

&%#…

A series of obscure and difficult-to-understand musical notes came from the sky. In Chen Lu’s vision, as the notes sounded, everything around began to dissolve and distort. Crazy tentacles grew from the dissolving objects, and everything was tainted with an aura of degradation.

Chen Lu seemed to have been given a shot of adrenaline, and the excitement in his eyes grew even more intense, “Hahaha, Black Goat Lord has answered my prayers, Black Goat Lord has answered my prayers…”

Countless obscure musical notes drilled into Chen Lu’s mind. Under Chen Lu's delusion, those irregular notes actually pieced together a fragmented message.

“Give… power… sacrifice… sacrifice…”

Chen Lu tremblingly straightened his upper body. Without hesitation, he plunged his hands into his chest. With a crack, his sternum was torn in half, and black, putrid blood gushed out. Little remained of his internal organs, which were densely wrapped and entwined by tentacles. Only his heart was still stubbornly beating.

Thump thump!

Chen Lu then pulled out his own heart. The moment the heart left his body, the enormous stomach wall of the Whale of Change actually contracted and shriveled at a visible speed, like a huge deflated balloon.

“Great Black Goat Lord, I will offer you my all…”

That heart was beating violently in his palm. Above the sky, huge tentacles stretched out and plunged into that black heart.

Chen Lu watched as the heart was successfully sacrificed to the Black Goat, overwhelmed with excitement, completely unaware that as his stomach wall shriveled, his own body also began to wither.

His eyes were filled with piety and satisfaction, “Hahaha, I did it, I did it…”

Loki stood in front of Chen Lu, looking at his shriveled body, with only a head still laughing madly. He shook his head, controlling the Serpents of Deceit, and swallowed the black heart in one gulp.

As the black heart was taken by Loki, the effect of the Serpents of Deceit's venom also reached its limit.

With a thud, Chen Lu’s head dangled to the ground. The originally enormous stomach wall of the Whale of Change now resembled a hemp rope, tying Chen Lu’s head.

Only a thin layer of blood skin remained on Chen Lu’s face, and his two eyeballs had squeezed out of their sockets, dangling on his face.

In his dying moments, he saw Loki’s face clearly.

“You… deceived… me…”

With unwillingness and despair, Chen Lu’s body turned into black ash and merged into this beach.