Corpse Recovery Diver

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On the second floor, a white centipede swiftly climbed onto the return home net, scuttling upwards, crawling onto Duncan's face, opening its mouth, and biting down on Duncan's forehead!

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"Ha!"

The pig-headed man spread his arms wide, and the whole pig relaxed.

It had already mastered the other four shadow beasts and could reshape a complete face.

It had won.

The pig-headed man pointed his hoof at Li Zhiyuan and laughed:

"Hehe, you don't need to keep pretending anymore. I admit I was fooled by you at first, but soon I realized you didn't manage to summon a god to possess you."

He had been discovered.

Even though there was still half the time left until the "spirit possession end time" Li Zhiyuan had set for himself.

But since he had been found out early, there was really no point in pretending any further.

Li Zhiyuan lifted his disguise, his aura returning to normal, looking slightly weary.

He reached into his pocket, took out a small handful of candies, and put them into his mouth.

The pig-headed man continued: "I'm sorry for making you act with me for so long. In fact, I never really used my true strength to seriously fight with you."

Li Zhiyuan crunched on the candy, while shaking his index finger:

"I admit you didn't use your full power, but don't so easily dismiss my effort. You fought seriously; you just didn't want to pay the price of being seriously injured."

Earlier, when this pig tried to break the array, it was serious, seemingly deeply utilizing the monkey's ability.

But the problem likely was that it only acquired their spirits, not their power, probably because when acquiring their spirits, they were either near death or severely injured, leaving hardly any power behind.

Although not knowing the exact process, Li Zhiyuan guessed he should thank his three companions for this.

It was them who depleted the power of the three corresponding shadow beasts.

This also meant that while this pig could use the abilities of other shadow beasts, fundamentally, it was still expending its own power.

Its original entity did not have such deep resources to squander recklessly.

The most correct course of action for this pig should have been to maintain its initial state and go all out, even if it meant paying a huge price.

Especially after bringing itself out from the Defensive Array of the photo studio, it was clearly no longer as dominant as when it first broke the array, starting to think about solving itself with as little cost as possible.

When realizing that killing itself required a tremendous price, it hesitated.

Even though it had long discovered his possession was fake, it deliberately cooperated to waste time.

The pig-headed man began stroking his face and with two "thud" sounds, the pig's ears on both sides dropped to the ground.

Then, with two "creaks" sounds, the pig's eyeballs were gouged out and casually thrown to the ground.

"Sizzle..."

The piece of flesh with two nostrils was forcibly torn off.

Li Sanjiang loved using pig head meat as a side dish for drinking, and in Li Sanjiang's view, the best part of the pig head meat was this snout.

Now, this piece of prime meat was also thrown to the ground by the pig-headed man.

Finally, it opened its mouth and extended its tongue.

"Snap!"

The tongue was torn off.

Yet even without a tongue, with only a mouth left, it could still speak, likely using other muscle parts to create resonance.

"After pulling you out from the photo studio array, I no longer had to kill you, although, I have to admit, you are indeed very impressive; your talent is indeed terrifying.

If you could grow to the same age as that Dragon King who once suppressed and crushed us, you'd definitely be even more terrifying, and the five of us might really have no chance to make a comeback."

Li Zhiyuan: "Thank you for the compliment."

"But isn't it funny?

The Heavenly Dao doesn't particularly regard us, but the Heavenly Dao doesn't seem to favor you either. It didn't even give you the chance to fully grow."

Li Zhiyuan: "The Heavenly Dao has its own plans."

"Hehe, that sounds like a joke."

The pig-headed man's head began to shrink, no longer as huge as before, reducing to the size of an average adult's head.

Just, it still lacked four facial features.

"So, have you resigned yourself to fate?"

Li Zhiyuan: "What else then?"

"Buzz!"

A new nose grew out on the pig-headed man's face, initially blue, but once grown, it returned to a normal nose appearance.

Its aura began to rapidly climb at this moment.

"You can compliment me, make me happy, and I might consider giving you a chance to end your journey early with your life intact."

Li Zhiyuan: "How would you like me to compliment you?"

"Buzz!"

A pair of white ears grew back, and then the color returned to normal, along with another surge in its aura.

"You know how to compliment me; perhaps, in your mind, you've already praised me many times from just now."

Li Zhiyuan: "You're very clever."

"Buzz!"

It opened its mouth, and a bright red tongue regrew, initially long, but soon retracted and adjusted back to normal.

Its aura surged further.

"Continue, I like listening."

Li Zhiyuan: "You're the smartest pig I have ever seen."

The pig-headed man stroked below his forehead above his nose with one hand; the once bare, flat skin started to indent, gradually showing the shape of two eye sockets.

"I don't like that statement. Look at me now, where do I still resemble a pig?"

Li Zhiyuan shook his head and said: "No matter how smart, still just a pig in the end."

"Although I never planned on giving you another chance to end your journey early, since you are being so clueless, even now, clinging to your ridiculous confidence and pride.