I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

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Boom!!

Deep within the pitch-black pond, a powerful surge split the water, creating a huge vortex.

Chen Lun grinned viciously, as his right arm had undergone a startling transformation!

His arm, now thicker by a whole size, was covered in dark golden scales. Black exoskeleton flowed through the gaps, while cerulean blue ring patterns emerged on the inside. It resembled a bizarre and strikingly patterned large python, fierce and fearsome!

The Golden Python Arm writhed out, striking the Octopus Monster with such force it dented like a ball, creating a huge impression.

The Octopus Monster let out a silent wail, turned around quickly, and its severed tentacles waved frantically at Chen Lun, as if it were making a desperate counterattack.

"Polluted creatures really have no sense of logic..."

Chen Lun thought to himself, as his right arm whirled around, tightly coiling around one of the creature's severed tentacles.

The azure-blue rings inside the snake arm emitted a faint glow, generating an immensely strong suction force, completely locking it down. The tips of his fingers glistened with a shiny pitch-black color as he fiercely plunged them into the flesh of the Octopus Monster, immediately injecting the "Serpent and Scorpion Poison".

"Let's see whose poison is stronger!"

The Octopus Monster shuddered all over, convulsing madly underwater and taking Chen Lun with it in its wild flailing. But no matter how much it struggled, the latter clung to it as if he were a part of its body, unable to break free.

Chen Lun's other hand wielded the Silver Sword, chopping fiercely into its body. The murky and dark waters of the pond were now stained with the octopus monster's dark green blood plasma.

Soon, the Octopus Monster's struggles subsided, and eventually, like a deflated "ball," it lost any remaining strength and began to float up.

"Killing a polluted creature 'Goon Offspring'! Gain 2,000 Experience Points and extraordinary material 'Corrupted Ink Sac' (Deep Sea Faction)!"

Chen Lun was about to drag the corpse of the Octopus Monster ashore, waiting for it to decompose and release the Mysterious Substance.

However, at this moment, he abruptly released his snake-touched right arm and with a powerful stamp, he shot upwards like an arrow, quickly distancing himself.

His "Spiritual Intuition" signaled a premonition, a strong sense of danger lingering in his mind.

As Chen Lun was about to break the surface, he glanced back and saw a deeper "black hole" had appeared out of nowhere. The massive corpse of the Octopus, in front of this "black hole," seemed extremely small.

The Octopus's body began to slowly sink, appearing even more like it was being sucked into the "black hole."

Chen Lun's gaze sharpened.

After the Octopus's corpse gradually disappeared into the profound "black hole," he was shocked to see rows of teeth slowly closing...

Boom!

Chen Lun didn't look back as he burst out of the water. Black wings emerged on his back, and with a powerful flap, he soared into the sky, vanishing from the spot.

"What the hell is that... Scared me to death!"

He muttered to himself sarcastically.

Beneath this small pond lay an entity many times more colossal than the Octopus Monster!

Such terror was enough; this "Immortal Realm" wasn't worth staying in!

The next second, Chen Lun meditated on "Lakeside Cabin" in his mind, and his body disappeared into thin air.

He sat up from the bed in the wooden cabin, looked around at the simple furnishings, and smiled lightly. This was the second time returning from the "Immortal Realm," and the experience was quite enjoyable.

Chen Lun got off the bed and quickly walked out the door, returning to the lake's edge beside the statue.

He touched the base of the statue, sensing the stored Sanity Value inside, which was currently 70+.

This was the contribution of the players' three resurrections, and after deducting the cost of "opening the instance" for them, this was the surplus.

Chen Lun, with a smile on his face, sat down on the base of the statue and then shifted his attention to the worn wooden chest at his feet.

"Got the transcendent trait, now let's open the chest..."

He had previously observed through the lake and saw that Polaris was helpless against it, but Chen Lun had just the way to deal with it.

He took out a slender toothpick from the Blood Poem Ring.

"D-rank Mysterious Object - Rusty Toothpick (one-time consumable)"

"Time to open the chest!"

Chen Lun inserted the toothpick into the worn wooden chest's keyhole. He felt the toothpick in his fingers wriggle inside, and soon, with a snap, the tightly shut chest loosened.

At the same time, the toothpick in Chen Lun's hand silently broke apart, turning to dust and dissipating.

"Let's see what we have..."

Chen Lun lifted the lid of the chest with anticipation.

The next second, his eyes widened. Experience more content on empire

The first thing he saw was an abundance of coins, shimmering, all uniformly—

Copper Kro.

"..."

Chen Lun resisted the urge to throw the chest into the lake, took a handful of Copper Kro, and let them slip through his fingers, creating a rustling sound.

"Great, there must be at least a few thousand Copper Kro here, round it up, and it's the equivalent of half a Gold Pound, I'm rich."

He forced a smile, took all the Copper Kro from the chest into his panel, not a single coin left.

With the filler Copper Kro gone, the remaining items at the bottom of the chest were clear, a total of three items.

A notebook, a potion bottle, and a piece of parchment.

Chen Lun picked up the notebook and discovered it was not any Mystic Book but a simple one. As he flipped through it, he realized the writing inside told a story about the "Forgetfulness Spring."

The identity of the author was unknown; it seemed to be a traveler who described the "Forgetfulness Spring," a spring whose water held a kind of Magic Power that allowed one to selectively forget certain memories upon drinking.

The text also lavishly portrayed the clarity and beauty of the "Forgetfulness Spring" and how its sweet waters allowed the author to forget many troublesome memories, and more. Eventually, not wanting the spring to fall into the hands of those with ulterior motives, he left a cute pet as the spring's guardian...

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