Without the Blue Nitro's control, NEO had no opponents. It ate and ate, devouring an entire starfield in just a few months.
Its infinite Appetite caused its strength to swell at an explosive rate. As a result, it had never truly faced a worthwhile battle—either it crushed and devoured its targets, or targets that vastly outclassed it killed it outright.
NEO generally could not feel pain, and as a Gourmet Demon, it could not truly die. It considered death nothing more than a small stage in the cycle of reincarnation, nothing to fear.
But today was different. It had encountered a man who utterly surpassed it, yet did not kill it. Instead, much like NEO itself, he tormented it, determined to drive it into despair.
That completely shattered the already fragile NEO. Neither the pain nor the despair was something it could endure.
What terrified it even more was that Lu Li did not seem to be trying to achieve any particular goal. Even when it wanted to vomit, he would not let it. He simply insisted on torturing it.
So when NEO finally found an opportunity, it vomited with every ounce of strength it had, terrified that Lu Li would interrupt it and send it back into that cycle of agonizing torment.
Lu Li had seen NEO's past, but he did not find it pitiful, nor did he think there was anything to excuse.
All he could say was that this creature was innately cruel and twisted. The moment it was free of the Blue Nitro's restraints, it began savoring its prey's despair, using despair itself as seasoning for its meals. It was a born pervert.
Lu Li felt absolutely no psychological burden when interrogating and torturing someone like that.
In his view, merely making NEO vomit up the