The monster lay sprawled on the ground, its limbless structure resembling a web of blood vessels spread across the floor, rooted into the earth and supporting its body.
At its core, a pair of protruding eyes hung from its body like rotten lanterns. The eyeballs were full of bloodshot veins, with several maggot-like worms crawling around inside them.
An ordinary person's first reaction upon seeing such a monster might have been to scream, flee, or faint from fright. But Lu Li instead perked up and moved closer.
He raised his head to look at the monster, which had arched itself all the way up to the ceiling. "Huh, isn't this rather distinctive?"
His Martial Eye of Heaven had already inspected the monster's attributes. Its main combat attributes were around 219 points. Its Strength and agility were not particularly high, only 211 points, while Constitution and Spirit were its strengths.
Still, this thing did not look particularly intelligent. At the very least, Lu Li did not think it looked rational.
The Nerve Fiend radiated an eerie aura that seemed capable of affecting one's thoughts, and it had already begun interfering with Lu Li's five senses. However, the Primordial Chaos Bloodline within Lu Li rendered it immune, preventing him from freezing in place.
Lu Li somewhat understood why the person in the room had assumed a praying posture before dying, wearing an expression of devotion mixed with strange bliss. It was because he had seen something else before death, not the monster before him.
In a sense, Lu Li felt that this monster's method of killing truly suited the name of this continent. It was rather merciful.
At that moment, a blood filament resembling a nerve ending extended toward Lu Li. Like a tentacle, it stroked the top of his head, as