Slaughter Tower, floor sixty.
With his Selfless State activated, Xun Hui was enjoying the battlefield, using his formidable combat prowess to burst one head after another with his fists.
"This really gets the blood pumping! It's like these guys don't feel pain."
After killing dozens of monsters, Xun Hui finally overturned his earlier conclusion-these enemies didn't actually need to have their heads destroyed to die.
Through patient observation, bold speculation, and careful consideration, Xun Hui concluded that these monsters most likely had "masochistic constitutions."
They were the sort that grew more excited the harder you hit them, feeling as though they were being rewarded.
So it was best to destroy their heads and kill them in one blow, lest they actually enjoy his punches.
But after Xun Hui had spent hours killing them and finally thought he had found the right answer-
He suddenly noticed the monsters around him beginning to howl in agony.
"Hey! Are you mocking me? Where did all that excitement from earlier go?"
Xun Hui was furious.
But the monsters really were in pain. The "Pain Currency" rule they relied on to survive seemed to have disappeared.
Their incredible pain tolerance and ability to grow stronger the more they hurt had caused Xun Hui considerable trouble. Though he had slaughtered his way through them, he had also sustained serious injuries.
Xun Hui had even prepared to flee the area if he couldn't beat them.
Yet suddenly, every monster attacking Xun Hui began suffering excruciating pain. Their bodies started breaking apart, their flesh bursting open.
Xun Hui froze. It took him a while to confirm that these monsters didn't seem to be mocking him.
They really were suffering. Unlike before, they seemed to have lost some "prerequisite" that allowed them to enjoy pain.
Still, however strange the