Chapter Four: Returning to Original Form

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I'm going to die, I'm going to die!

Lu Yuanming knew this very well. As long as the broken leg couldn't be retracted into the recess and curled up, he would be dragged out of the recess by the monsters and then naturally torn to shreds and swallowed whole.

At the same time, Lu Yuanming also heard the sounds outside. The monsters had already come down from the rooftop. He had absolutely no way to hide and could only cling to life in this recess. He was actually at his wit's end, and could only place his hope on the weight and thickness of these broken walls to resist the monsters.

And it was necessary that these monsters had no supernatural powers.

As the sound of monsters crawling grew closer, Lu Yuanming couldn't help but tremble all over. He looked at his broken left leg and his hands fumbled around unconsciously. Suddenly, he touched a broken stone block, a piece that had shattered from the collapsed wall. A thought suddenly surged into Lu Yuanming's mind. At this moment of life and death, Lu Yuanming also erupted with his last bit of courage. He picked up the stone block and began to smash it against his bent left leg.

With a crack, Lu Yuanming let out a muffled groan. The intense pain plunged him into indescribable tremors. But whether it was because he had died once, or because he was a soul or something now, he didn't faint. He only fully experienced the extreme pain. At the same time, the crawling sounds from outside grew louder and more urgent, with some crackling noises. Lu Yuanming gritted his teeth tightly, and then began to frantically smash the broken stone block in his hand onto his left leg.

His entire left leg was smashed until it was bloody. Earlier, when the Black Wanderer had hit his knee, his left leg had bent backward at the knee. Now, with Lu Yuanming's desperate smashing, the bones at the knee joint of his entire left leg were exposed. The knee joint was about to be smashed apart.

Just then, several dark figures lunged directly from the doorway of the room. They crowded together, attacking and roaring at each other, each trying to pounce into the recess where Lu Yuanming was. Dust and stones flew everywhere. Lu Yuanming was now terrified to the extreme, and the broken stone block in his hand continued to smash against his left leg with all his might.

Suddenly, a huge pulling force came from his left leg, a force that almost dragged him out of the recess. Fortunately, some steel bars protruded from the pit, trapping one of his upper arms, which prevented him from being pulled out.

Outside the recess, a monster had already pounced to the edge of the hole and was using its front claws... well, its upper body was humanoid, so it was using its palm to grab Lu Yuanming's broken leg and was about to pull it out with force. But at the same time, two other monsters also pounced, interrupting the pulling action. Therefore, Lu Yuanming had not yet been pulled out of the recess.

This was the last second or two of life and death. Lu Yuanming's mind went blank with anxiety, and he frantically smashed the broken stone block in his hand onto his left leg. Then, the monster outside pulled his left leg outward with force. With a ripping sound, the left leg, which was more than half smashed and only connected by a small amount of flesh and skin, was directly torn off at the knee. The immense pain made Lu Yuanming unable to bear it any longer, and he let out a miserable howl.

But this did not affect the three monsters outside the recess. They began to fight over Lu Yuanming's severed lower leg. As soon as a monster got hold of the lower leg, it immediately gnawed at it with its human face. Although it was a human face, it was as ferocious as a demon.

There were more than ten monsters in total. These three monsters were fighting over the lower leg, while other monsters, although they smelled the blood in the room, the room was not large and the smell of blood was not strong. So, while the three monsters were fighting and biting, the other monsters continued to chase downstairs along the corridor.

Lu Yuanming's mind was already somewhat blurred from the pain, but he couldn't faint. And at a time when one step meant life and the other meant death, he dared not faint. After smashing his left lower leg, he immediately curled up the remaining thigh part. This intensified the pain of the broken leg, and blood splattered everywhere. Bones and flesh rubbed against the protruding steel bars, causing Lu Yuanming to wail even louder.

In just two or three seconds, Lu Yuanming's lower leg was completely torn apart by the three monsters. Then, one of the monsters reached into the recess, its claws flailing wildly at Lu Yuanming, who was curled up inside.

The claws were withered and black, but they were more than half the size of a normal human palm, and had long black fingernails. Under the wild flailing, sparks actually flew from the fingernails hitting the steel bars. The monster's arm was also slightly longer than a normal person's arm, about eighty centimeters long. Under the wild flailing, the tips of its fingernails actually grabbed onto Lu Yuanming's curled legs.

Although the grip was not firm enough to pull Lu Yuanming out of the recess, it tore off a considerable amount of flesh and blood from Lu Yuanming's curled thighs.

This made Lu Yuanming wail even more. The wailing and the smell of blood and flesh made the three monsters outside even more frenzied. They roared and bit at each other, and constantly rolled back and forth, wanting to tear open the entrance to the recess. All three monsters wanted to tear Lu Yuanming to shreds and devour his flesh and blood alone.

Lu Yuanming was already in a desperate situation, with no other options. He could only try his best to squeeze deeper into the recess and curl his legs with all his might. He ignored the pain and everything else. At this moment, he could only struggle purely for survival, or one could say he was gambling for his life, gambling that he could survive in this recess until he transmigrated again.

Gradually, the three monsters continued to fight, and some monsters tried to lift the broken wall. However, this recess was formed by the collapse of a load-bearing wall and a load-bearing column of the building. The weight was something even the monsters could not easily move. So, the three monsters still circled the entrance, fighting over it. From time to time, a monster would reach its claws in and flail wildly. Although it couldn't truly pull Lu Yuanming out, it left his thighs bloody and mangled.

Perhaps it was because a lot of blood had flowed... Heaven knows why a soul after death could still bleed. In any case, Lu Yuanming's consciousness began to gradually become hazy. Although his mind was highly concentrated, he had a sense of fragmentation, a blurriness. This made Lu Yuanming even more shocked and terrified. He could only stare intently at the entrance of the recess, watching the monsters occasionally reach their claws inside.

Gradually, reaching in with their claws was no longer enough to satisfy these monsters. They became increasingly agitated, even starting to inflict real harm on each other, using their claws and teeth. The three monsters actually began to fight fiercely. This brought a sense of relief to Lu Yuanming, but this relief did not last long. These monsters should have their own rules of interaction. After a brief fierce fight, two of the monsters automatically retreated and left the room.

The monster that remained was undoubtedly the strongest of the three.

Lu Yuanming thought, and then he saw the monster extend its face to the entrance of the pit. To his disbelief, the monster's head stretched out like a snake. The human face had completely distorted, only the mouth opened wider and wider, truly transforming into a Human-faced Snake.

Lu Yuanming squeezed inward with all his might, but he had already reached his limit. The monster's head had extended at least eighty centimeters, less than ten centimeters from his curled legs. This caused Lu Yuanming to scream uncontrollably. The monster ignored him, merely opening its mouth wide and biting down on his severed thigh.

The human face's mouth was filled with sharp canine teeth. With one bite, it tore off a large chunk of flesh. The monster swallowed the flesh, then continued to tear at Lu Yuanming's leg.

Lu Yuanming could only endure the tearing like a lamb to the slaughter. Each bite made him howl more miserably, but facing the monster, his cries were meaningless. In just a few bites, the flesh of Lu Yuanming's thigh was almost completely torn away. The monster hissed and bit down on his thigh bone, continuing to tear and pulling backward, trying to drag Lu Yuanming out of the pit.

"Die, die die die..."

Lu Yuanming suddenly roared. Extreme fear gave rise to a surge of rage, a completely irrational fury.

He abandoned his curled position and forcefully smashed the broken stone he held towards the monster's head. Whether by chance or not, the sharp point of the stone struck the monster's eyeball. Lu Yuanming's first sensation was like hitting something rubbery, but the monster's eyeball was not rubber. This blow actually pierced its eyeball.

The monster immediately tried to retreat, but for some reason, it remained stubbornly biting Lu Yuanming's thigh bone. Lu Yuanming's arm happened to be caught on a steel bar. Although the monster's strength far surpassed Lu Yuanming's, its posture of retracting its head prevented it from using its full power. As a result, its head could not fully retract. Lu Yuanming, with one hand firmly stuck on the steel bar, used his other hand to pick up the broken stone and frantically smash it at the monster's forehead and eyeballs.

One, two, ten, a hundred times...

Lu Yuanming didn't know how many times he had smashed. His lower body was completely numb, and the arm he used to smash the monster's head felt dislocated, his five fingers swollen like radishes. But he didn't stop, continuing to smash the monster's head. Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the monster released its mouth and tried to retract. Noises continued to emanate from its mouth.

At this moment, Lu Yuanming, whether mentally broken or not, reached out and lunged forward slightly, digging his fingers into the monster's ruptured eyeball. He dug and tore with all his might. At the same time, he recklessly pushed his upper body upright and bit down on the monster's other eyeball.

This caused the monster's roar to intensify, but the speed at which it retracted its head began to slow. Gradually, the monster stopped moving, stuck at the entrance of the pit. Lu Yuanming, on the other hand, acted like a monster, roaring and yelling, continuously tearing at the monster's head and incessantly poking his hands into its eyeballs...

During this process, Lu Yuanming vaguely saw white light particles emerge from the monster's body. Most of the light particles dissipated in the air, while a small portion fell onto Lu Yuanming's skin and into his mouth.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yuanming's voice was so hoarse he could no longer speak. His movements became stiff and weak. At this moment, Lu Yuanming felt the opportunity to transmigrate again. It was impossible to describe accurately, but he knew in his heart that he could transmigrate again. Without a second thought, he immediately activated the transmigration.

The next second, Lu Yuanming was back in his vegetative state, his body numb, unable to move or express himself. Only darkness and faint surrounding sounds remained. The excruciating pain of his mangled body transformed into an boundless sense of fatigue and weakness.

In less than an instant, Lu Yuanming finally fell into a blissful unconsciousness.