Luo Wei's series of heart-striking words plunged Helena into deep self-doubt.
"It's not like that... it's not like that... Helena is not a failure... she's not running away either..."
"I'm not wrong... I'm not wrong..."
The night grew darker.
In the corridor of the old mansion, that mass of black tentacles kept trembling, her expression twisted and agitated.
[Helena]
[Favorability: 100]
[Stability Level: 75↓]
[Description: A distorted being that madly loves you]
Looking at Helena, who was now much more stable than before, with even the extra tentacles that had grown out retracting significantly, Luo Wei breathed a sigh of relief internally.
His near-death actions just now hadn't been in vain after all.
"Brother..."
Helena raised her head, the tentacles gradually loosening their grip on Luo Wei's limbs.
"What you said just now, is it true..."
"Is there really another ending to the story... Can Helena become happy too..."
Luo Wei looked at her. The Helena who had been full of murderous intent chasing him just moments ago now looked like a pitiful child.
Her sapphire blue eyes regained a hint of clarity, with tears welling up in them.
"Of course," Luo Wei said with a sincere smile, provided she didn't kill him.
"Although I've lied to you about many things, what I said just now wasn't a lie, you know~"
Helena lowered her head slightly again, eyes tightly shut, as if pondering something important.
The old mansion fell into a rare moment of quiet in the deep night.
But just then,
Luo Wei's peripheral vision suddenly noticed a red shadow flashing up from the other side of the corridor.
It moved with unbelievable speed, carrying an undisguised killing intent.
"Wait a moment—!" Luo Wei hurriedly called out.
Before he could finish, a crimson claw slashed towards Helena's neck.
A thick blood aura swirled around Evelyn's unusually sharp nails, like rising flames of blood.
Her sneak attack was as swift as lightning. By the time Luo Wei reacted, Helena was already howling in pain.
Black tentacles wrapped around Helena's body as she stumbled back several steps.
"Professor Evelyn?" Luo Wei looked at Evelyn's new form in surprise.
Covered in blood, like a person made of blood, Evelyn's appearance made Luo Wei feel as if his life force was gradually being drained. This was an ability he had never seen before.
Although she was covered in blood, the huge wound on her chest had somehow healed.
Moreover, her eyes had changed from their previous dark green to a grayish-white without pupils, giving her an especially eerie appearance.
"Still have time for idle chatter?" The grayish-white eyes glanced at Luo Wei.
"Do you want to live or not?"
"Of course I do..." Luo Wei smiled bitterly, "But..."
He had just managed to stabilize Helena's contamination level, and she had reverted to her original form. If everything had gone smoothly, the subsequent battle could have been avoided.
Luo Wei's first thought was still to contain Helena, but the teacher's sneak attack had once again disrupted his plans.
"Sigh... Well, teacher, you really always bring me 'surprises'..."
The grayish-white eyes showed a hint of confusion, "What do you mean?"
"You!! You all!!!"
Helena's condition was particularly miserable at this moment. She clutched the bleeding wound on her neck, the blood flowing back making her only able to produce gurgling, extremely unpleasant sounds.
"Lying to me again, lying to me again!!!"
The blood gushing out like a fountain quickly soaked her white dress, and those distorted tentacles that had disappeared earlier grew out again.
And there were even more than before.
"This is trouble," Luo Wei said, involuntarily backing away as he looked at the mass of distorted matter opposite him.
Countless black tentacles surged towards the two of them like mad.
Professor Evelyn sneered, blood mist constantly gathering and swirling around her.
Then, she manipulated the blood aura, transforming it into a sharp, crimson blade.
Gripping the blade, she charged fearlessly towards that mass of twisted tentacles.
The battle between the two resumed, while Luo Wei ran towards the alchemy room without looking back.
One piece of bad news, one piece of good news.
The bad news was that Helena, being a Hybrid Species, had now completely transformed into an Unnameable Being, becoming the most troublesome existence in this world view.
And the good news was...
The remaining suppression potions targeting "monster forms" could now be put to use.
Feeling the rumbling sounds behind him, Luo Wei dashed into the alchemy room.
Then he quickly searched through the material list.
[Stability Suppression Potion (Advanced) ×3]
[Potion crafting in progress...]
Looking at the crafting prompt on the game panel, Luo Wei felt increasingly anxious.
Professor Evelyn's curses and those meaningless roars echoed in the corridor, the sounds of their battle getting closer and closer to here.
This meant the teacher was about to be overwhelmed...
Hurry, hurry up...
Time passed second by second, and after an agonizing three minutes.
With a "ding" sound.
[Configuration complete]
Great!
Luo Wei's heart leapt with joy as three glass bottles, larger than the previous potions, appeared in his hand.
Holding the potions, he rushed out the door in a hurry.
As it happened, the two had already fought their way here. The second-floor corridor of the old mansion looked as if it had been scraped by a bulldozer, a complete mess extending all the way to the door.
"This damned monster, why are there so many tentacles? It's so annoying!"
Professor Evelyn's eyes were full of viciousness.
Luo Wei noticed that her right arm seemed to have been broken, hanging there as if dislocated, swinging back and forth, looking very painful.
Helena's condition wasn't much better either. Countless black tentacles had been severed, as Professor Evelyn's crimson blade was far sharper than it appeared.
"You brat, why haven't you run away yet?"
Professor Evelyn immediately glanced at Luo Wei as he opened the door and walked out, "Why are you still standing here like an idiot? Your sister is coming for you!"
"I know."
Luo Wei gazed at the nearly enraged Helena, her eyes fixed firmly on him.
"Die! All of you die!!"
"You two dogs!!"
Black tentacles shot straight towards them.
Professor Evelyn made to push Luo Wei away, finding him in the way.
But Luo Wei dodged her, taking a quick step forward to stand between the two.
"Are you insane? You..."
Just as Evelyn was about to reprimand him, she was surprised to see Luo Wei throw one of the glass bottles in his hand towards the monster before them.
With a crack, the glass shattered, and a strong medicinal smell wafted through the air.
The black tentacles immediately trembled, and Helena covered her face, her expression extremely twisted.
"Ahhhhhhh—!"
"What is this?" Evelyn was amazed that the monster she couldn't handle was reacting so strongly to whatever was in that glass bottle.
This time it was Luo Wei's turn to remind Professor Evelyn.
"What are you standing there for? Attack!"
"You little..." She gave Luo Wei a silent glance.
"Didn't expect you to actually have some skills."
Saying this, she gripped the blood-colored blade tightly with her left hand, leaped high, and stabbed directly at Helena's vital points, which were wrapped in tentacles.