Scared Away

When Evelyn, holding her blood-colored blade, charged towards Helena, Helena's body underwent an instant transformation. Her tentacles grew black, hard scales.

Some of the hardened tentacles wrapped around Helena's body, while others extended outward continuously. It was as if she had become a giant black sea urchin or hedgehog-like creature, equally equipped for offense and defense.

Even with her speed advantage, Evelyn couldn't overcome her. No matter what she tried, she couldn't strike Helena's vital points. Instead, her own body suffered several new wounds.

"I hate things like this the most..." Evelyn clutched her dislocated right arm, feeling incredibly frustrated.

"And it's ugly too..."

"I hate ugly things the most..."

As she grumbled, the monster before her gave her no time to catch her breath. Its abnormally long, sharp tentacles lunged at her in an instant.

Evelyn transformed into a blood-colored shadow, dodging swiftly.

The wooden floorboards of the corridor were as fragile as paper. The tentacles pierced through where her feet had been moments ago, sending splinters and dust flying everywhere.

Evelyn kept maneuvering around the deadly tentacles, her blood-colored shadow flickering constantly.

Although she knew the monster's weakness from Luo Wei, she frustratingly couldn't get anywhere near it.

Her gray-white eyes locked onto the movements of the tentacles as Evelyn rapidly thought of ways to break through.

Suddenly, for a moment, she glanced around.

Where was Luo Wei?

While dodging the tentacles, she searched for any trace of Luo Wei.

Then she noticed, on the opposite side of the corridor, a furtive shadow slowly approaching.

And he kept making hand gestures towards her.

Evelyn immediately understood what he wanted to do.

...

Luo Wei carefully navigated through the debris-strewn area, getting closer and closer to Helena's back.

He estimated the distance between them, needing to throw the potion accurately onto Helena while staying out of reach of her tentacles.

After he made the hand gestures, Professor Evelyn seemed to understand what he wanted to do.

The blood-colored shadow flashed again, this time not to dodge, but to recklessly charge towards Helena's front.

Evelyn kept slashing at all the tentacles obstructing her vision, cutting through like clearing a thorny path, until a tentacle pierced her shoulder. She groaned in pain and was forced to stop.

At this point, she was less than a few meters away from Helena's main body.

This was the chance!

Just as tentacles from all directions were about to pierce Evelyn's body,

Luo Wei sprang out from the ruins like a grenade thrower on a battlefield, suddenly hurling the potion at Helena's body.

With a crisp shattering sound, the potion took effect, and Helena's tentacles paused.

[Contamination Level: 85↓]

The contamination level was also dropping rapidly.

Evelyn seized this opportunity. As Helena's tentacles dispersed, her blood-colored blade pierced through Helena's chest like an arrow.

The crimson beam of light easily penetrated her body, even pointing towards the ceiling, stabbing at the sky.

"You monster!"

Evelyn's gaze was ice-cold as she furiously twisted the blood-colored blade inside the flesh, as if seeking revenge.

A piercing shriek, loud enough to rupture eardrums and drive one mad, echoed throughout the old mansion.

Countless tentacles began to tremble, gathering together like a thick whip.

An enormous force directly sent Professor Evelyn flying.

Evelyn's body crashed heavily through a room's door. The sound of objects shattering resounded from within the room, and dust immediately spread out.

Then, that gruesome face slowly turned towards Luo Wei behind her.

Meeting those blood-red eyes, Luo Wei was terrified.

The professor's strike just now had severely wounded Helena.

Now, a horrifying wound had appeared on her chest, deep enough to see bone. The broken organs could even be vaguely seen pulsating.

Every time Helena moved, bits of flesh and blood would spill onto the ground, the smell of blood so thick it was nauseating.

She stared fixedly at Luo Wei in front of her, crawling towards him without speaking.

Perhaps due to the damage to her vocal cords earlier, she could no longer speak coherently.

Luo Wei looked up. Tentacles from all directions were slowly moving towards him.

She had indeed been severely injured, her speed no longer as terrifying as before.

But faced with such an enraged monster,

He didn't try to run away. Instead, he raised the third and final potion.

"......"

Upon seeing this object, Helena's tentacles paused for a moment.

She indeed seemed to fear this thing. Luo Wei's two consecutive sneak attacks had already caused her to suffer.

"Finally, the containment conditions have been met..."

Luo Wei suddenly smiled confidently.

Faced with the twisted monster approaching step by step and the tentacles lunging from all directions, he displayed an exceptionally calm reaction.

Professor Evelyn, who had struggled out of the room supporting herself against the wall, watched the scene before her in surprise.

Luo Wei stood fearlessly in front of the monster, even slowly approaching it.

The tentacles all retreated.

The monster named "Helena" was actually backing away.

She knew the potency of that potion, but Luo Wei should only have one left, right?

Could it be that he still had an ace up his sleeve?

Of course, Luo Wei had no more tricks left. All his potions and calming skills had been used up.

He was just bluffing.

After all, Helena didn't know what the containment conditions were. Those data were only visible on the panel in front of him, not to outsiders.

So after rounds of battles where she had been severely injured, hearing the word "containment," Helena, with a hint of rationality still remaining, finally retreated in fear.

Luo Wei continued forward, and Helena continued to back away.

Her tentacles instinctively retracted, trying to block Luo Wei's final strike.

Watching this scene, Professor Evelyn clicked her tongue in amazement.

"I've really learned something new today..."

"These siblings, one's a mutant monster, the other's a mysterious scholar who can make potions..."

"Neither of them is easy to deal with..."

When he had cornered the ball-shaped mass of black tentacles into the corridor's corner,

Luo Wei glanced at the balcony not far from Helena.

Then, he raised the potion bottle high, as if about to throw it.

Helena, wrapped in black tentacles, trembled all over.

She immediately crashed through the balcony's glass and jumped down from the second floor.

"She ran?" Evelyn was shocked.

That mutant monster, which even she had difficulty defeating, had actually been scared away by Luo Wei?

Luo Wei quickly ran to the balcony, looking out into the darkness.

In the dim street light, he saw that twisted shadow dash into the woods, quickly disappearing into the night.

Evelyn, clutching her right arm, also came to the balcony.

She gazed into the distant night, her eyes filled with regret.

"What a pity... she still got away..."

"If we could have delivered such a monster alive to the Holy Edict Knight Order, your teacher would have had her beauty salon membership fees covered for a whole year."

"Huh?" Luo Wei hadn't expected her to think of such a thing.

"Professor, aren't you a university lecturer?" Luo Wei looked at her quizzically. "Do you really need money that badly?"

"You don't understand." Evelyn glanced at him. "Expenses in high society are enormous. Your teacher's entire year's salary and bonuses combined aren't enough to cover even a month."

"Oh, and..." Seeing Luo Wei's helpless expression, she realized the topic had strayed quite far.

"How did you scare that monster just now? Do you still have an ace up your sleeve?"

Luo Wei shook his head, not intending to share this secret with his teacher.

"Perhaps..."

"She felt guilty."