Coveted After Becoming a Monster [Quick Transmigration] 23p1

Chapter 23 p1

The swiftly moving tentacles churned up the water. The seawater that had flooded in hadn’t settled yet, so it was exceptionally murky.

The octopus was a little disgusted but had no choice but to push forward desperately.

The darkness behind her, by some unknown method, had immediately noticed and was in hot pursuit.

The scene from last time repeated itself, but this time it was the octopus protecting Ji Yulin, and the creature behind her had grown even stronger.

She guessed that it had devoured too much last time and, like the little octopus, had fallen into a deep sleep, only waking up after digesting and advancing a tier, and then had chased her here.

The darkness crashed into a building. Its shapeless body was inexplicably terrifying, not to mention the dense, fanged, ferocious maws, which seemed to be even more numerous than last time.

The sturdy bricks were ground to dust under its teeth. The sunflower roots piled up frantically but were useless against it. It only cared about chasing her madly.

The octopus swatted away an obstacle with a tentacle, her agitation visibly palpable.

The heavy rain didn’t let up. Faintly, she could hear many people shouting, calling Ji Yulin’s name, but the octopus paid them no mind, leaving them behind.

Ji Yulin seemed to sense something. Before she could try to look, a tentacle covered her ears, wrapping her even tighter.

But no matter how she was confined, after a period of rapid travel, the octopus had to surface for a while to let Ji Yulin breathe.

This action obviously slowed them down, but it was necessary.

The darkness behind them was getting faster. Another building was knocked down, and the roar she had heard before sounded again.

“Mine…”

This time, the octopus was no longer clueless. She was extremely irritable, like someone who had been defied. She swung a tentacle again, grabbed a nearby utility pole, easily pulled it up, and threw it behind her.

The utility pole was no threat to the darkness. It didn’t even dodge, letting it crash into it and shatter into pieces.

But its speed did slow a little. Its body clearly paused, showing a sense of hesitation, as if it were pondering the octopus’s change.

But its open maw was greedy. Seeing that the octopus was about to submerge again, it couldn’t be bothered with that and gritted its teeth to give chase.

Ling Yun, who had been standing on a balcony at some point, was shaken by the tremor and nearly fell off the edge.

The monster passed by her, one of its maws drooling with desire. In a gap in the chase, it swiped at the balcony, actually tearing off the security bars and snapping at Ling Yun.

Ling Yun stumbled back in fright. In front of a powerful mutated beast, an ordinary human was truly weak, with no ability to resist.

The brick balcony was instantly annihilated. The bite mark was only a few centimeters from Ling Yun’s toes. If she had been half a step slower, she would have been dragged away.

But although the darkness was unwilling, it had no time to deal with her. Having missed its bite, it could only give up with regret.

A resentful gaze fell on her, then shifted away in an instant. When she looked up again, she could only see its shrinking back, leaving the person who had fallen to the ground, her pale face bruised and purple, gasping for breath.

The distance grew closer, and the roars were right behind her.

“It’s mine…”

“Mine…”

Another corner. Broken roots were piled up in the water. The newly mutated sunflowers tried to join the fray, but no matter how fast they grew, they couldn’t hinder the octopus and the darkness at all.

The fog grew thicker, almost solid. The surroundings of the town were completely obscured. “Can’t see your hand in front of your face” was no longer an exaggeration but a reality.

The people fleeing in a panic were completely lost in the town they had once been so familiar with that they could navigate it with their eyes closed.

The fanged maw stretched out as far as it could, several times almost touching the swimming tentacles.

The octopus finally lost her patience. She suddenly flipped over, and one of her tentacles instantly became thicker and longer. Like a long whip, it churned up a white wave in the water and lashed out at the darkness.

The darkness was caught off guard and was sent flying, crashing into a building behind it.

The building immediately collapsed, and a few clouds of blood bloomed in the water. It was unclear who had been hit. The greedy darkness had no time to care. After desperately steadying itself, it roared and gave chase.

The octopus had taken this opportunity to surface and quickly climbed up a building.

As her tentacles swayed, Ji Yulin’s figure was occasionally revealed. Even with so many obstacles in the water, she was still well-protected.

“Over there,” a pale fingertip hooked the base of a tentacle, her voice strained.

The octopus didn’t respond, just hid Ji Yulin even more tightly.

Like a dragon carefully guarding its treasure, but the monster behind her only coveted her.

The darkness churned up a wave and immediately lunged forward.

The octopus glanced back, and an extended tentacle uprooted the surrounding sunflowers. With a flick of her tentacle, she stuffed the handful of sunflowers into the beast’s mouth.

The creature was blankly stuffed with a mouthful. It chewed a couple of times before it realized and spat it out.

But the tentacle didn’t pause at all and swung at it again.

The darkness, having suffered two major losses, was even more furious. Its roars grew louder, and it charged at the octopus in a rage.

The octopus had no intention of fighting. After a swipe, she ran.

The two chased each other, and the fog was actually cleared a lot. Even the sunflowers that had been blocking out the sky were a third gone, let alone the dilapidated buildings.

The simple town was completely in ruins. The churning seawater was filled with waves and debris.

They had now reached the southwest of the town. The terrain here was higher, and the seawater couldn’t reach it for the time being. The people who had luckily escaped had all gathered here, desperately climbing higher.

And the direction Ji Yulin had been heading was also here.

Seeing the octopus leading the darkness toward them, those people’s faces were filled with despair.

Looking up, the stormy weather showed no signs of improving. Although it was dawn, the sky was still covered in dark clouds.

The monster behind them was getting closer again. The octopus’s tentacles subconsciously swiped left and right, only to find that there was nothing left to throw. In an instant, she made a decision, clenched her tentacles into fists, and punched behind her.

The darkness, having been thrown a dozen times, had almost developed a conditioned reflex to dodge. The moment it saw the octopus swing a tentacle, it wanted to swerve and avoid it.

But it hadn’t expected the octopus to just punch it this time.

The darkness was stunned by the blow. Before it could react, it was hit again.

Its open mouth froze in mid-air, unable to close at all. After a long moment, it realized it had been tricked, but the octopus didn’t stop, landing another punch, making the creature’s head spin.

It was clearly the menacing pursuer, yet it was being beaten up by the fleeing creature.

The darkness, in a fit of rage, slammed into the water, actually creating a nearly ten-meter-deep crater.

It was clear how furious it was.

The deep-sea overlord, who possessed brute force from the moment it woke up, had suffered several losses at the hands of the octopus.

The last shred of sanity was completely gone. The octopus threw a punch, and it charged recklessly, biting at the tentacle.

The octopus quickly retracted her tentacle and flicked it with lingering fear.

That mouth was filthy. It didn’t spare sea beasts, humans, or even concrete and bricks. It had just been stuffed with a mouthful of sunflower scraps…

The unconsciously neat-freak octopus was very disgusted and didn’t want to touch it at all.

But the darkness didn’t understand. It just thought the octopus was showing weakness and bit at her again.

All of the octopus’s tentacles pushed off the ground, and she immediately fled in another direction.

The terrain in this direction was not high, but there was a cliff that separated it from the coast, so the rising seawater couldn’t cross this barrier and spread this way.

Although the darkness was powerful, it clearly couldn’t leave the water. Seeing this, it became even more anxious to catch the octopus.

A tentacle pressed against a tin shed. She was almost at the edge of the water. Looking back, the creature was sticking to her like a plaster, its steps more and more urgent, several times almost biting her tentacles.

Another roar. It charged recklessly, its body leaning forward to bite.

The octopus quickly retracted her tentacles, her whole body tensing, almost dropping the suitcase hooked between her tentacles.

Looking left and right, the surroundings were empty. There was nothing left to grab.

The octopus had no choice but to push forward desperately.

But how could the darkness let her have her way? It actually started to throw things, just like the octopus had before.

The things weren’t big, just some debris washed up by the seawater. The octopus didn’t even care about this stuff, but in the hands of the darkness behind her, it became a good obstacle.

A brick landed in front of her, forcing the octopus to stop and turn to the other side. But in the next second, a flowerpot came flying, aiming for the octopus’s head.

The octopus instantly bristled, unable to accept being bullied by the creature she had been toying with. She almost turned around and slapped it again. Fortunately, Ji Yulin pulled her back. The cool palm against her tentacle managed to calm her down.

But even so, she was still extremely agitated, like a child being bullied by a younger sibling, both anxious and angry, full of unwillingness.

A tentacle slapped to the other side. They were now beyond the sunflower’s control, and the fog had thinned considerably. The octopus trembled inexplicably, actually showing signs of waking up.

The darkness took the opportunity to catch up and bit at the octopus. Its fangs grazed the edge of a tentacle, leaving a conspicuous white line.

The tide grew more turbulent, all surging toward the darkness. The heavy rain finally slowed. In the dim light, she could finally see a little.

Ling Yun, who had climbed to a high place, looked around, her anxious eyes carefully scanning every corner, but she still couldn’t see Ji Yulin.

“Professor…” Her chapped lips from dehydration stuck together, and a sharp pain shot through them when she tore them apart. But Ling Yun paid it no mind, letting the bead of blood flow along her lip lines.

She fought back her panic and shouted, “Professor!”

But the town, which had seemed so small before, had now become a treacherous place where every step was difficult, making it impossible for her to move forward.

“Professor Ji!”

There were also voices from other places. It was her other teammates. After reaching the inn with difficulty and finding Ji Yulin gone, they had split up and were searching in different directions.

“Professor Ji…” Ling Yun looked around blankly, her gaze suddenly fixing on the distance.

The octopus behemoth and the dark monster, which had appeared at some point, were still entangled. But for some reason, the situation, which had been a back-and-forth, now showed the octopus at a clear disadvantage.

The darkness tore at her again. The octopus dodged, her steps faltering, and she almost fell.

The darkness was anxious to seize the opportunity. Before its mouth could close, it tilted its head and bit again. The octopus dodged again and again, trying to swing a tentacle, but a feeling of powerlessness arose. The force was not even a third of what it had been before.

Ling Yun’s gaze was uncontrollably fixed there.

Seeing this, the darkness actually took the octopus’s blow head-on. Dozens of maws opened at the same time and bit at the tentacles.

The tentacles were severed, and blue blood sprayed out. The remaining maws greedily lunged. The occasional drops that fell into the sea were swallowed along with the seawater.

But the spray was too wide, and it was inevitable that some would be missed.

The sunflowers, which had been forced to withdraw from the fray, actually changed at this moment. Then, the drooping flower buds all turned to look this way. The severed, powerless tentacles began to heal and grow again. The thin fog also condensed and surged toward the darkness.

This time, Ling Yun, even in a conscious state, swayed and almost fainted.

Her heart trembled. She quickly bit her tongue. The sharp pain finally cleared her head a little, and she struggled to open her eyes and look over.

After the octopus’s blood was devoured, the other maws actually started to target the tentacles in their own mouths, as if the left hand were fighting the right, and they began to tear at themselves.

And the injured octopus was not weakened by this. In fact, under these circumstances, she suddenly regained all her previous strength. A tentacle immediately struck out. Before the other could react, she threw the bathtub between her tentacles, sending the darkness flying a dozen meters.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, the octopus turned and ran, immediately leaping off the cliff near the coast.

Ling Yun’s gaze followed, until she saw the familiar face between the tentacles that were lifted by the wind.

That is…

“Professor Ji!”

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