Legendary Person: I brought my skills back to reality!

Xu Hao stood in the center of the abandoned factory, his eyes fixed on the monster before him. His black hair was soaked with sweat and clung to his forehead.

The monster's hideous face twisted into a terrifying smile, its tentacles waving in the air and emitting chilling hissing sounds.

"Kid, where's your helper from last time? Do you think you can beat me on your own?" the monster roared, its voice full of sarcasm and malice.

Xu Hao sneered, the fire talisman in his hand flashing with a dangerous light. "Whether we can win or not, we'll find out after we try."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Hao flung out the fire talisman. The talisman ignited in the air, transforming into a blazing flame that shot straight towards the monster.

The monster's tentacles lashed out like whips, attempting to block the flames. But the fire talisman's power far exceeded its expectations, instantly burning several tentacles to ashes.

"Ah!" The monster let out a shrill scream, its remaining tentacles lashing wildly at everything around it, smashing the equipment in the factory to pieces.

Xu Hao nimbly dodged the flying fragments while continuously throwing out fire talismans. Each talisman accurately hit its target, leaving charred wounds on the monster's body.

However, the monster's regenerative abilities far exceeded Xu Hao's expectations. The tentacle stumps, burned by the flames, began to writhe and visibly swell. Tiny buds of flesh sprouted from the charred wounds, rapidly extending and splitting to form new tissue. Within seconds, the burned tentacles had completely regenerated, even becoming thicker than before.

Not only that, the monster's body was also expanding continuously. Ripples appeared on its skin, and its muscle tissue proliferated at an alarming rate. Its already enormous size became even more bloated, almost occupying the entire central space of the factory. The newly grown tentacles were longer and thicker than before, covered with hard scales that shimmered with a metallic sheen.

"Damn it!" Xu Hao cursed under his breath, sweat rolling down his forehead. His mana was rapidly depleting, while the monster seemed to grow stronger with each battle. And he'd already drunk his last bottle of Sun Water.

Healing spells can restore health, but they can't restore mana!

The eerie creature seemed to realize its advantage, and its movements became more relaxed. Its tentacles no longer attacked with full force, but instead lashed out rhythmically at Xu Hao, each strike precisely forcing him to dodge or block. While attacking, it occasionally let out a strange laugh.

Although he was confident of victory, he made a mistake that villains often make when they have the upper hand.

talkative.

"Boy, your magic power is almost exhausted, isn't it?" the monster grinned, its tentacles waving in the air. "I think you can't even stand up straight anymore."

Xu Hao gritted his teeth, struggling to keep himself from collapsing. "Stop talking nonsense! What are you? Why are you hurting people?"

The monster let out a piercing laugh. "Me? I used to be the director of an orphanage!"

Xu Hao's eyes widened in disbelief.

"That's right, it's that orphanage where you interrupted my evolution!" The monster's voice was filled with resentment. "I could have eaten those children, completed my final evolution, and become a higher-level life form. But you two little bastards suddenly appeared and ruined everything!!"

From the monster's mouth, Xu Hao learned the whole story.

Several months ago, a strange power descended upon that remote orphanage. The director was drawn to this power, and on a rainy night, he secretly sneaked into a forbidden area of ​​the orphanage, where there was an ancient, dry well.

The dean was lured into jumping into the well and was instantly engulfed by a dark energy. His body began to twist and deform, and a strange power surged beneath his skin. When he climbed out of the well, he had become a terrifying being, half-human and half-monster.

The newly born monster realized that to complete its final evolution, it needed more life force. So, it began secretly absorbing the life force and souls of the children in the orphanage. Later, the amount of life force and souls it needed to absorb increased, which led to all the children falling into a coma and being hospitalized.

Just as the monster was about to complete its final absorption and level up, Xu Hao and Shi Shaowei unexpectedly stumbled in. Ultimately, they successfully prevented the ritual from completing, but the monster escaped in the chaos.

"You beast! You've harmed innocent children! You deserve to die!"

"Innocent?" the monster sneered. "In this world, weakness is the original sin! I'm just helping them find a way out."

"After leaving the orphanage, I ate a few more people. I was planning to eat that woman today, but then I discovered she had... your scent on her!" The monster sneered. "Who is she to you? Your sister? Your girlfriend? Don't worry, she's hiding behind that door. She can't escape. I'll cripple your limbs first, then chew her up piece by piece right in front of you, and finally send you on your way to find her! Hehehe!"

Xu Hao clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms. He thought fiercely, "That beast! I won't let him go today!"

Rage burned within him, but reason told him he was no match for this monster. Xu Hao forced himself to calm down and quickly devised a plan. He looked around, searching for any terrain advantages he could exploit.

Suddenly, one of the monster's tentacles struck like lightning. Xu Hao barely managed to dodge to the side, but was still grazed on the shoulder, instantly tearing his skin. He staggered back a few steps, his back slamming into a pile of discarded metal crates.

"Heh, your movements have slowed down again," the monster mocked, its eyes gleaming with cruel light.

More tentacles, like a swarm of snakes, swept towards Xu Hao, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound. Xu Hao gritted his teeth, enduring the pain throughout his body, and desperately dodged. His movements became sluggish, and sweat blurred his vision.

"You might dodge this time, but what about next time? And the time after that?" the monster grinned maliciously, its voice filled with malice. "Keep dodging! Keep dodging!"

Xu Hao rolled left and right, barely dodging the attacks of several tentacles. But his stamina was rapidly decreasing, and his reactions were becoming increasingly slow. Suddenly, a thick tentacle attacked from the side, striking him heavily in the waist.

"Ah!" Xu Hao cried out in pain, his body flying out like a kite with a broken string. He crashed heavily to the ground, rolling several times before coming to a stop. He spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the ground red.

The pain nearly made him lose consciousness, but the instinct for survival drove him to struggle to his feet. Xu Hao's hands trembled as he cast a healing spell on himself. Warm white light enveloped his body, and he felt his injuries slowly healing, but his magic power was being depleted even faster.

"So you can regenerate on your own!?" the monster roared, its voice filled with surprise and anger. It realized that Xu Hao was stalling for time, and it couldn't continue playing along like this.

A ruthless glint flashed in the monster's eyes. Its body began to swell, and its tentacles grew thicker and more powerful. "Kid, I'm done playing! You die first! I'll send that beauty down to keep you company later!" it roared, as all its tentacles simultaneously attacked Xu Hao, the sound of the air being torn apart deafening.

Just at this critical moment, a familiar system notification sounded in his mind: "The game cooldown time is over, you can enter the game at any time!"

A sudden inspiration struck Xu Hao.

Enter the game!!!