[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-enigma":3,"chapter-lord-of-enigma-chapter-78-nightmare-octopus-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Lord Of Enigma",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2364857,4631,"Chapter 78: Nightmare Octopus","chapter-78-nightmare-octopus-18",18,"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campus, small brick building, the second-floor bedroom.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tang Qi was sitting cross-legged on the carpet. He didn’t even have the time to change his clothes.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By this time, he was in meditation.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the familiar dark ruins, a golden sun was slowly taking shape. The ancient textures were outlined bit by bit. At the moment of forming, a stream of golden dots flowed from all directions. Some were thick and others were as fine as smoke.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were Tang Qi’s harvest tonight, contributed by a group of ghouls, evil spirits, and three big monsters.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When they became a part of his mental power, the feeling of bulging and depression quickly disappeared, and a strong, warm feeling emerged, which made him feel that he didn’t need the Mist Body, the Blood Python One, or even his Chaga Fighting Skill to kill the three big strange creatures, and can do it with only one punch.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was of course an illusion, a beautiful illusion.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But he could look forward to the growth of his skills after waking up.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as he was looking forward to it, an unexpected accident suddenly happened.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Roar ~”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A muffled roar suddenly sounded.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source was from beyond the crack.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every time he practiced meditation, he would have a weird experience, he gradually became accustomed to it, and would occasionally watch it with appreciation.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this time, it was different.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside the crack was a seemingly endless and strange universe, but what he had seen in the past, were mostly abstract existences like distorted polar lights, flowing black fog, hazy shadows, enchanting whispers…, but this time, what flashed past was clearly some huge creature.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It started rapidly devouring the oddities that should’ve flowed into the cracks. Whether it was the fog or the aurora, they were all held by its tentacles. Then into a large mouth covered with layers of white teeth forming clockwise. The last layer couldn’t be seen at all.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boom!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumble!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The terrible malice surged over without warning, like a steel needle that pierced Tang Qi’s head, and began to stir his brain.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Bang ~ Bang!”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the golden sun conceived by Tang Qi swayed due to malice and became blurry, outside the gap, two huge tentacles suddenly came in from the crack, and a huge crimson eye appeared in the crack, which was much bigger than the golden sun.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside, Tang Qi saw malice and greed.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it regard me as a tempting snack?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After murmuring this sentence, his head began to ring.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the outside world, his entire body lay on the carpet of the bedroom, and he felt as if someone was constantly pounding his skull with a hammer. At the same time, there were countless lunatics, pulling his ears and shouting through it. They were crazy and chaotic, and each syllable was very unfamiliar. Once he wanted to hear it clearly, the tremors on his head would become more serious.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tang Qi didn’t want to hear it distinctly, he was now fully focused on condensing his mental power.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last experience prevented him from falling into confusion, he began to meditate again in his mind.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time, Tang Qi was even more daring. The picture in his mind was: the barren earth, the dark universe, a primitive youth, he was holding a wooden stick and was drawing a huge pattern on the yellow earth. Every stroke was very taxing, but his pace was extremely firm.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He bowed his head, as if the pattern that was forming beneath his feet was the whole world, and all his conviction.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he drew the last stroke, the strange monster once again stretched out his tentacles. While the rest of its body was too large and seemed to be stuck in the gap.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boom ~ Boom!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three black tentacles surged toward the golden sun transformed by Tang Qi, when…\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buzz!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without warning, the golden sun, which was shaking endlessly and seemed to be about to dissipate. At this moment, the golden sun expanded several times over. The cramped closed space was completely filled with golden flames, and the three tentacles evaporated in an instant. The ashes turned into three streams of thick golden light that silently merged into his mind.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The crimson eye was about to retreat the moment the golden sun soared, but it was still a step too late. The golden flame swept out and turned most of the eyeball scorching black.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roar!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A roar of terror and anger came from outside the crack, and Tang Qi’s meditation state was forcibly broken.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Hoo ~ Hoo”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the soft moon pattern carpet, Tang Qi woke up abruptly.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this moment, all the clothes on his body were soaked with sweat. And he was in a weird feeling of fullness and exhaustion. The corners of his mouth pulled out a smile. He suddenly relaxed and collapsed on the carpet, laughing happily.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I won!”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tang Qi’s lips moved slightly, in silence.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before leaving the meditation state, he saw the last scene outside the crack, which was the scene of a huge fleeing shadow.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some pieces of information were also captured by Tang Qi.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outer strange creature___The Nightmare Octopus!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nightmare Octopus was fleeing!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He had been marked by the octopus as…inedible!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mark could be recognized by similar nightmare monsters!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“So, it really treated me as food?”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He slowly stood up, the unexpected scene that he experienced during meditation still lingered in his mind.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He just used his meditation method to digest those “fuels”, but he encountered a scary monster. From the information fragments, it must’ve accidentally passed by, got attracted by the golden sun transformed by Tang Qi, and then suffered a setback before leaving. At the same time, marking Tang Qi as inedible.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this mark was recognized by its kind.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“This was a blessing in disguise, and it far exceeded his expectations.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tang Qi murmured with a joyful look on his face.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The previous experience was indeed worth celebrating. Maybe from the very beginning, he wouldn’t have been eaten by the octopus. After all, its body was too large to pass through the narrow crack, but if Tang Qi hadn’t broken out, injuries would’ve been unavoidable.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He successfully fought back and even intercepted the spoils, which was beyond his imagination.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tang Qi felt the changes in his body. He lowered his eyes and looked at himself.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under his special ability, the interface with his personal attributes emerged again.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He Ignored the rest and his eyes fell directly on the skills.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every skill had undergone incredible changes.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first one to jump out was the Golden Furnace Meditation Method.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Golden Furnace Mediation Method: An incomparably ancient meditation technique, it can bring you power beyond imagination, realm: entry; progress: 9%. ]\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Nine percent!”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tang Qi’s eyes flashed with surprise.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If he remembered correctly, his previous progress was still a little more than one percent.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This harvest, isn’t it scary?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“No, this may be what I’ve got from the accident, the three tentacles of the Nightmare Octopus should’ve each contributed nearly 2% of progress, and the harvest of Georgeville Village increased it by up to 3% at most. “\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“If I reach ten percent, there will be some wonderful changes.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second thought came a little bit inexplicably.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But somehow, Tang Qi had a hunch that it was true. Just like the progress of the secret pharmacy, after reaching a higher level, one would be able to obtain the secret medicine of the following sequence. There should also be some changes to the meditation method, but the changes were temporarily unknown.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Translated by: James1kd2\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Edited by: UnderTheMoon\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>",1273,"2026-06-21T15:43:51.383Z",1,null,"27f2938257f1f6fd216a7e1248a221fb378c9698b5e6182ec2807ce3f93b0a9a","chapter-79-the-beggar-19","chapter-77-mass-annihilation-17",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freq-af223f0f-2727-4724-a40a-5ad8d0ce61a2.jpg"]