Lu Luo did not pay attention to the Observer; time was of the essence, and he had already started flipping through the book rapidly.

Still speed-reading, Lu Luo even activated overclocking mode to maintain a stable speed and precision in page-turning.

Then, the room was left with nothing but the sound of Lu Luo's swift page-turning.

RUSTLE! RUSTLE! RUSTLE!

"This... is he even human? At this pace, there's no chance left."

The guy sitting next to Lu Luo could no longer keep his composure; he felt he couldn't stay here and compete with Lu Luo any longer.

The unknowns that lay ahead weren't worth dying over right here.

Others shared his sentiment.

Almost simultaneously, they stood up and approached the witch Ellie.

"Miss Ellie, I'm willing to trade 2 candies for the chance to leave this place."

The witch Ellie's forked tongue suddenly shot out, quickly coiling around the candies in their hands.

Then, with her massive mouth wide open, she said to them with a smile,

"Okay!"

At this point, the room was left with only 3 people and 4 toads.

If the toads could turn back into people, that would mean there were still 7 people in the room.

Lu Luo's hands did not stop; he flipped through books one after another.

He was also finding the question slips one by one.

[What to do if calamity strikes out of the blue?]

[What does the feces of an Exotic Species taste like?]

[Is it possible for an Exotic Species to have a call with no frequency?]

...

Lu Luo answered the previous questions with ease, but when he saw the question below, even with his vivid imagination, he began to hesitate.

[If there were extraterrestrials in this world, would killing one result in a prison sentence?]

Lu Luo was conflicted; were extraterrestrials considered human or not?

But soon, the Observer offered a hint.

[Low EQ = extraterrestrial, high EQ = Humanoid Species. It is just a talking Exotic Species, would killing an Exotic Species be illegal?]

Clever! The Observer truly deserves his Grade S Sequence.

[There will be no prison sentence, because the other is a Humanoid Species, and this world doesn't have extraterrestrials.]

Lu Luo scribbled down his answer swiftly; another ten minutes passed, and time was up!

BANG!

After a puff of white smoke, a frog transformed back into a human shape, seemingly restored!

Lu Luo glanced at the clock. Considering that if they could revert at this time, then their transformation duration was likely around 30-40 minutes. This time frame didn't seem very long, but considering the total of 7 hours until morning tea, if one underwent transformation 2-3 times, that would be disastrous. He was uncertain what the wrong answer penalty was, and whether any of the many questions he had answered so far were incorrect.

Lu Luo had no time left to ponder these thoughts.

By then, the witch Ellie had already stood up again, repeating her words from moments ago.

"I am the witch Ellie, servant to the master of nightmares, and my existence is to assist my master in collecting knowledge. Amidst the endless books here, my eyes cannot encompass them all, so I must seek the help of candidates. So, perceptive candidates, here is my question."

"A man's house and a neighboring couple's house were separated by a lawn. In the middle of the night, the man was woken by the neighboring couple's quarreling, followed by sounds of objects being thrown, an axe chopping, and a cow grazing. Afterward, he heard someone bumping against his door. But he did not attend to it and went back to sleep. The next day, he discovered that the woman next door had died a grisly death at his doorstep. Can you tell me what happened?"

As a top detective in the National Server, such a question naturally didn't stump Lu Luo, but he also took notice. Last time the witch asked a question, she addressed the erudite candidate; this time, it was the perceptive candidate. It seemed that every question was different! Moreover, these questions seemed to be about human society. Why would an Exotic Species need to know so much about human societal issues and problems? Clearly, they wouldn't. So, what was the reason behind Witch Ellie's actions? Was it just because of the game set by the Nightmare Demon? Lu Luo felt it couldn't be that simple; one could understand by looking at the room full of Specter Species. This library was probably the site of the slaughter of thousands of humans. Lu Luo wondered what would happen if no one could answer the witch's questions. But Lu Luo didn't want to try; the question was purely a matter of mental process and wasn't difficult. Even if he didn't answer, others should be able to figure it out.

While the others were still pondering, Lu Luo had already stood up.

"Miss Ellie, I know the answer to this question."

"Then tell us what you think!"

"The argument was the couple next door quarreling, the breaking of objects was the escalation of the quarrel, the chopping of things was the husband severing his wife's limbs. The cow eating grass was the wife moving her body by biting the grass on the lawn with her mouth, and the door being slammed was the wife finally reaching the man's doorstep. She used her head to bang on the door for help, but the man in the question didn't open the door, so the wife died."

"An extremely accurate answer, and very quick too, the master will surely be pleased. Oh! You've found so many notes, and your answers are interesting too, you really are an outstanding candidate! Here, this is your reward!"

Ellie rolled over 16 candies! Placing them on Lu Luo's desk.

This yield undoubtedly caused the others to look askance. Even the ever-composed Chen Mo was arching an eyebrow at this moment.

"Lu Luo's information gathering ability is really surprising! We can't stay here any longer."

Having witnessed Lu Luo's dominance in memory and observation skills, Chen Mo's plan had changed.

Originally, his idea was to exchange a vast amount of knowledge for enough candy and then to exchange for a piece of the Nightmare Demon's power. But with Lu Luo's arrival, achieving this became much harder. So he must leave here and head to the next area, trying to avoid competition with Lu Luo as much as possible. Moreover, he could be sure that since Lu Luo was reaping a huge profit here, he would definitely stay for a long time. This is known as the law of profit! Since Lu Luo would stay in this area for a long time, it meant that the next area would have fewer strong competitors. With that, he would have enough time to get the Nightmare Demon's power reward in the next area. This was the right strategy. Chen Mo wasn't afraid of competing with others, but he felt that competition would only prolong the time it took to get rewards. His purpose here was the Nightmare Demon's power! Delaying things would undoubtedly be a loss for him. In this wedding game, aside from Lu Luo, there weren't many people who could compete with him. He was leading, with Lu Luo behind. He had two tokens, Lu Luo none. He already had a substantial advantage. There was no need to continue the stalemate with Lu Luo in the witch's room.

"Miss Ellie, I would like to leave!"

"Me too, Miss Ellie!"

"Same here."

They all felt the threat from Lu Luo, so like Chen Mo, they decided to leave one after another.

For Lu Luo, this situation was undoubtedly the best outcome.

"Alright! With most of them gone, it's pretty much entering my rhythm now!"

Lu Luo continued without pause, flipping through notes and answering questions at an efficiency of about 10 to 15 candies every 10 minutes.

Acquiring such a large volume of candies made the remaining few competitors feel despair.

Time had imperceptibly reached 4:10.

In the meantime, three individuals who had been transformed into toads had found their notes or answered the questions correctly and managed to leave this place.

Now, the only person left in the witch's room was Lu Luo.

As the number of candies in Lu Luo's hand continuously increased, the Observer also provided a new hint.

[Her expression is changing, the color of her eyes and the hue of her skin are both darkening, the specific situation is unclear, but be cautious.]

A hidden BOSS battle, huh? Hehehe, I've got it! Lu Luo wasn't exactly sure what changes would occur next, but he had no intention of stopping his candy collection. Moreover, he indeed had some thoughts about the witch herself!

Finally, the number of candies in Lu Luo's hand reached 99!

Witch Ellie also stood up after giving Lu Luo the 99th candy.

"An impressive fellow, you have already gotten too many rewards from my hands. I have no more candies to give you now. So, what else do you want to obtain from Witch Ellie, or perhaps from the Nightmare Demon himself?"

Lu Luo glanced at the 99 candies in his hand.

To be honest, he had no intention of exchanging these candies. His original plan was to obtain a key through tasks or answering questions, then break through the Fourth Tier with Ling Jia. He would then allocate all the remaining energy, afterward eat Ling Jia's attribute-enhancing food to boost his attributes, and finally consume candies to further enhance his attributes. This way, his attributes could achieve an explosive increase. It was even possible that his physical statistics could approach, or even surpass, a level of 150. After that, he would return to the second floor, kill the witch, and seize everything she possessed. However, after considering the relationship between the witch and the candies, Lu Luo's thoughts had changed. It didn't matter if he didn't get any rewards or didn't break through the Fourth Tier. The really important thing was Witch Ellie's Doomsday Factor. As long as she could truly produce witch candies, then taking the Doomsday Factor back, Lu Luo could recreate a new witch. Therefore, the witch must die!

"Miss Ellie, I heard that you have a key to the first-floor kitchen in your possession."

"Yes, I do have a key to the first floor, but it's the key used to imprison Ling Jia. What do you propose to exchange for it?"

At this moment, Witch Ellie finally stood up and revealed the lower half of her body.

It wasn't flesh or anything resembling a human body. What was underneath was a grotesque amalgamation of intertwined needles and stitches!

What the hell! This creature... I thought she was just ugly-faced.

The witch's rising gave Lu Luo an intense sense of oppression, and he felt something was amiss.

[She holds hostility towards you, get ready!]

Got it!

Lu Luo watched Witch Ellie in silence, his body began to back away.

While he was moving back, he didn't forget to keep talking to Witch Ellie.

"Miss Ellie, what is it that you want now? Why are you getting so close to me? We can talk this out!"

As Lu Luo backed away, a book on the shelf beside him fell and opened on its own.

The many characters on the pages began to twist and connect until they wrapped around Lu Luo's calf.

With a single slash, Lu Luo cut the book, but at the same time, his body also came to a standstill.

That's because he noticed that there were many, many feather pens behind him, just like the ones he had used earlier.

Now these feather pens were flapping their own wings.

PFFT!

One by one, needle-like fine hairs struck Lu Luo's body.

[Your Unbeliever's Armor effect has immunized you against these attacks.]

The fine hairs struck Lu Luo's body, making a continuous CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! sound, although they couldn't inflict any substantial damage on him. However, they interfered with his actions, which was very annoying.

"This place is the witch's domain, her territory. Without any help from others in such a place... how great would my chances of killing her be?"

Lu Luo smiled as he questioned himself.

The witch Ellie had already grasped the broom beside her, twisting her terrifying body as she strode towards Lu Luo.

"You're called Lu Luo, right? I've said it before, all beautiful things should die! You're pretty too, so you should die as well!"

CLANG!

Lu Luo drew Fenrir, a slash of Sword Qi aimed at the witch, but this visible Sword Qi was effortlessly blocked by a simple wave of the witch's hand.

A light blue energy shield appeared in front of Ellie, easily stopping Lu Luo's Slash Strike.

"What are you saying, Miss Ellie? I came here to be the groom!"

"The groom? Everyone wants to be the groom, but how many can actually become one? And don't you know, in fairy tales, witches always kill the children? Little Lu Luo!"

Little child? Heh.

"Top hunters always disguise themselves as prey in front of their target. Miss Ellie, when you thought about killing me, did you ever consider that I was thinking about how to kill you too?"

The witch Ellie looked at Lu Luo with scornful eyes and let out a loud, mocking laugh.

"Hahaha, you don't understand at all what kind of existence I am in this place! Myriad Souls."

With a loud shout from the witch Ellie, a multitude of books started to float.

From these books emerged countless Specter Species that densely floated in every corner of the room before starting to collectively chant incantations against Lu Luo.

￥%#@&*

The arcane incantations entered Lu Luo's mind directly, yet such level of attack was mere drizzle to him.

[You're very superstitious, so the opponent's spiritual incantations have no effect on you.]

[Your armor has immunized you from psychic shock damage.]

Lu Luo glanced at the time. He didn't want to linger with Witch Ellie any longer. Besides, dealing with such a Fifth Tier Lord was indeed very troublesome. So, the trump card he had been saving—it was time to show them some!

THUD!

Lu Luo's great sword was planted in the ground, and as he brought his hands together, a purplish-black disc suddenly appeared behind him.

"Alright, the game's over."

[Activating the Doomsday Factor.]

[Sequence S-07 Summoner has been activated]

[Effect 1 - Primitive Summoning: Consumes energy, summons an Exotic Species from the specimen room in biological form.]

[Selected specimen: Ganmu - King of Decay

Summoning Option 1: Consume one Doomsday Factor, 9,100 energy points.

Summoning Option 2: Consume 27,300 energy points.]

[Using Doomsday Factor to summon.]

[Summoning with Doomsday Factor, consuming one Grade 1 Doomsday Factor: King of Decay - Ganmu, expending 9,100 energy points.]

[Summoning the King of Decay - Ganmu]

The Doomsday Factor is the core of Lord-class Exotic Species. It can be spawned naturally but can also be created by the Dawn Disc.

With the Doomsday Factor as its nucleus, violent Dark Energy began to gather around the factor.

Reconstituting bones, flesh, energy!

The King of Decay - Ganmu.

Revived once again!

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