I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

After seven heart surgeries and five arm reattachment surgeries, Li Yue successfully exchanged for Tom's desired time spider legs and some scattered contract materials.

However, there was still no sign of the Tas Empire technology that Copper Spoon craved.

Clearly, these were still too difficult for rogue cultivators to obtain, or perhaps the current adventurers were not high-end enough.

Also, during these twelve surgeries, Li Yue intentionally or unintentionally implanted some "information" into the adventurers' minds.

This information was packaged by the Staff of Deception and appeared during the severe pain of the surgery, as if it were a divine revelation.

Some were dreamlike illusions, and some were vague murmurs, but they all pointed to the same area.

【Deep within the Colosseum lies the treasure of Oogie Boogie.】

When those adventurers recovered and stood up blankly, they all silently acknowledged this point and felt that this was their original idea.

After all, this "information" was very much in line with their expectations.

And this was also what Li Yue hoped to see—since the current adventurers were similar to robbers, giving them the most attractive goal would motivate them, make them work harder, and cause more damage to the Colosseum.

Li Yue vaguely had this idea in the square and finally put it into practice in the Second Safe Zone.

This was Li Yue's first time using the Staff of Deception to create rumors, and it seemed to be working well so far.

The adventurers left the operating table with a strong desire to explore the deepest part and silently summoned their trusted teammates to share this information with them.

The rumor spread quickly.

Without wasting too much time in the Second Safe Zone, Li Yue accelerated the collection of fragments in the soil and left when he successfully collected 27 fragments, heading to the Third Safe Zone, which went so smoothly that Li Yue was a little scared.

The Colosseum, which was usually fraught with danger, was really swept clean by the adventurers this time.

Or was it because Oogie Boogie was shrinking its defenses?

Looking at the magic mirror in his mind that was almost completely pieced together, Li Yue was very confused, thinking, could it be that Oogie Boogie was concentrating all its power around Beelzebub?

Then perhaps he was really right, and there was indeed a treasure of Oogie Boogie deep within the Colosseum…

Such as Beelzebub.

The road from the Second Safe Zone to the Third Safe Zone was not like a road, but more like a long battlefield corridor.

In the chaotic crossfire of endless gunfire, holy light, and evil curses, Li Yue gave up the idea of reaching the safe zone first and then collecting the mirror fragments. Instead, he hid in the soil from time to time to avoid adventurers and monsters, accurately obtaining the fragments, until the pressure suddenly eased and the direction was no longer so chaotic, finally arriving at the Third Safe Zone.

With only two more fragments needed, the magic mirror could be restored to its completeness, and Li Yue could even sense the gaze from the other side of the mirror.

In the Third Safe Zone, the adventurers no longer stood in an unordered and scattered manner as before, but consciously divided into two groups.

One group was the Hunter Country's camp, including shops, weapon merchants, blacksmith shops, material shops, and other facilities, similar to the situation in the square, gathering all kinds of adventurers, and the teleportation gate was being set up.

The other group was very abrupt, with a priest praying loudly surrounded by adventurers, and Priest Larry standing in the inner circle, chanting prayers in cooperation with the priest.

Larry's complexion was not bad, and at this moment, he looked fanatical, his eyes never leaving the priest, and he didn't even notice Li Yue's arrival.

Li Yue didn't see Sawyer, guessing that he might be lost again.

At the end of the safe zone was a huge black door, with the Colosseum's double sword emblem engraved on it, and the emblem was filled with all kinds of twisted vermin.

They appeared and disappeared from time to time, wriggling and undulating, like living things.

Whenever a worm fell from the door, it would turn into a black shadow and dart out of the safe zone, undoubtedly the evil curse that gave humans deformed hearts—the kind that brought a lot of revenue to Li Yue.

The adventurers in the Third Safe Zone occasionally purified them with magic or holy light, but the speed of the evil curse was too fast, and in most cases, it would miss, letting the black shadow flash past.

Of course, Li Yue would not stop it, after all, this was his source of income.

After circling around the black door twice, Li Yue laboriously found the gap in the door from the wriggling vermin and found that his mind could not penetrate it.

That feeling of closure and unknown was similar to the time when he came with Jesse.

Obviously, the black door and the black mist at that time came from the same source, both of which were magic used by Oogie Boogie to shield the existence of Beelzebub.

The ground in front of the black door was covered with exploded bloodstains, broken bones, and many rotten armors, as if they had been smashed on the door with a giant hammer, with faint traces of burning.

Li Yue was not sure what caused it, but what he could be sure of was that Beelzebub was behind this black door. If he could break this door and let the adventurers swarm in, it would definitely severely damage Oogie Boogie.

It was a pity that Jesse was not here, and the magic mirror had not been reunited, otherwise, he could try again.

Just as Li Yue was standing in front of the black door, sensing the location of the two mirror fragments, a voice sounded from behind him.

"Very good, we have a doctor coming." A hunter from the Hunter Country came up, looking like he should be a mage.

Li Yue turned around, not saying a word, staring at him, seeing his beard bristling like flames, and also noticing the fire patterns embroidered on his robe.

"I am Fei Huoer, from the Hunter Country, you should have heard of my name." The old mage lifted his hood, revealing his strong face, sharp eyebrows, and a third eye sewn on his forehead.

【Seventh-Order Fire Demon… Flame of Violence… the only mage in the Hunter Country…】

"Oh, I know…" Li Yue repeated his inner thoughts, "What's the matter?"

"Are you called Hannibal?" Fei Huoer was almost face to face with Li Yue, and Li Yue sensed the hot breath on his forehead.

"I don't care what you do up there, but when you come here, you must contribute your strength." Fei Huoer was very strong, "There will be no more so-called paid surgeries, and no more free information…"

"This is the territory of the Hunter Country. If you want to gain benefits from behind that door, you must make corresponding contributions." Fei Huoer pointed to the black door, his breathing gradually warming up.

Feeling the rising temperature, Li Yue inexplicably regained some of the familiarity he felt when facing Bosh back then.

Even that pure and domineering energy was a bit similar.

At the same time, Li Yue also used his Aberrant Eye to see through Fei Huoer's body, and found that his vision was indeed completely blocked by the robe.

"Soon, Hunteral will arrive here, open that door, and go straight to Oogie Boogie's lair…"

【Hunteral… the founder of the Hunter Country… an 8th-Order hunter… and also the hunter on the Chaos Continent who is most likely to break through to the 9th Order…】

【This entire hunt is his advancement ceremony… If we successfully help him advance to the Hunter King… we can take whatever we want from the Demon King's City…】

【Before setting up the teleportation gate… no mistakes allowed… leave a path for Mr. Hunteral and his subordinates…】

Fei Huoer's inner thoughts revealed a lot of information, and Li Yue also understood that the adventurers exploring the depths of the Colosseum were all vanguards of the Hunter Country. After the teleportation gate was set up, truly qualified adventurers would come over.

Of course, including Hunteral, who hoped to advance to the Hunter King, and the elite adventurers of the Hunter Country.

And just when he was putting pressure on Li Yue, the adventurers in the Hunter Country's camp stood up one after another, looking at Li Yue with a playful expression.

"You must have collected a lot of good things in the previous two safe zones, right?"

"Thank you for making a special trip to deliver them to us."

"If you know what's good for you, take them all out and join us. With your medical skills, we no longer need to rely on the holy arts of the madmen…"

Li Yue understood that the Hunter Country regarded him as a courier—if he didn't cooperate with them, they would take action to rob him.

It was not surprising at all.

"So now, you have a choice." Fei Huoer's threat finally came to an end, and he pointed to the group of priests and priests who were praying.

"Do you choose to join us in the Hunter Country and dedicate your strength, or become one of those madmen who worship the holy light?"

"What's wrong with them?" Li Yue replied casually, his head turned to the priest's prayer circle, but his mind focused on the Hunter Country's camp.

Because in the treasure box of the blacksmith shop in the camp, a mirror fragment was wrapped softly in sheepskin, placed right in the center.

Next to the treasure box stood a craftsman from the Hunter Country—he temporarily put down the hand that was repairing the weapons and looked towards Li Yue to watch the fun.

"They are a group of lunatics from the Church, trying to purify the Colosseum. They will die in the holy light." Fei Huoer snorted, completely unaware of the change in Li Yue's emotions.

"As for you… if you don't rely on our Hunter Country, you will die before you see their tragic state." Fei Huoer took a step closer, "This is the rule of our Hunter Country."

"How about it, make your choice." Fei Huoer blocked Li Yue's vision, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose to an unbearable level.

But what responded to him was not Li Yue's words, but a sharp scalpel.

The scalpel emerged from Li Yue's palm and went straight into Fei Huoer's forehead.

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