I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The 100 points of Malice were the cost to confirm the transformation into a skeleton. As for the -1, -1… that followed, it was Li Yue's next new discovery—after choosing to transform into a skeleton, Li Yue found that the transformed skeleton could be fine-tuned in terms of specific appearance according to his own thoughts!

As Li Yue adjusted details such as the thickness of the skeleton's bones and the color of the bone material, Malice was correspondingly consumed.

In other words, when Li Yue transforms into a skeleton soldier, he can choose to transform into the leading skeleton soldier, or he can completely become a skeleton with a completely different appearance, which is very convenient.

Of course, currently in the testing phase, Li Yue didn't think too much. Following the appearance of the skeleton holding the silver tray in his mind, he completed the transformation…

At this time, the brain spirit's powerful memory ability was fully manifested—Li Yue even remembered the details of every crack on the tray skeleton's femur!

Seeing the progress was so smooth, Li Yue was a little suspicious, suspecting that the "Transformation" function was tailor-made for brain spirits—with such a powerful disguise ability, as long as he honed his acting skills, why worry about not being able to walk freely in the Demon King's city?

Immersed in his fantasies about the future, Li Yue completed the "Transformation" step, becoming a skeleton soldier and standing in the cage of the "vegetable garden."

No knife, no armor, and the string of keys at the skeleton's waist was also gone—Li Yue determined that transformation cannot create objects that are not part of the demon's own being.

Looking up and down at himself, Li Yue sensed that the brain spirit's body was wrapped in this transformed body. The power of his mind had not changed in any way, but he could control the skeleton's movements freely.

March in step…

Li Yue followed his memory and imitated the tray skeleton, taking two steps, and found that it was exactly the same as he remembered, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yue walked to the thorny flower-covered prison door and pushed it with his palm bones, but it didn't budge—the transformed image has a physical body, but the strength will not be enhanced in any way, no different from the brain spirit itself.

Can only replicate the appearance…

Li Yue couldn't help but feel a little greedy, but he quickly dispelled it—a few hours ago, he was still a lamb to be slaughtered in the arena. Now, he has the qualifications to imagine the "future," which is already good luck.

After thinking about it, Li Yue moved his mind, and while retracting the skeleton appearance, he also received a system prompt.

[Save?]

Yes, so, in the Demon Illustrated Handbook's transformation column, there was an appearance that Li Yue had already set up.

I don't know if it was an illusion—in the next half minute, the lonely brain spirit in the room turned into a skeleton for a while, and then returned to the appearance of a brain spirit, repeating it more than a dozen times before finally stopping.

[Malice] still has 473 left, enough for Li Yue to try the next step—the size of the Demon Wolf Warrior far exceeds the limit that this prison cell can accommodate. What will happen then?

Break the cage?

Li Yue released his perception, confirming that the corridor was quiet. The skeletons guarding the "vegetable garden" may have all gone to the arena to revel. It seems that no one will pay attention to him in a short time…

But what if there is? Where to go after breaking the cage?

Li Yue recalled the way he came, repeatedly confirming the route to the Fifth Library, before finding the "Demon Wolf Warrior" page in the Demon Illustrated Handbook and confirming "Transformation."

[Malice -200]

This time, Li Yue did not fine-tune the image of the Demon Wolf Warrior. First, the Malice was not sufficient, and second, the purpose of the test was different, so it was best to complete it as soon as possible…

In the next second, the image of a Demon Wolf Warrior instantly filled the entire prison cell. Li Yue could even hear the cracking sound of bones in his body being broken!

The size of the prison cell was not affected in the slightest. Just as the wolf's head was being supported by the constantly expanding body to the ankle, the Demon Illustrated Handbook popped up a prompt.

[Insufficient space, transformation failed]

Li Yue returned to the appearance of a brain spirit, and everything was as if it had never happened.

But [Malice] was not returned—Li Yue was still the brain spirit imprisoned in the prison cell, except that he had much less savings.

Still need to collect Malice as much as possible…

After obtaining the test results, Li Yue also habitually thought more—transformation has requirements for the external environment, and the usage should be chosen carefully in the future.

Unlocking the new function of the Demon Illustrated Handbook, Li Yue sorted out his current thoughts and found that having the identity of a skeleton soldier… would be of great help in retrieving that Supreme Magic Stone!

Originally, Li Yue's idea was to sneak into the drawer to steal the Supreme Magic Stone when the Demon Recorder was away. The difficulty was finding "when the Demon Recorder was away"; now that he has the identity of a skeleton soldier as a cover, he can completely pretend to be patrolling and then seize the treasure?

As for the means of breaking out of prison… there has also been a slight change, from grabbing the key and forcibly breaking through, to grabbing the key and disguising to leave.

Although it doesn't seem like there is much change in terms of wording, the achieved effect is completely different—imitating a skeleton soldier has many benefits, at least it won't cause chaos in a short time and can leave calmly…

Li Yue never thought about waiting for Oogie Boogie to "interrogate" him, or being escorted to the arena to face some terrible demon on the next full moon, or having the skeletons who returned from the carnival free up their hands to torture him—the moment to break out of prison is the next time he sees the key!

In this way, Li Yue repeatedly polished the prison break plan until it became more and more perfect.

Whether it was the fatigue brought about by the high concentration of thought, or the biological laws of the brain spirit itself, Li Yue gradually entered a state close to meditation and sleep, slowly recovering his mental strength.

And the Slaughter Cup carnival was far from over—the skeletons lit a huge torch in the center of the arena, dancing around the torch, with endless "clucking" sounds in their mouths; Oogie Boogie in the stands was already drunk, like a pile of mud, half-paralyzed on the throne, enjoying the female demon's performance on the steps.

Under that seemingly eternally unchanging moonlight, a figure wearing a cloak bypassed the fire cabinet, stepped over the bodies of the demons entangled on the ground, and approached Oogie Boogie, staring coldly at this King of the Arena.

After standing for a while, the figure saw that Oogie Boogie didn't pay attention to him, coughed lightly, and a golden amulet around his neck shone brightly.

"Human? From the Gambel family?" Oogie Boogie had already noticed this figure, but just didn't want to communicate with him.

"Noble, the Gambel family." The human lifted his cloak, revealing the mask on his face—the mask was plated with gold leaf, and an abstract chip was carved on his cheek.

"Never satisfied, huh…" Oogie Boogie chuckled.

"We have suffered a lot of losses this time." The noble revealed his intention, "As agreed, in the second round, the brain spirits died out…"

"Hey, hey, hey… I also lost a lot!" Oogie Boogie's entire body expanded by a circle, startling the noble back half a step.

"Ahem…" The noble seemed to feel that he had lost his status, but also felt that he had nothing to fear from this "partner," so he stood back in front of Oogie Boogie, "Then the next quarter's Gluttony Flies… do you need to reduce the supply quantity?"

This was a clear indication, and also a kind of negotiation—the noble felt that he had this qualification.

"Hehe… no need, hic…" A few flies crawled across Oogie Boogie's face, "I've already thought of a way to help you get back your capital… and even make a lot of money…"

"Tell me your plan." The noble didn't buy it so easily.

"Of course, first lock it up, and then release it to participate in the arena, arrange for it to win a few games first, and then lose one game, hic… just like we did before…" More and more flies gathered on Oogie Boogie's face, seemingly a little unhappy, "I plan to set the next Slaughter Cup competition to start in three days. This way, that brain spirit who doesn't know whether to live or die… can play five full games before the next full moon, and then we can lie in the treasure and revel…"

"How to ensure victory or defeat?" The noble was not satisfied.

"Oh… you want to know this…" Oogie Boogie opened his mouth wide and yawned, "It's very simple to tell him to win, I am the King of the Arena… To ensure he loses… of course, it is to find the most powerful brain spirit… and crush him to death…"

"Brain Spirit King Budibog… he owes me one, he will help us earn this…" Oogie Boogie's mouth almost reached his ears, "Mind power, magic power… Budibog is the king of brain spirits, and what's even better is that, except for a few high-level demons… no one has ever seen his true form, hic…"

As he spoke, a inconspicuous red fly flew out of the bag, but was unable to get close due to the obstruction of the golden amulet around the noble's neck.

"How to crush to death?" The noble from the Gambel family continued to press.

"Just like this…" The fly swarm moved, instantly obscuring the golden amulet around the noble's neck, and at the same moment, the red fly drilled into the noble's right cochlea, instantly solidifying him in place.

A touch of blood filled the noble's right eye, and then the red fly drilled out of his eye socket, covered in body fluids, and slowly flew back into the bag, as if it had exhausted all its strength.

"Bet a little more next time, hic…" Oogie Boogie rubbed his fat cheeks and gave a word of advice to the noble, "Never satisfied, huh… The overconfident family motto…"

"Okay… of… course…" The noble answered mechanically, turning and leaving woodenly—when leaving, the amulet around his neck had disappeared with the swarm of flies.

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