I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The instant I stepped through the door, countless thoughts crashed down on Li Yue, as if sucking the air dry, instantly immobilizing him.

Expanding his senses, Li Yue was shocked to find more than a dozen Brain Spirits with their brains bulging, swollen like they'd been injected with hormones, arranged in a net-like formation in the entertainment room, surrounding and controlling him.

Behind the Brain Spirits, the Nightmare Succubus, Netemir, had been lounging lazily on the sofa, but her eyes lit up when Li Yue entered. She stretched languidly, her head resting on the edge of the sofa, exhaling wisps of mist.

Netemir noticed the subtle changes in Li Yue and seemed thoughtful.

Not far away, in the center of the entertainment room, a fire burned, with a ram's horn standing upright in the middle, the very one torn from Bosh's head; beside the horn lay the shriveled "Heart of Hell." After a period of recovery, the Heart of Hell had regained a hint of blood color, pulsating extremely slowly under the flames, once, twice.

Bosh was sitting in the fire, praying with his eyes closed, as if performing some kind of ritual.

Seeing Li Yue's disheveled appearance, covered in soot, Netemir frowned slightly, her thick lips pouting, like she was acting spoiled, or perhaps deep in thought.

"Got him~" The mist exhaled by Netemir grew thicker, and the Brain Spirits seemed to be greatly stimulated. The psychic power around Li Yue intensified, instantly tearing apart the bone sword in his hand, and cracks appeared in his bones as well.

Bosh, on the other hand, was startled by Li Yue's return. He turned around with a look of horror, his small fists switching between magma and solid form.

"Got him... ...did you?" Li Yue's psychic power, tempered by the Supreme Magic Stone and having already "leveled up," was naturally several levels higher than these newly born Brain Spirits. He chuckled.

However, the Brain Spirits had also been enhanced by some secret technique of Netemir's. Li Yue could barely move his mouth, and completely breaking free... ...would take more time.

"Didn't get him?" Netemir gracefully propped herself up from the sofa, fluttering to Li Yue's side with a shake of her wings, pressing close to his bones.

Her slender fingers wandered over the back of Li Yue's head, then closed in a gentle grip: "Then this time... ...got him?"

Li Yue didn't sense any malice, which confirmed his guess about the situation—Netemir and the Demon Merchant were like agitators in a closed-off training exercise, offering help at Bosh's request and for benefits, but they weren't necessarily targets to be eliminated.

It was just that he was currently unable to move, and it seemed like Li Yue was at a clear disadvantage; but Li Yue also knew that Yingying must be hiding somewhere in the entertainment room.

"Lord Bosh~" Netemir pondered for a moment, stroking Li Yue's bones while calling to the Demon Legion Commander without turning her head, "You can call your guards back now~"

Bosh retrieved the Heart of Hell from the fire, and the ram's horn turned to ashes in an instant; he floated behind Netemir, his face uncertain, as if unsure what attitude to take towards Li Yue.

His guards were all dead, and he had lost half his life. Bosh didn't really want to get close to this demon.

"Guards? Are you talking about Kerry and Kerr? They're dead." Li Yue noticed that the binding force of the Brain Spirits' thoughts was gradually weakening, knowing that Netemir wanted to hear him say more, "Finley is also dead, and you're next, Bosh."

"Hmm... ..." Netemir's surprise was evident. She glanced at Li Yue's newly grown teeth and gracefully stepped aside, allowing Li Yue to speak directly to Bosh.

This was the nature of demons—when the person they were attached to lost power, they betrayed faster than anyone else.

"Me? Die? You're the one who should die! You're like an unkillable worm... ..." Bosh was enraged by Li Yue's words, "You're the most cunning skeleton I've ever seen... ...This definitely isn't your true body, is it? You must be hiding in some gloomy place, preparing to use that thorn of yours to stab my heart, right?"

Li Yue almost laughed out loud—he hadn't anticipated that the Brain Spirits would undergo such a transformation under Netemir's charm when he entered, resulting in his main body being controlled. He hadn't expected Bosh not to believe it?

He was scared out of his wits.

"Speak, what exactly do you want?" Bosh was suspicious and uncertain, unsure what tricks Li Yue still had up his sleeve, "Do you want to gain the support of the Demon Expeditionary Force and become the Skeleton King? Or drive away the Brain Spirit Master, Budibog, and occupy the library, guarding that broken bone door... ..."

Bosh initiated a negotiation between demons.

"Huh? Did I hear you right? Are you begging?" Li Yue chuckled, "Oh, I think I know. In this period of time... ...you didn't manage to beg more powerful relics from Daddy, so you're admitting defeat?"

"Bastard! As long as you don't escape, I can kill you a hundred times!" Bosh tightly gripped the shriveled Heart of Hell, squeezing it until it became even more blood red.

"Oh? You want to kill me a hundred times? But I've already killed you twice, haven't I... ..." If Li Yue didn't know that demons couldn't harm each other in the entertainment room, why would he bother talking so much with Bosh?

Fortunately, he had become accustomed to the intensity of the Brain Spirits' thoughts. Although he still couldn't move, Li Yue could rely on his own psychic power and self-healing bones to ensure that he wouldn't die from a single blow from the Brain Spirits—this was crucial.

"You ask me what I want? It's very simple, I want you to die." Li Yue revealed his true feelings, "Do you understand? No matter how many times you revive, no matter who is standing beside you, I want you to die."

"This place will become your prison, and the moment you leave, you will die." Li Yue slightly raised his head, looking around the entire entertainment room.

"I hope you cherish your life." Li Yue looked back at Bosh, whose face changed repeatedly, increasingly unable to suppress the anger in his heart.

"What's wrong, do you want to call your Commander Daddy to pick you up? Pick you up after school... ...It's best to have him pick you up and drop you off every day, otherwise you might die someday... ..."

Li Yue's words completely ignited Bosh's emotions.

【Kill him, kill him, kill him... ...】

【Can we win, can we win... ...We're relying on the Nightmare Succubus... ...】

"Bastard! I'm going to tear your demon ass into eight pieces!" Bosh roared, impotently furious, "Are you even a demon? If you cooperated with me, you could clearly gain more! There are no eternal enemies between demons!"

"No, you're wrong, there are." Li Yue didn't expect that he would actually surpass the demons' understanding in this regard, "From the moment you hurt Mini and Minnie, only one of us can live... ..."

【Ah? What did I hurt?】

Bosh's expression was blank, he truly didn't understand what Li Yue was talking about.

"Bastard! I've got you now! I can make you die at any time!" Bosh grasped the Heart of Hell, once again having the urge to crush it.

"Really? I don't think your ally is as reliable as you imagine." Li Yue looked at Netemir to the side.

"Lord Bosh is my lord, our relationship is very intimate~" Netemir's tone wasn't very serious, more like she was teasing Li Yue, "I want to create the most beautiful dream for Lord Bosh, even if it's just a dream~"

Netemir winked at Li Yue behind Bosh's back, and Li Yue roughly understood her implication—whoever wins, she'll help.

"Kill him! Right here! Tear apart his demon ass!" Bosh was extremely furious, ordering Netemir.

【Damn Nightmare Succubus... ...You've already signed a cooperation contract with me, you can't disobey my wishes】

Bosh's inner thoughts made Li Yue breathe a sigh of relief—thankfully, the Nightmare Succubus would still help him, otherwise he didn't know how this play would continue.

At the same time, Li Yue noticed that a line of shadows on the ground had changed.

"Had enough fun? Need help? Red time, I am very strong."

"Not now, wait a moment." Li Yue went along with it, sending a thought to Yingying, preparing to act out a scene of being defeated and running away.

The key to the play was to make Bosh believe that he was seriously injured by the Brain Spirits, and then leave the Gate of Chaos in a reasonable way—only in this way could he lure the enemy into the trap.

Only in this way did Li Yue have a chance to kill Bosh.

"As you wish~ My Lord Bosh~" Netemir smiled charmingly, and two Brain Spirits burst open with a "pop pop" sound, like a fart disappearing in the air.

When the Brain Spirits burst open, their thoughts also exploded at the same time—Li Yue's skeleton was instantly shattered, and his entire body was blasted into fine bone powder!

Li Yue used all his thoughts to protect the Brain Spirit's main body, so that it wouldn't be scattered like a fart by this soul impact that exhausted its life; then Netemir's face showed a sweet smile again, and the next batch of Brain Spirits was about to explode.

Before they burned out their lives, Li Yue only had one chance to drive his thoughts—killing all the Brain Spirits would only scare Bosh from daring to leave the entertainment room; if he didn't kill them, he would surely die after two more bursts.

Whether this play could develop as Li Yue wished depended solely on this choice.

Li Yue chose to self-destruct.