I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

While Li Yue was diligently translating "Desler, the Town of Death" in the library hall, taking the opportunity to delve into the Demon Illustrated Handbook, Bodekoli, the "Slave Master," arrived uninvited, stepping into the corridor outside the hall.

The incessant barking of dogs struck the heartstrings of Brain Spirits, Mini Mini, and the slave scholars—was this the grim reaper the Book Demon spoke of? Why did he bring dogs?

Oh, heavens… Listen to that barking… It sounds like there are three of them, very ferocious… Grim reapers didn't bring dogs before…

Involuntarily, the people and demons working in the hall stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to the entrance of the library hall, waiting for the "grim reaper" to appear.

And when Bodekoli, leading three ferocious dogs, arrived at the door, the library's natives, gazing at the three sharp-fanged, drooling hounds, and the swarm of flies and human skin surrounding the Slave Master… were all bewildered.

This was not a grim reaper.

Li Yue's brain twitched when he sensed the flies, and he instantly understood what was happening—Oogway came to settle the score.

Oogway was like a mad dog who had lost badly, determined to make up for his losses by any means possible.

At the hall entrance were four corpses wrapped in book pages, highlighting the muscular "Slave Master" outside as particularly ferocious, looking every bit like a gladiator from the arena.

However, at this moment, the gladiator's appearance in the library felt very incongruous, and no demon or human, except for Li Yue, knew what they were there to do.

"How convenient, everyone's here…" Bodekoli drew the long whip from his waist, stroked the human skin, and revealed a grim smile.

【Analyzing… 4%…】

The analysis speed was very slow; Bodekoli, the "Slave Master," was even more powerful than the Demon Wolf Fendis.

Li Yue panicked a little—how did Oogway find his way here? Who was that gladiator? What if they suddenly attacked?

The more flustered Li Yue felt, the more he demanded himself to calm down—how did he find his way here? Smell? Divination? Spiritualism?

Li Yue pondered for a moment, sensing the three giant hounds as if they were going mad, and felt that the other party might have tracked him through smell.

No, that doesn't make sense…

Li Yue immediately denied it—the transformation effect of the Demon Illustrated Handbook had long been confirmed, completely changing his body odor and aura, there was no reason for him to be sniffed out by a dog's nose.

There must be some other means.

Li Yue looked at the floating human skin, vaguely feeling that it revealed some information he couldn't understand…

Thinking this, Li Yue still retained the appearance of the Brain Spirit, but quickly fine-tuned his appearance, changing his body odor and aura.

"Woof, woof, woof!" The three giant hounds, of course, smelled a familiar scent and barked incessantly.

"Go!" Bodekoli grinned and released the giant hounds' collars.

The moment the giant hounds pushed off the ground felt like a stomp on Li Yue's heart—they turned into three balls of black light, like three whip shadows, lashing into the door, lashing onto a book page at the entrance.

"No passage." The four large characters on the book page, like steel silhouettes, blocked the path of the three giant hounds.

"Hmm?" Bodekoli snorted coldly, and the flies beside him also flew wildly.

"Gladiator of the arena? Why barge into the library? This is the territory of Budi Bogg, the Lord of Brain Spirits," the Book Demon dutifully informed, not recognizing the swarm of flies around Bodekoli.

Li Yue remained motionless, but his mind raced, thinking about how he should respond if Oogway opened the passage…

"Ugh, ah, ah…" The red flies drilled into Bodekoli's head again, and after a scream, said, "I'm here to catch a Brain Spirit! Yesterday, a Brain Spirit escaped from the vegetable garden and ran back to the library!"

"Its scent is in the library, my children smelled it…" Bodekoli's right eye swiveled, tapping the dogs' heads and stroking the human skin, "Its soul has also lingered here, even right…"

"Bullshit… Brain Spirits are all born from the First Library, it's normal to have a scent…" The Book Demon's thoughts were clear, "Yesterday, the Lord of Brain Spirits followed the Demon King's arrangement and offered all the Brain Spirits from the Fifth Library to participate in the Slaughter Cup, already expressing enough respect to Oogway, the King of the Arena…"

"Not enough! I am Oogway!" Oogway finally lost patience, Bodekoli's brain throbbed, and he involuntarily lashed out with all his might, striking the book page at the entrance.

Bang!

Like a thunderclap in the library, the book page broke in response, and the three dogs rushed in.

Li Yue concentrated his mind on the "Summon" button on the Demon Illustrated Handbook, ready to consume 1 Demon Point to entertain a demon with a demon.

But Li Yue did not choose 【Yes】 immediately—summoning a demon was the last resort; if the giant hounds really used smell to identify the target, as the Book Demon wrote, it was normal for Brain Spirits to have a scent downstairs in the library, and at this moment, "Transformation," changing his aura, was enough to cope.

Moreover, the Book Demon… didn't seem to be very respectful to the King of the Arena, and Budi Bogg, the Lord of Brain Spirits in the library, also remained silent; he could still wait and see.

More importantly, Li Yue had not yet received any malice directed at himself, so he should not have been exposed.

The Book Demon was broken through the book page, but the main body was not damaged, and immediately closed in place, with spells swirling around it, and then made a light "pop" sound!

At the same time, four book pages flew out of the Book Demon's body, forming an iron wall to encircle the three giant hounds, and then all the creatures in the library hall buzzed in their minds, as if something had invaded their sea of consciousness.

"In my name, guard the library… protect the treasure of time…" A deep voice sounded, directly conversing with every living being present.

"Who comes… Oogway…?" The deep voice seemed to recognize Oogway's aura, indirectly revealing his identity—Budi Bogg!

Budi Bogg, the Lord of Brain Spirits!

Li Yue felt a pressure suddenly descend upon him, as if the air had become much thicker.

"Budi Bogg! Stop talking nonsense! I! Oogway! Am here to catch someone!" Oogway shouted through Bodekoli's throat, "There is an escapee in your library! I must find him!"

Li Yue was shocked, knowing that this was Budi Bogg's will, and quickly remembered this feeling, in case he was detected when he did something bad.

"Oogway…" Budi Bogg chanted the King of the Arena's name, and then fell into silence.

"Have you forgotten what you owe me?" Oogway sneered.

"Please search…" Budi Bogg caved instantly, and the Book Demon's iron wall book pages also scattered instantly, releasing the three giant hounds.

That's it? Li Yue didn't expect the Lord of Brain Spirits to be so vulnerable, his heart was highly tense, but at the same time, he maintained immobility with great composure—there were too many high-ranking beings present, and tearing face would make the situation even more out of control.

The three giant hounds ran around the library hall like unleashed wild dogs—during which, the giant hounds ran to Li Yue three times, and could perceive that there was residual aura on the desk and in the wall crevices, but they just couldn't confirm the target.

In the end, the giant hounds actually stared at Mini Mini, Li Yue's teammate, sniffing her up and down repeatedly; Mini Mini had long been scared out of her wits, and her two small sweet potatoes were limp on the ground, her hands and feet were out of control.

As Li Yue's best partner, Mini Mini naturally had the most of Li Yue's aura.

Li Yue's heart rose to his prefrontal cortex, his mind gathered on the "Summon" button, not wanting to see the tragedy that was about to happen.

"Pfft… Mini Mini… are you performing a slapstick comedy?" Budi Bogg was actually able to sense the movements in the field and simulated a sneer, "It seems… there's a problem with your manpower…"

Bodekoli's left eye was blood-red, caused by Oogway's red flies: "Then take them all away! My arena is so big, it can accommodate so many Brain Spirits! Hehehe…"

Li Yue suddenly realized that he had not fully grasped the demons' style of doing things.

"I refuse…" This time it was Budi Bogg who expressed dissent, but not out of protection for the Brain Spirits, "These Brain Spirits still have work to finish… the library needs them… or… do you want to offend 'that one'?"

Li Yue breathed a slight sigh of relief—at least the Lord of Brain Spirits did not directly push the Brain Spirits out to be slaughtered by Oogway.

At the same time, Li Yue was also curious who the "that one" that Budi Bogg was talking about was—more noble than the Lord of Brain Spirits? Wasn't Budi Bogg the owner of the library?

"The library's magic supply is limited and cannot produce a large number of Brain Spirits in a short time…" Budi Bogg made a decision, "You can only… take away one Brain Spirit… or… take none at all… Please make your decision."

Hearing the reference to "that one," Oogway hesitated a little.

"Take one away?" Bodekoli's left eye turned blue and red, then he grinned with half his mouth, "Or… shall I take you away? Budi Bogg, the Lord of Brain Spirits, participating in the Slaughter Cup, how does that sound?"

"I think it sounds good, sounds like a good deal…" The second half of the sentence was Oogway's self-question and self-answer.

"…" Budi Bogg was silent for a moment, and was not afraid, "Are you planning to exhaust… the one time I owe you?"

Oogway clenched Bodekoli's half of his jaw, still not wanting to give up searching for Li Yue.

At this time, the human skin that could sense souls flicked, as if it had something to say.

"Are you saying… you can find it?" Bodekoli's left eye twitched, asking himself.

"I can, but it will take some time," Bodekoli was forced to respond, having been controlled by Oogway for so long.