The giant centipede flies extremely fast!
Its body is larger than Jia Yan's, but its wing structure is more aerodynamically designed, so when flying, its speed is naturally faster than that of a mosquito!
Jia Yan relied on increasing the frequency of wing flaps to narrow the speed difference between him and the giant centipede.
Originally, they were only a dozen meters apart.
As it rushed towards him, Jia Yan unexpectedly turned to attack. In just a dozen meters, the moment of their close encounter happened in an instant!
Buzzing!
Buzz!
Buzz! —
Crack!
In the blink of an eye, a giant mosquito and a giant centipede, two huge flying insects, were about to cross paths in the air!
Jia Yan remained calm!
He knew his biggest advantage was his superior instantaneous judgment compared to this centipede. In such a passing battle, he definitely had the upper hand!
The two pairs of giant compound eyes were almost close enough to touch in mid-air!
Crossing paths!
Just a fraction of a second!
The proboscis in Jia Yan's mouth suddenly sprayed out!
In this short moment, the tail sting was naturally slower than the proboscis and couldn't achieve precise attacks!
However, after the third mutation, the proboscis had undergone a significant improvement.
Originally resembling a sharp and tough steel needle, it had now reached the level of a steel needle!
Moreover, its length had increased, and Jia Yan could now eject it about three centimeters from his mouth!
Don't underestimate these three centimeters. At extremely close range, they were formidable weapons!
The sound of the proboscis launching was very faint, only a milky-white dim beam could be seen shooting towards the giant centipede!
Crack!
The two giant flying insects collided in the air, brushing against each other's wings and bodies.
The giant centipede trembled in mid-air for a moment!
But moments later, it stabilized its posture once again.
It turned out that the rapid approach and launching of the proboscis against Jia Yan was also a very difficult task. In just a fraction of a second, it was impossible to grasp the timing properly. In that instant, Jia Yan only managed to pierce one side of the giant centipede's wing with his proboscis!
Such damage was not enough to kill the giant centipede!
This creature was indeed a centipede, extremely fierce and aggressive. After turning in the air like an injured beast, it once again charged towards Jia Yan, who had also turned.
Its sharp tail stinger lifted, aiming at Jia Yan who was also launching an attack.
Centipede tail stingers carried bee venom. This venom might be negligible on ordinary centipedes, perhaps causing only localized swelling. But for such a huge centipede, its bee venom might not be so negligible. Perhaps, on its long and peculiar evolutionary path, it had already transformed into something else!
Otherwise, why would those huge monsters in the underground world fear these insect armies so much?
Jia Yan continued to charge forward!
The two clashed again in the air!
Like ancient knights closing in rapidly, they were filled with a majestic atmosphere of battle.
As they rapidly approached, when they were just a dozen centimeters apart this time, Jia Yan suddenly stretched out his long legs!
The long legs of a dipteran insect had always been the longest among all insects. Compared to the giant centipede, although its body was one or two centimeters longer than Jia Yan's, its legs were cut off by a large section, leaving only about half of Jia Yan's legs!
When Jia Yan's body reached thirteen centimeters, his legs correspondingly became longer, each one exceeding twenty centimeters. When stretched out, they were truly terrifying!
Two powerful forelegs stretched out and immediately pressed against the antennae area of the giant centipede!
Several other long legs also rushed forward, all suppressing the giant centipede.
Since they were in a rapid aerial combat, the centipede had no solid ground to leverage, and its legs couldn't reach Jia Yan's body. What's more embarrassing was that its abdomen arched up, but it couldn't even reach Jia Yan's long legs. Its body swayed in panic!
The two giant insects quickly fell from the high altitude.
Jia Yan's six long legs rushed forward, firmly controlling the giant centipede. In terms of pure strength, the Jia Yan who had undergone three mutations had the upper hand!
As they rapidly descended in mid-air, almost reaching the end of the passage, about to fall back into the cave!
If this battle continued, it might end inconclusively. Jia Yan was worried that the army of centipedes might still be waiting in the cave below. So, he had to quickly dispose of the giant centipede he had caught and flee!
After all, facing such a huge number, Jia Yan didn't want to test whether his greatly enhanced defensive clot shell after mutation could withstand all attacks! Because one small mistake could be fatal.
"Die!"
Seeing the giant centipede's compound eyes so close, the proboscis in Jia Yan's mouth sprayed out!
The giant centipede also wanted to dodge, but its body was tightly entangled by Jia Yan's six long legs, and its abdomen couldn't reach any part of Jia Yan for attack!
It could only watch helplessly as the sharp needle in Jia Yan's proboscis pierced towards its head!
Puff!
The proboscis pierced through the giant centipede's sturdy exoskeleton defense without any hindrance!
Directly into its brain!
Buzz!!
The giant centipede struggled fiercely, flapping its wings.
But even in its dying struggle, it was still firmly controlled by Jia Yan's unexpectedly immense strength!
It's worth noting that although his body was now only thirteen centimeters long, his strength level was fully comparable to that of a mosquito three to five centimeters long. It's just that his current body, in order to enhance defense, had given up on the mutation of body enlargement and focused on defense!
In fact, Jia Yan was thinking that with his defensive armor, even the tail stingers of the army of giant centipedes might not be able to penetrate it. However, this kind of thing was too dangerous, and Jia Yan wouldn't take unnecessary risks.
The proboscis stirred vigorously in the giant centipede's brain!
The giant centipede continued to tremble.
In mid-air, Jia Yan had already begun to flap his wings.
As they were about to fall back into the cave, they flew up again, but this time it was Jia Yan holding onto the struggling giant centipede.
Finally, the struggling giant centipede in his arms slowly stopped shaking...
"Dead!"
Jia Yan inserted the proboscis into the centipede's brain and was about to pull it out!
"Hmm? What's this!"
He suddenly felt a taste he had never experienced before from the proboscis!
Mosquito proboscises were extremely sensitive, and after three mutations, Jia Yan's proboscis was even more sensitive than any mosquito on Earth!
This taste was very strong.
Jia Yan couldn't help but try to absorb a little bit of it...
"What...what's this!"
As a certain liquid was sucked into his body through the proboscis, it seemed to make every hair follicle in Jia Yan's body expand, giving him an extremely comfortable and pleasant sensation!
It was incredibly soothing!
"Huh? It seems like there's been a slight change in my body, this feels like vitality and strength!"
When this liquid was absorbed into his body, Jia Yan's body immediately reacted!
His proboscis was still stuck in the lifeless body of the giant centipede.
"What is this exactly?" Jia Yan pondered.
There was definitely something peculiar in this underground world, of that Jia Yan was certain!
But after slightly ingesting the liquid from the giant centipede's brain, he had this kind of reaction, which was different from the discomfort caused by the black liquid. Although this might be due to the scarcity of the liquid, at least in terms of 'taste', it was definitely much better than the black liquid from the factory, perhaps thousands of times better!
And just this tiny bit made Jia Yan feel so relaxed, completely eliminating the fatigue from before. This made Jia Yan somewhat moved!
"I'll wait another ten minutes. If there's no harm to my body, I'll try again..."
Jia Yan's compound eyes gleamed strangely.
He looked at the body of the centipede as if he had discovered a hidden treasure!
Flying to a raised stone platform in the passage, he placed the centipede's corpse aside. Controlling his body to lie on the stone, Jia Yan waited to see if there would be any further changes...
Ten minutes later!
"So, this liquid is indeed related to the black liquid and the purplish-red medicinal liquid!"