Jia Yan lowered his body again. The juices that were sucked into his body began to exert their mutated power!
With such a small amount of juice, it was naturally impossible for Jia Yan to undergo another significant mutation.
But it could gradually improve his physique. Perhaps the changes provided by one giant centipede might not be significant, but what about ten, twenty, or even a hundred?!
Even killing all the giant centipedes in this underground world to obtain the mysterious juices from their brains!
So, to what extent would Jia Yan's body mutate?
It was estimated that even if it hadn't reached a complete fourth mutation, it wouldn't be far off!
Jia Yan continued to lower his body, lying on the protruding rock, slowly feeling the changes in his body...
Compared to previous mutations, this gentle mysterious juice brought him a completely new sensation of change.
If one were to describe it with a word, it would be—serene!
He could feel the slow penetration of energy into his body!
The juices consumed by his digestive organs gradually merged into his cells, slowly diffusing and evenly spreading to every corner of his body.
Once dispersed, there wasn't much of this juice left, so its effectiveness was greatly reduced.
But Jia Yan could still clearly feel that there were some strange changes happening in his body!
The exoskeleton was gathering more secretions, increasing the hardness of the exoskeleton. The internal organs were gradually becoming healthier, and there was some improvement in preventing vibration.
Of course, these changes weren't significant, but they were enough for Jia Yan to slightly perceive.
Soon, the mutational power of the juice completely disappeared.
Jia Yan stood up from the rock.
Before him lay the corpse of the giant centipede!
"In that case, I won't rush out..."
Jia Yan glanced at the passage above, then shook his head slowly.
Even if the northeastern wild tiger sealed the boiler at the top of the passage again, Jia Yan believed that with so many cracks and caves here, there must be another way out.
The creatures here were not incapable of leaving, it's just that the external living environment was so different that they would die quickly once they left!
Thinking of this, a lightning-like thought flashed through Jia Yan's mind!
The living environment?!
Yes! That's it!
Jia Yan suddenly opened the breathing holes on both sides of his abdomen and began to breathe!
Yes, it's the air!
The air in this underground world was filled with that strange substance!
And the oxygen content was extremely high!
And the northeastern wild tiger's factory boiler was connected to this space, extracting air, undergoing a complex refining process, extracting the black substance from the air, and eventually forming that black liquid!
It must be like this!
The most bizarre characteristic of this place, and also the biggest secret of the northeastern wild tiger's factory, was indeed the air of the underground world!
"So, these uniquely evolved creatures must also be influenced by the air, even the vegetation!"
Jia Yan concluded, suddenly feeling in a great mood.
He shook his wings!
"The juice from the giant centipede's brain might be formed because of the evolution caused by this air, retaining some essence or special filtration substances in their bodies, ultimately forming the brain juice!"
"There must be a reason for the air to produce this mysterious substance. But I don't need to analyze it further, because after all, I'm not a scientist who pursues the truth in everything."
"As for the next step, I've already considered it. It's hunting these giant centipedes! Obtaining the mysterious brain juice from them and embarking on my mutation plan again!"
Jia Yan soared from the rock!
He didn't fly upward anymore but quietly descended into the cave.
His hunting plan was about to begin!
The target of the hunt was those giant centipedes.
As for other animals, they might also contain similar substances in their bodies, but Jia Yan only saw huge creatures for now, so he didn't dare to touch them for the time being.
Buzzing—
Giant mosquitoes flew into the air.
However, compared to the first flight from the cave, this time Jia Yan was no longer full of worry, nor was he aimless!
His purpose was clear.
That was to find a way to deal with the giant centipedes in this space, one by one, and extract their mysterious brain juice!
Splash!—
Passing by the clear stream outside the cave, a huge grass carp several decimeters in size bounced out of the water again. However, this time Jia Yan was prepared. As it leaped, he dodged in the air!
The giant grass carp missed and fell back into the water!
Shortly after Jia Yan emerged from the cave, he witnessed a scene that shocked him!
The once mighty red centipede, which was struggling continuously not far from the stream, was now surrounded by hundreds of giant centipedes flying and attacking around it.
These centipedes were obviously the same group that had chased after Jia Yan before.
The number of over a hundred was too large. When the swarm was large, even small bees in the outside world could be deadly, let alone these giant centipedes!
But Jia Yan couldn't believe that the previously formidable red centipede, which reached a height of two and a half meters, would be chased so miserably by this group of giant centipedes.
It's important to note that the red centipede had an exoskeleton defense that even aquatic monsters couldn't break through!
Faced with this swarm of centipedes, the red centipede, which was still struggling to hide its body, was obviously noticed by the giant centipedes, and now they were launching their attack.
Jia Yan watched for a moment and finally understood why the red centipede was so afraid of the centipede army!
It turned out that these centipedes seemed to have some intelligence. Instead of attacking the thick exoskeleton of the centipede, they bombarded it from above, aiming for the gaps between the segments of the red centipede's exoskeleton!
Although these areas weren't completely defenseless, compared to the thick exoskeleton armor elsewhere, they appeared somewhat vulnerable. The sharp stingers of the centipedes could easily penetrate!
The centipede army launched wave after wave of attacks!
Buzzing!
The continuous attacks were like a bombardment from fighter jets!
It was almost like a monster battle action movie, with sound and effects, extremely exciting!
Um... it's not 'almost', it's simply a monster battle!
Jia Yan felt that he might now be considered one of these 'monsters'.
A giant mosquito with a body length of thirteen centimeters, including a fifteen-centimeter stinger, and six fully extended legs covering a range of over forty centimeters. Wasn't this already considered a monster?
Moreover, Jia Yan's third mutation should have resulted in more exaggerated growth, but because of the chain reaction caused by the explosion, his biological instinct chose the defensive direction. Otherwise, a creature three to five meters in size would be difficult to find even among birds.
Now Jia Yan didn't know how strong his defense was. Can he stop bullets...
Probably not!
Jia Yan was sure of this.
But against ordinary human attacks, even with sticks, Jia Yan felt he could withstand them!
The huge improvement in defense made the mosquito, who had
always felt weak, suddenly feel a sense of security! Even if he had to give up his huge body and stronger strength for this defense, it was worth it!
After lurking in the 'bush' for a long time, Jia Yan saw that the battle had reached its climax!
Under the continuous attacks of the centipede army, the red centipede finally became enraged!
Its lip feet stretched out, no longer evading, and it leaped directly into the air to bite fiercely!
A giant centipede that didn't have time to dodge was directly captured by the lip feet and, in an instant, was chewed into pieces by the red centipede's jaws!
Now the centipede army became even more frantic!
With one member dead, they launched attacks relentlessly!
Two or three dozen giant centipedes didn't even take off but landed directly on the body of the red centipede, stabbing their stingers into the gaps in its exoskeleton. After the stingers, which had poison glands, pierced the centipede's body, they quickly released all their venom!
The venom of the bees has neurotoxicity and lowers blood pressure, causing central nervous system paralysis and difficulty breathing, leading to death.
The toxicity of these giant centipedes must be more than that simple. Just seeing the red centipede in the battlefield rolling on the ground, within a short time, more than a dozen giant centipedes had died!
The red centipede struggled fiercely, its body, more than two meters long, was like a giant trunk, tumbling beside the stream, raising dust, obstructing the line of sight!
But this tumbling didn't last long, just after the centipede army paid the price of at least thirty members.
The huge red centipede finally gradually stopped struggling.
Its movements became smaller.
More giant centipedes pounced on its body!
At this moment, the body of the red centipede finally stopped moving completely.
"So powerful, it can even kill such a huge red centipede!"
Jia Yan almost stopped breathing in the bush.
It could kill giant centipedes, but it definitely couldn't kill the red centipede. After all, the other party was more than two meters tall, and Jia Yan's body didn't have any toxicity. It was obviously impossible to kill such a huge creature...
This might be called 'fight fire with fire'.
Truly, it was an amazing show!
There was a cunning gleam in Jia Yan's compound eyes.
After you've fought for so long, perhaps the spoils of war will be mine!
As expected, just after the centipede army achieved victory.
Several giant centipedes flew into the air, and then all the giant centipedes left the huge body of the red centipede.
Although centipedes also eat meat, they couldn't dismember such a huge red centipede corpse.
After hovering for a while, these giant centipedes reformed into formation and flew away into the distance!
"Now is the time!"
Jia Yan suddenly flew out from the bush!