Jia Yan could feel the roar of anger echoing within his own heart!
Now was the time to give it his all!
The colossal fiery red centipede's body trembled slightly; it seemed it hadn't been killed off entirely!
Jia Yan madly squeezed his entire body into the centipede's mouthparts. He realized he had underestimated the enormity of its body!
The fiery red centipede measured a total of two and a half meters in length, with a head segment nearly twenty centimeters in diameter. Jia Yan plunged his body in, along with the length of his mouthpart, estimating that he would barely reach the creature's brain.
It all depended on luck now, whether it would awaken quickly or if his mouthpart could pierce through fast enough!
"Mouthpart! Didn't you undergo three mutations? Aren't you as strong as steel needles?! How can't you pierce through an animal's muscles?! Pierce through for me!"
Jia Yan stabbed frantically, losing track of where he was, only knowing to disrupt wherever his mouthpart could reach!
He wreaked havoc!
The fiery red giant centipede's entire body began to twitch slightly!
Its mouthparts quivered slightly, almost catching Jia Yan's body!
A little force, and he could be bitten to death!
"You bastard! I won't lose!"
Jia Yan shouted in his heart, then suddenly felt his mouthpart encounter...
An unobstructed area!
Water?!
Indeed, even in the reverse of its brain, there was that mysterious fluid!
But now was not the time for celebration! If he didn't destroy the brain, it would awaken!
Since he had reached the location of the fluid, the brain must be nearby!
Jia Yan's mouthpart was now only a little length left. He forcefully thrust the remaining bit upward!
Swoosh!
The massive fiery red centipede suddenly convulsed violently at the edge of the stream!
The next moment, its twenty-one pairs of legs began to struggle incessantly!
Its mouthparts also moved violently!
Crack!
Jia Yan felt his chitinous armor emit a crisp cracking sound!
He had been bitten!
However, the clot and the exoskeleton completely defended against the bite!
It's unclear whether it was due to the creature just awakening and its mouthparts not being strong enough, or if it was because of his defense already reaching a level to resist the creature's mouthparts!
Or perhaps both!
Jia Yan's hardened clot armor, coupled with the mutated exoskeleton's double defense, actually blocked the fiery red centipede's mouthparts from tearing through immediately!
There wasn't even much fragmentation!
"If it can be blocked, then I'll keep fighting! If the armor starts to give way, I'll retreat immediately!"
Jia Yan gritted his teeth!
Fight!
On the path forward, he had risked his life time and time again, only to gain his current robust physique!
Without fighting, where would opportunities come from?!
So this time, he still had to fight!
Without fighting, there would be no future!
Jia Yan heard the sound of biting again! This time, it was obviously more intense!
Jia Yan could feel that his clot armor had developed slight cracks under the pressure caused by the tremendous force!
The fiery red centipede was quickly waking up!
But Jia Yan wouldn't let it truly awaken!
Because after finding the mysterious fluid, his mouthpart had already pierced into the creature's brain tissue!
The fiery red centipede probably woke up so quickly mainly because his mouthpart had pierced its brain, causing intense stimulation!
You're too late if you want to bite me to death!
Jia Yan controlled his mouthpart, which had penetrated the creature's brain cells, and stirred wildly!
The delicate brain tissues, under the sensation of the mouthpart, felt as easy to destroy as tofu brain!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The massive fiery red centipede suddenly rolled violently at the edge of the stream!
The scene was no less grand than when the army of goblins battled the fiery red centipede before!
Dust scattered everywhere, showing traces of its struggles!
Jia Yan felt his clot armor and exoskeleton moan!
Continuous cracking sounds echoed!
However... it just wouldn't break!
There weren't even significant cracks appearing!
Jia Yan realized he had underestimated the resilience of his clot and exoskeleton!
The black liquid consumed during the third mutation was extracted from the boiler in the most difficult ways by the Northeastern wild tigers. Even the preparation of the purple-red potion relied heavily on it. Could the third mutation caused by this liquid be simple?!
During the process of solidification, these clots endured the shock waves of the boiler explosion!
After falling down this passage, they endured at least dozens of violent collisions!
The clot armor formed by repeated impacts and the even stronger exoskeleton inside the armor, could they be weak?!
Under the centipede's repeated bites, the answer emerged!
Of course, this wasn't absolute. If the same spot was repeatedly wounded, the sturdy double defense would be bitten through, and the likelihood of injuring the body would be high.
Moreover, because Jia Yan had pierced the creature's brain, the biting force of the fiery red centipede couldn't compare to the force of its first bite.
Jia Yan made his mouthpart stir even more crazily!
Once the brain was destroyed, even the most formidable creature couldn't survive.
This was a battle destined to determine victory or defeat!
Indeed, not long after, Jia Yan felt the mouthparts of the centipede biting him gradually losing strength.
Its struggles also gradually ceased.
"It's dead... such a terrifying giant monster, dead by my hands?"
Jia Yan was somewhat incredulous.
Even though the main contributor to this feat should be credited to the army of goblins.
However, it was undeniable that Jia Yan was the one who truly killed the fiery red centipede.
"In the end, it's survival of the fittest! No matter how unjustly it dies, no matter how unwilling it is! But in the end, I'm the one who survives, it's the one that dies! That's the final result! That's the law of elimination!"
"In the future, I'll only become stronger, so that no creature can eliminate me!"
Once Jia Yan was sure that the fiery red centipede had completely stopped moving, he redirected his mouthpart!
He moved toward the area near the brain, where the mysterious fluid was located!
Indeed, the fiery red centipede also had mysterious fluid in its body, which invigorated Jia Yan!
This indicated that perhaps all the creatures in this underground world had such fluid in their brains!
That would give him even more opportunities!
Looking around, were there not countless life forms that could help him evolve?!
In this five-kilometer radius, along with the vast number of caves, and even these caves possibly connecting to another underground world, his opportunities seemed infinite!
If he continued to grow stronger like this, where would he end up?
He could hardly imagine!
His heart began to beat a little faster!
"Don't be hasty! The road must be taken step by step; haste makes waste." Jia Yan forced himself to stabilize his mindset.
Besides, infinite growth was impossible. There would always be a limit to the effects one thing could provide in mutation. This simple principle, Jia Yan wasn't unaware of.
Furthermore, with so many terrifying creatures in this world, and even many more that Jia Yan hadn't encountered yet, wanting to defeat them wasn't just a matter of saying it.
Firstly, he needed to absorb the mysterious liquid from the brain of the crimson centipede!
After seeing what changes occurred in his body after absorbing so much of the mysterious liquid, Jia Yan had to take action!
Jia Yan's mouth needle had already found the central location of the mysterious liquid near the centipede's brain!
Then, he released his desire to absorb and directly began forcefully sucking up the liquid.
Sizzle...
The forceful suction sounded like a person using a straw to drink a beverage, occasionally accompanied by faint noises.
It took less than thirty seconds.
Jia Yan's belly had swelled up from the absorption!
But he continued to absorb!
While the effect of this mysterious liquid might not compare to the black liquid in the factory in terms of sensation, it definitely wouldn't be inferior to the crimson potion. And its effects were long-lasting and enduring. Jia Yan had a vague feeling that compared to the violent mutations of the previous times, this gentler liquid was more suitable for him.
"Almost there!"
Finally, when Jia Yan felt that his belly couldn't absorb any more, the mysterious liquid in the centipede's brain was also nearly depleted.
Sizzle...
The sound of sucking air could be heard.
Jia Yan finally absorbed the last drop of the liquid!
His chubby abdomen had already swollen up, with the exoskeleton and outer layers of coagulate only serving as defense against external attacks, while the abdomen expanded from within. It was strange that they didn't compress, but instead expanded together. Although there were some cracks exposed, making it easier for the core within to be attacked, this was already a very convenient change.
All of this was just a self-selected change during the mutation process, surprisingly meticulous.
Jia Yan struggled desperately to drill out of the centipede's mouth!
It wasn't easy to come in, and now most of his torso was stuck in the mouth, and it had even become more bloated from sucking up the mysterious liquid.
If it weren't for the centipede being truly dead, and the mouth having no strength to resist, it wouldn't have been easy for Jia Yan to get out!
Fortunately, after two or three minutes of effort, he crawled out of the mouth of the crimson centipede!
"Let's return to the cave and wait for the changes to begin!"
His compound eyes flashed, and Jia Yan lightly touched the jaw of the giant centipede with his long and powerful body.
He flew up.
Looking back down below.
The ground was the massive corpse of the crimson centipede.
Perhaps, before its death, it wouldn't have imagined that the inconspicuous 'rock' in the cave was actually its killer!
Life is unpredictable.
"Nature's struggle is always cruel, but compared to the deceit and treachery of human society, this kind of rough survival combat might suit me even better!"
Jia Yan vibrated his wings and flew toward the cave.
"Next, it's time to digest the bellyful of liquid from the centipede, and then deal with the thirty-six corpses of the Gophers! With so many spoils of war, how much stronger can I become? I'm really looking forward to it! Haha!"