Prototype: Devouring the Marvel Universe
Chapter 10

Deviant

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Lin Feng immediately used mental control to subdue the powerful Deviant behind him.

Then, the very tentacles the Deviant intended to use to devour Lin Feng became the channels through which Lin Feng devoured the Deviant.

The Deviant's size continually shrank, while within Lin Feng's body, surges of biological energy, similar to that of the Eternal but far more violent, rampaged.

But soon, it was devoured by the Blacklight Virus within Lin Feng's body and transformed into surges of biological energy.

When Lin Feng had completely devoured the Deviant, his body immediately underwent changes.

Small bumps swelled up on his back, and then these bumps burst open violently, with tendrils of black and red extending from his back.

Six or seven tentacles thrashed wildly behind Lin Feng, his body flickering with a mist-like black and red aura.

Then, the newly grown tentacles on his back swished out.

Lin Feng stood motionless, the tentacles instantly piercing the remaining Deviants.

Streams of flesh and blood flowed along the tentacles and were devoured by Lin Feng, rapidly converting into his biological energy.

After devouring the remaining Deviants, the tentacles on Lin Feng's back slowly retracted, then intertwined, transforming into two pairs of black and blue wings.

Lin Feng gained another pair of wings, and his speed and strength were enhanced.

And those slender tentacles could not only devour flesh and blood but also serve as weapons for attack.

This was a very good evolution.

Moreover, Lin Feng felt that his mutations from the devoured creatures were happening even faster.

Now, as long as he wished, he could control himself to evolve rapidly in a certain direction; devouring only accelerated this process.

"This will make my strength grow faster, but it still can't keep up with Makkari's speed."

Lin Feng clenched his fist tightly; Makkari's super-speed was a threat.

And Ikaris, a Superman of the Marvel World, as well as Gilgamesh and Thena.

None of these were easy to deal with, not to mention Sprite.

With her Illusion Arts, those Eternals combined would give Lin Feng a hard time.

Moreover, Ajak among the Eternals didn't seem to be dead yet; she was the Eternals' healer, able to provide them with endless endurance.

"It's better to defeat them one by one; taking them all on at once would be idiotic."

Thump!

Lin Feng pushed off the ground with force, his figure rising sharply, jumping back to his Blacklight Car.

He stroked the Blacklight Car's body, a feeling of muscular flexibility coming from his hand; this battle would have to include it.

Then, several slender tentacles extended from Lin Feng's back, with small holes appearing at their ends.

Following this, streams of biological energy flowed from Lin Feng's body along the channels within these tentacles.

Clumps of iridescent material, like liquid flesh and blood, fell to the ground, then coalesced together, slowly transforming into several of the Deviants that Lin Feng had just devoured.

"Find them, then separate them."

Lin Feng looked at these Deviants; this was also an ability he gained after devouring the Deviants, to recreate a new one based on the genes of the creatures he devoured.

That is, to some extent, Lin Feng could revive anyone.

The Deviants, under orders, growled in a muffled tone, then scattered, pursuing the Eternals' trail.

And Lin Feng placed his hand on the Blacklight Car beside him, a tentacle also appearing in his palm, plunging deeply into the Blacklight Car's flesh.

Subsequently, the Deviant's genes were injected into it by him.

When Lin Feng removed his hand, a wave-like surge of tentacles instantly swept across the surface of the Blacklight Car.

Then, its body began to change rapidly.

The cool Blacklight Car body first transformed into the appearance of a Leader Hunter, it roared to the sky, brandishing its claws.

Then it changed form again, turning into a huge Deviant.

"You go too, remember to lure them away, don't get entangled."

Lin Feng looked at the Hunter whose appearance had changed into a Deviant, stepped forward, stroked its chin, and said softly.

The Deviant, transformed from the Blacklight Car, heard Lin Feng's order, breathed heavily, and exhaled a stream of hot, moist air.

Then it turned and disappeared into the vast snowy landscape.

………

Meanwhile, on the Eternals' side, Makkari brought Sprite across most of the Earth, arriving at Gilgamesh's location.

The other Eternals were also waiting for them there.

Whoosh!

Makkari, carrying Sprite, suddenly appeared in front of Gilgamesh's cabin, and then, a cloud of dust followed the airflow after her run.

Gilgamesh heard the sound and walked out of the house, and as soon as he opened the door, the incoming dust made him wave his hand involuntarily.

His powerful strength quickly fanned away the dust in front of him.

"Druig is dead! Phastos too! The killer isn't a Deviant! But he's incredibly strong!!!"

Sprite, clutching Loki's mind scepter, delivered the news with grief.

The remaining Eternals had a general sense of it, but when they received Sprite's confirmation, they couldn't help but feel sorrow.

"We should kill that guy!"

Ikaris was the first to lose his composure, his eyes faintly glowing as he gnashed his teeth and stepped forward, on the verge of flying off to seek revenge on Lin Feng.

Gilgamesh immediately stopped him, his immense strength preventing Ikaris from taking flight.

"Calm down, we can't act alone!"

He urged in Ikaris's ear, while Thena helped restrain the somewhat berserk Ikaris.

"Ikaris, calm down, we need a plan, or we'll end up like Druig and Phastos, picked off one by one by that person."

Ajak said gently, her words gradually calming Ikaris's rampaging emotions.

As the leader of the Eternals, Ajak didn't possess immense combat abilities, but her restorative powers were a guarantee for her teammates.

Therefore, the other Eternals respected her words greatly.

"I fought him, Makkari, and this guy. His speed isn't as fast as Makkari's, and his strength probably isn't as great as Gilgamesh's, but he can control temperature, spew flames, and release ice.

His whole body is covered in a layer of armor like stone, and his hands have two shields with spikes, capable of blocking Makkari's full-speed impact."

Sprite recalled the abilities she discovered when fighting Lin Feng.

She shared this useful information with the other Eternals, discussing how to defeat Lin Feng.

The Eternals began discussing among themselves based on the information Sprite provided.

Among them, Ikaris, Gilgamesh, and Kingo argued even more fiercely.

He believed that he could fly, his eyes could shoot energy beams, and his own powerful strength meant he didn't need any plan.

But the other Eternals didn't think so. For thousands of years, no Eternal had ever been killed, not even by Deviants.

But this man with an unknown background had the ability to kill them, which made the other Eternals feel a sense of crisis.

"Where does he come from? Is he human? If I knew his background, it would be easier to deal with him."

Sersi asked suddenly, her slender fingers touching her chin, as the others were arguing.

"He seems to be a scholar among humans, apparently called a doctor or something, very famous, and a good friend of that Tony.

Oh right, Ikaris, didn't you help Thor pick up his hammer a while ago? Get him to come back and help us."

Sprite said uncertainly.

Then she suddenly thought of Thor, who had been banished to Earth by Odin some time ago.

Ikaris helped him pick up his hammer again and went to Asgard. If they had the help of this God of Thunder, their chances of winning would be greater.

"The Rainbow Bridge to Asgard is broken, he can't come down."

Ikaris replied.

He didn't actually want to call for any outside help, or even discuss any plans with these people here.

Just as everyone was unable to come up with any good plans, strange roars suddenly came from outside.

The faces of all the Eternals instantly turned serious. Suddenly, a huge figure broke through the brown and yellow bricks and lunged towards the weakest Sprite.

Sprite was immediately whisked away by Makkari, and the long table around which everyone was gathered was smashed to pieces by this massive Deviant.

The flying rubble struck everyone, but didn't cause any damage.

But there was one exception, and that was the chubby ordinary man brought by Kingo.

A photographer obsessed with taking pictures, Karun.

He was slightly overweight, and his reaction speed was only at the level of an ordinary person. Faced with this sudden situation, he couldn't react in time.

He was immediately pierced by the flying rubble, and blood gradually soaked his clothes.

"Karun! Hey! How are you?"

Kingo immediately ran over when he saw Karun lying in the rubble, gasping for breath, pressing on the wound on his body that was constantly bleeding, and asked sadly.

"Sir, I'm afraid I've reached the end. I'm glad you took me to see all this."

Blood was constantly flowing from the corner of Karun's mouth, but he didn't show any expression of pain.

He placed a camera in front of his chest, patted it gently, and slowly revealed the last smile of his life.

"Karun?! No, no, don't! There's still so much more you haven't seen! Don't!"

Kingo felt the body in his arms gradually losing temperature, and tears of pain flowed from his eyes.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Kingo shouted angrily, golden energy balls condensing in his hands, and then he joined the two energy balls together and turned to hit a Deviant.

Bang!

The golden energy ball instantly pierced through the Deviant, blasting a hole the size of a basketball, and spraying out a cloud of black blood.

But Kingo didn't stop. He made a gun shape with his hands, constantly condensing small golden energy balls at his fingertips, and then firing them out.

He was venting his anger, hitting the seemingly dead Deviant.

Just as he was immersed in his rage, the largest Deviant charged up and slapped him away.

Kingo's body crashed through Gilgamesh's house, somersaulted several times, and fell into the Gobi Desert.

The Deviant whose body had been pierced by Kingo had its large hole healed in the blink of an eye, and the black blood on the ground seemed to consciously return to its body.

Then, this Deviant jumped up and stood up again as if nothing had happened.

Ajak saw this scene. Although the surrounding situation was chaotic, she keenly noticed this phenomenon.

These Deviants, at some point, had gained a recovery ability even stronger than hers.

The other Eternals, facing these suddenly attacking Deviants, immediately engaged in battle.

Gilgamesh's secluded cabin was instantly destroyed by this sudden battle.

"I actually quite liked this house!"

Gilgamesh looked at his love nest turned to ruins, and swung his big palm at the face of the largest Deviant.

With a loud bang, the moment Gilgamesh's palm hit the Deviant, a ripple instantly spread out.

And this largest Deviant was slapped far away.

The other Deviants, who were still fighting with the Eternals, saw this scene and disengaged from the battle, running to the side of the largest Deviant to check on its condition.

"They have intelligence?"

Ajak said in disbelief as she watched this scene.

"Annihilate them!"

Ikaris didn't care about that. The deaths of two Eternals in a row, and this sudden attack by the Deviant, gave him an outlet for his pent-up frustration.

Ikaris's eyes glowed with golden light, and two golden energy beams burst out from his eye sockets, directly separating a smaller Deviant from the waist.

But the next moment, before this Deviant could fall to the ground and die, several black and red tentacles extended from the wound on its waist, connecting the two sections of its body.

Seeing this scene, Ikaris frowned.

The largest Deviant stood up, and it roared at these Eternals provocatively.

Ikaris couldn't stand the provocation, and an energy beam shot over, but the Deviant nimbly jumped to the side, dodging the attack.

Then, it repeated the previous provocation, while also constantly retreating, luring these Eternals to take the bait.

"Beast!!"

Ikaris didn't think at all. He gradually went deep into enemy territory, following this Deviant and constantly moving away from the other Eternals.

"Ikaris! Come back!!"

Ajak shouted. She felt that something was wrong. These Deviants' mode of operation was completely different from before.

If Ikaris went over alone like this, something would definitely happen.

But Ikaris didn't listen at all. As the Deviant continued to run, he gradually flew further and further away.

And the other Deviants, seeing that an Eternal had taken the bait, separated and left.

The remaining Eternals who were fighting were confused when they saw these Deviants suddenly leaving.

This was the first time the Deviants had actively retreated. In the past, they would never retreat until they were dead.

"Makkari! Chase Ikaris back! He'll die!"

Ajak said to Makkari. She now had a bad feeling in her heart and couldn't let Ikaris act alone like this.

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