Yan Hai Arrives

After devouring the Golden-Crowned Thunder Roc, both Su Zhe's Wing Speed Form and Claw Form were enhanced to a certain degree; while the improvement wasn't massive, it was better than nothing.

Once the Golden-Crowned Thunder Roc was taken out in a flash, the remaining Lord-level monsters were naturally no match for Su Zhe.

And so—

After the Earth Rock Turtle slowly woke up, it discovered that all its underlings had vanished, leaving only Su Zhe hovering in mid-air.

"Roar?"

The Earth Rock Turtle raised its head, looking at Su Zhe with a confused expression.

Its heavy eyelids lifted a fraction, its amber slit pupils reflecting the figure wreathed in black flames. An instinctive sense of crisis caused it to emit a low, dull growl as an earthy-yellow halo rippled across its skin.

Su Zhe lightly flapped his wings and landed directly on the back of the Earth Rock Turtle.

For monsters with such massive and cumbersome bodies, they were relatively easy to deal with as long as one could break through their defenses.

As for whether he could break through—

"Nihility Devouring Flame!"

Su Zhe's right hand transformed into a Claw Form, wreathed in black flames. He leaned to the side, lowered his waist, and slashed a claw toward the shell of the Earth Rock Turtle.

"Sizzle—"

The claws failed to pierce directly through the Earth Rock Turtle's defense, producing only a teeth-gritting sound of erosion. The shell on the Earth Rock Turtle's back was covered in a layer of heavy rock.

At this moment, those rocks were being incinerated by the Nihility Devouring Flame. The terrifying high temperature vaporized the stone, and soon, the Earth Rock Turtle's true shell appeared before Su Zhe.

The yellowish-brown shell was extremely hard.

If the Nihility Devouring Flame were at its peak, burning a turtle to death would be effortless.

But unfortunately, the strength of the Nihility Devouring Flame grew in tandem with Su Zhe.

In other words, the current Nihility Devouring Flame was only equivalent to the strength of an Apprentice Level ninth rank.

"Wait..."

Su Zhe looked at the shell beneath his feet. The plates of the shell were not perfectly connected; there were gaps between them. While these gaps weren't large, they were enough for a blade to pierce through!

Claw Form definitely wouldn't work.

With a thought from Su Zhe, his entire right arm began to transform. As the arm compressed and deformed... it eventually morphed into something resembling a widened sword blade!

This didn't count as a Sword Blade Form, as it hadn't been recorded by the system panel.

The Blacklight Virus possessed extreme plasticity. Su Zhe had previously even managed to simulate the appearance of a sniper rifle; simulating a blade now was even simpler.

The blade Su Zhe simulated for himself was no different in strength from his Claw Form.

In the future, he figured there wouldn't even be a distinction between forms.

They would all simply be counted as abilities of the Blacklight Virus.

The blade Su Zhe condensed was coated in the Nihility Devouring Flame, looking quite a bit better than the Claw Form.

"Does this count as a Blade of Fire?"

Su Zhe murmured to himself, but his hand didn't pause for a second. The blade coated in black flames slashed through, piercing into the gap between the shell plates and driving straight through the Earth Rock Turtle's carapace!

The Nihility Devouring Flame took the opportunity to enter the Earth Rock Turtle's body.

The all-consuming black flames destroyed the Earth Rock Turtle's internal organs. As waves of power surged into Su Zhe's body, his comprehension of fire deepened. Perhaps the Nihility Devouring Flame could be considered a special life form in this universe?

In any case... Su Zhe mastered the Conception of Fire as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

"Since I've mastered the conception, then die!"

Su Zhe's eyes turned fierce. He increased the output of the Nihility Devouring Flame in his hand, and the Blacklight Virus followed suit into the Earth Rock Turtle's body—for the turtle, this was practically a death sentence.

Its massive size meant the Earth Rock Turtle couldn't reach Su Zhe on its back, and naturally, it had no ability to resist.

From the moment its defense was breached, it was already a "dead man."

Even in the universe, monsters and fierce beasts like this belonged to the easiest category to deal with.

It wasn't until the Universe Level that this situation improved, and only after reaching the Undying stage, relying on even more powerful bodies, did fierce beasts leap past humans to gain an advantage.

This, of course, did not include the Monster race, who possessed higher intelligence and inherited legacies.

[Devoured Planet Level 1 monster, obtained 1 Devour Point]
[Obtained new form: Rock Armor Form]
[Law: Conception of Fire (Entry)]

After finishing off the Earth Rock Turtle, he had gained 1 Devour Point.

At this rate, he only needed to kill 990,000 more King-level monsters to obtain the third reward.

It was still too difficult.

As for the new form.

It was indeed quite new.

Rock Armor Form was similar to the Earth Rock Turtle's shell, wrapping himself up. Its defensive power was even more exaggerated than the Earth Rock Turtle's own, but it also completely stripped away any offensive capability.

That wasn't quite right either.

Su Zhe suddenly realized that even in this form, he could still utilize his Psychic Power.

However, Su Zhe's Psychic Power was currently only equivalent to that of an Advanced War General; even if he could use it, it wouldn't be of much significance. Furthermore, Su Zhe was not particularly skilled at using Psychic Power, so he abandoned the idea.

Within City 003, there were still some King-level monsters hiding away.

Su Zhe was in no rush to leave; he intended to hunt down the remaining King-level monsters before departing.

He estimated that by the time he cleared out the King-level monsters here, he would be just about ready to reach the Planetary level.

Yangzhou City.

While Su Zhe was still hunting within City 003, a fighter jet quietly arrived at the city.

An old man, as withered as a corpse, stepped out of the jet.

"Luo Feng disappeared along with the Devourer Beast; they must have perished together. His family must still be in possession of some treasures. I hadn't intended to make a move so soon..."

Yan Hai muttered to himself.

"...But if I can eliminate that Su Zhe and obtain the method he uses to grow stronger."

"Then, even if Luo Feng were to come back to life, he would just have to die a second time!"

Yan Hai was very confident.

Or rather, his confidence did not stem from his own strength, but from Su Zhe himself.

Having witnessed the speed at which Su Zhe grew stronger, Yan Hai was incredibly covetous of that special ability of his. For this reason, he hadn't even informed Atkin about Su Zhe's situation.

"Su Yongyi."

Yan Hai wandered through Yangzhou City. Given his status and position, Su Zhe's family circumstances had naturally been thoroughly investigated by him long ago.

He decided to wait right here in Yangzhou City for Su Zhe to deliver himself to his doorstep.

[Martial Artist Level Up: Planetary Level 1]

Having dealt with the final King-level monster in City 003, Su Zhe could officially consider himself to have broken through to the Planetary level.

Furthermore, upon reaching the Planetary level, Su Zhe had unsurprisingly obtained fire-attribute genetic energy and awakened a special ability called Fire Flame Body, which in essence enhanced his talent for the Origin Laws of Fire and granted him the ability to control fire.

It could only be said that it wasn't particularly useful.

After breaking through to the Planetary level, the next step would be to hunt those King-level monsters across Earth, or... to go find Luo Feng.

Su Zhe decided to head home first before making any further plans.