After devouring the Golden-Crowned Thunder Roc, Su Zhe's Wing Speed Form and Claw Form both improved to some extent. The gains weren't great, but they were better than nothing.
With the Golden-Crowned Thunder Roc killed in an instant, the remaining Lord-level Monsters were no match for Su Zhe either.
And so—
When the Earth Rock Turtle slowly woke up, it found that all its underlings had vanished. Only Su Zhe remained, flying in midair.
"Roar?"
The Earth Rock Turtle raised its head, gazing at Su Zhe in bewilderment.
Its heavy eyelids lifted a crack, and its amber, slit-pupil eyes reflected the figure wreathed in black flames. Its instinctive sense of danger made it let out a low, rumbling growl as an ochre glow shimmered across its body.
Su Zhe gave his wings a light beat and landed directly on the Earth Rock Turtle's back.
Monsters this huge and clumsy were fairly easy to deal with, as long as he could pierce their defenses.
As for whether he could—
"Void Devouring Flame!"
Su Zhe's right hand transformed, black flames coiling around it. He bent his knees, leaned forward, and slashed a claw at the Earth Rock Turtle's shell.
"Zzzzz—"
His claws couldn't pierce the Earth Rock Turtle's defenses outright. They only made an earsplitting sizzling sound as they ate away at the thick layer of rock covering its shell.
The Void Devouring Flame was burning through the rocks. Its terrifying heat vaporized them, and soon the Earth Rock Turtle's actual shell lay exposed before Su Zhe.
The yellow-brown shell was incredibly hard.
If the Void Devouring Flame were at full strength, killing a turtle would be effortless.
But unfortunately, its power grew along with Su Zhe.
In other words, the Void Devouring Flame was currently only as strong as an Apprentice Level, ninth-tier fighter.
"Wait..."
Su Zhe looked at the shell beneath his feet. The plates weren't fitted tightly together; there were gaps between them. They weren't very wide, but they were still large enough for a blade to slip into!
Claw Form definitely wouldn't work.
At a thought from Su Zhe, his entire right arm began to transform. As it compressed and reshaped itself, it eventually turned into something like a broad sword blade!
It didn't count as a Sword Blade Form, since it hadn't been recorded on the panel.
The Blacklight Virus was highly malleable. Su Zhe had even tried imitating a sniper rifle before, so reshaping his arm into a blade would be even easier.
The blade Su Zhe created himself was about as strong as his Claw Form.
Eventually, he figured, there wouldn't be any real distinctions between forms.
They would all just be different abilities of the Blacklight Virus.
Su Zhe coated the blade in the Void Devouring Flame. It looked considerably better than his Claw Form.
"Does this count as a Blade of Fire?"
Su Zhe murmured, but his hand never paused. The blade wreathed in black flames swept down, slipped between the plates of the shell, and pierced straight through the Earth Rock Turtle's armor!
The Void Devouring Flame followed the blade into the Earth Rock Turtle's body.
The all-consuming black flames wrecked its internal organs. As wave after wave of power flowed into Su Zhe, his understanding of fire deepened. Perhaps the Void Devouring Flame could even be considered a Special Lifeform in this universe?
In any case... Su Zhe naturally grasped the Conception of Fire.
"Now that I've grasped the Conception, die!"
Su Zhe's gaze turned fierce as he increased the Void Devouring Flame's output. The Blacklight Virus also entered the Earth Rock Turtle's body. For the turtle, this was practically a death sentence.
Its enormous body made it impossible to reach Su Zhe on its back, leaving it unable to fight back.
The moment its defenses were breached, it was already a "dead" monster.
Even in the universe, monsters and ferocious beasts like this were among the easiest to deal with.
It wasn't until the Universe Level that this situation improved. After reaching the Undying level, ferocious beasts gained the advantage over humans thanks to their far stronger bodies.
That didn't include the Demon Race, whose members were more intelligent and had their own inheritances.
[Devoured a Planetary Level, first-tier monster. Obtained 1 Devour Point.]
[Obtained new form: Rock Armor Form]
[Law: Conception of Fire (Beginner)]
After killing the Earth Rock Turtle, Su Zhe gained 1 Devour Point.
At this rate, he would need to kill over 990,000 more King Level Beasts to earn his third reward.
That was still far too difficult.
As for the new form—
It really was new.
Rock Armor Form was similar to the Earth Rock Turtle's shell. It encased his body, and its defensive power was even more astonishing than the turtle's, but it left him with practically no means of attacking.
Actually, that wasn't quite right.
Su Zhe suddenly realized that he could still use Psychic Power in this form.
However, his Psychic Power was only at the Advanced War General level. Even if he could use it, it wouldn't make much difference. Su Zhe wasn't good at wielding Psychic Power anyway, so he gave up on the idea.
There were still some hidden King Level Beasts in City 003.
Su Zhe wasn't in a hurry to leave. He planned to hunt down the other King Level Beasts before going.
He expected that clearing out all the King Level Beasts here would bring him close to the Planetary Level.
Yangzhou City.
While Su Zhe was still hunting in City 003, a fighter jet quietly arrived in the city.
A frail old man, thin as a corpse, stepped out of the jet.
"Luo Feng and the Devourer Beast vanished together. They must have died together. His family must still have some treasures on them. I hadn't planned on making a move so soon..."
Yan Hai murmured.
"...but if I can deal with that Su Zhe and get my hands on his method of growing stronger..."
"Then even if Luo Feng comes back to life, I'll kill him all over again!"
Yan Hai was full of confidence.
Or rather, his confidence didn't come from himself. It came from Su Zhe.
After seeing how quickly Su Zhe had grown stronger, Yan Hai had become incredibly eager to get his hands on Su Zhe's special ability. He hadn't even told Atkin about Su Zhe's situation.
"Su Yongyi."
Yan Hai wandered around Yangzhou City. Given his identity and status, he had long since learned all about Su Zhe's family.
He decided to wait right there in Yangzhou City and let Su Zhe come to him.
[Martial Artist Level increased: Planetary Level, first tier]
After taking care of the last King Level Beast in City 003, Su Zhe had officially broken through to the Planetary Level.
As expected, upon reaching the Planetary Level, Su Zhe gained Fire-attribute Genetic Origin Energy. He awakened a special ability called Fire Flame Body, which essentially enhanced his talent for the Origin Law of Fire and gave him control over flames.
He could only say it wasn't very useful.
Now that he had broken through to the Planetary Level, his next step was to hunt the King Level Beasts on Earth—or... find Luo Feng.
Su Zhe decided to go home first and see what happened.
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