The captain was very confident.
Even an Advanced War General would be crippled, if not killed, when faced with all four of these lethal attacks at once!
The three sniper rounds struck Su Zhe first.
Su Zhe's body jerked violently. The tremendous impact made him lean back slightly, then the two throwing knives pierced his brain and heart in quick succession, leaving gaping holes!
Had they succeeded?!
Wild delight burst into the eyes of both the captain and Xiao Hua!
But that delight lasted less than half a second before turning into boundless horror!
The wounds on Su Zhe's body were healing at an astonishing speed. Countless fine black-and-red tendrils of flesh sprouted wildly, and the wounds closed in the blink of an eye, without even leaving scars.
Even the bullets and throwing knives that had entered Su Zhe's body were swallowed by him!
"Hiss!"
Su Zhe sucked in a sharp breath.
He had to admit, getting his brain blown apart really did hurt a little.
Without the Blacklight Virus's special properties, even a Universe-level powerhouse would drop dead on the spot if their brain were destroyed.
But...
Ordinary physical attacks posed little threat to Su Zhe.
Bullets in particular.
To threaten a Blacklight Virus Prototype, they would need to use thermobaric missiles or bullets capable of suppressing the Blacklight Virus. Ordinary bullets could barely hurt Su Zhe at all.
Instead, the throwing knives infused with Psychic Power and the War Blade the captain had brought down on him were what had dealt most of the damage.
If Su Zhe hadn't already devoured the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle and those three people, he might have been badly wounded, if not killed.
But real battles didn't offer many what-ifs.
"No... No way! This can't be!"
The captain had completely broken down. This was far beyond anything he could comprehend. Even the Devourer Beast incident some time ago hadn't shaken him this badly.
His Psychic Power surged wildly, carrying him skyward. He didn't even spare a glance for Xiao Hua, who was equally terrified in the distance. All he could think about was escaping this nightmare as quickly as possible!
"Trying to run?"
A cruel smile tugged at Su Zhe's lips.
"Too late!"
"Whoosh—!"
A pair of enormous wings, spanning nearly ten meters and covered in black-and-red flesh and metallic feathers, unfurled behind Su Zhe in an instant! Golden patterns flowed between the feathers, radiating a fearsome pressure!
Su Zhe beat his wings hard. With a "Boom!" a sonic boom exploded!
The ground beneath his feet instantly cracked and sank. He became a black-and-red blur, almost impossible to follow with the naked eye, and overtook the captain, who had only just risen a few meters off the ground!
He brought one claw down!
In Wing Speed Form, Su Zhe's burst speed was beyond even a War God's reach. The captain was a Psychic, but his talent for Psychic Power seemed mediocre. Reaching the Advanced War General level had likely been his limit.
At this speed, he was naturally no match for Su Zhe.
"Pfft!"
Like a hot knife through butter, the captain's body and Series 6 Combat Suit were pierced by Su Zhe's claws. Blood and fragments of organs rained down as Su Zhe's right claw became countless black-and-red tendrils, instantly wrapping around and devouring the captain's mangled corpse.
[Devoured Apprentice Level fifth-tier human, gained 1.1 Devour Points]
[Acquired new ability: Psychic Power (Apprentice Level sixth-tier)]
[Level up: Apprentice Level fifth-tier]
Cold notifications flashed before Su Zhe's eyes.
So killing a Psychic could earn him two kinds of Devour Points?
Though it didn't seem to matter much. He could get that many Devour Points just by killing two monsters.
More importantly—
The captain's memories appeared before Su Zhe one scene at a time, like a series of pictures!
The captain's life story played out before him in a few seconds, condensed into a sequence of images.
"A martial artist from the Thunder Martial Arts Hall..."
"Awakening Psychic Power..."
"Insights from cultivating the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade..."
That was it!
Su Zhe's eyes lit up. He greedily absorbed all of the captain's insights into the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.
Turning another person's insights into his own!
Su Zhe wasn't sure whether the Blacklight Virus itself had this ability, but he could confirm that it could plunder other people's talents and memories. Those two abilities alone were powerful enough, even if it couldn't directly steal someone's insights.
Could this be the Devour System's doing?
Su Zhe pondered.
After all, even before fusing with the Blacklight Virus, he had been able to obtain Devour Points through the Devour System. There were still plenty of things he didn't understand about this rudimentary system.
"Panel."
Su Zhe murmured inwardly, and the virtual panel appeared before him.
[Name]: Su Zhe [Warrior Level]: Apprentice Level fifth-tier [Psychic Level]: Apprentice Level sixth-tier [Bloodline]: Blacklight Virus [Abilities]: Devour, Camouflage, Thermal Sensing, Psychic Power [Forms]: Claw Form (Silver Moon Dire Wolf), Wing Speed Form (Black-Crowned Golden Eagle) [Laws]: None [Items]: Series 6 Combat Suit, Series 6 Combat Blade, Communication Watch... [Devour Points]: 16.9 (10000)
The panel had changed slightly. Su Zhe glanced at it and paid it no further attention.
After mastering the first level of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade,
Su Zhe's blade skill had leaped straight past the Basic Level and reached Proficient Level.
Most War General Level martial artists, even after years of painstaking cultivation, only reached Proficient Level blade skills. Su Zhe's father, Su Yongyi, for example, had reached the great completion stage of Proficient Level, infinitely close to perfection.
"Psychic Power."
Su Zhe turned to look at the young martial artist holding a sniper rifle not far away. He seemed to have been scared witless, standing there in a daze without moving.
On a whim, Su Zhe used Psychic Power to yank the sniper rifle out of his hands.
Against monsters below Lord Level, firearms still had some stopping power. Once they reached Lord Level, only large-caliber cannons or laser weapons could deal effective damage.
Su Zhe toyed with the sniper rifle, disassembling it with Psychic Power before devouring it. He tried shaping a new sniper rifle with the Blacklight Virus, but the result was poor. He'd made a malformed thing that couldn't even fire.
"So it really doesn't work?"
Su Zhe shook his head slightly.
Never mind. It had only been a passing whim.
Su Zhe looked toward Xiao Hua in the distance, who was already scared out of his wits.
He had collapsed to the ground, his crotch soaked and warm. He didn't even have the strength to run, and could only stare blankly in Su Zhe's direction, his eyes empty and lifeless.
Su Zhe slowly landed, and the huge wings on his back folded away and vanished.
He wasn't in a hurry to kill the sniper in front of him. In fact, Su Zhe had come up with an entirely new idea.
The Blacklight Virus's abilities didn't all have to come from devouring; they could also be developed on their own. That was different from the game. If everything worked exactly as it did in the game, Su Zhe wouldn't be this weak now.
"You're Xiao Hua, right?"
Su Zhe looked at Xiao Hua, ready to test his new idea on him.
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