89: Even gods would kneel down with my background music!

Purple slime dripped down the stalactites.

It landed on the rocks, sending up a wisp of white smoke with a sweet, metallic scent.

Chen Du did not move.

He narrowed his eyes, evaluating the situation.

The "premature infant" had just displayed an absurdly fast speed; its underdeveloped brain seemed to possess animalistic instincts.

The aura on Chen Du's body—the one that hadn't dissipated after devouring the altar—was a scent that made it tremble instinctively.

On its eyeless face, its sunken nostrils twitched twice.

Then, it decisively switched targets.

After all, there was soft food readily available here; why gnaw on a hard bone?

"Awoo—!"

Before the strange cry could fade, that purple afterimage had already lunged toward the corner.

Two other female players lay there in the pile of rubble, in a state of mental trance.

For a newborn spawn of an Evil God, this was an exquisite appetizer.

"No... don't..."

One of the women had just slowly regained consciousness, only to see a circular mouth filled with sharp teeth covering her entire field of vision.

Crunch!

Like biting into a fresh, juicy grape.

The scream had barely started before it was forcibly cut off by the tooth-aching sound of shattering bones.

The sound of chewing echoed through the karst cave.

In just a dozen seconds.

Two living human beings, clothes and all, became protein in the monster's belly.

"Its stomach is practically a bottomless pit."

Chen Du narrowed his eyes and raised an eyebrow. "Its eating speed is very fast, which means its energy conversion rate is extremely high."

"The meat of this thing would definitely be chewy."

"Ugh... Captain, are you a demon? You're still studying the mouthfeel at a time like this?" Lin Keke covered her mouth, not daring to take another look.

As it devoured, the monster's body began to undergo a horrifying transformation.

Its body, which was originally only the size of an infant, expanded rapidly like a balloon being blown up.

The sickly grey faded, replaced by layers of shiny black chitinous carapace covering its entire body.

At its joints, bone spikes gleaming with a cold light popped out with a series of clicks.

In just a few seconds.

It evolved from a giant infant into a killing machine over two meters long.

"This is... too fast, isn't it?"

Xia Lai held her hand crossbow, her palms drenched in sweat and her throat dry. "Even things grown on hormones aren't this ridiculous!"

Chen Du's gaze turned slightly cold.

The sacrifice notebook didn't give a prompt as usual; instead, it was issuing a warning.

This meant the threat level of this thing had already exceeded that of a simple sacrifice.

He shifted his gaze.

Chen Du looked not far away.

Jack wasn't completely dead yet.

His S-rank Physical Enhancement talent gave him the tenacious vitality of a cockroach.

But he could no longer be considered human.

The burly man of over two meters now looked like a dried-up mummy.

The wound at his neck had long since stopped bleeding—because all his blood had been sucked dry.

He lay on the ground, his eyeballs nearly bulging out of their sockets, staring fixedly at his sister who had died from her body exploding.

"Heh... heh..."

Those twig-like fingers were still unconsciously scratching the ground, fingernails completely torn off, leaving behind trails of blood.

Just five minutes ago, he was still that high-spirited powerhouse who wanted to establish a new order.

And now.

He was just an emptied blood bag.

The ending was simply ironic.

"Mmm..."

Just then, a low, weak moan sounded.

Scarlett woke up.

This sexy bombshell was now in a state as wretched as a stray dog.

Under her high-slit red dress, a large wet patch was spreading.

The smell of urine wafted around her.

She had been woken up by fear, and also by this stench.

"Ah! Monster! Get away! Get away!"

The moment Scarlett opened her eyes, she saw the monster picking its teeth, and her sanity nearly collapsed.

She screamed, her hands flailing wildly.

A cloud of pink toxic mist sprayed from her mouth, attempting to build a defensive wall.

But in Chen Du's eyes, this was simply seeking death.

Sure enough.

The monster, which had still been digesting, was enraged by this sudden pink mist.

It slowly turned its head.

As if it had found an interesting toy.

"Jack! Save me! Darling, save me!"

Scarlett crawled backward in desperation, her hands touching something dry and hard.

She looked back.

And happened to meet Jack's bulging, dead-fish eyes.

"Ah! A ghost!!"

Scarlett was scared out of her wits and instinctively kicked away the lover who had once claimed his love would never change until death.

This was human nature.

When disaster strikes, forget about flying off in separate directions—not stepping on your corpse to climb up is already considered having a conscience.

Seemingly finding it too noisy.

The monster shook its body impatiently.

Its back suddenly split open, and four long, barbed bone spears slowly extended out.

Now, it looked like a nightmare creation—a forced fusion of a humanoid and a spider.

Creak.

It moved.

Teleportation!

Scarlett's scream came to an abrupt halt.

She looked down blankly at her chest.

A thick bone spear had precisely pierced her heart, hoisting her into the air like a kebab.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three more dull sounds of piercing flesh followed.

Blood blossomed between the eyebrows of the remaining three team members; they were killed instantly, all in a neat row.

But this time, the monster didn't eat them.

It flicked the blood off its bone spears.

After completing its first evolution, this ordinary junk food was no longer worthy of its appetite.

It needed higher-level energy.

For example... the man who had devoured the altar.

At this moment, the entire area was dead silent.

Aside from the mummy-like Jack on the ground, this top-tier squad had been wiped out.

In just two minutes, they had become the monster's meal and ornaments.

In the cave, there was only the gurgling sound from the monster's throat, as if it were savoring the sweet aftertaste of blood.

It slowly turned around.

That face, covered in shredded meat and blood, aimed toward Chen Du's side.

It seemed to be thinking.

Would this group of seemingly fresher food have a better mouthfeel if they burst with juice?

"Cap... Captain..."

An Nuonuo gripped the corner of Chen Du's clothes tightly, her small hands ice-cold. "It's looking over... Is it not full yet?"

"It's looking at us... that look in its eyes is like it's looking at a buffet menu..."

Xia Lai gritted her teeth and raised her hand crossbow, but her trembling arms betrayed the fear in her heart.

This sense of oppression had already exceeded the despair they felt when facing the altar earlier.

Because the altar was dead.

This thing was alive, and it was still evolving!

Chen Du took a deep breath.

He took a cigarette out of his pocket and placed it in his mouth.

He didn't light it.

It was just to suppress the horror and excitement rising from his very bones.

"Are you full?"

He unbuttoned his collar and stretched his neck.

Then, step by step, he walked out from in front of the women, out of the protective circle of shadows.

At that moment, his silhouette was stretched infinitely long under the firelight.

Like a Wall of Sighs, he blocked out all fear.

"Xia Mo, take them back."

Chen Du's voice was calm. "Protect the injured. If a single hair is missing, you're not getting dinner tonight."

"And you guys, stay far away."

Xia Mo froze for a moment, looking at that back, her eyes slightly red.

She knew this man was going to risk his life again.

"Yes, Hubby."

She didn't waste words; with a wave of her Ice Blade, she led the women to quickly retreat to a blind spot in the cave.

Chen Du stood alone in the open space.

Facing the killing machine that was twice his height, he slowly raised the long saber in his hand.

"I asked if you were full?"

Chen Du pinched out the cigarette butt and flicked it away.

Beneath his feet.

The originally flickering shadow actually stopped swaying and began to spread wildly in all directions like ink.

"Since the buffet is over, it's time to settle the bill."

"Roar—!"

The monster felt a fatal threat, and its bone spears, carrying an aura of destruction, tore through the air!

In the blink of an eye!

It was only 0.01 centimeters away from Chen Du's pupils!

"Die... you bug..."