I Can Devour Monsters' SSS Talents

Lian’s eyes moved over the womb, and then something came to his mind.

A very small smile appeared under his face cover.

"I have an idea."

He opened his storage space, and a large object came out of the darkness.

Devouring Egg.

The strange shell of the egg stayed still under the weak light of the cave for a few seconds.

"What is that now?" Ezrak stared at it.

The young Vorhelm placed the egg on a huge mass of dead tissue.

"Don’t you feel hungry? It’s time to eat a cave."

Nothing happened for a few seconds, and then.... suddenly, the shell shook and thin lines appeared on its surface.

[Huge food source detected.]

[Biomass suitable for growth detected.]

[Feeding process started.]

Pach!

Several dark strands came out from the bottom of the egg and entered the flesh of the womb, the tissue around them immediately started to dry.

Biological materials were pulled toward the egg.

One meter.

Two meters.

Five meters.

The eating process became faster with every second, and on the other side, the branches of the Saint’s halo were also eating the same corpse.

One huge corpse.

Two creatures, and now both of them were consuming it from two different sides.

Ezrak only looked at the scene for several seconds, his face had an expression that even Lian could not tell whether it was anger or confusion.

"You... brought an unknown creature into my unknown creature’s womb so it could steal its corpse from my unknown child?"

"When you say it like that, the plan sounds even better." Lian gave him a short look.

"That was not a compliment!"

"Anyway, if you don’t want to die, stay quiet, don’t forget that your dear child wants to kill you and for now, I am the one standing in its way." Of course, Vorhelm said it mostly in a mocking tone.

This white-eyed bastard could use that bell to leave this place whenever he wanted, at least that was his guess.

But it was interesting that he was still here, maybe he wanted to see the result?

Ezrak’s mouth stayed open for a moment, and he could not find an answer, in fact, he realized that his survival currently depended on this boy.

Unfortunately, he could not run away, otherwise he would have already done it.

But the Saint reacted differently, its black eye moved away from Lian for the first time and fixed itself on the Devouring Egg.

One of the halo’s branches came out of the womb’s corpse, the long bone bent like a spear and moved directly toward the egg.

"I’m not allowing that." Lian moved at the same moment.

[Thunder Step.]

Boom!

He appeared between the Calamity Seed and the egg, at the same moment the branch came down and he placed both feet firmly on the ground.

[Mountain Anchor]

The armor plates on his legs locked onto the surface, the force from his legs entered the ground and he raised both arms.

KAAAAANG!

The bone branch came down on his armored forearms and the ground under his feet sank several meters around him.

His knees bent and new cracks spread across the forearms of the World-Devourer Bastion, blood ran down from his nose.

But he did not move back even one step, and the egg behind him continued eating the womb.

And because of the damage he received, the flow of power in his body increased even more.

[Mental Corruption: 31%]

The Saint raised the branch and this time its entire body came forward, Lian prepared for the second attack, but before the attack landed, another part of the womb was absorbed by the halo.

[Growth: 72% → 74.6%.]

[Growth: 74.6% → 78%.]

[New growth stage recorded.]

[Level: 45 → 50.]

The young Vorhelm’s expression changed.

Bad.

Very bad!

The branch came down again and Mountain Anchor was still active, he expected to be pushed back, this attack was from a Level 50 creature!.

He was wrong, it was not simply a matter of being pushed back...

BOOOOOOM!

The ground under his feet exploded and Mountain Anchor transferred the force into the ground for a fraction of a second, then the ground itself could no longer تحمل it.

The entire icy and tissue-covered floor under his feet broke.

Lian was separated from the ground and his body went into one of the icy tunnels like a stone thrown by a catapult.

Boom!

The first wall broke.

Boom!

The second.

BOOOOM!

The third.

More than one hundred meters away, he finally stopped inside a mass of ice, he did not move for several seconds and then the fingers of his right hand moved.

Pieces of ice moved aside and he sat up, took a deep breath and pain stabbed into his chest like a knife.

"H..." One of his ribs was not just cracked this time, it was probably broken, and his left hand also shook slightly for several seconds.

The flow of power in his body increased again because of the damage, but it was useless, he was facing an opponent whose power difference was too great, so great that no boost could make up for it.

[Mental Corruption: 47%]

Even so, he did not turn off the skill, the fact that he had still been able to survive this long was thanks to the boosts from Warrior’s Madness.

Lian took out the second bottle and drank it, warmth spread through his body again and the damaged rib was not completely healed, but at least the broken parts were stabilized.

Then he stood up and looked at the Level notification again.

"Level fifty... okay."

"Then I really can’t let you hit me anymore." From now on he could only dodge, if he was hit, staying alive would not be easy.

The sound of ice breaking came from the tunnel... the Saint was getting closer.

The young Vorhelm looked behind him, the exit of the cave could be seen.

The womb still had a lot of food for it, even with the Devouring Egg, the Saint could feed from another part.

So he had to separate that thing from its food, but what did the Saint want more than the womb’s food?

He placed his hand on the center of his chest for a moment, the Ruined Heart was still and unmoving, but the Calamity Seed wanted it.

Lian gave a calm smile, if a hunter wanted its prey, all he needed to do was make the prey go somewhere else.

A few seconds later, the Saint entered the tunnel and its black eye immediately fixed on him and instead of attacking, he turned around and started running.

[Thunder Step]

Boom!

"Where are you going?!" Ezrak, who had reached them from another part, shouted.

"Outside." The time for a strategic retreat had come.

Lian created an ice platform under his feet and crossed a huge gap.

The white-eyed man, seeing that his child was coming after them, no longer had time to ask for the reason and started running with him.

Behind them.... BOOOOOOM!

The Saint did not even use the tunnel anymore and directly broke through the wall, a huge amount of ice and stone scattered around.

The six-meter body passed through it and one branch of the halo entered the wall, suddenly, gravitational pressure appeared behind the young Vorhelm.

His body was pulled backward for a moment, but he grabbed the ceiling with his hand.

[Suppressing Palm]

This time the target was not the Saint.

Boom!

The ceiling several dozen meters ahead of the creature collapsed and hundreds of tons of ice and stone fell onto the path.

The creature disappeared under the rubble, it was not supposed to be hurt, but at least it could buy some time.

Lian did not even look back.

Three seconds.

That was all he wanted.

Three seconds of time.

[Ash Step]

He passed through a narrow section where the dead womb was collapsing.

[Thunder Step]

The distance became larger, but suddenly there was an explosion behind him and the Saint came out from the rubble.

But the three seconds had been spent and enough distance had been created.

Lian passed beside the main section of the laboratory, the Devouring Egg was still eating and huge masses of tissue were drying one after another.

Parts of the cave were collapsing because the biological structure was being destroyed.

"My laboratory!" Ezrak almost shouted when he saw the scene.

"Do you prefer your life or this cave?"

"Both!"

"If you don’t sacrifice something, you’ll lose both."

"I really hate you!"

Lian did not answer, the mouth of the cave could be seen ahead, the white land of Antarctica could be seen from there.

He activated the last Thunder Step he needed inside the cave, his body jumped out of the entrance and the icy wind immediately hit his armor.

As far as the eye could see, there was only white, huge amounts of snow, ice, and mountains that disappeared in the distance under the gray sky.

He landed on the ice and two seconds later.... BOOOOOOOOM!

Part of the mountain behind him exploded, pieces of ice as large as houses flew through the air and the Unborn Saint came directly out of the wall.

Its entire body could be seen under the cold light of Antarctica and the bone halo behind its head was open like a twisted crown.

Golden-black veins shone under its white skin and the strands behind its body moved in the wind like incomplete wings.

Ezrak also came out of the entrance a few moments later, he looked inside the cave and then at the Devouring Egg that was still there.

His face twisted, but he had no time to complain.

The Saint released the stored materials inside its body and the golden veins became brighter.

[Growth: 78% → 81.7%.]

[Growth: 81.7% → 84%.]

[Level: 50 → 55.]

New pressure appeared in the area and this time even the snowy wind coming toward the Saint was pushed away before reaching its body.

Lian slowly breathed out, the battle was not over, it had only changed its form, and now he had to face a Level 55 bastard.

The Saint disappeared.

Predator’s Instincts suddenly screamed.

Left, the attack was coming from the left!

The young Vorhelm activated Ash Step without looking and those long white fingers passed directly through the place where his head had been a moment ago.

He appeared behind the Saint.

[Glacial Reaper Claw]

Crack!

The claw hit the back of the creature’s knee, the tissue and tendon of part of the joint were cut.

[Cataclysm Pulse]

Boom!

The explosive wave did not even push the Saint back and it did not seem to feel anything from any of these attacks.

The young Vorhelm moved back at the same moment, just as he had thought, attacking was useless, this thing could no longer even feel his attacks.

The Saint turned around and its gaze fell on him again, on the thing it needed to complete itself.