Cut off my way home? You'll sacrifice the entire other world in return!

"We need to fill our stomachs before we go to the Earth's core."

Li Fan, piloting the Demon King, did not rush directly into the Abyss Corridor, but instead drifted back to the outer edge of the crash site.

Although the core area was flattened by the Purple Moon Beam, there are still countless crystal forests on the outskirts.

The system was still chattering in his head.

[Host is advised to proceed to the Earth's core immediately! The Mechanical Emperor has awakened and is approaching at high speed!]

Staying here is extremely risky!

"Shut up."

Li Fan replied coldly.

"So what if the emperor comes?"

"I'm so hungry right now, I'd even want to take a bite out of the emperor."

He pushed open the car door and jumped out.

The Demon King was parked nearby, and the little girl was peering at him through the window with a worried expression.

"Brother, do you want to eat a stone?"

"Hmm, this stone is very nourishing."

Li Fan smiled, then turned around to face the towering black crystal forest, hundreds of meters high.

He took a deep breath.

"Demon God's True Form - Partial Liberation".

boom!

Black demonic energy erupted from his body.

His arms instantly swelled, his skin turned into jet-black scales, and his fingers transformed into sharp claws.

This is his current limit.

Because of insufficient energy, he cannot activate his full-form Demon God, but these hands that are used for eating are enough.

"start!"

Li Fan rushed toward the nearest crystal tree.

Click!

The sharp claws easily severed the tree trunk.

He picked up the crystal pillar, which was as thick as two people could hug, and opened his mouth to reveal two rows of terrifying fangs.

"Snap, gulp!"

The incredibly hard, high-energy crystals tasted like crunchy radishes in his mouth.

One bite and the juice (energy liquid) splashes everywhere.

The energy flowed down the throat into the stomach and was then absorbed within the body.

[Absorbing high-energy crystals.]

[Energy +100.....+100.....]

Physical strength increased.

[Unlocked new attribute: Source Energy Resistance.]

Cool!

The feeling of this power growing wildly within the body is even more addictive than using a catheter.

Li Fan ate faster and faster.

Instead of biting it one bite at a time, he directly inserted his arm into the crystal tree and activated the Demon God Devouring Technique, draining the entire tree of energy like a water pump.

A tree fell and turned into a pile of grayish-white powder.

Then came the second one, the third one...

He was like a wild boar that barged into a field, leaving nothing but desolation in his wake.

"roar!!!"

An angry roar echoed from the depths of the forest.

The crystalline monsters born from the source energy could no longer sit still.

Dozens of rhinoceros-like crystalline behemoths rushed out, trying to drive away the greedy predator.

"An extra meal?"

Li Fan's eyes lit up.

He threw away the tree trunk he was holding and charged towards the herd of beasts.

boom!

He smashed the head of the leading behemoth with a single punch.

Before the giant beast even collapsed, Li Fan had already plunged his hand into its chest cavity and pulled out its still-beating, high-energy heart.

Swallow in one bite.

"The bloody kind is even more exciting!"

Li Fan burst into laughter.

He fought his way in and out of the herd of beasts.

Tear, devour, digest.

His body is constantly strengthening.

The meridians that were damaged due to the time travel were not only repaired but also coated with a layer of luster.

His bones became denser and even began to show a translucent crystalline texture.

Most importantly, the nature of the energy within his body has changed.

The originally pure black demonic energy has now been mixed with blue source energy.

The two did not reject each other, but rather strangely merged together.

It formed a completely new dark golden energy.

[Congratulations, host! Energy fusion successful!]

[Gained new form: Mech Symbiote]

[Current strength assessment: Has recovered to 120% of peak condition]

Li Fan stopped what he was doing.

He stood amidst a scene of devastation, surrounded by the corpses of monsters and fragments of crystals.

He slowly clenched his fist.

Dark golden lightning danced at his fingertips, and the surrounding space cracked slightly as it could not withstand the power.

"This feeling..."

Li Fan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"That's great!"

Just then.

The ground began to shake violently.

thump.

thump.

thump.

A sandstorm rose into the distance, filling the sky.

A figure emerged from the sandstorm.

Standing a hundred meters tall, it radiates a breathtaking glow.

The mechanical emperor has arrived.

Each step it took left a deep crater in the ground.

Its electronic eyes locked onto Li Fan.

"Highest threat target detected."

"Execute... divine punishment."

The Mechanical Emperor raised his right hand.

The palm split open, revealing a cannon muzzle ten meters in diameter.

Buzz~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Blue light condensed at the muzzle, instantly ionizing the surrounding air to form an energy vortex.

That was a star-destroying cannon capable of destroying a city in a single shot.

"elder brother!"

The little girl in the car screamed in fright.

Li Fan laughed.

Instead of dodging, he strode towards the robot.

He flexed his wrists as he walked.

"Finally, someone has come who can eat their fill."

"The Mechanical Emperor?"

"I think it's more like a mechanical feast."

boom!!!

The star-destroying cannon was fired.

A blue beam of light instantly pierced through the heavens and earth, carrying an aura of annihilation as it hurtled towards that tiny human.

Li Fan raised his right hand.

No fancy techniques were used.

He simply slapped her across the face.

Dark golden energy was wrapped around his hands.

"Disperse!"

Snapped!

A crisp popping sound.

That blue beam of light, powerful enough to destroy a city, was actually shattered by Li Fan's slap!

Energy scattered across the sky.

The mechanical emperor's massive body visibly stiffened for a moment.

Its logic processor seems unable to comprehend what is happening before its eyes.

A physical attack disperses the energy beam?

"Don't just stand there."

Li Fan's voice suddenly rang in its ears.

The mechanical emperor turned his head.

But they discovered that the tiny human had vanished from the ground.

next second.

Li Fan appeared on the mechanical emperor's shoulder.

"Your skin seems pretty thick."

Li Fan squatted down and tapped the armor plate on the mechanical emperor's shoulder.

"I wonder what the filling tastes like?"

Li Fan gripped the edge of the armor plate with both hands.

"Open it!!!"

Muscles bulged and demonic energy erupted.

*Crunch!*

He actually managed to pry open that thick alloy armor, which was several meters thick, as if it were a manhole cover!

It revealed the intricate and complex mechanical structure inside and the pipes flowing with blue energy.

"Warning! Machine damaged! Warning! Armor peeling off!"

The mechanical emperor emitted a piercing alarm.

It stretched out its other large hand, trying to swat Li Fan to death like a mosquito.

"Too slow."

Li Fan darted into the large hole he had created.

It burrowed into the mechanical emperor's body.

This place is practically a maze.

Gears, pistons, and flashing electrical wires were everywhere.

To others, this place is a death trap.

For Li Fan, this place is paradise.

Self-service restaurant.

"This tube is great for sucking."

Li Fan tore off a main oil pipeline and drank the high-purity source energy liquid inside clean.

"This chip looks brittle."

It snapped a control node in two with a single bite.

"How come there's a backup reactor? Let's eat it."

Li Fan rampaged through the body of the Mechanical Emperor.

Eat wherever you go.

outside world.

The mechanical giant, which was a hundred meters tall, started to go berserk.

It leaped and rolled wildly across the wilderness, pounding its chest in an attempt to expel the damned parasite from its body.

Rumble!

The earth was smashed and riddled with holes.

But it didn't work.

The pain of being gnawed away from the inside gradually caused its core logic to collapse.

"Energy...leaking..."

"Power...decreased..."

"System error..."

The mechanical emperor's movements became slower and slower, and the red light in his eyes grew dimmer and dimmer.

at last.

When Li Fan found its main core, a golden heart as big as a house.

The mechanical emperor stopped moving completely.

It collapsed like a mountain.

It stirred up a cloud of dust.

Li Fan stood in front of that golden heart.

This heart emanated a fascination with the laws governing it.

That is the origin of mechanical laws.

"After you finish this..."

Li Fan wiped the engine oil from the corner of his mouth.

"So, I can control all the scrap metal in this world, right?"

He opened his mouth.

The phantom of the demon god behind him also opened its mouth.

Swallow in one bite.

A golden beam of light shot into the sky from the collapsed mechanical emperor's body.

It even shattered the gaze of the two purple moons in the sky.

A new king has been born. (Woz's voice)