Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Liu Nian swept the spoils into his backpack, summoned his spider servants, turned around and left, preparing to begin searching the deep ravine!

The mechanical spider's eight slender legs made a soft "click-clack" sound on the rock, and their red lenses lit up in the darkness, like countless tiny eyes.

"Go," Liu Nian pointed to the deep ravines on both sides.

The spider servants obeyed and surged towards the deep ravine like a tide, then climbed down the rock face.

Before long, a spider servant returned to report Liu Nian and his group's discovery.

Liu Nian then summoned the little fire dragon, which descended down the deep ravine.

More and more traces of insectoids appeared along the way—dark purple slime on the rock walls, crawling marks, and a strong, fishy stench in the air…

After falling for less than five minutes, Liu Nian discovered the passage carved into the rock face.

It was so conspicuous that the entrance to the passage was covered with a layer of dark purple fleshy fungus.

Liu Nian crawled inside without hesitation.

The passage walls were no longer rock, but dark purple flesh—a thick, still-wriggling fungal carpet covered every inch of the surface. The carpet was covered with fine hairs, the tips of which shimmered with dark purple light, like countless tiny eyes.

The floor of the passageway was covered with a soft, spongy material that would sink slightly when stepped on, making a squelching sound.

Liu Nian jumped off the back of the little fire dragon, put away the little fire dragon and the spider servant, and strode into the depths of the passage with only Xiao Tuan Tuan in his arms.

They had walked less than fifty meters when the first wave of insectoids appeared.

A tear appeared in the fungal carpet, and the fungi emerged from the carpet on both sides of the passage, surrounding Liu Nian.

Liu Nian didn't pause at all, striding forward.

Whether it's from the front or the back, above or below, it's all about smashing them with one punch!

The slain insectoids will soon be reabsorbed by the creep...

Liu Nian didn't care at all. He wiped the blood off his fist and continued walking forward.

It's unclear whether the insectoids were all dead or knew they couldn't stop Liu Nian, so they didn't reappear. But the passage suddenly transformed into the mouth of an eel, sprouting countless sharp teeth that bit down hard on Liu Nian!

Liu Nian was unstoppable!

The terrifying damage of 570 billion was so devastating that, not to mention those sharp teeth, the entire fungal carpet passage was blasted clean in its wake!

The enemies stopped appearing, but the passage became more complicated, so Liu Nian had no choice but to summon his spider servants to scout ahead again.

The nest has a three-dimensional network structure with many interconnected passages, so you can enter the final main nest from any of the passages.

However, Liu Nian's purpose in coming here was to completely destroy this nest, so he did not intend to let go of any of the insectoids and insectoid structures inside the nest!

Let's release Arachne, Echo Crab, and Charmander as well, and start clearing out the entire nest!

Besides the insectoids lurking in the creep, there are also a large number of flesh and blood structures here.

Some are tower-shaped, but the tower body is fleshy and covered with fine scales. At the top of the tower is a huge, breathing sac with a long, thin thorn at the tip. It will start spitting out the thorn to attack anything that gets close.

There was also a strange, tumor-like thing, its surface covered with countless holes, much like a baby frog. Tiny insect eggs were wriggling inside the holes; the eggshells were translucent, and the curled-up larvae could be seen inside.

In other places, there are sharp spikes made of bony material that can suddenly pierce through the ground when something passes by...

But no matter what it is, if Liu Nian or Liu Nian's pet touches it, it will be cleaned up!

As Liu Nian advanced, he had Arachne continuously cast detection spells and sent his spider servants to patrol key points, aiming to annihilate the enemy as much as possible and prevent any from escaping.

During this process, the leading adjutant did not reappear until Liu Nian had fought his way through the entire insect nest and finally found the guy's figure in the deepest part of the nest.

At this point, he had lost his original form and transformed into a pupa-like shape, with only his head remaining outside.

A dark purple crystal floated above his head, melting as liquid continuously flowed into the pupa, merging with his flesh and blood, making a sizzling sound.

"ah--!!!"

The adjutant let out painful screams, and the pupa convulsed violently, clearly in great pain.

When Liu Nian appeared, he sped up his pace and swallowed the not-yet-fully-liquefied crystal whole.

Then, the pupa burst open, revealing a brand new, larger sickle-shaped foreleg. Then came the second, the third, and the fourth.

Four sickles, twice as many as he had before.

His body was expanding, growing from four meters to five meters, and from five meters to six meters.

The number of legs also increased—from six to eight, and from eight to ten.

New legs emerged from the abdomen, glistening with wet mucus, and trembled slightly in the air.

His head was also changing; a bone crown grew from the top of his head, and then six green eyes appeared at the edge of the bone crown.

Even the armor on his body had turned completely dark gold.

【LV299 Skarax (Possessed Form)】

He spoke: "I am the Great Devourer! Who are you?"

Liu Nian looked up at the six-meter-tall giant insect.

"The Great Devourer? You're the Gorgon Insect King?"

"You actually know my name?"

Skarax—or rather, the lieutenant possessed by the Insect King's consciousness—narrowed all six of his eyes simultaneously.

"Not only do I know your name, but I also know that you're planning to capture the Queen of the Abe Bees and devour her for evolution!"

"It seems you know quite a lot."

"Unfortunately, you have no chance of succeeding. As far as I know, the Queen of the Abe Bees has left this region and gone to a higher realm."

"As expected," said the Great Devourer.

"Since you know it's impossible to succeed, then you've come here for something else?"

"Of course. To be precise, it's for you!"

"Oh? That's strange. What could a nobody like you possibly have to offer me, a mere merman?"

"Fishmen? I don't think so."

The Great Devourer stared at Liu Nian, seemingly able to see through his disguise: "Ever since what happened last time, I knew that an extraordinary adventurer had appeared in this region... I came here to confirm that! Now it seems that my guess was absolutely right!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all four sickles were raised at the same time and chopped down!

Four dark purple arcs of light intertwined in the air, forming a net of death that enveloped Liu Nian.

Liu Nian instinctively threw a punch, and the powerful fist shattered the net of death in one blow!

"What? Still not admitting it now?"

The Great Devourer's Way.