Chapter 886: Chapter 886

886: Chapter 872 Devourer 886: Chapter 872 Devourer “Go, the client has died, and with that, our first deal upon opening the door is botched…”

Although he uttered these words, Lu Ping’an’s pupils, hidden beneath his blindfold, were firmly locked on that Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower.

It didn’t matter, killing it would reveal the truth.

With a light step, Lu Ping’an stepped on his right foot with his left and ascended into the sky.

The dancer of surging waves turned this quagmire into his stage and effortlessly used the reaction force to ascend.

Shedding the constraints of his heavy equipment, Lu Ping’an transformed into a wingless bird, soaring up high, then began to plummet, ready to tear apart the ‘Long Snake’ before him with his claws.

Just as Lu Ping’an realized something was amiss, his body fell uncontrollably, the kinetic energy that had carried him up vanished without a trace, and he dropped helplessly like a rocket that had lost its thrust.

Had the environment of the planet changed?

Had he fallen under some strange curse technique?

Or was there indeed something odd about the giant earthworm before him…

However, seeing the blood-basin mouth lunging towards him, Lu Ping’an had no time to think.

The swing of his right arm summoned a holy blaze, the golden flames transforming him into a meteor.

As far as Lu Ping’an knew, such high-grade Holy Flame, crafted to drive out demons, was especially effective against Foreign Devil Monsters.

This time, the formidable golden blaze vanished without a trace in the sky!

The fiery kick Lu Ping’an had planned along with the flame-driven beheading strike came to a stunned halt…

He was bewildered for a moment but then he laughed.

And while Lu Ping’an seemed cornered, his delight was unmistakable as he looked at the gaping maw with joy.

He put up no resistance and was directly swallowed!

The giant earthworm raised its head and let out a triumphant roar, seemingly satisfied with the feast delivered to its doorstep.

“A Walker-level gone just like that?!”

“The captain of the mercenaries dead in an instant?”

And just when the clients were shocked or afraid, and the mercenaries seemed indifferent, the mutation happened again.

The Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower writhed on the ground, its previously smooth skin now marred by bulging gashes…

“Pfft!” It was directly, thoroughly pierced.

One after another, the branches pierced through the durable outer skin of the sunflower, thrusting out from its soft innards.

The large and hard shell could not defend against the piercing from the inside out.

Strands of blood-red vines burst from the wounds, drawing blood and blossoming into flowers.

The ancient art of flower arrangement took a perverse turn in this exotic realm, manipulating the scene so that the blood drops transformed into petals, dotting this muddied world with bursts of vivid flowers.

The giant beast collapsed, and as long as it remained a living being, it could not survive with its internal organs/roots entirely devoured clean by Bloodvine.

Emerging from the largest wound, Lu Ping’an, covered in blood-mud, jumped out…

He was not alone; in his hand, he held a “Lightning Elf” that was now a fluid form.

“To be eaten by an Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower and still live, I could brag about this for a lifetime!”

It seemed the little elf was indeed optimistic, even though it was now less than half its prime.

The cheers of joy from the Hammer-men seemed to herald a miracle in their eyes…

According to their beliefs, encountering an Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower was essentially a death sentence, with being eaten by one considered the most tragic end with no remains left.

Twenty minutes later, the battlefield had been thoroughly cleaned.

The appearance of the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower had taught the valiant Hammer-men a lesson in reason…

at least until the scouts had completed their reconnaissance of the frontline.

After all, the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower is a gregarious life form.

“Meow, so many, so many meows.”

This was, no doubt, bad news, but there was also a piece of news that was hard to determine as good or bad.

“Signal, we’ve received a signal, it’s from our people, they’re in the Safe House seventeen kilometers away, which is also our ore warehouse.”

“…Are you sure it’s a distress signal and not a trap?”

“We can’t be sure, don’t think that just because the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers look this way they are not intelligent…”

With Hammer-men around, the know-how of the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers was naturally no secret, especially when everyone was on the same ship, at the same dining table—for why it was a dining table…

“It tastes pretty good, I didn’t expect the skin to be so tough but the meat to be quite nice, hmm, delicious.”

“Eat, why aren’t you eating?”

The group from Rebirth Commerce happily sat together and began their communal meal.

Zhi Xi was happily boiling a big pot; Chaos meat soup was most suitable for the ghastly local weather at this time.

Lu Ping’an ate bite by bite, and although the meat was indeed fresh, he waited for a long time and yet did not receive the expected “system notification”.

Thus, there seemed to be only one possibility…

“…So this isn’t a Polluted organism, but a purely natural animal?”

“No, this is a plant…”

The Hammer-men discussed and also voluntarily submitted their research report on their Arch Enemy.

The Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower, a gregarious life form, are wanderers of the interstellar space, a tribe that chases after suns.

“Mature Demon Sunflowers shoot their seeds into the outer sky, becoming ‘reverse’ Meteor Showers.

Those meteors chase after the nearest sun and land on the surrounding planets, turning those places into ruins devoid of Life and Civilization…”

In the words of the Hammer-men, the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers are an unreasonable cosmic natural disaster, attacking civilizations in groups, with a preference for technology-focused, energy-based civilizations like those of the Hammer-men, consuming all their Energy before simply departing.

Their capabilities were something Lu Ping’an had just experienced.

Be it kinetic Energy, thermal Energy, or electrical Energy, they could devour it all, and do so from a distance…

With tough skin and plenty of flesh, once well-fed, they could split like mitosis, rapidly multiplying in value—a true Monster capable of completely destroying a civilization.

However, on Big Cat’s side, Lu Ping’an had just heard a different version.

There were two Great Beings, one believed that life should evolve eternally, where the cycle of Energy and matter constituted this harmonious and beautiful World.

The other thought that primitive forms of life were too fragile on their own and could forsake their Bodies to become beings of Energy, thus attaining eternal perpetuity.

Obviously, their ideas were in conflict, and ironically, both were Big Bosses, and part of the Twelve-Pillar…

“‘Lord of Myriad Changes’ created countless energy beings and races.

It constructed an ecosystem and civilization made purely of Energy, attempting to escape the restrictions of Contamination, and its followers, numbering at least a thousand races, believe in It as the supreme god…”

“‘Beast of Pure Love’ thought this was foolish escapism, a vile act that disregarded other living beings.

It believed that the transformation of a large number of ordinary lives into energy beings would ultimately lead to an imbalance in the life forms of the Multi-universe.

Therefore, to maintain the balance of the Universe, it created a kind of plant, a flower with no ‘self’, no ‘higher intelligence’, just Having Appetite…”

When two deity-sized Big Bosses quarreled, it was the Mortals who suffered the consequences.

As creatures of the Twelve-Pillar, Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers essentially had no natural predators…

Evolved to a sufficient degree, even suns could be devoured by Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers; they could be regarded as an immovable disaster.

“Are they also one of the nine Great Disasters?”

but for energy beings, they are even more insoluble and terrifying than the nine Great Disasters.

Those things will chase them across the Universe, then devour everything completely.”

“…Can’t they be killed?”

“Can you eradicate the nearly infinite weeds in your yard from Nature itself?

Even if you could, would all your hard work weeding be worthwhile?”

Eliminating a few Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers was meaningless.

The more this plant consumed, the more numerous and larger it became, and a larger size meant a wider range of ‘Energy-devouring areas’…

Now even traveling in ships had become extremely dangerous, as attracting their attention could be fatal for everyone involved.

Ping’an, however, was not in a rush; these delicious creatures were actually not much of a threat to him, and he even planned to expand his collection, as he was very interested in their Biological Modules.

He quietly watched as the employers in front of him argued, some wanted to flee…

or rather, all but one lead Captain wanted to flee, yet the Captain insisted on attempting a rescue.

Clearly, there was some issue.

“We have a Newborn King of the Royal Family here, we must take him with us!”

Finally, pressured to the extreme by his subordinates, the Captain spoke the truth.