Chapter 986: Giant Phagocyte Worm

Boom—…

The ground suddenly shook violently, and the lava pool inside Luodong Flame Fortress began to boil, the magma raising wave after wave of heat that slammed the island in the pool.

The many demons on the island were caught off guard.

Ai Luoti Xi Ya stood on the Flame Demon Throne receiving the demon leader's allegiance and was sternly rebuking the newly arrived demons when she was abruptly interrupted.

She immediately looked at Lei En, about to ask, and sensed a terrifying aura descending. The aura did not fall from above but came from underground. The entire Luodong Flame Fortress trembled violently, as if an earthquake had struck.

Something is trying to crawl out from underground!

"What's happening?"

The demons shouted in panic, also realizing the danger came from below.

The wave of magma has already battered the island, and the small isle could sink at any moment. Even Burning Demons, only a few can withstand the scorching lava; if they do not flee now, falling into the pool will turn them to ash.

But the Lord did not speak, and the demons dared not flee immediately.

The demons anxiously looked at Ai Luoti Xi Ya.

At that moment, she had already received Lei En's telepathic message and shouted, "Withdraw everyone from Luodong Flame Fortress; leave not a single demon behind, the farther the better!"

"Yes, Master!"

"As you command."

The demons scattered with a roar; most turned and fled, using various means to escape the fortress, while only a few, before retreating, remembered to obey Ai Luoti Xi Ya's order.

"Go."

Lei En flashed over, grabbed Ai Luoti Xi Ya's hand, and together they teleported, instantly arriving outside Luodong Flame Fortress, hovering high above the hill.

The two demon lords Pasuwieo and Weitu Ka also followed out.

One turned into a massive dark‑green fireball that shot upward, the other became a streak of shadow flashing swiftly several times; they arrived at Ai Luoti Xi Ya's side almost simultaneously, displaying unwavering loyalty.

Ai Luoti Xi Ya looked down at the hill; the castle atop trembled, ready to collapse at any moment, and a hint of worry flashed in her eyes.

Inside the castle there were still over a hundred thousand demon troops, frantically fleeing.

The Dark Angel Legion was among them!

"No need to worry."

Lei En sent a telepathic message to the succubus, "I have ordered the Dark Angels to withdraw; they have already returned to Wang Long Fortress and are boarding the Star Destroyer."

The Dark Angel Legion contained more than thirty fully‑evolved units, all mastering mass teleportation; before the battle began they had already prepared a contingency against the Abyssal Lord behind Bulukantike, enabling an immediate escape.

Before the demons could flee, the fully‑evolved units used mass teleportation to whisk the entire legion away.

They have now safely teleported to Wang Long Fortress; the Glamorgan Star Destroyer hovers above the fortress, and Reslin is at the bridge piloting the Star Destroyer, ready to jump away at any moment, and if needed can fire the main cannon to blast the giant worm underground.

Ai Luoti Xi Ya finally relaxed.

She stared intently at the ground; the massive disturbance made her nervous, and she couldn't help asking, "What exactly is that? Is it an Abyssal Lord?"

Pasuwieo jumped in fright, "Does Bulukantike really serve an Abyssal Lord?"

The succubus and the Infernal Dragon looked toward the Satu Demon Lord.

Weitu Ka hurriedly shook his head, "Master, I don't know either. Bulukantike constantly claims to serve a great being, but I have never seen it."

"It is not an Abyssal Lord," Lei En said calmly, "What emerged from beneath Luodong Flame Fortress is a Giant Phagocyte Worm, from the Worm Kingdom."

"Giant Phagocyte Worm!"

"The Crawler's Divine Messenger!"

Both demon lords let out silent screams, fear evident on their faces. They couldn't help glancing into the distance, seemingly unwilling to stay, wanting to flee farther, yet restrained by Ai Luoti Xi Ya and Lei En's authority, they dared not act immediately.

Ai Luoti Xi Ya's complexion also changed dramatically.

Any demon who has survived long enough in the Abyss has heard of the Giant Phagocyte Worm; this terrifying long worm is neither a demon nor an Abyssal Lord, yet it is more fearsome than many Abyssal Lords.

The Giant Phagocyte Worm's master is a deity!

"The Crawler" Erde Lian!

He is the god of all crawling creatures, also holding a "Greed" divine office; his followers are mostly lowly races such as goblins, ratfolk, serpents, and twisted dwarves, as well as some low‑intelligence crawling animals and beasts, which cannot provide much faith power, so his divine power is not strong, making him a relatively minor deity.

However, Erde Lian conquered the 399th layer of the Abyss, becoming that layer's Abyssal Lord.

He built his divine realm within the Abyssal Plane, shaping it into the "Worm Kingdom," turning that layer into a coveted realm for all crawling beings and lowly races.

Erde Lian is an evil god!

But unlike other evil gods who place their divine realms in the Abyss and become pawns of the Abyssal Four Gods, he is merely defined by the "Crawling Creatures" and "Greed" offices, making him unable to become a benevolent deity and extremely xenophobic.

He is an independent evil god; any creature that does not worship him and enters the Worm Kingdom will, once discovered, be attacked and devoured by countless crawlers.

Even demons are not exempt.

The Worm Kingdom is one of the few Abyssal realms that demons dare not enter.

Erde Lian never emerges from the Worm Kingdom; no one knows how many crawling beings he has cultivated in that layer.

Among them, the most renowned is the Giant Phagocyte Worm, this terrifying monster being Erde Lian's prized masterpiece; he treats it as a pet and as his divine messenger, dispatching it to eliminate enemies when needed.

Ai Luoti Xi Ya sighed, "Bulukantike didn't lie after all; the master it serves is an Abyssal Lord and also a deity!"

Lei En was also surprised.

Although he was the first to suspect this, it is indeed strange that a powerful ancient Baro Flame Demon, instead of serving the Dark Lord who created its own race, becomes a servant of the Crawler; it is both odd and unexpected.

Compared with the Dark Lord, the Crawler is eight hundred streets inferior in both reputation and prestige.

He sees more than others.

The All-Seeing Eye pierced the ground, revealing a pitch‑black planar tunnel deep underground, linking the Misty Mountains with the Worm Kingdom; the Giant Phagocyte Worm had already crawled out of the tunnel, but it did not attack surface enemies, instead it moved underground.

Its front end opened a massive mouth like an excavator; with each opening and closing it swallowed huge amounts of soil and rock, carving a gigantic tunnel for its advance.

The Giant Phagocyte Worm advanced at extreme speed, tunneling a full circle beneath Luodong Flame Fortress in just a few seconds, creating a massive cavity.

The massive mud and rock it ate seemed to vanish outright, and the worm's body did not swell as a result.

Boom!

The Giant Devouring Worm quickly hollowed out the foundation of Lo Dong Flame Fortress; the massive castle collapsed at once, the ground sank, revealing a lava pool built within the castle, countless streams of magma flowed, tens of thousands of Demons who had not escaped fell into the lava, screaming as they were burned to ash.

Some Demons were crushed beneath the collapsed castle and were buried alive on the spot.

In an instant, Lo Dong Flame Fortress was completely destroyed!

The top of the entire Lo Dong Hill turned into a huge lava pool, and from a distance it looked like a volcanic crater after an eruption.

After a few seconds of silence, the lava pool roiled violently, and a colossal beast rose from the magma.

Giant Devouring Worm!

Its front rose like a cobra, over a hundred meters tall, with most of its body still submerged beneath the lava pool; its gray‑white skin was coated with a thick layer of slime that blocked the scorching magma, causing no damage.

The massive lava pool seemed like its bathtub.

Hundreds of thousands of Demons on Lo Dong Hill saw the scene and fled desperately toward the foot of the hill.

The Giant Devouring Worm's front opened a terrifying huge mouth, blooming like petals; the jaws expanded several times, revealing densely packed massive teeth, and its unfathomably deep throat contracted sharply, spitting out a lump of dark‑yellow substance.

Puff……

A streak invisible to the naked eye flashed by, moving as fast as lightning, landing instantly on a slope over two thousand meters away, exploding into a pool that covered a circular area hundreds of meters across.

That was its slime.

Thousands of Demons were hit by the slime; the massive impact instantly crushed or stunned them, and the few surviving large Demons were engulfed, instantly sinking as if trapped in quicksand. The slime was not only glue‑like and viscous but also highly acidic and corrosive, dissolving the Demons within seconds.

The Giant Devouring Worm's front rotated.

It spouted once every two to three seconds.

Clumps of dark‑yellow slime shot out, the slime's range was extremely long—up to over five thousand meters—and its speed was also very high, as hard to dodge as a cannonball; even the impact force generated by the slime's own mass was terrifyingly lethal, and it covered a huge area.

A single slime spurt was equivalent to a Nine-ring Technique; any Demon hit could not escape.

But this is not a spell.

Moreover, the slime spurt doesn't even count as an Element, nor does it involve any technique; the Giant Devouring Worm simply instinctively ejects the fluid inside its body.

"Master, we should retreat," Pa Su Wei Ao whispered.

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya nodded slightly.

They were high above, far away, yet still within the Giant Devouring Worm's slime‑spitting range; being spotted would be disastrous.

Wei Tu Ka, who could cast spells, opened a portal, "Master, you go first."

Three Demons rushed into the portal, only to find Lei En had not followed; he remained in place, watching the Giant Devouring Worm slaughter Demons.

"Lei…"

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya instinctively called out, stopping in time.

Lei En's face showed contemplation.

The two Demon Lords dared not speak to disturb; they had long realized that this mysterious, powerful Dream Demon Lord was likely the mastermind behind Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya. Though he rarely spoke, his every move revealed an indisputable status and power.

After waiting a few minutes, Lei En finally turned around, but instead of entering the portal, he teleported his spirit directly to their side.

At this moment, the Giant Devouring Worm had almost killed all the surrounding Demons, and Lo Dong Hill was littered with pools of slime.

It crawled out of the lava pool, finally revealing its entire body.

The two Demon Lords accompanying Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya were utterly horrified; the Giant Devouring Worm measured over six hundred meters in length, a colossal being they had never seen.

The infernal dragon Pa Su Wei Ao couldn't help but swallow.

It is an ancient dragon, over sixty meters from head to tail; in the Abyss it is hard to find a Demon larger than itself, usually only older great dragons or rare mutated specimens, but compared with the Giant Devouring Worm, it felt insignificant.

Its length is only one‑tenth that of the Giant Devouring Worm, and its weight may be just one percent!

The Giant Devouring Worm slithered forward across the hill; its movements seemed slow, but due to its massive size, it was actually extremely fast.

Its front lowered, opening its huge mouth to suck back the expelled slime, along with the Demon corpses within; wherever it passed, it left behind a trench dozens of meters wide and six or seven meters deep.

Tens of thousands of Demon corpses were devoured clean.

After finishing the Demons, the Giant Devouring Worm did not stop; it has no eyes or ears, cannot see or hear, and seems to lack smell or other senses. It paused in place for a few seconds, lifted its front and plunged into the ground, quickly digging a tunnel and disappearing.

From deep underground came a rumbling sound, and the source quickly receded.

Not long after, the ground several dozen li away suddenly trembled; the Giant Devouring Worm burst out from underground, spraying slime in all directions to kill surrounding Demons, then re‑absorbing the slime and devouring the Demon corpses.

"It will eat all the Demons on the Gamma Lan Plain!"

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya said in a deep voice.

Pa Su Wei Ao said gravely, "Master, the Giant Devouring Worm is like that. It can swallow and digest almost everything in the world, whether alive or dead, whether it has life force or not; even soil and stone can be eaten, and anything that enters its body disappears forever."

"It is said that the Giant Devouring Worm's intestines lead to the Worm Realm, and the things it swallows are thrown into that plane, becoming nourishment for countless reptiles," Wei Tu Ka continued.

"This is revenge!"

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya's expression was grim.

If the Giant Devouring Worm is left unchecked, it would eat the millions of Demons on the Gamma Lan Plain in just a few days; to survive, Demons would inevitably flee the plain. If the Worm does not leave, no Demon would dare return.

She had painstakingly unified the Gamma Lan Plain, only to see it become a wasteland.

Wei Tu Ka looked up at the sky, awe in his eyes, and whispered, "Revenge from the gods, which could also be called divine punishment."

As for why the Crawlers sought revenge, it was naturally because of Ba Luo Yan Mo Bu Lu Kan Ti Ke's death.

And Bu Lu Kan Ti Ke died at Lei En's hands.

Lei En remained silent for a long time.

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya, unwilling to accept, couldn't help but say, "We must find a way to kill it!"

The two Demon Lords both shook their heads repeatedly.

If the Giant Devouring Worm were so easy to eliminate, Demons wouldn't be so terrified.

Sate Demon Lord Wei Tu Ka said, "The Giant Devouring Worm's rank is not high; its soul core is on the same level as a Demon Lord, but its vitality is too great, possessing an Undying Body, and it has received the Crawlers' blessing; magic and psychic attacks have no effect, and unless a god intervenes, it is almost impossible to kill."

"It is rumored that once, the Giant Devouring Worm lay still while an Abyssal Lord attacked it until exhaustion, and that Abyssal Lord could not wound it."

"Master, my suggestion is to gather the army and decisively abandon the Gamma Lan Plain."

"This can preserve most of the strength."

Wei Tuka said solemnly: "With the master's strength, possessing millions of demon troops, one can easily establish a foothold anywhere else in the Misty Mountains."

Pa Su Wei Ao also nodded in agreement.

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya was persuaded, but this was not something they could decide themselves, so they looked toward Lei En, only to hear Lei En say: 'Perhaps I can give it a try; maybe I can kill it.'

(End of chapter)