Chapter 987: Devour and Wormhole

Lei En's words startled all three demons.

"Lord..."

Wei Tuka still didn't know Lei En's name, so for a moment didn't know how to address him.

Although it had seen with its own eyes Lei En kill Bu Lukan Ti Ke, who was unfathomable and at least a high‑ranking demon lord, it did not think Lei En's strength could surpass the Abyssal Lord.

It wanted to advise Lei En not to try, but feared angering the mysterious dream‑demon lord, so it said politely, "The Crawler must be watching the Jia Ma Lan Plain; if you, my lord, kill it, another giant devouring worm is likely to appear."

"It won't," Lei En replied calmly.

Wei Tuka's gaze shifted, thinking that behind Lei En stood the Joyful Queen, and instantly dared not ask further, as this involved a dispute among deities.

Lei En guessed its mistaken thought, but deliberately gave no explanation.

Ai Luoti Xi Ya knew clearly that Lei En had no divine backing behind him; he was merely a mortal of the Prime Material Plane, yet she had great confidence in his strength.

"Can you kill it?" the succubus asked expectantly.

Lei En shook his head slightly, "I only have an idea; I can't guarantee success."

In fact, from the moment the giant devouring worm emerged through the planar conduit, he had fixed his eyes on its demonic soul and kept pondering how to resolve it.

The giant devouring worm's life force was enormous, practically comparable to a deity.

But its soul rank was not high; it had undergone seven Soul Transformations, placing it between Level 20 and th Level, where it could fuse itself.

The giant devouring worm's demonic soul carried very few Elements, only five!

Lei En had seen many Saint Rank elites, Saint Rank monsters, and demon lords, yet it was his first time encountering a demonic soul of this tier with so few Elements.

However, all five were Legendary Elements!

Two of those Elements were common, namely "Durability" and "Strength".

Durability at Level 14 made the giant devouring worm's skin defense extremely robust and gave it high magical resistance.

Although its defense and resistance were far inferior to Legendary Elements like Titanium Golden Body or Golden Saint Body, and it lacked special abilities, its massive size provided a basis; even the outermost skin was several meters thick, truly hard to pierce.

Lei En estimated that even a Ten-ring Spell would struggle to be fatal to the giant devouring worm, at most causing serious injury.

Its "Strength" rating was also modest, only Level 12, just reaching the Legendary Element threshold, but the potency of Strength depends on size and weight.

Strength level can be understood as an amplification coefficient.

With the same Level 10 Strength, a two‑meter‑tall human's output is far weaker than that of a ten‑meter‑tall giant, differing by several multiples.

The giant devouring worm was over six hundred meters long, its weight incalculable; even if its "Strength" were only Level 1, the power it wielded would be terrifying. Not to mention its "Strength" at Level 12 was downright deadly.

At his peak, becoming a fifty‑meter‑tall Titan Giant with Strength amplified to the Level 20 cap, a full‑force strike might still struggle to move the giant devouring worm.

He could only endure a few blows before collapsing.

Lei En thought that even if he gave his life, combining melee with Star Destroyer main‑cannon bombardment could only grievously wound the giant devouring worm, not kill it.

Because the giant devouring worm possessed the Legendary Element "Undying Body"!

This Element was extremely tricky.

There are generally two ways to slay an enemy with Undying Body:

The first is an instant kill—one attack that completely destroys the enemy's body and soul, eradicating both form and spirit, leaving no chance for recovery.

The second is a blunt‑blade flesh‑cut, repeatedly grievously wounding the target; each time the Undying Body recovers it consumes stamina or soul power, like bloodletting, until all stamina and soul power are exhausted, and it dies naturally.

Both methods were clearly ineffective against the giant devouring worm; it was virtually impossible to instant‑kill, and its ocean‑like life force could not be drained.

Moreover, the fourth Legendary Element it possessed was something Lei En had never heard of. His Soul Eye sensed that this Element could devour matter, digesting it to replenish stamina; the more life‑force the consumed creature had, the greater the stamina restored.

Non‑living matter was fine too; devouring soil or other random stuff could also replenish stamina, just digested more slowly.

Lei En called it "Devour".

"Devour" as an Element directly blocks the second method of killing the giant devouring worm; it is impossible to drain its life force.

The final Legendary Element was also new to Lei En.

It could swiftly create a planar gateway between dimensions, like a pitch‑black void tunnel linking distant space. This gateway was highly stable, maintainable by expending stamina or soul power, and could be enlarged or shrunk, yet it was extremely hard to locate, similar to interdimensional teleportation which suffers from offsets unless temporal‑spatial coordinates were pre‑placed as a guide.

The reason the giant devouring worm could pinpoint the Luo Dong Yan Fortress precisely, Lei En guessed, was that temporal‑spatial coordinates had been set beneath the castle.

The effect of this Legendary Element instantly reminded him of a "Wormhole".

"Wormhole" and "Devour" are both psychic Elements; the giant devouring worm had mastered the ability to open wormholes, making it hard to trap.

Unless blocked by a "Phase Distortion", it could escape the plane at any time.

But a Phase Distortion could not be maintained indefinitely.

Unkillable, inexhaustible, untrappable—conventional means were virtually ineffective against the giant devouring worm, so to slay it one had to rely on magic!

As the saying goes: the strongest fortress is always breached from within!

If you cannot destroy the body, then destroy the soul.

The giant devouring worm's demonic soul was also strong, but not absurdly so like its body; it remained within normal bounds and could be attacked.

Lei En had already thought of many spells, mostly mind‑type, targeting the target's Willpower and soul, as well as some instant‑death spells.

For example, Death Finger, Mind Annihilation, or Command Death.

Disintegrate was not considered.

Whether this spell takes effect depends on the target's bodily resilience; as long as it can endure, there is no damage. The giant devouring worm's least feared might be Disintegrate. Even a Nine-ring Disintegrate could be, to it, less effective than a tickle.

Lei En also didn't know whether magic could kill the giant devouring worm.

But it had to be tried.

Lei En nodded at Ai Luoti Xi Ya, and his figure vanished.

His mind leapt to the sky above the giant devouring worm, and he had already activated the "Rainbow Light Cloak", entering invisibility, but before casting, he immediately sensed an anomaly.

A gaze from the distant void was staring here.

"Crawler Erde Lian!"

Lei En couldn't help but feel a chill; it had found me!

When he entered the area where the Giant Devouring Worm was, he also entered the Crawler's line of sight; the rainbow‑light cloak could not at all shield the god's eyes, instantly drawing its gaze.

The Crawler, though far in the 399th layer Worm Realm, far from the 435th layer Misty Mountains, separated by countless layers of void, is nevertheless a deity!

Even the weakest deity is, to mortals, an unattainably great existence.

Lei En, under this gaze, sensed the god's aura, the same as that of the God of Magic he knows best—majestic and vast—but unlike that, it was filled with indifference and hostility toward him, as if looking down on an ant he could crush with a hand.

It is observing him!

Lei En inhaled deeply; the Will of Truth exempted him from the god's suppression, and he was not worried that Erde Lian would manifest his true form.

A deity will never easily leave the divine realm.

Even if it sends a saint avatar, Lei En is unafraid.

The Crawler Erde Lian's saint avatar may pose less threat to him than the Giant Devouring Worm.

Weitu Ka guessed many things wrong, but one thing it got right: he also has a god's support behind him, not the Joyful Queen Mei Kanweita, but the God of Magic VijesCui!

Whether Erde Lian or Mei Kanweita, their divine power is far inferior to VijesCui's, lagging several ranks.

Balo Flame Demon Burukantike serves the god, and so do I!

Moreover, the god I serve is stronger than yours.

This information must be expressed accurately and clearly; Lei En ignored the gaze upon him, pointed his hand at the Giant Devouring Worm below that was devouring a demon corpse, and shouted in a resonant voice:

"Nine-ring, Death Finger!"

Wish Spell!

On Lei En's Soul World Tree, the Wish Spell leaf trembled.

The Element runes on it emitted an uncanny magical radiance, fulfilling the wish.

The Nine Ring Wish Technique is safe only when simulating spells below nine rings; at nine rings it demands a cost far beyond normal casting.

The greater the wish, the higher the difficulty, and the heavier the price.

The energy dropped by dozens of units instantly.

These soul energies were lost forever.

In an instant, Death Finger completed at near‑instant speed; the spell had no travel time nor any flashy effect, it acted directly on the target.

The Giant Devouring Worm showed no reaction.

It seemed unaware of any enemy casting at it, still behaving like a bulldozer, devouring demons killed by slime, sucking the slime, corpses, and even soil into its terrifying maw, like an endless bottomless pit.

Lei En furrowed his brow: even Nine-ring Death Finger was useless?

He didn't care about the cost of dozens of energy units; the tens of thousands of demons the Giant Devouring Worm killed, their souls he had harvested.

The soul‑energy pool is now full, allowing unrestricted casting of Wish Spell.

At that moment, Lei En noticed a slight change in the gaze upon him; though no sound or will was conveyed, it was clear that the Crawler Erde Lian had discerned that he had just used Wish Spell.

Any caster who masters Wish Spell is connected to the God of Magic.

Either they are its followers, or even its Chosen One!

This is precisely the information Lei En wants the Crawler to receive, brandishing the God of Magic's banner to make it wary.

Erde Lian is a highly independent, reclusive evil god; it has no allies, only many enemies, but not the God of Magic. It also lacks the nerve to ask VijesCui for verification, and even if it did, the God of Magic could not answer.

VijesCui does not even know that it has followers in the Misty Mountains.

In short, this will not expose that Ai Luotixiya's backers are humans from the Prime Material Plane; instead it may cause the Crawler to stand down.

But the prerequisite is to kill this Giant Devouring Worm.

Lei En shouted continuously without hesitation:

"Nine-ring, Mind Annihilation!"

"Nine-ring, Decree: Death!"

"Nine-ring, Magis' Light of Truth!"

"Nine-ring, Tim Kainen Disintegrate!"

"Nine-ring, Banshee Wail!"

"Nine-ring, Obliteration!"

"Nine-ring, Incantation: Soul Rift!"

"Nine-ring, Touch of Chaos!"

"Nine-ring..."

Each resonant shout rang through the sky; with each of Lei En's utterances, a Nine-ring spell formed, striking the Giant Devouring Worm in rapid succession.

Each spell's power was terrifying, and they came from different factions: undead, Arcane, Mind, Shadow, flame, and even Fel Magic.

Lei En almost shouted every instant‑death spell within the Nine-ring.

However, all the spells were like a mud ox entering the sea; none could kill the Giant Devouring Worm.

After so many spell attacks, it finally sensed Lei En's presence, lifted its front, and spewed a massive glob of slime into the sky.

Lei En, of course, could not be hit; a Mind Leap let him dodge.

The Giant Devouring Worm, having lost its target, stood bewildered for a few seconds, then burrowed underground to hunt the next batch of devoured demons. This is its greatest weakness: dulled senses, making it hard to lock onto enemies with concealed aura or invisibility; as long as one stays out of close range and beyond its slime spray, it cannot be attacked.

Lei En did not chase immediately, glancing at his phone screen.

Over a dozen Wish Spells consumed several hundred energy units; for other casters it would have been drained long ago, but he drew energy from his soul pool, keeping his soul energy full.

"Even instant‑death spells are useless?"

"Or perhaps Nine-ring instant‑death spells lack power, requiring Ten-ring?"

He thought rapidly.

The Wish Spell simulating a Nine-ring spell's cost is still easily borne by him; simulating a Ten-ring spell would be dangerous, possibly demanding a price beyond energy.

The Star Destroyer's main cannon wields Ten-ring power, but its existence must not be revealed.

Erde Lian is still watching!

Deploying the Star Destroyer is practically shouting at Him: Come look, I'm a human from the Prime Material Plane, the Consul of the Oriense Empire, Ryan Augustus!

"Maybe it's not the problem of the instant-death spell."

"The magic soul of the Giant Devouring Worm is just an ordinary Saint Rank, so why can it resist so many Nine-ring Technique attacks?"

Lei En's eyes lit up.

A few minutes later, the Giant Devouring Worm burst out from underground again, and he immediately teleported over with his mind.

This time Lei En was only a few hundred meters away; observing it at such close range, he could better feel the creature's enormity, its vast vitality as broad and deep as the sea, seemingly endless, giving him a sense of insignificance.

The Soul's Eye pierced the Giant Devouring Worm's massive body, and its soul state clearly manifested.

All five legendary elements appeared.

Finally, Lei En found the source deep within its soul: a twisted, peculiar rune, like a clump of constantly writhing pale flesh, emanating an aura of divine power. It was hidden deep; just now, from too far away, even the Soul's Eye couldn't detect it.

This is a blessing from the Reptilian Erde Lian……

No!

After Lei En saw it clearly, he realized this was not a divine blessing at all; on the contrary, it was a divine curse!

(End of chapter)