by Zhuang Bifan
Everyone in the expedition focused on what they had to do, causing the operation of the team to be incredibly smooth. Not only did the advancement speed not decrease, they even began to show signs of speeding up. In the massive palace, they shuttled through like an irresistible force, leaving behind countless Abyssal Demon corpses in their wake.
Chapter 972 - Lord Devourer
However, just when everything seemed to be proceeding smoothly, an unexpected situation occurred, and forced the expedition to stop in their tracks. When the team of mages cast a magic storm on a bunch of Abyssal Demons, a sudden force directed the magic storm in another direction, making it all enter a gate in the palace.
What was stranger was the silence after the magic storm entered the door. There was no sound of explosion. It was as if it all had vanished without a trace.
Shortly after, an ugly bloated monster crawled out from the gate. It was like an obese Abyssal Demon Dragon that had two spike-like horns on its ridiculously big head. Its mouth was so huge that it seemed like it'd be able to swallow a raging bull.
Its muscular limbs seemed to be exceptionally slim and weak on that obese body. That monster was moving on its belly like a snake or a disgusting maggot, inching out of the gate.
The sight of that disgusting monster prompted the mages in the expedition to start reciting their spells. They generated a magic storm made up of powerful spells again, and cast it on the monster's body. At the same time, the 10 mobile crystal cannons from the Rotterdam cast 10 rays of blinding light as thick as water buckets on the monster.
However, the monster was not deterred by those attacks. It lifted its head slowly as it opened its mouth. The mouth became bigger than its body, and s.u.c.k.e.d at the magic storm and cannons. At once, the sky-filling magic storm and cannon shots landed in the gigantic mouth of the monster, and were never to be heard of again.
The sight dazzled the expedition. The magic storm and magical crystal cannon shots were powerful attacks that not everyone could deal with, not to mention keeping them inside one's tummy.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/lord-devourer_50063138824970835 for visiting.
"Lord Devourer Gol! I didn't expect the disgusting beast to be here!" shrieked Connoris. He lived in the Endless Abyss for countless years, and was thus rather knowledgeable about the different infamous Demon Lords in the Abyss. He recognized the monster immediately.
"Lord Devourer Gol? What a suitable name…" muttered Lin Li with an unusual expression. He seemed to be unsurprised by what he had witnessed.
At this time, Donald who was eager to claim the credit had already ordered the Alchemy Colossuses in his team to charge at Lord Gol. His 10 Alchemy Colossuses started to march towards Gol.
It was obvious that the Lord Devourer Gol had tremendous ability to absorb magic. Using magic on it would only give the beast a sumptuous feast. But, anyone would be able to tell from the overstuffed body that movement was not its advantage. Even clumsy Alchemy Colossuses had movements more agile than the monster.
Hence, Donald immediately ordered his Alchemy Colossuses to battle Lord Devourer. He thought that their immense strength would be able to tear its body into pieces.
At this time, however, the Abyssal Demons around the expedition had not decreased in number. In fact, they were still entering the scene from all directions. Although the Rotterdam's Alchemy Colossuses had incredible force, it was not easy to leave the team to advance towards Lord Devourer.
It was fortunate that despite his d.e.s.i.r.e to let Lin Li notice his ability, Donald remained vigilant. The Alchemy Colossuses he sent were not those in the front line of the expedition. It was another dozen Alchemy Colossuses that were slightly smaller, but had greater agility.
They were like Warriors amongst the Alchemy Colossuses. They had huge weapons in their hands and machete-like blades on their joints. After charging into the crowd of Abyssal Demons, they immediately displayed incredible combat prowess. At the same time, other Alchemy Colossuses in the expedition and the 10 mobile crystal cannons worked to help the more agile Alchemy Colossuses clear the enemies in their path.
The sight of his Alchemy Colossuses getting closer to Lord Devourer put a smile on Donald's face. It was as if he was already watching his Alchemy Colossuses tear the monster down.
The people in the expedition had their eyes on the progress of the Alchemy Colossuses as they fought the troops of demons. They were like Donald. They thought that the 10 Alchemy Colossuses were the natural enemy of the monster, and as long as they could get close enough, the monster would be incapacitated.
At the very same time, the gigantic Lord Devourer Gol lowered its head slightly. Then, it opened its enormous mouth to face the Alchemy Colossuses charging toward it.
A cyclone appeared in front of Lord Devourer, and shook the Abyssal Demons that were directly in front of it. They wanted to flee the area, but were drawn backwards. They lost control of their movements and were sent flying.
A large number of Abyssal Demons started to shriek hysterically. This included the Rock Demons which resembled the Alchemy Colossuses in size (though they were slightly smaller), the short Abyssal Pygmies, as well as other types of Abyssal Demons. However, no matter how they struggled, they could not seem to resist that immense force of attraction, and entered the gigantic mouth of the Lord Devourer.
"Quick, come back!" Donald hollered when he saw what happened to the Abyssal Demons. He realized he had underestimated the appetite of Lord Devourer. It was definitely not a picky eater.
However, Donald's order to retreat was too late. While the dozen Alchemy Colossuses knew that something was amiss when they saw Lord Devourer swallowing the Abyssal Demons, they realized that they had no power to resist the force exerted by the Lord Devourer.
In the blink of an eye, several Alchemy Colossuses that were in the front started to rise into the air, and thus lost their strength to resist the Lord Devourer. They entered its mouth very quickly.
While the body of Lord Devourer was enormous, what it had swallowed was larger than its enormous body. Yet, it seemed that its body size remained the same after swallowing them. It was as though its stomach was a black hole.
Lin Li could not help but feel amazed at what he had just witnessed. It was not that he was plotting against the Rotterdam. It was an amazement with Gol's great appetite.
Lin Li had confronted Lord Devourer alone as a Hunter who was exploring the Well of the Sun in the Endless World. Although he had seen Lord Devourer swallow many Abyssal Demons, it was not as shocking, as those were made of blood and flesh. They were unlike the Alchemy Colossuses that were made of firm metal.
However, it was this sight that helped Lin Li feel certain that Lord Devourer had the mastery of a type of disintegration law that could help its body digest anything in its system (not just its biological ability). If not, there could never be a digestion mechanism strong enough to help anyone digest a few Alchemy Colossuses almost instantaneously.
Under Donald's orders, the 20 Alchemy Colossuses in the front line shot metal hooks towards the other Alchemy Colossuses that were trapped in the precarious situation. They started to use all their might to bring these Alchemy Colossuses back to the team.
"ROAR!" Lord Devourer growled. It seemed to be displeased that its food was snatched. Its growl gathered clouds above the expedition. Lighting bolts as well as hailstones and aerolites showered onto the expedition crazily like raindrops.
It was fortunate that the mages from the Tower of Dusk had cast the magic shields in time. Layers of magic shields helped to shield the entire expedition. Although that merely blocked a single wave of magic attacks from Lord Devourer, it helped to win time for the rest of the team. As the priests and more people entered the battle, the defense of the team was finally stabilized.
But at the
same time, the Abyssal Demons around the expedition seemed to have descended into lunacy. They started to attack the team ferociously. Those who launched suicide attacks exhibited an impact comparable to Legendary spells.
The expedition that was relentless previously was forced to go on the defensive against Lord Devourer and the Abyssal Demons. The only bright side for them was the success of the 20 Alchemy Colossuses in reclaiming their several counterparts from Lord Devourer.
Donald really felt like crying now. If his Alchemy Colossuses had been damaged, he would still have been able to fix them. Even if he couldn't, he would still have kept his metallurgists within the Alchemy Colossuses. He had invested so much to nurture those talents! But now that the metallurgists had been swallowed together with their Alchemy Colossuses, it was obvious that there was no way for him to recover those talents.
Chapter 973 - Arduous Battle
However, now was not the time for Donald to feel remorse. The magic storm above might have been gotten rid of, but the frenzied Abyssal Demons were still wrecking havoc. He had to bring the team from the Rotterdam into the battle soon. While the metallurgists who were rescued by the rest of the Alchemy Colossuses had not recovered from their trauma, they had no choice but to put themselves together to enter the battle with the Abyssal Demons.
Actually, the threat posed by those Abyssal Demons was rather limited. The real deal was Lord Devourer Gol which had a great appetite. Devouring was not its only ability.
Lord Devourer was merely at the peak of the Legendary-realm. Lin Li could sense that it had not stepped into the Sanctuary-realm. However, no one knew how many demons it had absorbed over the thousands of years it had been living in the Well of the Sun. It was possible that it had devoured the treasures from the palace as well. The acc.u.mulated power from all of the things it had devoured had to be an unthinkable danger.
Furthermore, according to Lin Li's guesses, the magic gears and traps in the Well of the Sun had to be dysfunctional due to Lord Devourer. The countless magic gears and traps meant that there had to be at least 100,000 mana sources. Their combined power would be terrifying.
If one were to compare Lord Devourer and the tender Elemental Wyrm Xiao Hua, the former would definitely have much more power than the latter. Hence, although it had not entered the Sanctuary-realm, its massive power made it possible for it to compete against Sanctuary powerhouses. After all, a real Sanctuary powerhouse would not have such a great amount of energy. What set them apart would only be the comprehension of these abilities.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/arduous-battle_50063138808197077 for visiting.
While it cast its destructive spells, Lord Devourer opened its enormous mouth, and s.u.c.k.e.d at the expedition. It was clear that it had the intention to devour all of them.
The expedition was a scrumptious feast to the Lord Devourer. The team was made up of a dozen Legendary powerhouses. If it could devour the expedition, Lord Devourer would have a high chance to barge into the Sanctuary-realm.
The people from the expedition immediately felt the great force of attraction tugging at them the very moment it opened its mouth. This was especially so for the Alchemy Colossuses from the Rotterdam that were at the front line. They started to move with the force. The metallurgists within them could not help but become anxious when they thought of the sight of their teammates who were swallowed by Lord Devourer. They immediately fought against the force at their fullest capacity.
By reason, if the Alchemy Colossuses that had huge and heavy bodies had trouble withstanding the force exerted by Lord Devourer, it would be extremely easy for the rest of the people in the team to be swallowed by it. However, the Holy Light Knights on the flanks of the expedition were able to resist it with their battle formation that connected them all together as they formed the Light Domain.
Unlike them, the Alchemy Colossuses were unable to form such a delicate and seamless battle formation. Their huge and heavy bodies seemed to turn them into targets for devouring.
After noticing this situation, Donald immediately thought of a solution. That was to recreate the scene when they were rescuing the other Alchemy Colossuses. He let all the Alchemy Colossuses from the Rotterdam connect to one another with the help of chains. Although this hindered their mobility, it played a part against the strength of Lord Devourer. It was as though they were playing the tug-of-war with Lord Devourer.
"GRRR!" Lord Devourer s.u.c.k.e.d at the expedition, but only Abyssal Demons entered its mouth. The taste of the demons which it had long been sick and tired of enraged it. After a long growl, the sky darkened immediately. The golden glow of light within the palace became a faint glow that seemed like it would be extinguished at any time.
At the same time, the Abyssal Demons that were surrounding the expedition appeared to be deeply agonized. They shrieked as their bodies started to inflate like a balloon quickly. The mana waves on their bodies seemed to be rising at a shocking speed as well.
It was obvious that eating was not only the talent of Lord Devourer. The monster knew to transfer mana into the Abyssal Demons to forcefully raise their power. In the blink of an eye, those Abyssal Demons that were in the Legendary-level were raised to their next level. Those that were not in the Legendary-level rose to the peak of level-19 as well. There were also demons that exploded because they could not withstand the energy within them.
There were a few thousand Abyssal Demons in this region now. This included hundreds of demons in the Legendary-realm. Their progress in energy could only show how massive the powers of Lord Devourer were.
Of course, the forced power increase was not the Holy Light baptism Lin Li gave to the people from the Brilliance Shrine. It was an unnatural transmission of energy from Lord Devourer to the demons. It was brutal enough to burst demons; for demons which had yet to explode from the transmission, there would not be any good results waiting for them, either. If they were not eaten by Lord Devourer in the future, their lives would not last long, either.
Yet, to Lord Devourer, these demons were only its food that it had long been sick and tired of. It paid no attention to their lives at all. Transferring mana to these demons to use them as baits for more delicious food was what that mattered more.
Very soon, the Abyssal Demons that had their power raised stopped screaming in agony. They pounced towards the expedition with violent mana. All they wanted to do was to vent the energy within their bodies. To the expedition, however, it was not anything great.
Those Skinning Walkers that originally thrived on speed became faster. It was difficult to notice their movements with the n.a.k.e.d eye. The Black Iron Demonic Apes that had a strong build acquired more strength and increased in height. All of their punches had enough strength to send an Alchemy Colossus flying. The other Abyssal Demons were the same. Each of their abilities were raised by multiple folds, and they had incredibly strong bodies and mana.
The Lord Devourer that had raised the power of the Abyssal Demons did not wait for its demons to send the delicacies to it, either. It continued to cast powerful spells against the expedition mercilessly. Those Legendary-level spells that showered the team would suffice to destroy a city instantaneously. No powerhouse in the peak of the Legendary-level would have the ability to withstand them. Their impact was even stronger than the combined attacks from the horde of Corpse Dragons.
The doomsday-like scene and the terrifying magic storm stunned everyone. Archbishop Martin, Donald, and the rest shifted their gazes to Lin Li. They thought that only a Sanctuary powerhouse like Lin Li would have the ability to resolve such a terrifying problem.
And Lin Li did not disappoint them. He exerted a mysterious wave at the Sanctuary-level. The energy was not tyrannical, but it seemed inaccessible like the sky of stars. Then, Lin Li raised the Holy Light in his hands, and brough
t a blinding ray of light into the mess that was created by the magic storm. Instantly, the space trembled, and it was as though a sun rose where the light shone. Layers of light dispersed the magic storm immediately.
After dispersing the magic storm, Lin Li teleported before Lord Devourer from the defended region.
Instead of feeling fear, the Lord Devourer became excited knowing that his enemy was a Sanctuary powerhouse. While it could only enter the Sanctuary-realm after eating many beings at the peak of the Legendary-realm, Lord Devourer knew that a single Sanctuary powerhouse would bring him into the Sanctuary-realm.
Although Lord Devourer was merely at the peak of the Legendary-realm, the powers acc.u.mulated within its body through the years of devouring its prey and other items gave it immense powers comparable to that of real Sanctuary powerhouses. What it lacked was the mastery of those.
The Lord Devourer did not hesitate when it saw Lin Li appearing in front of it. It opened its mouth immediately, and used an immense force to surround Lin Li's body. It was as though Lord Devourer was ready to absorb the stars in the sky.
However, Lin Li was not keen to enter the belly of Lord Devourer like the Monkey King1. He understood that Lord Devourer was not dependent on biological digestion, but rather a law that could help it disintegrate all sorts of materials. Despite being a Sanctuary powerhouse, Lin Li did not have the guts to test whether he had the ability to resist such a law.
Hence, Lin Li activated his Space Robe, and teleported behind Lord Devourer. He used the Holy Light to concretize a white light, and threw it at the Lord Devourer.
BAM! There was a sound of explosion, and the enormous Lord Devourer was thrown five to six meters away from its original spot. However, it seemed to be uninjured by the attack.