Chapter 56 Swallowing

Hearing the white-haired creature's words, Li Chenzhou's face remained unchanged, but his heart was surging.

Of course, he didn't know that this white-haired creature was a Devourer; he was just trying to bluff it.

Li Chenzhou thought that even if this guy wasn't a Devourer, he would at least know of their existence. So, by mentioning the Devourers, he might be able to extract some information from him!

But he never expected that this guy actually *was* a Devourer. Didn't the instructors say that they wouldn't arrive here for another five years? Why were they appearing now?

Looking the Devourer up and down, Li Chenzhou could sense that this guy was also a Tier 3 ability user, but the energy fluctuations on his body were a bit strange. Perhaps it was due to level restrictions?

"Speak! How do you know our names?"

Seeing Li Chenzhou just staring at him without answering, a hint of ferocity appeared on the Devourer's face. He reached out and pulled out a pistol from the holster on his outer thigh, pointed it at Li Chenzhou, and shouted a question.

This guy's gun… looks a bit strange. The style is somewhat like a revolver, but it's very long. The barrel and body are almost half a meter long, and the barrels of these two guns are also very thick, about the thickness of an egg. The power probably isn't small, possibly no less than Li Chenzhou's hand cannon!

In addition, when this guy pulled out the two guns from both thighs, both guns simultaneously emitted a "zi~!" sound of electricity, and he also flicked his thumbs on the gun bodies.

Seeing these two unknown weapons, Li Chenzhou secretly became vigilant. Fighting against this unknown creature was difficult. If the opponent was a human, even if they were holding a pistol, at least Li Chenzhou would know the gun's power and function, and he could devise a countermeasure in his mind. But he didn't know anything about the weapon in this Devourer's hand. Even the shop didn't have this style of weapon.

Li Chenzhou looked at the Devourer again. For some reason, although this guy looked ferocious, Li Chenzhou felt that there seemed to be a hint of fear hidden in his dark gold pupils.

"Why can't I know your names?"

Staring into the Devourer's dark gold pupils, Li Chenzhou pretended to be curious and said, "Your existence isn't a secret on our planet!"

"What?"

This time, the fear on the Devourer's face was even more intense. He stared at Li Chenzhou and exclaimed in disbelief, "Could it be remnants from the last era? Impossible! We clearly already…"

Having only said half a sentence, this Devourer seemed to have thought of something and forcibly swallowed the rest of his words.

"You clearly what?"

Li Chenzhou quickly asked.

"Shu!"

The Devourer didn't answer at all. Instead, he directly pulled the trigger. The two guns in his hand suddenly made a soft sound, and two thick beams of light shot out of the barrels, targeting Li Chenzhou.

"Damn it! Beam guns???"

Li Chenzhou cried out and immediately activated his skill against the Devourer—Lethal Strike!

In the next moment, his figure had already appeared in front of the Devourer, and the long staff in his hand pierced through his forehead, exiting from the back of his head. As for the two beams of energy emitted by the Devourer, they naturally missed and flew off into the unknown.

Lethal Strike is not considered a dash-type skill. Although it adds a displacement ability of up to twenty meters (originally ten meters, now a maximum distance of twenty meters due to level upgrades), its skill description is: "After activation, instantly traverse space up to ten meters in distance."

Traversing space is not the same as charging towards the target. Therefore, this skill should be considered a space skill in the strict sense!

Precisely because of this, Li Chenzhou dared to use this skill to evade the energy beams shot by the Devourer. His skill is a teleport, and it doesn't require a path between himself and the target.

If it were a dash-type skill, using it would have been like Li Chenzhou welcoming the two energy beams himself! It would have been no different from seeking death.

But now, Li Chenzhou was completely dumbfounded. This strike of his wasn't actually intended to do anything to this Devourer. Although this guy was also a Tier 3 ability user, the giant Tyrant he had created earlier had already caused quite a bit of trouble for Li Chenzhou and Gray Bear. In the end, they finally managed to kill it with a bit of luck.

If the creatures he created were already so awesome, then the creator himself was even more so, especially now that it was confirmed that he was a Devourer, a creature that even the instructors mentioned with some apprehension.

Therefore, Li Chenzhou felt that wanting to kill this Devourer would probably be even more difficult than killing the giant Tyrant!

But now, staring blankly at the long staff he was holding that had already pierced through the Devourer, Li Chenzhou had a dreamlike feeling. He hadn't intended to attack; he had just wanted to dodge the two beams of light that could easily turn him into steam.

It was just that Lethal Strike required a target and had to use a melee weapon to launch an attack that ignored defense, so Li Chenzhou had revealed his long staff.

"Shua!"

Although he was somewhat surprised, causing Li Chenzhou to be stunned for about a fraction of a second, he quickly reacted. He immediately put away the long staff, then reached out and grabbed the gun in the Devourer's right hand.

This kind of weapon definitely couldn't be left in the enemy's hands, especially since he had pierced this guy's head, but who knew if he would die?

Because he used a bit too much force when grabbing the gun, just as Li Chenzhou snatched the gun and raised his hand, preparing to give this Devourer a final blow, he discovered that his body was collapsing to the ground.

Because of his experience with the giant Tyrant, even though he had pierced the Devourer's brow, Li Chenzhou didn't treat him as dead and was fully prepared for him to stand up immediately.

"You… hahaha… hahaha…"

What surprised Li Chenzhou a bit was that the Devourer, who was lying on the ground, although not dead, showed no sign of getting up. He even released the beam gun in his other hand and stared at Li Chenzhou, emitting a low laugh:

"You think you can defeat us! You rely on your ability, right? How laughable. If it weren't for the restrictions of the rules, you would have been wailing in my feeding long ago! Accept your fate. You humans will always be food for us Devourers, and your home will be our ranch!

You've failed so many times, and this time will be no exception. My people will definitely come here. They will eat and revel here, while you humans will die in endless pain. The only pity is that I won't be able to see that feast.

But… hahahaha, you won't see it either. Thank me, at least you can avoid experiencing the immense and prolonged pain before death!"

As he spoke, the Devourer raised his hand. Li Chenzhou subconsciously looked over and discovered that there was actually a… um! You could call it a crack in the palm of this guy's hand. In the crack, there seemed to be some very thin tentacles wriggling, looking very disgusting…