From Ant to Abyssal Demon - Chapter 34

Chapter 34: Heavy Armored Knight Form!

With Su Bai’s shout, excruciating pain that seemed to tear his soul apart surged through him, and his body began to undergo intense changes.

Maintaining his ant form, his body started to melt and collapse inward.

His height rapidly increased.

In just a few breaths, his form transformed from a large ant into a humanoid shape.

Then, the melting carapace began to solidify, forming a new layer of armor on his body.

In a few seconds, the transformation ended, and Su Bai finally understood the meaning of “mimetic” in “Mimetic Evolution.”

Mimetic meant that he could gain a second form!

After this fusion, he could switch between his ant body, which was his first form, and his humanoid body, which was his second form, at any time.

However, there was a ten-day cooldown period for each switch.

Once the cooldown ended, he could switch from one form to the other.

Looking at his appearance, Su Bai now looked no different from a human.

At 1.8 meters tall, he wore a full-cover black heavy armor helmet that only revealed his eyes. His torso, arms, and legs were also clad in the same pitch-black heavy armor, with his hands and feet encased in gauntlets and greaves with a metallic sheen.

At this moment, he resembled a human elite heavy armor warrior!

The difference was that the heavy armor worn by human warriors was equipment, while the pitch-black heavy armor covering Su Bai’s body was his carapace!

This full-body armor was Su Bai’s skin. It couldn’t be removed, just like the resistant carapace in his first form, and it had extremely strong defensive capabilities.

“It seems I still long for the human world…” A deep voice came from beneath the helmet, and Su Bai sighed.

The faceplate, part of his carapace-formed heavy armor, was the only movable part. With this faceplate, Su Bai could eat freely and also regained the ability to speak.

Perhaps because this heavy armor was formed from his carapace, Su Bai didn’t feel heavy or cumbersome.

He could still fully utilize his agility attribute.

“Unfortunately, I still can’t wear equipment.” Feeling the powerful defensive capabilities of the heavy armor, Su Bai smiled slightly. “But… Demon Insect Lance!”

With a low shout, a dark light shot out from his body, instantly forming a two-meter-long pitch-black lance in his hand!

This was an oddly shaped lance.

With a 1.5-meter shaft, the remaining part wasn’t the conical tip of a regular knight’s lance or the diamond-shaped head of a spear, but a double-edged blade like that of a greatsword.

Just by looking at the shape, one could tell the immense power of this lance.

The Demon Insect Lance, that was the name of this lance.

And the origin of this lance was Su Bai’s bones and a pair of legs. Just like the resistant carapace turned into his heavy armor, this lance was also a transformation of a part of Su Bai’s body.

Holding the Demon Insect Lance, Su Bai felt a connection as if it was part of his bloodline.

He casually slashed, and the blade of the lance pierced into the hard rock wall without any resistance, as if it was piercing through air instead of rock.

After testing the sharpness of the Demon Insect Lance, Su Bai casually threw it towards the cave entrance, and the pitch-black lance embedded itself into the rock.

With a thought, the lance, which was several meters away, automatically returned to Su Bai’s hand!

It wasn’t equipment, but better than equipment!

That was Su Bai’s feeling after obtaining the Demon Insect Lance!

Not only was it incredibly sharp, but since it was a part of his body, Su Bai could always merge it back into his body. Even if the lance wasn’t by his side, he could summon it back with a single thought!

Moreover, since it was part of Su Bai’s body, as his strength increased, the power of the Demon Insect Lance would also increase!

In gaming terms, the Demon Insect Lance was a growth weapon exclusively for Su Bai.

If Su Bai’s strength could reach the level of a demon god, the Demon Insect Lance would also rise accordingly, potentially becoming a divine weapon!

“Heavy Armor, Demon Insect Lance!

“This new form will be called the Heavy Armored Knight Form.”

Familiarizing himself with his new form, Su Bai then opened his attribute panel.

Compared to his first form, most of his data remained unchanged. The only difference was a new skill added to his skill panel, the Touch of the Demon Insect.

【Touch of the Demon Insect】: Passive Skill. In your Heavy Armored Knight form, you retain the Devour Evolution talent. You can use the Demon Insect Lance as a medium to devour the corpses of enemies you kill, but at a cost of 90% consumption.

Glancing at the skill description of 【Touch of the Demon Insect】, Su Bai frowned slightly and summoned the Demon Insect Lance.

Zheng!

With a soft sound, the Demon Insect Lance pierced into the corpse of a Frost Wolf.

The next moment, a crisp system prompt sounded.

[You have devoured the flesh of a Frost Wolf, gaining 50 experience points, and 10 Frost Wolf genes.]

At the same time, the Frost Wolf’s corpse slowly shriveled up, as if its essence had been drained.

In the Heavy Armored Knight form, Su Bai clearly couldn’t devour corpses as quickly as he could in his ant form. The newly acquired Touch of the Demon Insect was the best replacement ability.

However, Su Bai wasn’t very satisfied with the devouring speed of the Demon Insect Lance.

Moreover, there was a high 90% consumption rate for devouring with the Demon Insect Lance.

“Invest 1 soul point into the Touch of the Demon Insect.” With Su Bai’s words, one soul point was consumed, reducing the consumption of Touch of the Demon Insect from 90% to 80%.

“Continue!”

Investing two more soul points, the consumption of Touch of the Demon Insect dropped from 80% to 70%.

Keep going!

After investing five soul points in total, Touch of the Demon Insect disappeared, replaced by a new skill.

【Devourer of Demon Insects】: Passive Skill. The infusion of mysterious power greatly enhances the devouring ability of your Demon Insect Lance. You can quickly devour the corpses of enemies using the Demon Insect Lance as a medium. As a cost, there will be a 5% consumption rate.