Apocalypse: I Created the Perfect Survival Hotel

Chapter 116 Fighting the Devourer Alone

The Devourer's enormous body writhed wildly in the wide seventh-floor corridor.

As it rapidly attacked Wang Xiao, it hissed threateningly at him through its massive maw filled with sharp teeth.

"Hiss~ Ah!"

Wang Xiao calmly examined the giant insect before him, his right hand slightly tightening its grip on the specially made horizontal blade.

To be honest, he has always hated bugs.

Especially those long, slippery-looking insects.

The thing in front of us, which looks like an earthworm, perfectly fulfilled both of these conditions.

Wang Xiao decided to repay 'it's' kindness for this ghostly thing that so accurately hit the spot he hated.

For example, cut it into minced meat...

Wang Xiao took a deep breath, looked at the approaching Devourer, glanced at the situation in the mall, and ordered the others, "Everyone retreat. Leave this bug to me. You go and clear out the other bug-men and clear the way from the other side."

"Yes."

"clear!"

Sometimes, Wang Xiao was speechless at the mall's winding, circuitous design.

Although I know this is a marketing tactic, at least consider the suffering of men accompanying women shopping!

Every stop was a pitfall; if it weren't for having a phone to pass the time, it would be a nightmare.

Although the people behind him were somewhat worried about whether Wang Xiao could handle the giant worm, they didn't say anything more when they saw Wang Xiao's calm expression.

After all, Wang Xiao was the strongest among them. If he couldn't deal with this giant worm, then they would probably have a hard time handling it as well.

The two leaders exchanged glances, then each led their men back to continue clearing out the swarming nest-guarding insectoids.

The Devourer also realized that Wang Xiao was the most threatening being among this group of humans.

Its eyeless head slightly raised, and after a brief pause, it suddenly opened its massive jaws. With a deafening roar, the Devourer twisted its enormous body and pounced on Wang Xiao at an even faster speed than before!

The Devourer is powerful and enormous, and its hard shell is extremely troublesome. Unless absolutely necessary, Wang Xiao would not easily confront it head-on.

Faced with the Devourer's attack, Wang Xiao quickly darted to the left.

Just a moment after Wang Xiao dodged, the Devourer bit down on the spot where he had just been standing.

The hard floor of the corridor was dented, creating a large crater and sending up a lot of concrete debris.

It can only be said that Shida Department Store did its job well; at least they put effort into the construction quality, preventing the giant insect from using that attack to create a quick entrance downstairs.

"If someone were to take that blow head-on, even a god wouldn't be able to save them..."

Glancing at the 'horrific state' on the ground, Wang Xiao thought to himself, but his body sprang up again the instant he landed, seizing the opportunity to thrust his horizontal blade straight at the Devourer.

A piercing sound echoed down the corridor as the blade struck the armor.

Wang Xiao used six-tenths of his strength in this strike, but it only left a shallow scratch on the Devourer's carapace.

The outer shell behind the Devourer was much harder than Wang Xiao had expected.

Even his specially modified horizontal sword couldn't easily break through its defenses.

"Tsk, it's really tough. It'll take some time."

The Devourer was also enraged by Wang Xiao's strike.

With a sudden jerk of its massive body, several poisonous thorns shot out from its back, like sharp arrows aimed at Wang Xiao.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao had already taken precautions after learning about the Devourer's abilities through information analysis. He quickly dodged back and forth, avoiding the poisonous spikes that were shot at him one by one.

The poisonous stingers pierced the walls and the ground, making a continuous sound.

By observing the poisonous stinger, Wang Xiao discovered that the toxins it carried were not strong, and at least they did not corrode the wall.

However, the force carried by the poisonous stinger when it is launched by the devoured creature is still not to be underestimated.

Faced with this monster that was both fleshy and had ranged attacks, Wang Xiao frowned, finding it difficult to make a move.

Fortunately, although this monster looks very troublesome, it is not without a way to deal with it.

Dismemberment and deboning played a crucial role at this time.

As the red lines began to gradually appear on the monster's exterior, although the overall spread was very slow, it at least gave Wang Xiao a starting point.

Using the red line as a guide, Wang Xiao noticed that the shell on the Devourer's body was not evenly distributed, which meant that the insect's defense was not perfect.

While continuing to dodge the giant insect's attacks, Wang Xiao observed along the red lines and finally discovered an inconspicuous spot where the carapace was slightly lighter in color, seemingly a relatively weak point in the defense, and also where the red lines were densest.

"Is there a weakness there?"

The Devourer was clearly annoyed that it had failed to hit Wang Xiao with its several consecutive attacks.

Suddenly its huge mouth opened wide, and a tongue covered with sharp spikes shot out from it!

This attack method surprised Wang Xiao somewhat, since "Information Extraction" didn't mention this point.

Before Wang Xiao could think, he instantly held his sword horizontally in front of him, using the hard blade to block the terrifying tongue.

"clang!"

With a tremendous impact, Wang Xiao was forced to slide backward several meters.

He steadied himself and looked at the horizontal sword. He saw that there were a few shallow scratches on the blade, but no cracks.

"If this knife hadn't been modified, you might actually have succeeded..."

Wang Xiao secretly rejoiced; if it had been an ordinary weapon, that attack would probably have been shattered instantly.

The Devourer's attacks came wave after wave.

Although its body appears large and clumsy in the corridor, its attack methods are extremely complex and difficult to deal with.

Sometimes it would bite Wang Xiao with its huge mouth, sometimes it would release poisonous stingers for ranged attacks, and sometimes it would even spray a viscous green liquid from its mouth at Wang Xiao and the others to corrode them.

Even Wang Xiao, faced with such a wide variety of attack methods and limited by the terrain, could only temporarily avoid its sharp edge and delay the full effect of 'Dismemberment and Bone Removal' as much as possible.

But running away is not Wang Xiao's style.

While the Devourer attacked, Wang Xiao was also constantly looking for opportunities to attack the area with the dense red lines.

Although each cut can only leave shallow scars, they add up.

Gradually, visible cracks began to appear on the shell of that area.

"I'd like to see how many more cuts you can take!"

Just as Wang Xiao was about to launch another attack, the Devourer suddenly let out an even sharper hiss.

Its body suddenly swelled up, and the unexploded venomous stingers on its back detached at the same time, flying around in all directions in the space!

Wang Xiao's expression changed; this crazy bug had launched an indiscriminate attack!

Several screams came from the crowd behind them. About ten people were hit by the poisoned thorns and fell to the ground instantly, with obvious poisoning reactions appearing at their wounds.

Seeing this, Wang Xiao cursed under his breath, "You're asking for death!"

The nest-guarding insectoids were also unable to escape its wide-ranging attack, and they all screamed in agony!