Chapter 103: The Dragon Rider Knight

Swallowing the earthworm of Adonsa, it desperately wriggled, trying to retreat underground, but it was as if a thousand-pound weight had been cast upon it, pinning it to the spot. It opened its large, gaping mouth as if to vomit something, but could only expel a puddle of transparent gastric acid, which corroded the dark soil, creating a large pit.

Seemingly inspired, the earthworm tried to spew acid all around, then plunge underground to escape back to its dark, damp home, but it never had the chance.

Adonsa unleashed the force of tens of thousands of tons to hold the earthworm monster in place, then, bearing the pressure of hundreds of tons crushing its stomach wall, used a hand blade transformed into a high-frequency cutting edge to slice through the enormous earthworm’s stomach, which was far tougher than its skin. Navigating through the bone-corroding gastric acid, it quickly found the earthworm’s cord-like neural center.

Such a large earthworm did not rely on mere low-level reflexes like ordinary worms but had developed a concentric, multi-ring neural cluster functioning as a brain.

Adonsa severed the connection between the multi-ring brain and the cord-like nerves, causing the giant earthworm to shudder violently, its entire body convulsing out of control.

But that was all Adonsa could accomplish.

These creatures were products of an independent ecosystem. Though superficially resembling Earth lifeforms with bones, muscles, and nerves, their genetic makeup could not possibly align with the ATCG four-base standard.

Consuming such extraterrestrial organisms recklessly could result in anything from indigestion to fatal poisoning. Digestion involves enzymes adapting to proteins and other fixed structures in food; no one could guarantee that the alien proteins would be digestible by humans—or what severe reactions might follow.

At least, according to Adonsa’s brief contact and conclusions, the outcomes would be disastrous.

However, Adonsa guessed such situations wouldn’t arise; otherwise, the mortality rate among the apostles would be too high. Even a common alien bacterium could trigger an explosive infection, killing many apostles without battle.

The miniature world would never engage in such futile experiments.

Thus, when apostles gained a second life, they must have undergone adaptive modifications, at least enough to survive most alien environments.

Only existences like Adonsa could adapt quickly to any environment; otherwise, even the bacteria alone would be enough to doom it.

Adonsa pondered many things in an instant but still could not solve the problem before it.

The starkly different genetic coding posed great difficulties; it could not quickly control or modify this unfamiliar body.

Yet capturing such a precious specimen was undoubtedly a fortunate surprise.

Therefore, Adonsa devoured it.

From the outside, the huge earthworm monster appeared as if bitten by a black hole, its massive body deflating and collapsing continuously, sucked into the terrifying abyss formed by Adonsa’s body.

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