Metal Evolution - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Appearing One After Another, Man and Beast

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Ugh, my head hurts…”

Xue Yue rubbed his temples and groaned as he slowly sat up from the ground.

“Why is it so bright?” He recalled that the sinkhole where he was before he lost consciousness had very low brightness. It was not much brighter in comparison to nighttime.

“Could it be that I’m outside the sinkhole?”

Xue Yue’s heart skipped a beat and just then, “whoosh—” he heard a sharp sonic boom, and shortly after, it was followed by another, “Chi—” a strange sound where flesh and blood was sliced by a knife.

“That… that is?”

Xue Yue looked in the direction of the commotion and immediately saw a ten meters tall ferocious-looking monster floating in the mid-air not far away. It was currently baring its fangs, brandishing its claws, and it looked extremely strange. Xue Yue had never seen such a creature before in his life!

Just then, a black phantom creature launched an attack on the strange creature’s back before it stopped mid-air and vibrated its wings.

Pitter-patter…

Weird blue blood began to drip from the chest of the ten meters tall strange creature. It started to bleed more and more until the droplets of blood formed a string of pearls as it flowed down from the sky. When the blood came in contact with the ground, faint sounds of burning could be heard and white smoke was constantly emitted.

The blue-colored blood was currently corroding the ground!

Bang—

The strange creature let out a wail and smashed on the ground. It struggled several times before it became totally still.

There was a huge hole in its chest and it was impossible for it to come back to life!

“This… what is going on?”

“What the…”

Xue Yue was dumbfounded. How did a ten-meter-tall unknown creature die all of a sudden?

What about the huge hole in its chest?

Could… could it be that it was killed by that black shadow?

Black shadow!?

Xue Yue quivered and hastily looked at the black shadow in the sky. However, he never expected to hear a whoosh sound and immediately after, he felt his shoulders getting heavier and a trace of ice-cold breath near his ear!

The black shadow was standing on Xue Yue’s shoulders!

“F*ck!”

Xue Yue trembled and he was nearly scared to death. A ferocious monster like that was standing on his shoulders? What the!?

Run!

The moment this thought flashed through his mind, Xue Yue jumped up from the ground like a startled deer and fled towards the distance. However, before he managed to escape far, he realized something amiss!

His shoulders were still heavy!

Xue Yue stopped and hurriedly turned to look. The black shadow had firmly grasped onto his shoulders and its pair of golden eyes had also looked in his direction.

And so, their eyes met!

What kind of eyes were those?

Desire? Cold? Blood-thirsty? Brutal? Killing? Noble? Hunger?

As he stared into the shadow’s pupils, Xue Yue’s train of thought seemed to stagnate. All his attention seemed to be absorbed by that pair of eyes and he could not extricate himself!

Gu gu~~

The black creature stared at Xue Yue and released cooing sounds. It cocked its round head while its eyes were full of curiosity. Through its inherited ancient and vast memory, its food, which was metal, was generally non-living things. However, how was the ‘food’ before it alive?

Moreover, it was alive and kicking?

In the bottom of a sinkhole of unknown depth, a strange scene had happened. A man and a beast stared at each other just like that and their surroundings were of complete silence. The massive crack seemed to have expanded to its limit and could no longer increase in size.

Brilliant light projected out from the crack, illuminating the dark sinkhole.

No one knew where the huge crack would lead to!

And no one knew where those bright lights came from!

All the more, no one knew what kind the heck was that ten-meter tall, sickle-shaped insect creature!

Everything seemed so supernatural, magical, and unknown!

Currently, Xue Yue and the black creature were still looking at each other and it lasted for six to seven minutes before the black creature released cooing sounds. It seemed like it was hungry again. It stretched out its pink little tongue and licked its lips. Just as it was about to bite on Xue Yue’s shoulders…

Another strange roar came from the crack not far away, attracting the attention of Xue Yue and the black creature.

The man and the beast turned their heads in unison and saw a huge brown head slowly sticking out from the crack. The head was very big, comparable to a taxi.

What followed after was its body, which was shaped like a lobster. Its body was brown in color and covered with bulges similar to rocks. Unlike the strange creature from before, this monster did not have wings and its height was about ten meters tall. However, it had a pair of arms of disproportionate thickness. One of its arms was thicker than a taxi.

On its lower body were two thick legs that walked upright!

After the monster climbed out the crack, its grindstone-textured feet stepped on the ground, causing a rumbling sound and the ground had trembled slightly. It had a big mouth as flat as a toad, two tiny eyes and it did not have a nose.

“This… what kind of monster is that?”

Xue Yue stared at the monster climbing out the crack and his body faintly trembled. Whereas when the black creature looked at the monster, a cold glint flashed across its golden eyes.

The monster moved its thick legs slowly towards Xue Yue’s direction. Its legs were thick and its walking speed was extremely slow. However, every single step it took caused the ground to tremble violently, just like an earthquake

“Run!”

Looking at the three-story tall monster, how could Xue Yue dare to linger? He spread out his legs and ran away in another direction. However, the sinkhole was only so big and the majority of the space had been occupied by large cracks, leaving very few areas he could run to.

There was nowhere to escape!

Boom—

The monster let out a low rumble and its pair of thick arms slammed on the ground. Followed by a terrifying sound of impact, it was as if a bomb had exploded on the ground, resulting in two huge pits and even the surroundings were violently shaking!

Gravel and mud fell from the top of his head and Xue Yue tried to dodge in fright. He barely managed to avoid getting hit. “If this monster were to smash a few more times, would this sinkhole collapse?”

Xue Yue looked at the sinkhole above his head and felt like crying but no tears came out!

Boom—

In the instant where Xue Yue was in a daze, the monster had already come close. It stretched its seven to eight meters long right arm and directly slammed Xue Yue. A single palm of it was two to three meters wide.

A strong sonic whistle sounded in his ear and his face hurt so much from the friction. Xue Yue’s eyes widened and without a second thought, he jumped sideways!

Whoosh!

He had narrowly avoided the huge palm and rolled several times on the ground. While in a mess, Xue Yue stood up but just as he raised his head, another palm similar to Mt. Taishan crushing down from above had appeared above his head.

Bang—

The giant palm was like a huge stone covering the skies and instantly covered the area above Xue Yue. A loud rumbling sound could be heard and terrifying strength poured out. The ground rapidly cracked and a huge hole was formed!

Bang—

After that attack, the monster waved its other fist and launched an attack. With a series of explosive rumbles, the hole on the ground increased in size and turned into a huge hole of twenty meters wide in the blink of an eye.

Gravel flew all around, and dust rose. The arid sinkhole was completely covered in smoke at once.

Finally, after releasing dozens of punches in succession, the lobster-like monster stopped. It’s pair of tiny eyes stared at the huge hole for a few moments and turned to leave!

The ground returned to its original calmness and the smoke gradually dissipated.

Hiss…

In the middle of the huge hole, gravel rolled down and a figure climbed out by shifting stones aside. He was constantly grimacing in pain as he gasped. “Ouch! That hurt so much!”

Even though his hair was like a bird nest while his face was full of dust, and appeared very ragged, his eyes were exceptionally bright. It was similar to two gems that shone brilliantly!

“I’m still intact after receiving such heavy attacks from that monster?” Xue Yue grimaced as he twitched in pain. However, the shock and surprise he felt was beyond words. A consecutive dozens of attacks from a monster of ten over meters high did not injure him in the slightest!

What did that mean?

“Haha, ugly freak, it’s my turn to hit you!”

Xue Yue jumped out the huge pit and instantly appeared at the edge. There was no longer the initial fear when he looked at the monster, only killing intent and revenge.

Gu gu~~

Just then, the cooing sounds that sounded in his ears caused him to be stunned. His handsome face had also darkened.

That black-colored creature was unexpectedly still standing on his shoulders.

Gu gu~~ Lu lu~~

The black creature happily jumped around. Immediately after, it aimed at Xue Yue’s head and bit down.

So it turns out, when the monster was hitting Xue Yue with its fist, his body had involuntarily released countless sharp spikes. Right now, his body was covered with spikes similar to a big hedgehog.

In the face of plenty of delicacies, how could the black creature resist? Saliva flowed out and it started to eat happily. Crunch, crunch, crunch…

With a few bites, the several spikes on Xue Yue’s head had been bitten off.

“You… you b*stard!”

His expression darkened while feeling shocked and furious deep down. Naturally, he was shocked that the creature treated his spikes as food. Exactly how sharp were its teeth?

Whereas he was furious about the fact that these spikes were grown from his body. Would there be any after effects if the creature were to eat them?

Gu gu~~

When faced against Xue Yue’s angry gaze, the black creature blinked its round and large eyes. Its pupils were full of joy which seemed to be extremely satisfied with the meal. As for Xue Yue’s anger, it had directly ignored him…

“F*ck! You’re even addicted to eating me!?”

Xue Yue hastily grabbed onto the black creature and threw it out!

Hii—

The black creature was enjoying its meal but Xue Yue suddenly threw it out. As a result, it fumed with rage, waved its wings and came to Xue Yue in an instant. It’s dark golden eyes stared at him unwaveringly while baring its teeth and its eyes were full of anger.

“You… What are you doing? These are mine and you’re not allowed to eat them!”

When he was stared at by the pair of eyes, Xue Yue panicked for no reason but he still acted tough as he said, “These spikes are mine. If you wish to eat them, you have to be obedient!”

The black creature blinked its eyes, twitched its small ears, and tilted its head… seeming to be deep in thought.