Just as Qin Siyang was waiting, suddenly, the Lava Crocodile's body started shaking violently.
The paralysis effect had worn off.
"ROAR—"
The Lava Crocodile let out a painful cry that echoed all around, almost bursting Qin Siyang's eardrums.
His heart turned cold in an instant.
It was over.
Thunder Snow Wolf's attack hadn't killed the Lava Crocodile.
Then, the Lava Crocodile started thrashing desperately, shaking Qin Siyang around. Several times, he was nearly thrown out of its body.
If he were thrown out, he would undoubtedly plunge straight into the depths of the magma below. Whether he could climb out after that was another matter entirely.
Luckily, he clung tightly to the dagger wedged inside the creature's body, barely escaping disaster.
Qin Siyang had stopped thinking.
He focused all his strength on holding onto both daggers to prevent himself from slipping.
But the Lava Crocodile seemed to have endless energy.
It twisted its body frantically, rolling in the magma from time to time, letting the molten rock pour into its wounds in an attempt to force Qin Siyang out.
Amid the scorching heat and constant shaking, Qin Siyang was starting to feel dizzy.
Fortunately, he was still under the effect of [Violence], so he felt no pain.
Otherwise, he would have already been tortured into unconsciousness.
'No.'
'If this continues, I am dead for sure.'
Qin Siyang forced himself to stay calm.
He had to think of a way to deal with this.
[Violence] couldn't solve the Lava Crocodile. Even when it was paralyzed, he had only managed to carve out a wound large enough for him to fit inside. Smashing through to its heart would take at least a few hours.
[Banquet Domain] was still on cooldown and couldn't be activated.
[God Mimicry] had allowed him to use the Thunder Snow Wolf's skill, but it hadn't worked.
Qin Siyang even suspected that the electric shock had jolted the Lava Crocodile awake instead. Rather than weakening, it was now thrashing around with extra energy, a stark contrast to its sluggish movements before.
If even Thunder Snow Wolf's skill was useless, then the other minor god skills in his inventory would definitely be even weaker.
He needed a stronger god skill to deal real damage to the Lava Crocodile.
But these were his only available trump cards. What else could he do?
Suddenly, Qin Siyang's eyes widened.
'No, there was still a chance.'
He immediately looked down at his body.
Outside his Red Silk Armor, magma had already coated him.
The temperature was incredibly high, but it hadn't cooled and solidified yet.
He immediately freed one hand and rapidly scraped away the magma, crushing it apart, searching for something.
Qin Siyang's expression was tense as he searched carefully while being thrown around inside the Lava Crocodile.
'Heavens and gods, bless me! I have to find it! I have to find it!'
Finally—
When he crushed a piece of slightly hardened magma, a look of joy flashed across his face.
An irregularly shaped pale-green solid object.
It was the Corrosive Black Centipede's eyeball.
During his battle with the Corrosive Black Centipede, he had slashed across its compound eye, cutting through dozens of tiny eyes.
At the time, some of those small eyes had splattered onto his body, mixed with sticky fluids.
After all his fighting and dodging, most of them had fallen off, their whereabouts unknown.
But a few had remained stuck to his Red Silk Armor along with the viscous liquid.
After some searching, Qin Siyang finally found one.
Looking at the misshapen eyeball, Qin Siyang secretly felt relieved.
Fortunately, this eyeball could also withstand the high temperature of magma. It had actually survived.
Without hesitation, Qin Siyang opened his visor and prepared to swallow the Corrosive Black Centipede's eyeball.
But his hands were covered in fragments of recently solidified molten rock.
Moreover, the Lava Crocodile was still desperately trying to throw him out of its body, making it impossible for him to clean off the debris.
If he wanted to eat the Corrosive Black Centipede's eyeball, he would also have to swallow some lava residue.
After opening his visor, the searing heat blasted against his face, making him feel like he was inside a furnace.
Some parts of his Red Silk Armor had already started fraying at the seams.
Both he and his armor were reaching their limits.
Qin Siyang gritted his teeth, his gaze turning fierce.
'There is no time to worry about this.'
Swallowing this piece of Corrosive Black Centipede's remains and using [God Mimicry] to spray corrosive mist was his last chance.
If he didn't go all in now, he was definitely going to die here.
He immediately shoved the Corrosive Black Centipede's eyeball into his mouth.
"Hiss—"
It was like a scorching iron ball plunging into cold water. His mouth instantly filled with the sound of boiling and evaporating liquid.
He felt as if a massive iron sphere was stretching his tongue and mouth to their breaking point, about to tear them apart.
Then, the stench of burning flesh spread through his mouth and nose.
But Qin Siyang didn't open his mouth.
Clenching his fists, he swallowed the Corrosive Black Centipede's eyeball along with the scorching lava debris.
In that instant, he felt as if his throat and stomach had been slashed open by countless knives. The intense spasms actually made him instinctively curl up, even though he was supposed to be numb to pain.
The burning fragments churned violently in his stomach, making his entire body convulse uncontrollably.
Qin Siyang quickly put his visor back on.
Taking a few deep breaths to adjust himself, he then reopened his visor.
[[God Mimicry] Activated]
Immediately, he felt a swelling sensation in his chest, as if a mist was ready to be exhaled at any moment.
By using [God Mimicry], he had temporarily acquired part of Corrosive Black Centipede's power.
Otherwise, his own body would have been the first to be corroded by the mist gathering inside his chest.
There was no time to waste.
Qin Siyang clung to a gap between the creature's muscle fibers, took a deep breath, and forcefully spewed out the mist from his chest.
Even though Qin Siyang's body was tiny, his mouth continuously expelled thick mist for over a minute before finally stopping.
As he unleashed the corrosive mist, the Lava Crocodile thrashed even more violently.
But Qin Siyang held on tightly, making sure the corrosive liquid was continuously poured into the gap between the muscle fibers.
After finishing his attack, Qin Siyang even scraped off some flesh to block the gap, preventing the corrosive liquid from leaking out.
The Lava Crocodile's struggles grew increasingly frenzied, making Qin Siyang feel like his world was turning upside down.
But after five or six minutes, its movements gradually weakened.
Qin Siyang lay inside the Lava Crocodile's wound, his hands still gripping the daggers buried in its flesh.
The heartbeat he had felt through the creature's flesh, gradually slowed.
And then, it stopped completely.
The Lava Crocodile was dead.
"Finally…", Qin Siyang was drenched in sweat.
But he couldn't relax.
The environment here was too hot, he couldn't stay for long.
He had to escape.
After taking only a brief rest, Qin Siyang yanked out his daggers, grabbed a few pieces of Lava Crocodile flesh, and found a safe angle to leap out of its body.
With a few swift jumps, he escaped the boiling magma and landed back on solid ground.
But before he could even catch his breath, the Ice Crystal Moth and the Corrosive Black Centipede were already closing in.
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