I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 398

Waves of pink flesh flow over empty space.

The sight of countless tentacles intertwined and spreading out was like the sea in a storm.

Perhaps the expression storm would be appropriate. The steel ships were swept away and sunk by tentacles coming from all directions. Their screams and cries echoed and died down in the rush of psychic power.

The enraged Sea Demon, Number 26, is leading the ship and its crew to their deaths.

“No. 26, was it that strong?”

Isabel, who saw this, let out a wave of astonishment. I couldn’t give an answer right away due to the penalty of starlight coordinates, but I have similar thoughts.

The largest Sea Demon I have ever seen is the corpse of the Sea Demon I saw in the deep sea before. Although it was a corpse in its normal state, its size was larger than that of No. 26, which was in combat mode.

However, Number 26, which was rampaging in front of me, was overwhelmingly larger than any other Sea Demon. Because of the enormous amount of tentacles that had expanded, its size seemed to easily exceed several hundred meters.

Moreover, its tentacles are growing in size and number in real time. The body was already buried inside the bundle of tentacles and was no longer visible.

What it now looks like is a giant rose made of pink tentacles and numerous eyeballs piled on top of each other. A gorgeous flower that spreads psychic power instead of scent, sweeping away enemies with terrifying force.

Even while ruthlessly destroying enemy ships, they never attacked me or the Metallic Gremlin. The group of metallic gremlins who were afraid of No. 26 at first quickly changed their attitude and helped him.

Unlike before, the ships of Megacorp and Star Union responding to No. 26’s offensive were slow to respond. This is because the communication network was paralyzed due to the psychic power emitted by No. 26. Enemies were struggling and were swept away by tentacles or bitten by silver demons rushing from all directions.

The battleships that were targeting me, who could not move due to the starlight coordinate penalty, also scattered in all directions due to the greater risk factor.

‘What happened?’

Even if No. 26 has the ability to change its tentacles, it has never changed its appearance as drastically as I did. In cases where a person’s body suddenly changes, there is usually a trigger, such as eating an Apex creature or receiving a trait from me.

But this time, there is no element that can make him grow.

‘Are the effects of eating Magmasaur showing now? Or because of Vortex One predation?’

As I was reviewing the various foods that No. 26 ate, something suddenly occurred to me.

‘Screamer.’

The screamers that No. 26 faced here were all made using special materials. This is the corpse of Jason, a cult ranker with powerful psychic abilities. While I was dealing with the enemy main force, he was fighting and feasting on Jason Screamers.

‘Did absorbing a large amount of psychic power at once have an effect?’

Or, it may be that the various foods I had eaten so far and the enormous energy I consumed this time created a complex synergy that promoted the change.

‘If it became like that because it ate energy…’

When all the psychic power stored in the body is used up, it will return to its original state.

Moreover, enemies who are immediately confused will soon adapt. Since they are the ones who came to catch me, they must have prepared at least some countermeasures against EMP.

‘So we have to kill Akira Eugene now.’

You must cut off the enemy’s head before the chaos ends.

And it seems he also thought the same way as me. The one who is supposed to be competing with my clones is flying this way. Behind him, Star Union warships that were not caught up in No. 26’s EMP were seen taking their time against the clones.

Akira, who has escaped the clone, quickly approaches me. Akira closed the distance and pointed his right wing at me. Isabel saw him trying to fire a light bullet and went to keep him in check.

The guy who moved away from me like a snake swimming across the water picked up a pistol. The point where the gun is pointed is Akira’s right wing. When the trigger was pulled, the power of Vortex One contained in the gun barrel was activated.

However, Akira, who had already been hit once, dodged the pistol attack by diving down. At the same time, it unfolded its destroyed and then replaced left wing and shook it loudly. Then, small objects came out from inside the wings and flew towards Isabel on their own.

As soon as Isabel saw Akira counterattack, she moved her body to avoid it, but she was one step too late. Projectiles resembling sharp blades cut into the arm and torso holding the pistol.

｢!｣

Isabel quickly retrieved the pistol floating in the air. Meanwhile, Akira approached him closely.

Its claws flashed like lightning, cleanly cut cables and metal tubes scattering across space.

Isabel narrowly avoided Akira’s attack aimed at her eyes. It bent its elongated body and attempted to entangle the enemy entirely. Akira grabbed Isabelle’s torso with both hands that did not have claws.

When he applied force in that state, the outer shell made of Vortex One’s body began to crumple. Isabel counterattacked with several swings of her hands, but was unable to do much damage to the enemy.

｢Run!｣
‘It’s dangerous.’

The moment she was caught, she should have escaped right away, but Isabelle made a wrong decision. Akira took the guy’s attack and raised his clawed arm high.

Just before the sharp nail plunged into the top of Isabelle’s head, a pink pillar appeared behind her. The tentacle sent by No. 26 hit Akira hard. Akira fell from the shock, and Isabelle was freed from her restraints.

“Little friend, are you okay?”
“Yes, thank you.”

Akira, who was hit by a tentacle several meters thick, suffered no injuries. However, he seemed in a bad mood, perhaps because his work was being interrupted. The guy fired a light bullet and exploded the tentacle that hit him.

“I will beat up the bad girl!”

Number 26, who was filled with anger just like him, instead of feeling pain, responded by sending more tentacles. Isabel, who was greatly defeated in close combat, hid among the tentacles and held the creature in check with a pistol and Gallagon’s claw sword implanted in its tail.

While Isabel and No. 26 dealt with Akira, the penalty ended. After being able to move my body, I jumped into the battlefield again.

Green heat rays moving dizzyingly and metal missiles with a strong smell of gunpowder brush against my large wings. Fragments of broken ships, corpses of humans and cyborgs crash and crumble on my carapace.

I broke through the chaos and approached the enemy, sending out a tentacle to capture Akira. It did aerobatics and avoided the six tentacles I shot. At the same time, it swung its left wing and fired sharp projectiles.

I quickly retrieved the erosion tentacles before the objects he radiated ripped them apart. Then the guy turned sharply and rushed at me.

At the same time, I can feel a large amount of energy gathering from its right wing. The intention is to snipe me from close range. But instead of dodging, I ran towards the approaching guy.

The moment the light bullet was fired from its wing, a pink wall appeared in front of my head. Number 26 stretched out several tentacles and took the attack instead.

The tentacles turned into pieces of meat in an instant, but thanks to that, I was able to avoid the energy bullets. I swung the bone blade-covered accessory at Akira beyond the piece of flesh.

The bone blades that form when hunting is as hard as the head carapace and are very sharp. Akira quickly extended his claws to block my attack.

A fierce spark flashed, cracking its claws and my bone blade. With our blades touching each other, he kicked the tip of my muzzle with both legs. Even though it was overwhelmingly smaller than me, the power contained in the kick was by no means small.

At the same time as my head was pushed back, his body also rapidly moved away. There, it spread its wings and prepared to attack me.

‘but….’

It cannot be said that it is very wise to focus only on ‘me’ when fighting with myself.

A large head protruded from the side of the thing. This is the ‘left head’ that flew in after receiving my call while dealing with a warship. It opened its mouth wide like a snake and chewed Akira’s right wing hard.

As its wings collapse, its face also becomes distorted. It ripped off its wings without hesitation and slashed at the clone’s head with its hooked claws.

A hole appeared in the hard carapace, and blood mixed with flesh inside gushed out. Akira, who had sunk his claws into the corpse, opened his mouth when he saw the blood fountain gushing from the wound.

Then the mortally wounded left side of the head grabbed him with his fighting arms. Then his head melted like water. Isabel shot him with a pistol.

If it were an ordinary human being, this would have been the end of it, but this guy is not an ordinary being.

“It’s not over yet, huh.”

Akira did not die even though his head was blown off. It tore off the clone’s hand with its hooked claws and quickly retreated.

Taking advantage of Akira’s retreat, I approached the head on the left. He has suffered fatal injuries and is no longer able to function.

‘great job. Come back now.’

I held the bone blade-covered auxiliary organ against the clone and deactivated ‘Hydra Split’. The liquefied clone came into my body via the auxiliary organs and snout. After a while, the left side of my neck rose from the area between my neck and shoulder.

Currently, I cannot use the recovery attribute due to Akira’s trap. Maybe that’s why the left side of my head that came back to me was recovered in a state where it wasn’t completely healed.

At that time, Isabel sent a wave to me.

｢Inheritance, ingestion, you can’t do it.｣
[Zuzuzuzu (is it a perk?)]
｢It’s a perk to ingest something, imitate its appearance.｣

The moment he recognized Isabelle’s wavelength, Akira’s appearance in the distance began to change. The body, which had lost its head and one wing, was twisted and then transformed into a familiar shape.

｢Aimoff P, I ate the flesh, so….｣

It has a large head carapace, an elongated neck, protruding horns where the eyes should be, auxiliary organs growing under the chin, two wings, four arms, and a long tail. Although its body size was only about 10 meters, its shape was something I had seen many times before.

‘Aimorph?’

Akira’s newly transformed appearance was very similar to my clone, an adult Aimorph with only one head.

Akira smiled, showing his teeth as if he liked the world where he felt like an auxiliary organ. I guess I’m quite satisfied with my imitation.

[Zuz, zuzu, zuzu, zuzu, zuzu, zuzu (if it was a special privilege like that, I would have told you in advance)]
｢I don’t have time. Sorry.”

Isabelle, who was very nervous, apologized to me. What he said is true, so I have no intention of saying anything.

‘An enemy imitating Aimorph.’

If you are dealing with another ranker, taking on the form of a pseudo-Amorph is not a bad choice. This is because the adult Aimorph with various characteristics applied guarantees powerful combat power.

‘If it were another ranker.’

It seems like he pulled out his trump card with the intention of ending me here, but that was a mistake.

I am the only Amorph ranker.

If your opponent is Amorph, you will never lose.

A word from the author (author review) A new illustration commissioned to commemorate 6 million views has been completed.

The main characters of this illustration are PS-111 and Isabelle. Character settings can be found in the illustration collection notice. ? See next episode”