'So that's how it is. These little devils use the blood of insects to grow quickly and absorb nutrients. Then, when the insects grow to a certain stage or encounter a crisis, they transform from insects into demons.'

  System put the torn-off arm of the little devil into his mouth and chewed it. Its arm tasted spicier than the centipede leg that System had eaten earlier, but the sweetness was about the same.

  He couldn't tell whether the arm was more delicious or a little worse overall, but the increase in his experience bar was slightly greater than when he'd eaten the centipede leg.

  After tearing the arm off the little devil's body, System was able to confirm that he could no longer feel the other party's emotions now that the big centipede had transformed into a demon.

  Although the demon wailed in pain, System couldn't detect any emotional fluctuations from its body. After the transformation, the little devil's demon blood seemed to have become the dominant blood within its body.

  This little devil born from the flesh and blood of a centipede was very different from the little devil with half of its body missing that System had seen in Lilt Forest long ago.

  The head, neck, chest, and abdomen weren't much different from the previous little devil, which had also had a dark red body, but this little devil had two insect antennae instead of magic horns on its head.

  The biggest change was in the limbs of this little devil, which had become insect legs surrounded by a dark red carapace.

  System also discovered that, unlike ordinary little devils, the blood of this little devil was as cold as an insect's, not warm.

  ...

  Species: little insect devil (renameable)

  Length: 0.47 metersWeight: 8-9 kilograms

  Estimated Combat Power: 2-5Special Talents: -

  ...

  System threw the half-eaten little devil arm over to Shava at his side, then looked at the information dispyed by [Probe and Analyze] and made hoarse sounds with his throat.

  "After transforming from a centipede into a little insect devil, its strength has actually decreased. I wonder if all little insect devils are like this?"

  Ignoring the little devil's pained wails, System kept his tentacles wrapped around its body and used [Perception].

  He discovered that the little insect devil, like the big centipede, was asexual. It didn't have any reaction to his aphrodisiac tentacles.

  System could read a lot of emotions from the expressions on the little devil's face. There was resentment and anger, but more that that, he could see timidity and fear.

  The little devil made a gurgling sound in its wails, as if it was cursing, but it also seemed to be begging System for mercy. Apparently, these little devils were able to naturally speak an unknown foreign nguage as soon as they were born.

  While it possessed wisdom, the little insect devil was much weaker than the big centipede had been. That was true in regards to both its strength and the amount of courage it had.

  When System heard the curses from the little insect devil, his thoughts took a very strange turn.

  It had been more than two years since System had arrived in this world. Over time, he had gradually adopted an insect's way of thinking, and he wouldn't have strange thoughts under normal circumstances.

  However, System was a little surprised by his thoughts this time. When he listened to the little devil's curses, all he could think was that the little devil's voice was very nice, while the sounds produced by his own throat were too hoarse.

  What System wanted to do was something very strange. He wanted to remove the vocal cords from the little devil's throat and compare them to his own vocal cords. He wanted to try using his [Morph] ability to adjust his vocal cords to make his voice sound better.

  System looked at the little devil's throat that was constantly making sounds. A moment ter, he stretched out more than a dozen tentacles, each tipped with an [Armored Spike], and poked holes in the little devil's throat.

  The emotions in the little devil's eyes gradually changed from panic to viciousness and resentment before it finally died.

  Unfortunately, because of the little devil's death struggles, System's [Armored Spike]-tipped tentacles had gone a little off target, piercing the vocal cords in the little devil's throat. He then further damaged its vocal cords in the process of tearing open the little devil's throat with his tentacles.

  'What a pity, I should have killed it first, then brought it back and slowly dissected it with a dagger...'

  System threw the body of the little devil to the ground, then flew into the sky again and scouted the area again.

  Although he was a little unhappy about the damage to the demon's vocal cords, he knew that his main concern now wasn't a trivial matter like that. Instead, he needed to find out how these centipede demons kept appearing.

  As soon as he'd seen the centipede demon eating the gnoll zombie's body, System had determined the reason for the appearance of the centipede demons. They should be the method used by the Lord of the Abyss, Ogan, to deal with the undead creatures roaming the Warren Pins.

  However, System had no idea how the centipede demons had arrived.

  These centipede demons without any reproductive ability had shown up one after another over a half-month period, which was obviously very abnormal. System didn't believe that they all could have been teleported from the Abyss.

  He specuted that these centipede demons had likely adopted some special means of reproduction. He felt that there should be many more centipede demons wandering around.

  As he'd expected, after flying into the sky, System soon found his target again about one kilometer away. This time, he saw two centipede demons not far from each other.

  The size of these two big centipedes was much smaller than the ones that he'd previously encountered. One was about fifty centimeters long, while the other was sixty centimeters long.

  When System first saw them, the two big centipedes seemed to be wandering around the grassnd, eating any pnts they found. The two centipede demons gradually moved closer to each other. Suddenly, the centipedes seemed to notice each other at the same time, after which they immediately started charging toward each other.

  Soon, the two centipede demons entangled and bit each other, with dark red blood spshing everywhere.

  System chose to fly down at this time. He thought that the two centipede demons might put aside their hatred and attack his as soon as they saw him, but that wasn't the case.

  Even after System and Shava moved to a position less than two meters away from the two centipedes, the centipedes still ignored them and continued fighting each other. The centipedes appeared to be intensely focused on their battle.

  Compared to killing System and Shava, the two centipedes seemed to prefer killing their own kind.

  After watching for a while, System finally understood why these powerful centipedes needed to eventually transform into demons.

  This combat style that didn't distinguish between friends and enemies might lead to rapid growth and produce powerful individuals, but it wasn't conducive to the prosperity of the group. To avoid that problem, the Swarm Druids had modified these big centipedes, causing them to eventually transform into little devils.

  Of course, this was just System's specution, and it might not be completely correct.

  Regardless of whether his specution was correct or not, this new species that had appeared in the Warren Pins definitely posed a considerable threat to his ant subjects.

  Not only would they actively invade System's nest, they would also plunder food that should have belonged to the ants, restricting the development of his ant subjects.

  System quietly watched the centipedes fight, but he didn't take action immediately. Before long, the slightly rger centipede successfully killed the smaller centipede.

  The big centipede that had just killed another of its own kind finally discovered System and Shava standing nearby and immediately started rushing toward them.

  These centipede demons seemed to prefer to attack living beings rather than eat dead bodies.

  As soon as it arrived within half a meter of System, the centipede was split in half from head to tail by Shava.

  The moment the centipede died, System suddenly realized something.

  Just now, he should have transformed the centipede demon into a little insect devil and taken out its intact vocal cords before killing it...