All Heavens: Starting with the Predator, I'm No Longer Human

Leon-the-Striker's lair is a natural formation, with a cave that is over 150 meters deep and 40 meters high at its highest point. A waterfall blocks the view from the outside world, and the water flows into the cave entrance, forming a curtain of water that isolates the interior from the outside world.

Moss, emitting a faint blue glow, grows on the rock face. The light scatters in the humid air, enveloping the entire space in a hazy blue-green radiance.

The nest floor was littered with the skeletons of giant creatures—wing bones of Ikalan, skulls of hammerheaded thunder beasts, and even the enormous ribs of some larger creature, like fossils from an ancient forest.

The air was filled with a mixture of ozone, damp rocks, and humus, with the faint musky scent of apex predators wafting from the deepest recesses—the signature scent secreted by Toruk's own glands.

As it flapped its wings, creating a gale, the air was filled with various smells. Fortunately, the Chu Ci Song Mask had a filtering function, otherwise the smells alone would have been unbearable.

When everything stopped, Leon-Styx's vertical pupils instantly contracted into slits, and the muscles of his entire body tensed up at the same time.

A low-frequency vibration emanated from deep within its throat; it wasn't a roar, but a warning—an infrasound wave that made the air throughout the cave tremble.

Toruk (Leon-Striker) takes the lead.

Although it cannot fully take flight inside the cave, the powerful muscles of its hind limbs unleash terrifying power.

The six-ton ​​body charged forward at a speed completely disproportionate to its size.

Wow, so fast!!!

It's almost on par with Thunder Beast.

Its forepaws—each a black, curved claw as long as an adult Na'vi's arm—strike straight at Chu Cige's head.

He did not dodge.

Just as the claws were about to strike, he turned and spun, the elder's spear tracing a perfect arc.

The spear tip didn't pierce the claw, but rather precisely targeted the soft membrane of the joint where the claw and arm connect—a relatively vulnerable point that "Alice" scanned and analyzed within a second.

"clang--!"

The sound of metal colliding with keratin echoed throughout the cave.

The spear did pierce, but only left a white mark on Toruk's claw.

Behind the nano-armor mask, Chu Cige was slightly surprised—"Alice" scan showed that the creature's keratin layer density reached the diamond level, and it had a certain elastic fiber network structure to disperse the impact force.

Toruk was in pain, but he did not back down.

The massive tail swept in from the side, its spear-like bony spikes tearing through the air and striking his waist.

Chu Cige raised his hand to block.

He held the spear horizontally, instantly concentrating all the energy of the nano-armor into his arms.

When the tail struck, the impact sent him sliding backward five or six meters, his boots sparking as they scraped against the rocky ground, but he managed to stay upright.

Such immense power...

"Alice" is rapidly updating her data.

The target's physical output far exceeded expectations, but its attack pattern was relatively simple—pounce, claw strike, and tail sweep, typical behemoth tactics.

Toruk let out a deafening roar.

"Roar—!"

The sound was like thunder exploding in the cave at the same time, and the waterfall's curtain of water was shaken by the sound waves and splashed in all directions.

The sound waves crashed against the rock wall, shaking down countless fragments of rock.

For an ordinary living being, this sound would be enough to rupture eardrums and cause them to lose their balance.

However, Chu Cige's mask had a built-in sound wave filtering and balance stabilization system, so he only slightly adjusted his posture.

Just as the roar reached its peak, Toruk launched a truly dangerous attack.

It opened its mouth.

It wasn't about biting; instead, it spewed out a stream of scorching bio-plasma from deep within its throat.

This is Toruk's little-known ultimate weapon: special glands in its stomach can break down prey rich in superconducting minerals, generating high-temperature plasma, which is stored in a sac in its throat and sprayed out when needed, mixed with saliva and electrolyte.

The temperature can reach 3000 degrees Celsius, and although it lasts only two seconds, it is enough to melt quartzite.

(This is the author's setting; no need to delve into it.)

Danger! !! !!

Extremely dangerous!!!

Alice is frantically sounding the alarm!!!

Chu Cige instantly activated the highest level energy shield of the nanoarmor—a semi-transparent hexagonal force field unfolded in front of him.

The plasma stream impacts the force field and is deflected and scattered.

Part of it struck the rock wall, instantly melting the rock into orange-red lava that dripped down.

Another part deflected to the top of the cave, leaving a charred mark.

Two seconds later, the plasma flow stopped.

Toruk was panting; the attack had drained a lot of its energy.

The force field of the nanoarmor remained stable, but the energy reading on the faceplate showed that the shield's energy was 47% depleted. If it were to withstand another attack of the same magnitude, the shield would overload.

Damn it!!!

Chu Cige never expected that this thing would have energy attacks. He almost capsized in the gutter. This was the first time he had used the energy shield of his armor, and he never expected to encounter this guy.

This shield consumes more energy than firing several plasma railguns, something his previous enemies had never used.

Moreover, Leon the Stingray in the movie doesn't have this kind of attack method at all. Has this guy mutated?

Or was it due to some effect caused by the integration of the world? Chu Cige didn't know. He only knew that he could no longer be on the defensive.

Take the initiative and seize the moment when it has just released its energy burst, so as not to give Leon-Styrax a chance to continue charging up.

His sprint was so fast that it left afterimages; the muscle enhancement system of the nano-armor boosted Chu Cige's explosive power to the limit.

The elder's spear spun in his hand, its tip emitting a piercing buzzing sound as it was swung with tremendous force.

This was the first time Chu Cige had truly unleashed all the functions of the nano-armor. In the previous encounters, he had relied on the nano-armor's own defense and weakness analysis to fight.

I haven't used any of the other functions yet. Even the previous Thunder Beast couldn't force out the full performance of the armor. I never expected to encounter the mutant Leon-Striker here.

This forced him to give it his all...

Toruk hurriedly swung its claws to meet the attack, but Chu Cige suddenly changed direction at the last moment—instead of attacking the body, he suddenly leaped up, kicked Toruk's forearm, and used the momentum to jump onto its back.

This is a risky move.

Toruk immediately began to twist his body frantically, trying to shake the little thing off.

At the same time, its pair of smaller rear wings fold upwards, with sharp bony spikes on the wing edges attempting to cut enemies on its back.

The Chu Ci song maintained an amazing balance on the back of the turbulent beast.

He knelt on one knee, grabbed a gap in Toruk's carapace with one hand, and gripped the spear tightly with the other, stabbing it fiercely at the junction of Toruk's neck and back—the convergence point of the nervous system and major blood vessels!

"Pfft!"

This time the spear pierced through.

Although it only penetrated a dozen centimeters before being blocked by dense muscles and bones, the Elder Spear's specially designed structure and bloodletting groove still dealt it a heavy blow.

Blue blood spurted out.

Toruk let out a painful scream, a sound even more piercing than his previous roars, filled with real agony.

It used all its strength to ram against the cave wall, trying to crush what was on its back.

Chu Ci Ge leaped away just before impact, tumbling three times in the air before landing steadily.

Toruk's back slammed heavily against the rock wall, shaking the entire cave, and large rocks fell from the top...