BXBX NOVEL Chapter 330: The World of Water and Fire, Ancient Beasts, and True Forms of Domains (I)
Chapter 330: The World of Water and Fire, Ancient Beasts, and True Forms of Domains (I)
Serpent-type creatures had bodies that were more elongated than other beasts of the same level; however, Ghidorah’s volume was similar to the sixty-four-meter-long Single-horned Kun.
The Thunder Fiery Emperor Beast was the next longest. Compared to the seventy-six-meter-long Silver Colossal Dragon, the seventy-nine-meter-long Thunder Beast appeared more imposing, ferocious, and menacing.
This fact left the Silver Dragon somewhat frustrated. Initially, it had been more than ten meters longer than the fifty-nine-meter-long, yet-to-reach level 8 Thunder Fiery Colossal Beast, boasting a larger and more majestic form.
Who would have thought it would have surpassed the Silver Dragon so quickly, growing as if it had consumed some miraculous elixir?
The Silver Dragon turned its head toward the black and red colossal beast spewing hot steam from its back and growled. Roar! Batian, are you sure you can handle it?
The Thunder Beast growled back. Roar! Don't worry, I'll take the brunt of the attack head-on. You all can assist from the sides when the opportunity arises.
Their target this time was a level 9 colossal beast, though the Kun wasn't sure of its exact level. It had only sensed the beast's aura from afar before steering clear.
Compared to the other three level 9 beasts the Kun had also sensed while wandering, this one's aura was the weakest, which was why the Thunder Beast had chosen it. According to the Kun, the creature's territory contained "very, very good things.”
However, unlike the Thunder Beast, the Silver Dragon had truly encountered and witnessed the power of a level 9 beast, which made it wary.
Compared to level 8 transcendent beings, level 9 beings not only had unified abilities that suppressed domains more strongly, but their powers also became more formidable from two or three abilities fusing together.
The Thunder Beast's fusion of Regeneration and Agility to achieve short-distance teleportation with explosive bursts, and the combination of Toxin and Golden Flames to increase its power by several times—these were the special traits of level 9 beasts.
Roar! Don't worry, when the time comes, Baxia will take the lead. I'm invincible now.
The nearby Deep Sea Dragon Turtle roared confidently. After breaking through to level 8 and gaining the Earth and Shockwave Domains, its sense of unease had finally subsided, and it began moving like a normal sea creature.
Squeak, squeak, squeak! I'm even stronger. Just wait and see me alternate between my Black and White Domains to slice it.
Roar! Big Horn, you can't. Your soft fins can't even cut through my domain.
Squeak, squeak, squeak! Want to try?
Roar! I fear nothing.
The Nine-headed Serpent glanced at the two bickering beasts, shaking all of its heads.
Too weak! If it can't even defeat me, how can it handle a level 9 colossal beast? In the end, we'll still rely on me, the mighty Ghidorah, to be Ao Ba's strongest ally.
Although the Kun and Dragon Turtle had become stronger after their breakthroughs, they couldn't conceal the disadvantage of being at the beginning stage of level 8. Their strength could at most bridge to the middle or late stages, but they were still far from reaching the power of a level 9 colossal beast.
Over three hours later, the five beasts arrived at the outskirts of the level 9 beast's territory. Even from here, they felt an overwhelming, domineering, and fierce aura.
This aura was imperceptible to creatures below level 7, so it had no effect on the normal ecosystem in the area. However, colossal beasts above level 7 not only sensed this aura, but also felt a strong bloodline suppression under its pressure, causing them to flee in terror.
Roar! Very strong, the Thunder Beast growled, its eyes glinting with battle will. Since reaching the pseudo-emperor level, its strength had become so overwhelming that it could crush even peak level 8 colossal beasts, with only level 9 beasts capable of challenging it.
While trying to approach the target, however, the Thunder Beast had to swim nearly a hundred more kilometers; the invisible aura spreading so far and wide was a testament to the level 9 beast’s sheer power.
4,000 meters below the pitch-black sea, at the bottom of a mountain severed by some unknown force, silver ripples continuously radiated, affecting an area hundreds of meters wide.
Beyond the silver ripples was not the dark deep sea, but a turbulent micro-world. Rocks jutted several meters above the water's surface, surrounding a small island several kilometers in diameter. At the far end of the island, a volcano spewed lava, casting a red glow that illuminated the micro-world.
On this barren island was a slumbering colossal beast, over 170 meters long and resembling a serpent with a tiger's head and back.
It had four claws under its belly, and its entire body was covered in interwoven black and white scales with some blue spots. Its massive, fierce tiger head stirred up gales with each breath, and the aura it emitted twisted the surrounding space.
This was a Tiger Serpent that had awakened the bloodline of ancient creatures.
As the Thunder Beast and the others focused on the Tiger Serpent, it suddenly awoke, despite them still being kilometers away.
Roar!
As the Tiger Serpent rose, its furious roar sent violent sound waves through the entire micro-world, causing the sea to churn and the winds to howl.
Roar! Charge!
Seeing the Tiger Serpent become alert prematurely, the Thunder Beast let out a roar and charged through the spatial portal into the micro-world.
On the other side, endless golden flames exceeding ten thousand degrees Celsius erupted from its body and instantly vaporized the surrounding seawater, causing distant waters to boil violently.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amid the rolling steam, blue thunderbolts crackled, quickly forming a three-hundred-meter-wide Thunder Fiery Domain that exuded a destructive aura.
Roar!
The Silver Dragon flew into the sky, surrounded by green slicing hurricanes and white frost.
Next was the Nine-headed Serpent, with flames and ice forming a three-hundred-meter-wide domain, as the nine menacing dragon heads swirled within.
Then came the Deep Sea Dragon Turtle, encircled by the Earth and Shockwave Domains, followed by the Single-horned Kun with its intertwining Black and White Domains.
The five colossal beasts, each with their domains unfolded, filled the air with transcendent energy. The destructive auras and magnificent light they emitted nearly covered half of the micro-world's sky.
Roar! Roar! Roar! The Tiger Serpent roared in anger.
How dare these weaker creatures challenge me? Unforgivable! It silently vowed to tear these level 8 creatures to pieces.
Boom!
The entire micro-world trembled slightly as the true aura of a level 9 colossal beast was explosively released. A circle of blue light radiated from it, covering a range of five hundred meters.
Within this domain, the blue water-like light shimmered, emanating an aura that even made the Thunder Beast feel a hint of danger.
Roar!
Surrounded by golden flames and thunderbolts, the Thunder Beast charged onto the small island, raising towering waves and shattering rocks weighing tens of thousands of tons.
Boom!
The moment the Thunder Beast set foot on the island, the whole place quivered slightly. Rocks shattered into countless fragments, which were instantly melted into flowing lava by the searing flames.
An endless blue wave surged, rising into a hundred-meter tsunami that rushed toward the Thunder Beast. The Tiger Serpent had launched the first attack.
Boom!
The blue tsunami collided with the Thunder Fiery Domain, its boundless force shattering the firelight and reverberating with thunderbolts. Simultaneously, a massive shadow within the tsunami pounced at the Thunder Beast.
Boom! Boom!
The claws of the two greatly different-sized colossal beasts clashed, releasing a shockwave that caused the ground within a few hundred meters to collapse, with molten lava splattering everywhere.
Meanwhile, the blue domain and the Thunder Fiery Domain surrounding the two beasts clashed and compressed, generating continuously erupting energy shockwaves.
This strike was a pure contest of physical strength, with neither side appearing to have the upper hand.
Boom!
The Tiger Serpent, standing over eighty meters tall, opened its mouth to bite the Thunder Beast, but it agilely dodged and countered with a fierce headbutt to the Serpent’s jaw.
Roar!
With a ferocious roar, the Thunder Beast unleashed its inner power, the immense force distorting the surrounding space, deforming flames, and annihilating thunderbolts.
Boom!
With overwhelming power, the Thunder Beast hurled the larger Tiger Serpent away. Its massive body crashed through the air and slammed into the rocky reefs over a kilometer away.
It was as if a deep-sea nuclear bomb had detonated. The reefs exploded, and the sea roared, sending water hundreds of meters into the air.
Wuuuu!
Surrounded by its White Domain, the Kun’s aura surged tenfold, forming a hundred-meter-long horn on its head as it charged forward with a blare.
Just as the Kun approached the turbulent water, however, a thick tail whipped up the water, shattering the air and landing heavily on it.
Boom!
The horn formed by its innate ability shattered instantly, and the domain exploded. The Kun’s robust sixty-meter-long body was sent flying by the domineering force, soaring hundreds of meters into the air before crashing into the sea a kilometer away with a massive splash of water.
Before this level 9 colossal beast, the Kun had no power to fight back.
Roar! Roar! How dare you hit Big Horn? You’re courting death.
Just as the ancient Tiger Serpent steadied itself after striking the Kun, the Dragon Turtle, surrounded by its crushing domains, charged furiously.
Boom!
The two domains clashed, exploding in waves of blue and yellow shockwaves that swept hundreds of meters.
The domain that solidified everything into the earth and then crushed it was continuously neutralized by forces of freezing, heaviness, corrosion, and tearing, unable to get close.
The Dragon Turtle felt embarrassed. Seeing the Tiger Serpent coldly staring at it from two hundred meters away, it instinctively ducked down to the seabed.
Boom!
A colossal blue claw, spanning hundreds of meters and weighing as heavy as a mountain, descended from the sky and struck the Dragon Turtle.
Under the absolute force, the yellow domain was compressed to just a few meters. In one blow, the ground within hundreds of meters collapsed, water exploded, and the roaring sound echoed through the heavens and earth.
With such a fearsome power, the Dragon Turtle was directly driven a hundred meters below the surface.
Having effortlessly dealt with the two low-level creatures, the Tiger Serpent turned its gaze toward the black-and-red colossal beast in the distance.
There, the Thunder Beast stood on the central island, surrounded by erupting flames and dancing lightning. The ground beneath its feet within a radius of several hundred meters had turned into a lake of lava, making it resemble an apocalyptic beast.
Roar!
Seeing the Thunder Beast in a stance that seemed to be waiting for it, the Tiger Serpent roared even more furiously. The power within its body surged and an endless blue light shone, while the water in the entire micro-world began to quake.