chsdbacks Chapter 232: The Giant Beast of the Overlord Realm
Chapter 232: The Giant Beast of the Overlord Realm
"The red moon has faded again. I didn't expect that even the Water Suction Riot couldn't prolong its power."
On the deck of the airship, Luo Yan propped her cheek up with one hand, idly watching the movements in the direction of the ruins in the distance.
She couldn't understand why those cultivators, as if they had calculated that the ruins were about to open, had risked the waterspout turmoil for two consecutive days, leaving the safe flying boats and heading towards the ruins.
However, it was all for the best. Most of the demonic beasts were drawn away by the commotion, leaving only a few insignificant stragglers, which actually made things easier for those of them who stayed behind.
Luo Yan's injuries hadn't fully healed, but she took advantage of the break to go out and collect a considerable amount of spiritual herbs washed up by the dragon's breath water column. She knew that the closer she got to the ruins, the denser the spiritual energy, and the more precious the herbs that would emerge. She was tempted, but after glancing at the bow of the ship, she suppressed those thoughts.
Compared to the elusive elixir, it's safer to stay by Zhang Ping's side.
At this moment, Zhang Ping was standing at the bow of the ship, gazing in the direction of the ruins in the distance, his brows slightly furrowed.
The blood rain had gradually stopped, leaving only a light drizzle. The thunderstorm had also weakened considerably. Only the howling wind continued tirelessly, swirling the white mist between heaven and earth, causing people's robes to flutter loudly.
Against the raging wind, a faint golden light quietly appeared in Zhang Ping's eyes. He activated his Breaking Illusion technique to its fullest extent and looked towards the distant ruins that stretched across the sky.
However, as his abilities were activated, the discomfort in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
From the outside, the ruins still appeared magnificent and ancient, with the array's spiritual light flickering without any abnormality. However, under his all-seeing eye, it exuded an indescribable eeriness.
It wasn't a dead building at all; it was more like a colossal, living entity that had been dormant for millennia.
As you stare at it, it also stares back at you coldly from the endless darkness.
Suppressing the chill and nausea surging in his heart, Zhang Ping dispelled the golden light in his eyes, stopped the operation of the Breaking Illusion technique, turned around and walked back to the deck, casually chatting with Luo Yan about the Penglai Immortal City.
Luo Yan's family lived in Penglai, not within the Immortal City, but very close by, and she knew the local customs and culture intimately. While others talked about the usual sect rules and power divisions, she told them many interesting anecdotes and stories, making them much more vivid.
When Zhang Ping took the initiative to talk to her, her heart was pounding like a rabbit's, and she assumed that he also had some feelings for her. Her fair cheeks unconsciously flushed with a light red.
Women admire strength, and cultivators admire it even more.
Today she specially changed into a slightly daring dress, with the neckline slightly open, revealing her delicate collarbone. While talking, she couldn't help but secretly look up at Zhang Ping, only to see him staring calmly ahead, not glancing at her at all. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but she still cheered herself up and continued to talk about the interesting things in the clan.
Zhang Ping would occasionally respond with a few words, but his gaze would frequently sweep across the sky.
Unbeknownst to them, the scarlet full moon had quietly moved to the very center of the sky.
The crimson glow descended, enveloping the entire ruins and this restless world.
The Heavenly Palace is in charge, and the killing and warfare have shifted to the center.
Just as everyone's eyes were fixed on the ruins, a deafening roar suddenly exploded out!
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The roar pierced straight to the soul, like a heavy hammer slamming into the depths of everyone's consciousness.
It surged forth from the core of the ruins, transforming into an unstoppable storm that swept across the entire Dragon's Breath Lake in an instant. Even cultivators who had already escaped to the edge of the lake couldn't help but feel their hearts shatter and their blood surge as they were swept by this roar.
"W-What is this thing?!"
Some people were pale, their swallowing movements were trembling, and their voices were so strained that they sounded like a string about to snap.
Zhang Ping had just turned around and was about to walk towards the cabin when he suddenly froze in place.
Luo Yan was so frightened that she collapsed onto the deck. Her cultivation at the Marrow Marrow Realm seemed to have been drained in an instant by this beast's roar. She curled up into a ball, looking like a baby rabbit that had encountered a tiger.
Several miles away, Cuttlefish, who was unwilling to leave and was watching from the shadows, turned pale instantly.
Centered on the ruins, an indescribably terrifying force is spreading outwards in all directions like a tidal wave!
The burly man with the sword at the forefront didn't even have time to react. The moment the shockwave hit him, he and his sword turned into dust. The old man who had broken the formation had already set up layers of formations around himself to guard against the unexpected. But now, the formations only lasted for half a breath before shattering. Although he left with a complete corpse, he had already lost all his life force.
Further out, Duan Yu and many other mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators rushed forward, trying to be the first to enter the ruins. They were hit head-on by the shockwave and were instantly vaporized without even a scream.
Fortunately, the power of the shockwave decayed very quickly. A few mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who were positioned at the back and were cautious managed to escape with their lives, but they were all seriously injured and flew backward, spitting out blood.
The hundreds of early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators on the outer perimeter were of mixed factions, with their positions varying in distance.
Those with the strongest power and influence crowded to the front and suffered the most casualties; those who were not qualified to move forward were only swept by the aftershocks and suffered minor injuries.
As for those martial artists below the Divine Integration Realm who risked their lives to try their luck at the Marrow Infusion Realm, even if they were extremely far away, they simply could not withstand the residual power of this force, and many died or were injured.
The battle was even more brutal for the monsters, with hordes of them crashing down from the sky, their blood instantly staining the lake below red.
This earth-shattering change happened so fast that no one had time to react.
The top experts in the front row died instantly, and the cultivators in the back row were completely thrown into chaos with no leader.
The squid dissipated the barely erected protective barrier around its body, its pupils trembling as it gazed in the direction of the ruins.
The magnificent ruins, originally built of black stone, underwent a terrifying transformation the instant the formation shattered.
Space twisted violently, and pieces of black stone wriggled, pieced together, and reassembled, transforming into a colossal beast a thousand meters tall that blotted out the sky, right before everyone's eyes!
The colossal beast resembled a human, its entire body covered in sharp, purplish-black bone armor, with a massive tail resembling a long, bone-spike whip wedged along its back. The previously ferocious, hundred-meter-tall Divine Realm demon beast appeared as insignificant as a newborn cub before it.
"Waaah—"
The behemoth moved forward just one step, and the entire landscape trembled violently, with waves tens of meters high rising from the lake.
"A beast at the Overlord Body Realm! It's a behemoth at the Overlord Body Realm!"
The squid cried out in shock, its voice cracking. The next second, without saying a word, it turned around and pushed its spiritual power to the limit, fleeing like a madman.
Those cultivators who had just been taking advantage of the fact that the powerful figures in the front row were seriously injured, harboring resentment and wanting to take revenge, were now terrified and ran away in a panic, wishing they had two more legs.
The demonic beasts were the first to be targeted, as their enormous size made them the first targets of the giant beast. In the blink of an eye, several demonic beasts at the Divine Integration Realm were grabbed and stuffed into its mouth.
Above the sky, the outline of the blood moon became clearer and clearer, so red it looked as if it were about to drip blood.
The howling wind carried with it a strong, pungent smell of blood, making one's chest feel tight.