Chapter 772 - 526: Demon Serpent’s Rebirth, Great Elder Gu Lends Aid
Chapter 772: Chapter 526: Demon Serpent’s Rebirth, Great Elder Gu Lends Aid
Finally.
All the chaos and madness ceased.
A brand new, monstrous serpent head took shape, several times larger than any of its previous heads.
Just one.
But the oppressive presence from this single head far surpassed that of the previous nine combined.
It was pitch-black, covered in twisted Bone Spikes and jagged Scale Armor, with no trace of its original serpentine features remaining.
The sole, colossal head slowly opened its eyes.
No.
Those weren’t eyes.
They were two bottomless, hollow voids... burning with grayish-white Flame!
Then, the ten-thousand-meter-long serpent body, coiled within the massive crater, slowly began to move.
Its immense body spiraled upward, blotting out the sky.
The monstrous head, like a black Sun hanging in the heavens, gazed down indifferently upon the devastated land below.
Then.
It opened its massive maw, a mouth large enough to swallow a mountain range.
And with a ferocious... INHALE!
An irresistible power of decay and Withering, originating from the very depths of life itself, instantly swept across the entire Jade Swamp!
From a distance, Raylo watched in horror.
The swamp ground beneath his feet, which had been relatively intact, and all the resilient, dark green vegetation, seemed to have all its Life Force drained away in an instant!
The green faded at a speed visible to the naked eye!
In its place was a deathly gray!
The trees were withering!
The vines were shriveling!
Even the moisture in the air and the water sources deep within the swamp were being forcibly extracted by an invisible force, transforming into visible wisps of white vapor that converged upon the giant mouth in the sky!
The entire Jade Swamp...
...was withering!
It was dying!
"It’s devouring the swamp!"
Mage Delin’s voice was hoarse.
"It’s sacrificing the swamp to force its final transformation!"
"It has used its stored power to ascend to the World Destruction Level, but it can’t maintain this state for long. We have to stop it from devouring the swamp..."
"If we can prevent it from replenishing its Life Force from the swamp, we still have a chance to win!"
He expended the last of his Magic Power, activating the Divine Artifact, the Heart of Serenity, floating before him. Then he roared.
"Everyone, lend me your Magic Power!"
Beside him, Master Wendel bellowed and was the first to place his hand on Mage Delin’s shoulder.
Morpheus, Nancy, and all the other Legendary Mages didn’t hesitate for a moment.
They forcefully squeezed their nearly depleted Seas of Magic Power, pouring every last drop of Magic Power into Mage Delin.
WMMMM!
A massive, hemispherical Magic Shield, with Mage Delin at its center, struggled to expand.
Like a giant, inverted bowl of blue Crystal, it enveloped the entire swamp. Emitting pure energy fluctuations, it blocked the devouring power from the great serpent, protecting the last vestiges of life in this land.
At the same time.
"Slash!"
"The Fortress," Hector, charged once more!
He pushed his Fighting Spirit to its absolute limit, transforming himself into a crimson comet burning with his own life.
Behind him, the three Legendary Knights—Claudius, Fiona, and one other—also burned their Fighting Spirit.
Gold, cyan, and silver.
Four dazzling blades of light shot into the sky, tearing through the air. With the terrifying might to sever mountains, they slashed in unison toward the giant mouth that was devouring everything!
This was their final attack!
However.
A scene that plunged everyone into despair occurred.
The four torrents of Fighting Spirit, powerful enough to tear apart the heavens, came to an abrupt halt the moment they neared the giant mouth.
The light of the Fighting Spirit rapidly dimmed.
Finally, like four small fish being sucked into a black hole, they vanished silently into the bottomless maw.
They failed to stir even a single ripple.
Immediately after.
CRACK... CRACKLE...
A teeth-grinding cracking sound came from the huge Magic Shield that the Legendary Mages were supporting together.
Before that terrifying devouring power, the supposedly indestructible Magic Shield was like a fragile eggshell.
Countless cracks spread across its surface.
The Magic Power on the shield was being forcibly drained and devoured at a horrifying rate!
"Hold... Hold on..."
Mage Delin’s eyes were wide, the corners bleeding, as he desperately maintained the crumbling shield.
In the distance.
Raylo watched the battlefield with nervous attention. Seeing the Legends fall into such a desperate situation, he couldn’t help but clench his fists.
Whether it was the Legendary Knights’ suicidal charge or the Legendary Mages’ joint defense...
...before this monster that had evolved to another level, it all seemed so powerless, so... laughable.
Just then.
An old and calm voice sounded by Raylo’s side without any warning.
"Lad, you are about to lose."
Raylo stiffened and whipped his head around.
A hunched, gaunt old man was standing beside him, having appeared from who knows where.
It was none other than the Great Elder of the Hill Giant Race, "Gu."
He didn’t look at Raylo, merely gazing calmly at the world-ending scene in the center of the swamp as he made the most succinct judgment.
"World Destruction Level Power can only be countered by World Destruction Level Power!"
Raylo’s pupils constricted abruptly.
"World Destruction Level Power?"
He repeated the phrase with difficulty.
"That’s right."
Gu’s gaze remained locked on the terrifying great serpent in the distance.
"Right now, this Snake Demon has used the Power of the World it has stored for thousands of years to temporarily elevate itself to the World Destruction Level. Though it is only temporary... you have no chance of victory."
His voice was devoid of emotion, as if stating a fact that had nothing to do with him.
Raylo’s heart sank to the abyss.
But he still clung to a final sliver of hope and asked.
"Senior... is there any way to break this stalemate?"
Gu finally turned his head slowly, his eyes as still as an ancient well looking at Raylo.
After a long moment, he finally spoke slowly.
"A way... there is one."
Raylo’s breathing instantly grew several times heavier.
"I have lived long enough, and in these thousands of years of slumber and waking, I too have accumulated a few things."
Gu’s tone remained placid.
"Some... Power of the World."
"I can burn these reserves to allow my power to also reach that level for a short period."
Raylo’s heart began to pound wildly!
He was on the verge of blurting out a request for him to intervene.
But Gu’s next words calmed him down.
"However, the cost is immense."
The old man extended a gaunt finger, pointing at the ten-thousand-meter Demon Serpent coiled in the sky over the swamp.
"After I slay it, I will require half of its corpse as my spoils of war."
’Half of its corpse!’
Raylo’s expression turned grave.
’Just how valuable is the corpse of a monster at the suspected World Destruction Level?’
Incalculable!
Every single scale, every drop of blood, was likely a Treasure that would drive even Legends mad!
’And he’s asking for half right from the start!’
’This isn’t just asking for a lion’s share; this is trying to swallow a whole mountain of gold!’
Raylo took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
He shook his head and said with a wry smile.
"Senior, this demand... I have no authority to decide on their behalf."
He was just the Crown Prince of a Duchy.
The core of this battlefield was the Legends fighting for their lives.
The distribution of spoils should naturally be their decision.
"However, I am willing to act as an intermediary to connect you with the Legendary Masters and negotiate this matter."
Raylo said sincerely.
’Right now, time is life. Every second wasted puts the Legends in more danger.’
However.
Gu merely glanced at Raylo, then slowly shook his head.
"Too slow."
He uttered those two words faintly.
"I’ll do it myself."
Before his voice had even faded.
Raylo’s vision blurred.
Gu’s hunched figure had already vanished from his side.
The next second.
He appeared in mid-air!
His originally gaunt and hunched body suddenly shuddered in the air!
BOOM!
A primal, ancient, and immense aura erupted forth!
Gu’s body began to... expand!
Ten meters!
A hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!
His body swelled madly, his skin seemingly turning into hard rock, his jagged muscles like rolling mountain ranges!
Finally.
A Giant over a thousand meters tall appeared between heaven and earth!