adbindia Chapter 343 - 336: The Fall of the Abyss Lord
Chapter 343 - 336: The Fall of the Abyss Lord
THUMP, THUMP.
With the activation of the Nine-Headed Sanctuary, Ah Jian, who lay dormant on Shi Ming’s body, could clearly hear the beating of the giant dragon’s heart.
Shi Ming’s six arms transformed, becoming new heads. Along with the three he already possessed, his body morphed into a nearly 800-meter-long, nine-headed black giant dragon that descended upon the Sea of Boiling. With it came a terrifying Celestial Calamity that ravaged the entire ocean!
His scales were jet-black.
The veins connecting the nine heads pulsed with different auras of destruction—pure and savage!
Dragon Transformation!
The second stage of the Nine-Headed Sanctuary allowed Shi Ming to briefly transform into a Nine-headed Giant Dragon, increasing his Physical Strength and Endurance by 500% and giving him physical toughness comparable to a true dragon! For every 1 point of base Physical Strength and Endurance he possessed, his body would increase in length by 1 meter, up to a maximum of one thousand meters!
At the same time, his control over destruction and its derivative powers became far more proficient, allowing him to wield them as he pleased.
Currently, Shi Ming’s base Physical Strength and Endurance totaled 742 points.
Thus, his transformed dragon body was 742 meters long.
His nine heads—some savage, some defiant, some blazing, some sharp—all stared ruthlessly at the Abyss Lord’s eyeball that had just appeared, filled with the desire to destroy.
Ah Jian reacted just as quickly.
The moment the prey took the bait, a sky-blotting swarm of Twelve-winged Black Insects took flight, densely covering the entire sea. The lesser insects that had avoided the earlier impact during a lull in the pollution immediately cast the Eternal Life Law, attempting to hard-control the ancient sea beast. Even if it was only for one second, half a second, or even less, it would be enough to secure victory for their master!
ROAR!
The Abyss Lord’s immunity to the Eternal Life Law was growing.
But the moment it realized its opponent’s cunning, it was inevitably caught by the hard-control for a brief instant.
The higher the level of the duel, the lower the margin for error.
A single instant was an opportunity!
In that very instant, the Nine-headed Giant Dragon that Shi Ming had become combined its nine heads. Nine types of terrifying, destructive calamities fused into a single iron-black pillar of light that spewed forth from the dragon’s maws. Wherever the pillar passed, space collapsed and seawater vanished. All the evil tentacles it touched were incinerated and evaporated. The entire sky and sea were dyed a deep crimson.
One of the dragon heads, the one with red markings on its scales, simultaneously unleashed ten times the power!
BOOM!
The now-lucid Abyss Lord instantly swept away all of Ah Jian’s lesser insects. It poured out its power of pollution without reservation, using it all for defense. The powers of the two terrifying behemoths collided.
The heavens shattered and the seas split!
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Even on the Black Gold, far away in the Sea of Silence, the "crimson sunset" from the Sea of Boiling could be felt.
"The sun... is setting in the south?"
"Is it the Golden Sun, or the Abyss Lord?"
The sky looked as if it were bleeding, making the very air feel thick and viscous. A vast stretch of the southern sky was engulfed in crimson, making the natural sunset over the western sea pale in comparison.
Xivier stood before the control console, her expression grim.
’We just dealt with one problem, and now the trouble deep in the Sea of Boiling is acting up?’
’Fortunately, the Stone Patrol Envoy has been on the Black Gold recently.’
"Send a message to the Stone Patrol Envoy."
"Second-in-Command, the Stone Patrol Envoy doesn’t seem to be on the Dayun recently. According to some witnesses, he took a small boat and headed south by himself half a day ago."
"???"
’Headed south?’
Xivier couldn’t help but connect the dots.
’One, the Patrol Envoy came to the Black Gold to help solve the problem of the Nameless Cocoon.’
’Two, after solving the problem, he took the Sealed Prison.’
’Three, his purpose for obtaining the Sealed Prison was to deal with a sea beast that required sealing to be defeated.’
’A sea beast that the Patrol Envoy would need an external artifact to defeat... there are probably very few of those in the Endless Ocean. And the one that fits the description is the "Abyss Lord" in the depths of the Sea of Boiling!’
’He’s already fighting it?’
’Without a plan, without any backup, he just rode a lone skiff into that forbidden zone of life to take on the Abyss Lord?’
"I’ll go to the Dayun to pay a visit myself."
"You all stay on the ship. Don’t move from your posts. Constantly monitor the fluctuations from the south. If necessary, activate the King-trait, Thousand-Mile Conquest, immediately to ensure the Black Gold’s safety."
Though stunned, Xivier still made other preparations.
This was the essential quality of an acting captain.
The Sea of Boiling was a considerable distance from the Black Gold. Even the fluctuations from a battle between Saint Hall Tier Powerhouses would have difficulty reaching this far. But it was always wise to be prepared for a rainy day. Xivier was responsible for an entire King-level Wandering Ship, so she had to consider all possibilities and prepare multiple response strategies to prevent any unexpected disasters.
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Deep within the ocean, the Three-Eyed Golden Crow’s thoughts had just drifted into chaos when they were jolted awake by a sudden, powerful fluctuation.
’That human actually forced the Abyss Lord to the surface?’
’Are the other sea beasts of the Sea of Boiling going to suffer again?’
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow used its less-than-formidable Spiritual Power to peer at the battle on the sea’s surface. Before the Abyss Lord appeared, it had been the sole hegemon of this sea region. Surveying the surface was a basic skill for it.
’A dragon?!!!’
The sight was anything but insignificant! It was so frightened it nearly fell from its rotten, withered branch!
The third eye on its forehead trembled uncontrollably!
’A dragon!’
’A black dragon with nine heads! Isn’t this the very same savage giant dragon it saw in its prophecy?’
’The day of the prophecy... is today?’
’How could the turning point arrive so quickly?’
’Where’s the human?’
The aura of the Nine-headed Giant Dragon was so ferocious and cold, yet in essence, it was identical to the human from before. ’The dragon... was transformed from that human!’
’No, this won’t do!’
’The Abyss Lord is still struggling against the dragon—no, against the human. It’s not completely dead yet. I can use this opportunity to prepare. Anyway, the human’s target is the Abyss Lord, not me. The prophecy is about to be fulfilled, which means I still have a chance to escape!’
’I’ll just extinguish the light of the Great Sun Wheel for now and flee the Sea of Boiling. I can escape to the Great Maelstrom, the Oceanic Abyss, the Earth’s Lung... anywhere will do!’
’The Abyss Lord should be able to last for about ten minutes.’
’That’s enough time for me to get away!’
Just as it thought this, its senses detected something new in the next second. The Abyss Lord’s three-hundred-meter-long eyeball cracked open from the inside. The eyeball, which had been torn bare by a terrifying force moments before, completely disintegrated. The evil tentacles, which had been withering away along with the Other Shore Flower’s petals, could no longer sprout new eyes or limbs. Having lost all vitality, they sank heavily to the seabed and began to decay.
’The Abyss Lord... is dead?’
The sense of fated déjà vu sent a shiver through it, followed by an irrepressible trembling that originated from the depths of its soul...
Eighteen savage, draconic eyes had turned to look at it.
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「One minute earlier.」
The Chaotic Divine Country finished tilting and inverting. The ground became the sky. The Other Shore Flowers reached their most brilliant bloom and began to wither, and the very air started to decay.
In this Divine Country, any life form not granted exemption was a Dusk Whale at the end of its life.
The Nine-Headed Sanctuary swept away all of the Abyss Lord’s evil tentacles with unstoppable force. Then, the power of destruction, with undiminished might, slammed into the Abyss Lord’s eyeball and erupted completely. Viscous sin and pollution splattered everywhere, only to rapidly decay and vanish.
ROAR!
Arm of Judgment... Judgment!
Before this immense power, the Extremely Evil Sanctuary disintegrated. The Abyss Lord—this ancient creature that had lived for seventy-four thousand years, the incarnation of sin, the source of the world’s pollution—reached the end of its life.
[sahu ahnu sajilala kkkkkk...]
This was the Abyss Lord’s final whisper before its death.