113: A big bug is coming! [Thanks to 'Starry River Unrequited Love' for the gift]
He stiffly turned his head to take a look.
He saw that the palm-sized little golden person had already curled up into a ball, found a comfortable position in his soft hat, and fallen fast asleep.
The sound of even breathing came from behind his ear.
Su Jue: "..."
Great.
He had successfully been promoted from a mobile "trash can" to a mobile "crib."
His, Su Jue's, road to revenge was truly looking more and more promising!
Having dealt with the "big trouble" that was Zero, Su Jue could finally focus his attention back on his own mission.
The trial mission Elizabeth gave him was to devour one hundred types of different law beast cores on the Barbaric Star.
Before, he had fought a Void Mantis, subdued a Mountain-Moving Earth Dragon, outwitted a Skeleton Monarch, and finally had a fight with Zero.
After all that tossing and turning, how much had he actually completed?
"System."
"Calculate for me, how many types of laws have I devoured in total now?"
[Ding! You are still sixty-three types away from completing the mission!]
So he had only devoured thirty-seven types?
Su Jue frowned.
He thought he would have at least passed the halfway mark.
It seemed the "species diversity" of the Emerald Jungle and the Land of the Forsaken was still not quite up to par.
"So, where to next?"
Su Jue asked, looking at Capybara.
"Boss, please leave it to me!"
Capybara patted its chest, sounding confident.
"I know a place where the variety of wild beasts is more than the entire Emerald Jungle and Land of the Forsaken combined!"
"Wild beasts of all kinds of laws are available; it's practically a tailor-made buffet restaurant for you!"
As it spoke, it pulled a high-tech holographic map out from its fur.
It pointed to a multicolored area on the map and said excitedly:
"Right here! The [Kaleidoscope Swamp]!"
"A true melting pot of laws!"
Su Jue looked at the map and nodded.
"Good, then we'll go there."
"Niu Tuo, lead the way!"
"Yes! Master!"
Niu Tuo, who had been acting as background scenery, quickly responded and set off to lead the way.
The group set out on their journey once again.
Only this time, Su Jue's team had an extra "weapon of mass destruction" sleeping in his hat.
Just as they were heading toward the [Kaleidoscope Swamp]...
Dazed sleep talk from Zero came from inside Su Jue's hat.
"...So noisy..."
"...There is a... big bug... coming..."
The voice was very light, almost inaudible.
But Su Jue still heard it.
A big bug?
He frowned, and his soul power instantly spread out.
However, within a hundred-mile radius, there was no other powerful Life aura besides them.
He thought Zero was just talking in her sleep and didn't take it to heart.
But just then...
A suffocating, terrifying pressure, like a tsunami, swept over from the depths of the swamp!
The aura alone caused the surrounding air to freeze.
The muddy swamp was also forced to stop churning.
Thud!
Niu Tuo, who was walking at the very front, didn't even have time to let out a scream before his legs gave out, and he was crushed to the ground by this pressure, bleeding from his seven orifices, his Life or death unknown.
"B... Boss!"
Capybara's voice also became terrified and trembling.
Its fluffy fur stood on end like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Its half-closed eyes were now wide as copper bells, staring fixedly in the direction the pressure was coming from.
The quantum core inside its brain was frantically alarming at a frequency of billions of times per second!
[Warning! Warning! Detected an over-spec lifeform!]
[Life Level: Early Saint Realm!]
[Species Analysis: Primordial Exotic Species, Swamp Hydra, also known as 'Swamp Leviathan'!]
[Status: Attracted by the aura of an unknown treasure, extremely violent!]
[Threat Level: World-Extinguishing Level!]
[Escape Probability: 0.001%!]
[Frontal Confrontation Win Rate: 0%!]
A series of blood-red Data frantically refreshed on Capybara's retina.
Saint Realm!
It was actually a Saint Realm Expert!
How could a terrifying existence of this level appear in the outer regions of the Barbaric Star?!
This was unreasonable!
According to its database records, Saint Realm Experts generally only moved around the vicinity of the "Myriad Beast Divine Mountain" at the very core of the Barbaric Star!
Su Jue's expression also became more solemn than ever before.
He could feel that the pressure was dead-locked onto him.
No, more accurately, it was locked onto his [dimensional world]!
It was that pile of "trash"!
The [world tree fruit]! The [star river mother spring]!
These Saint King Level treasures, although stored in his [dimensional world], had their slivers of origin aura captured by this Saint Realm giant beast!
"Roar—!!!"
A roar that shook heaven and earth suddenly came from the depths of the swamp.
Accompanying the roar, the entire swamp churned violently.
An indescribably massive shadow slowly rose from the turbid mud.
It was a giant beast over a thousand meters long!
It had a massive lizard-like body covered in dark green scales.
And most horrifyingly, on its long neck, there were actually nine ferocious snake heads!
Each snake head was as large as a house, with crimson snake tongues flickering in and out.
Eighteen lantern-sized vertical pupils stared fixedly at Su Jue, filled with greed, brutality, and dominance.
The Swamp Leviathan!
The true king of this [Kaleidoscope Swamp]!
It felt that on this tiny human cub, there was a supreme treasure that made even its bloodline tremble!
As long as it swallowed that thing, it would have the chance to break through its shackles and become a true [Great Saint]!
"Human..."
An ancient and hoarse thought rang directly in Su Jue's mind.
"Hand over the treasure..."
"And I will spare your Life..."
That voice was like two rough rocks rubbing together, very unpleasant to the ear.
Facing the pressure of a Saint Realm Expert, Su Jue's body couldn't help but tense up.
He felt as if he were being pinned down by an invisible mountain.
The true essence in his body became sluggish in its circulation.
Was this the Saint Realm?
Just the aura alone almost made him unable to move.
If he fought head-on, he probably wouldn't even be able to take a single move from the opponent.
Run?
Even more impossible.
Within the domain of a Saint Realm Expert, space was locked down; he couldn't even perform [Space Folding].
What to do?
Su Jue's brain was working frantically.
He now had three trump cards.
First, at his glabella, the [hourglass of time] given by his mom, Elizabeth. It could let him return to three seconds ago, but there was only one chance; once used, it would be gone.
Second, in the [dimensional world], the [fragment of the annihilation demonic sword] given by his dad, Ao Yuan. A Saint King Level weapon fragment containing the Law of Destruction; perhaps he could stake everything on a desperate fight, but the consequences were unknown.
Third...