182: Let's go, it's time to add some buzz to this area.

Fifty Divine Summer Dragon Blood Warriors were like efficient killing machines; with every flash of a blade, an enemy would fall.

Thousands of Sky-Rending Giant Ape defenders, under this absolute power suppression, fell in swathes like straw caught in a meat grinder.

Screams, roars, clashes of weapons, sounds of flesh tearing... converged into a bloody symphony of death.

In just a short moment, Beast Skeleton Harbor, once noisy and chaotic, became a desolate ruin.

As far as the eye could see, there were only shattered corpses, blood flowing into streams, and broken walls, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

Lan Xin looked at this hellish scene, her face pale, lips trembling slightly, her eyes filled with despair:

"It's over... it's completely over... the Sky-Rending Giant Ape King... will never let this go... we..."

Su Chen's massive head turned, his compound eyes coldly sweeping over her. While manipulating his tentacles to coil up and devour the last few Awakening Level strongmen's corpses in the harbor, he transmitted a calm thought:

"Worried about that old ape? Once we trigger the beast tide and the beast emperor inheritance altar appears, how will he have the mind to care about us?"

"Your Highness, you make it sound too easy!"

Lan Xin was almost in tears.

"Only the violent and powerful energy of an Overlord-level being can break the beast tide's seal in a short time. Although Your Highness is strong now, your power is still not enough..."

She saw no hope at all.

"Heh."

Su Chen chuckled lightly after devouring the last surge of energy.

[Ding! Devoured Sky-Rending Giant Ape Clan, Human-Faced Spider Clan (former)*10 (Stages 101~200), attributes permanently increased by 120,000 points. (30,000 for each of the four-dimensional attributes)]

[Current attributes are:]

[Strength: 530,000 (Abyssal Absorption +30,000)]

[Agility: 200,000 (Abyssal Absorption +30,000)]

[Physique: 220,000 (Abyssal Absorption +30,000)]

[perception: 200,000 (Abyssal Absorption +30,000)]

A surging sense of power coursed through his body.

"Don't worry, it's just breaking a seal."

His massive body began to shrink, transforming back into human form. He let out a bloody burp,

and his gaze turned towards the depths of the Myriad Beast Sea, in the direction where countless terrifying auras surged.

"Let's go, it's time to... add some heat to this sea."

...In the Central Region of the Myriad Beast Sea,Sky-Supporting Palace (Qingtian Hall).

Five figures, as vast as mountains, sat around a colossal disc carved from a star's core.

The aura emanating from their bodies caused the surrounding space to subtly warp.

The supreme Beast Kings ruling the five regions of the Myriad Beast Sea were discussing the impending beast emperor inheritance.

The Central Region Beast King, the Sea-Overturning Dragon Whale King, spoke in a deep voice, his sound waves like muffled thunder before a tsunami: "Everyone, the beast emperor inheritance is about to begin, and the future ruler of the sea will be born in this trial. Have your trial participants been selected?"

The West Region Beast King, the Thunder Winged Dragon King, let out a sharp cry, with an undeniable arrogance: "Why choose? Naturally, it will be the strongest wing of our clan's younger generation!"

The North Region Beast King, the Abyssal Ghost Eel King, hissed coldly, his tone filled with unwillingness and complaint: "Hmph, the strongest of my North Region's younger generation is only at Stage 160 at most; the trial is hopeless. It's hateful why this inheritance has an age limit! Otherwise, this King would personally act..."

The South Region Beast King, the Heaven-Burning Vermilion Bird King, with hot flames flickering around him, let out a sneer: "It's precisely because of this age limit that certain extraterritorial forces have harbored wishful thinking. I heard that the Star Sea Merchant Guild actually chose a Kraken cub that hasn't even entered the Awakening Realm, intending to covet the position of Beast Emperor. It's utterly ridiculous!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a mixed chorus of disdainful and mocking laughter immediately erupted in the hall.

"A Kraken cub? Unawakened? Hahaha! Have those cunning merchants from the Star Sea Merchant Guild been calculating too much and lost their minds?"

"They're practically sending offerings for our trial participants to sacrifice!"

The East Region Beast King, the Sky-Rending Giant Ape King, suddenly shoved a struggling giant sea beast into his mouth. His fangs closed, and blood splattered. He let out a ferocious laugh:

"Hahahaha! It's settled! That Kraken cub will be left for my son, Bengshan! This King wants to personally watch him, punch by punch, smash that ignorant cub into meat paste! Hahahaha—!"

His wild laughter echoed in the hall, filled with cruel anticipation.

However—

Just as his laughter was at its most unrestrained!

Boom!

The massive hall door, capable of withstanding a meteor impact, was violently smashed open by brute force!

A Sky-Rending Giant Ape guard, covered in blood and with shattered armor, stumbled and crawled in, his face etched with extreme terror and despair.

He fell to his knees with a "thump," his voice hoarse and distorted, wailing with a sob:

"Great King! It's bad! Beast Skeleton Harbor... Beast Skeleton Harbor was attacked by a powerful enemy! The defenders... completely wiped out! Young Master... Young Master he... was flattened into meat paste by that Kraken cub invested in by the Star Sea Merchant Guild—!!!"

"…"

Inside the hall, all laughter and discussions came to an abrupt halt.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The ferocious, joyful smile on the Sky-Rending Giant Ape King's face instantly froze.

His pupils first constricted extremely, then suddenly dilated, reflecting the guard's terrified and desperate face.

The next instant,

an indescribable feeling, utterly absurd, mixed with the burning humiliation of being slapped hard, accumulated and expanded in his chest like volcanic magma!

His arrogant declaration from before—"watch my son smash it into meat paste punch by punch"—now seemed to have become the most vicious mockery, echoing wildly in his mind.

"You... said... what...?"

Every word was squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying bone-chilling killing intent.

The next second—

"Roar Aooooooo—!!!!"

A monstrous roar, mixed with the pain of losing a son and the fury of his Overlord prestige being trampled, suddenly erupted from the Sky-Rending Giant Ape King's massive body!

Boom—!!!

The terrifying Overlord-level aura exploded like an out-of-control stellar core!

The incredibly sturdy Qingtian Hall shook violently, and countlessgravel (rubble) fell from the ceiling!

The stellar disc beneath him instantly became covered in cracks!

"Kraken—!! This King will tear you to shreds! Extract your soul and refine your spirit! So you can never reincarnate—!!!"

Accompanied by this heart-wrenching roar, the Sky-Rending Giant Ape King's mountain-like figure transformed into a dark golden stream of light that tore through space, smashing through the hall's dome, and charged furiously towards the East Region's Beast Skeleton Harbor, carrying an intent to crush everything!

The remaining four Beast Kings exchanged glances, their faces still showing traces of lingering astonishment and... a subtle unease.

That "Kraken cub" they had just been openly mocking... seemed, not so simple after all.