99: Desperate R'lyeh

“Heh heh, Big Centipede...”

Su Chen's grand and icy mental fluctuation echoed between heaven and earth,

“Now, tell me... who... is bigger?”

Before the words even fell!

The two sharp Spider Spears pressed firmly against Rlyeh's jaws suddenly erupted with even more terrifying power!

The spear tips instantly pierced the hard carapace of Rlyeh's jaw, sinking deep into its flesh!

Following that—

“Lift!!!”

Rumble rumble rumble—!!!!

Amidst Rlyeh's roars filled with disbelief and terror, and under the dumbfounded gaze of the entire world... the massive body of the Abyssal Spider Emperor erupted with world-shaking power,

It actually... forcefully lifted the Nightmare Behemoth Rlyeh, which was over five thousand meters long and weighed millions of tons... from head to tail... high above its head!!!

Immediately after—

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like throwing a colossal meteorite!

The Abyssal Spider Emperor suddenly slammed Rlyeh, which it had held aloft... fiercely down onto the already shattered earth below!!!

A gigantic explosion, as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart, erupted!

Rlyeh's massive body fell like divine punishment, completely smashing most of downtown Los Angeles into a bottomless crater!

The shockwave swept over everything once more!

Rlyeh itself was smashed so violently that its carapace cracked, green blood poured out of its wounds like a waterfall, and countless Pedipalps twitched,

It was clearly dazed and disoriented, temporarily losing the ability to resist!

The entire Blue Star,

paused for two seconds in a deathly silence.

Immediately after—

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An unprecedented frenzy and celebration instantly exploded across all networks and reality!

[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!! What did I just see?! Kraken... transformed?! Over six thousand meters?! Bigger than that Centipede Demon?!]

[Ahhhh! Kraken! I knew it! I knew you were invincible!!!]

[Long live! Long live Kraken! Long live Divine Summer! Long live Humanity!]

[Confirmed! Kraken definitely did this on purpose! He was waiting for this Big Centipede! He's about to feast!]

[We're saved! America is saved! Thank you, Lord Kraken! From now on, we Americans will be your most loyal servants! We'll offer you the freshest salmon every day!]

[Idiots! Does Lord Kraken eat common fish like that? If you're going to catch something, catch Deep-Sea Behemoths!]

[The Sea God Cult scum must be stunned! Let's see how arrogant you can still be!]

Inside the Dragon Abyss Pavilion,

The heavy atmosphere was swept away, replaced by the ecstasy of surviving a disaster and immense shock!

“Hahahaha!”

Marshal Lei Zhen slapped his thigh hard, laughing so hard that tears nearly came out,

“My heavens! Kraken actually hid such a magnificent trick of transforming! I was seriously sweating cold earlier!”

Qin Zhenshan let out a long breath, a smile also appearing on his face:

“It seems this is a benefit he gained from the World-Ending Spider Queen beneath Mount Fuji... Truly... a blessing in disguise.”

He turned his head and looked at Qin Zheng in the main seat, his tone filled with admiration,

“Ultimately, all of this is thanks to Teacher's foresight and decisiveness. If you hadn't overruled all objections, insisted on rescuing Kraken at all costs, and even chosen to trust him completely despite internal and external pressure... I dare not imagine the situation we would be in today...”

Qin Zheng did not speak,

but his profound gaze remained fixed on the Abyssal Spider Emperor, who stood majestic as a demonic mountain on the screen.

But his right hand, which had been tightly clutching the teacup,

finally... slowly relaxed.

Above the battlefield,

The deadly silence was broken by Morgue's frantic roar!

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was twisted into a monstrous shape as he shrieked:

“Just over ten days ago, he was only a hundred meters long! His Realm was merely Tier One! Even if he ate fertilizer every day, he couldn't grow like this!”

“Rlyeh! Don't be fooled by him! He's just a useless shell! Tear him apart! As long as you tear him apart, the billions of ants in this plane will be your blood sacrifice!”

“Roar—!”

The dazed Rlyeh shook its massive head, its rage drowning out the trace of fear,

Rlyeh's thousands of sharp, long-knife-like Pedipalps suddenly gripped the earth,

The next moment,

Boom—!

Its massive, mountain-like body suddenly coiled and shot forward, like a brown torrent of death, brazenly sweeping toward Su Chen!

The thousands of terrifying Leg Limbs beneath its abdomen, capable of slicing through alloys, rubbed and vibrated at high speed,

Transforming into a devastating Storm of Death Blades!

C-Rank Skill—Ten Thousand Leg Razor! Activate!

Kaka Kaka Kaka—!!!

An extremely grating metallic scraping burst forth instantly!

Rlyeh's Blade-Legs, capable of easily tearing mountains, frantically cut against the pitch-black carapace covering Su Chen's body!

Sparks!

Dazzling sparks sprayed madly like a torrential rain!

Instantly dyeing the space where the two were fighting a crimson red!

However... it was only just spraying sparks!

After a series of fierce cuts that made one's teeth ache, Su Chen's body, covered in a ferocious carapace... remained completely still!

On the carapace,

only streaks of white marks were left.

Rlyeh abruptly stopped its attack, subconsciously lifting several pairs of Pedipalps that were overheated and even slightly chipped,

Its compound eyes were filled with absurdity and confusion.

What... the hell?!

It can't break the defense?!

My Blade-Legs... are capable of easily cutting through the defenses of opponents of the same rank... why is it that cutting this Spider-Kraken's shell... doesn't even count as scratching the surface?!

(At this moment, under the ten-fold multiplier of the Abyssal Spider Emperor and the 50% boost from Physique Reinforcement, Su Chen's Physique attributes had soared to a terrifying 99,500 points!)

“Big Centipede,”

Su Chen's icy mental fluctuation carried unconcealed mockery,

“I gave you a chance... but you're useless. Your knife is too dull; why don't you try mine?”

Before the words fell,

Su Chen slowly raised one of his thickest, sharp Forelimbs, whose edges shimmered with ripples of spatial distortion, high above his head!

A+ Rank Skill—Vortex of Eternal Calamity: Myriad Realm Severance! Activate!

The destructive energy gathered at the tip of that Forelimb caused Rlyeh's entire carapace to instantly tense up!

An extreme sense of threat, stemming from biological instinct, pierced its nerves like an ice pick!

This octopus... no... this spider... damn it, that's not right either... this Spider-Kraken is too bizarre.

I can't be careless!

“Hiss Aang—!!!”

Rlyeh let out a shriek mixed with fear and desperation, violently smashing its massive head toward the shattered earth below!

Rumble!

Countless amounts of mud and rock were frantically swallowed and absorbed into its body!

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

The next moment,

An incredibly thick, hard Rock and Soil Armor, shimmering with a metallic sheen, covered its massive body at an astonishing speed,

Especially in the targeted area, the carapace thickness stacked crazily!

C-Rank Skill—Earth Armor! Fully activated!

Behind them,

Morgue saw Rlyeh instantly condense its signature absolute defense, and a sinister sneer reappeared on his face:

“Heh heh! Idiot! Rlyeh's Earth Armor is indestructible! Even a Tier 110 Behemoth might not be able to break it! No matter how sharp your claws are, how could they possibly...”