Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER TEXT:
Ability selection, terrifying giant beasts
Boom!
Under the turbulent sea at a depth of one hundred meters, two oceanic giants are engaged in a fierce battle.
A gray squid, measuring seventeen meters in length, waves its tentacles wildly. Each of its eight tentacles is as thick as a bucket, covered in sharp suction cups.
With every strike, the tentacles unleash immense power, churning the surrounding water into a murky chaos.
However, at this moment, it is on the defensive.
The two enormous mutated beasts, nearly ten meters long, circle around the mutated squid like ferocious dragons, launching continuous attacks at terrifying speed.
Each time their sharp claws slash, they leave horrific wounds on the squid's tentacles, and occasionally even tear off a piece.
In just a little while, the surrounding water has turned a deeper shade of blue, tainted by the squid's blood, inciting the mutated squid to madness, as the two longest tentacles sweep across like giant pythons.
Bang bang!!
The powerful tentacles cause the water to explode, yet they cannot catch a glimpse of the sword armored beast, which instead retaliates and tears one of the tentacles in half with a single claw strike.
These two main tentacles, unlike the shorter auxiliary ones that are just a few meters long, are the primary weapons for the mutated squid's hunting and combat. Their tearing results in a shrill, baby-like scream.
Puff!
Just then, a rich black energy erupted from beneath the mutated squid, enveloping a radius of several dozen meters in an instant, plunging everything into darkness.
Within this area, the sword armored beast feels no fluctuations in the water. Its eyes see no light, and it cannot even feel the touch of water when moving its limbs.
It feels like a realm of death.
Bang bang bang!!
Finally, the sword armored beast senses the vibrations. Massive tentacles wrap around it in the darkness, binding it tightly like a zongzi and dragging it toward the mutated squid's enormous mouth.
Originally, releasing ink was the squid's escape skill, spewing a large cloud of ink to obscure its enemy's vision and allowing itself to escape.
But after repeated mutations, this ability has transformed into a special capacity to temporarily obscure the senses of its prey, including vision, and even influence consciousness.
Within the realm of dark energy, the squid can swiftly capture its prey, using its powerful tentacles to bind, suffocate, and then slowly devour them.
But today……
Roar!
Accompanied by a roar that is neither tiger nor beast, the sword armored beast's muscles swell, and an incomprehensible force erupts as it struggles.
Bang bang bang!!
Under a hundred times the power, the mutated squid's tentacles are shaken and broken by the sword armored beast. Its claws reach out, grasping the mutated squid’s body and tearing it apart.
Puff!
The seven-meter-long body of the mutated squid is almost ripped in half by the sword armored beast, with large spurts of blue blood gushing out, instantly turning the surrounding water into a deep blue.
But it's not over yet.
At that moment, black bone spurs burst forth, piercing the three gigantic hearts writhing within the bloody mass, ultimately killing it.
Instantly, the darkness in the sea recedes, and the sword armored beast stands tall, gripping the two halves of the squid's corpse, its form fierce and exuding a terrifying, menacing aura.
The battle is over; next comes the feast.
Grabbing the mutated squid's corpse, the sword armored beast bites down, its tentacles being chewed and swallowed like spicy strips, yet a thoughtful look is present in its cold eyes.
These mutated beasts above level four possess abilities related to energy attacks, which, like its innate talent, strengthen with increased power.
Now that its physical enhancements have granted it strength, defense, and speed, the fourth evolution requires choosing an energy type.
Otherwise, facing those level six or even level seven mutated beasts will put it at a significant disadvantage; let alone those gigantic beasts that are like mobile natural disasters.