Published: February 19, 2025
Under the underground river of the underworld, the instinct to devour
Beneath the surface of the sea, a hundred meters deep, a unicorn orca measuring thirty-one meters in length swam swiftly, its massive body covered in thick black and white armor. Each powerful flick of its tail stirred up immense currents of water.
Alongside it was a menacing exotic beast covered in black and red scales. Compared to the large unicorn orca, the sword armored flame beast was not only shorter but also less bulky; however, the invisible pressure it radiated was no less than that of the orca.
In fact, when compared to the unicorn orca, which typically preyed on ordinary mutated creatures, the sword armored flame beast was even more ferocious as it specialized in hunting creatures of similar or even greater size.
As it hunted over time, an invisible aura of ferocity began to coil around it. Once this aura was unleashed, it would instantly frighten nearby fish into fleeing, with ordinary mutated fish becoming so weak that they couldn't move.
Roar!! How much longer do we have to swim?
Squeak squeak squeak!! We're almost there, almost there.
This time, the sword armored flame beast had swum over five hundred kilometers, reaching an area of the deep sea it usually wouldn't venture into.
Here, the surrounding water became darker and deeper, with a few faint auras flashing by that made the sword armored flame beast feel uneasy.
Squeak squeak!! We've arrived.
With a joyful call, the leading unicorn orca suddenly dove deeper, and the sword armored flame beast followed closely behind.
Soon, the two gigantic beasts reached eight hundred meters below the sea surface and continued to descend rapidly—one thousand meters, one thousand five hundred meters... The water pressure around them grew increasingly intense.
This area appeared to be an underwater trench, where the water temperature remained at a frigid level, and the energy from heaven and earth was nearly twice as strong compared to the surface.
The two giants continued their descent.
Before long, they reached a depth of three thousand meters, where the water pressure surged again. Here, the sword armored flame beast started to feel a bit uncomfortable, finding it harder to breathe.
However, a change appeared ahead as the dark trench emitted a faint green glow, resembling a river of the underworld stretching for several kilometers, leading into death.
Even the sword armored flame beast found this scene somewhat eerie... Oh, no, that should be "eerie beast."
At this moment, the unicorn orca emitted a low call: Squeak squeak squeak!! Brother, be careful, there are many of them, especially those two big ones.
As they drew closer, the sword armored flame beast also realized what was capable of injuring the orca.
Deep within the trench covered in green ore, some crustaceans with four pairs of long legs and a pair of enormous pincers, resembling both crabs and spiders, resided.
These mutated creatures were numerous, their entire bodies covered in thick, heavy shells, with the smallest at over ten meters in length and eight meters wide, their four pairs of spider legs spanning over twenty meters wide.
The larger ones were around twenty meters long, with their four pairs of spider legs extending over thirty meters wide, their armored gray-black shells exuding a feeling of solidity.
As for the large creatures mentioned by the unicorn orca, they were two massive beasts measuring thirty meters long, their enormous spider legs spreading nearly fifty meters wide.
However, due to the slenderness of their legs, the pressure they exerted was slightly less, but they were still classified as level seven creatures.
Simultaneously, the area around the trench was littered with the bones of gigantic creatures, a dense layer covering the ground, indicating how ferocious these carapace mutated beasts were.
As the saying goes, enemies see red when they meet. After bringing his brother to seek revenge, the unicorn orca charged directly from the darkness.