The Jida Divine Weapon was far from the main battlefield, requiring the assistance of the mycelial network even just to aim and hit. Yet, Keith's main body could extend all the way here? Lin Jun realized that [Leviathan] might be even more massive than he had anticipated.
Even more troublesome was that Keith had once again displayed that peculiar concealment ability.
Before the vibrations began, Lin Jun had completely failed to notice such a meat pillar hidden beneath the feet of the Jida Divine Weapon.
At this moment, the main forces were all at the edge of the trench, leaving the Jida Divine Weapon to face Keith's Five Emperors Dragon alone.
The giant dragon's fangs bit into the outer shell of the Jida Divine Weapon. The several-meters-thick carapace emitted ear-piercing cracking sounds, as cracks spread outward from the bite mark, crumbling away bit by bit.
The mana inside the Jida Divine Weapon converged toward its right arm once more. Although a point-blank Ultimate Resonance Cannon would inevitably injure itself, it could no longer care about so much at this point. However, the Red Dragon's head suddenly whipped around, firmly biting down on the muzzle of the Jida Divine Weapon.
A giant dragon's breath gathered energy much faster than the Ultimate Resonance Cannon; the blazing dragon breath poured straight into the muzzle!
Flames engulfed the entire right arm, and wisps of fire even shot out from the gaps in the outer shell.
The Ultimate Resonance Cannon, which was only halfway charged, was forcefully interrupted. The out-of-control mana rampaged within the arm armor, and magic explosions of various sizes crackled and popped in a continuous burst.
The entire right arm was completely ruined, barely attached to the body by some remaining internal mycelium, unable to even be lifted anymore.
The other dragon heads also spewed their respective breaths—toxic mist, corrosion, lightning, and frost. The five-colored calamity poured onto the Jida Divine Weapon simultaneously! The majority of the dragon breath was blocked by the outer shell, but a small portion still seeped in along the spliced gaps.
The mycelium used to fill the body and secure the Puchi units was incredibly fragile in the face of these terrifying breaths. Even a sporadic infiltration caused immense destruction.
If there were some distance between them, the Jida Divine Weapon could have activated the giant resonance shield on its left arm to resist. But in close-quarters combat, its decline was fully revealed. Yet, the Jida Divine Weapon was not entirely powerless to resist; its left arm abruptly shot out, firmly clamping down on the head of a Black Dragon.
Crack—
The middle section of the left arm actively separated. High-pressure airflow erupted from within the separated Puchi units, pushing the Black Dragon's head back continuously, finally pinning it firmly against the pillar of flesh and blood behind it.
[Self-Destruct LV10]
[Resonance LV10]
The violent explosion blasted the Black Dragon's upper body into a bloody mess, severing its life force completely. Even the meat pillar behind it was ripped open into a massive gaping wound, purple blood gurgling out from the breach.
But this could not turn the tide of battle. The remaining four giant dragons continued to tear, gnaw, and spew, and the body of the Jida Divine Weapon tottered under their siege.
Even more disgusting was that countless fine threads of flesh extended from the pillar of flesh and blood. Upon making contact with the Puchis, they rapidly fused into the fungal bodies.
Lin Jun did not immediately lose control over these Puchis, but he could feel that the transmission of commands had become difficult. It was as if the signal was shielded by countless chaotic noises, or as if someone was wrestling away his controller.
Was this Keith's flesh-assimilation ability used to control the mermaids and giant dragons?
It was even more bizarre than imagined. However, this feeling of shielding inexplicably gave Lin Jun a sense of familiarity, though there was no time to delve deep right now. Keith's offensive was incredibly ferocious; it wanted to resolve the Jida Divine Weapon before the Mushroom Fortress army arrived.
Due to the distance, the only one capable of arriving in such a short amount of time was the black lightning of the Mushroom Fortress!
Under Lin Jun's deployment, Little Black's stats across the board had seen an astonishing boost. Facing these flesh-and-blood puppet giant dragons that had been devoured early on and thus failed to progress their [Ancient Dragon Path], Little Black could even tangle with two of them.
The two giant dragons were bound to the pillar of flesh and blood, completely unable to separate to simultaneously attack the Jida and pursue Little Black. Facing Little Black who buzzed around wildly, they could only take a passive beating.
Keith also tried to make them ignore Little Black and forcefully attack the Jida Divine Weapon. However, every time they opened their mouths, they would be hit from the side by a fiercely powerful claw from Little Black, suffering injuries in vain. Still, Little Black could only intercept two of the dragon heads.
The remaining two dragon heads still held an absolute advantage against the Jida Divine Weapon, which had already lost both its arms and had a small half of its body invaded by flesh and blood.
If this continued, either the Jida Divine Weapon would be torn to shreds, or it would be completely devoured and fused by Keith's flesh, becoming a weapon for the bugs just like these giant dragons. It would not be fun if the Jida Divine Weapon fell into Keith's hands.
An ordinary Puchi emerged from the fungal mat beneath the pillar of flesh and blood. Extending its tentacle, it slowly tapped toward Keith.
[Soul Touch LV7]
Lin Jun originally didn't want it to come to this. Shattering a soul meant that the skills attached to that soul would also detach from the body. If he annihilated Keith using this method, Lin Jun would only obtain a massive corpse that could be decomposed into an immense amount of mana. As for skills like [Leviathan], he could forget about them. But even that was better than just letting Keith win like this.
The tentacle tapped gently, but Lin Jun's soul only came into contact with a patch of darkness!
"What?"
The next moment, a massive ocean of chaotic information flowed in reverse along the soul tentacle into Lin Jun's consciousness. Although Lin Jun wouldn't be knocked unconscious by this bit of information, he had no way to trace back and seek out Keith's soul within this torrent of information. And with this, Lin Jun finally understood where Keith's various anomalies originated from.
"The Abyss? Are you kidding me?!"
Within this torrent of information, Lin Jun also discovered a wisp of thought from Keith: "I... I feel you, Mushroom! Come... fuse into one, all life should originally be unified! Unified! Let me eat you!"
Crack! The two dragon heads completely bit open the outer shell on the chest of the Jida Divine Weapon, and countless threads of meat madly probed toward the breach!
Just as Lin Jun was planning to activate the Jida Divine Weapon's backup hidden energy, countless shining dots of light appeared in the sky.
The next moment, countless magic arrows fell from the sky, pinning into the pillar of flesh and blood as well as the backs of the remaining four giant dragons. Places hit by the magic arrows grew white fractures, then crumbled away piece by piece.
The meat tubes connecting the backs of the giant dragons to the pillar of flesh and blood also suffered a heavy blow, and the giant dragons roared as their movements slowed down significantly.
Closely following, a golden arrow, accompanied by a hurricane that parted the seawater, plunged straight into the Green Dragon's eye. Subsequently, with a thud, it exploded inside its brain. The Green Dragon's status panel vanished along with it.
"This arrow... that female Hero?"
Lin Jun tried to perceive in that direction, but failed to discover any presence—the opponent's firing range exceeded Lin Jun's perception limits!
The Mermaid Reef Sea Area. On the bow of a ship, Sophia flexed the fingers of her right hand, easing the soreness brought about by that arrow just now.
In the distance, Warren had already sailed away with the fleet. In place, only this single large ship ridden by the Hero Sophia remained.
Bella gazed into the distance, though unfortunately she still couldn't see anything: "Lady Sophia, aren't the Puchis and Keith fighting? Do we need to do this?"
Sophia shook her head, however: "That Keith actually obtained [Gluttony], and the abilities it has displayed are too terrifying. After it finishes devouring everything in the sea, it will definitely come ashore. When that time comes, who knows how many innocent people will die because of it. I must try to eliminate it here!"
The Hero paused for a moment, looking toward the surrounding members of the Hero party: "I'm sorry for drawing you all into danger with me. I truly do need everyone's help."
Bella smiled and drew the sword at her waist: "Lady Sophia, what are you saying? Isn't our mission exactly to help the Hero!"
However, the next moment, the entire ocean trembled violently. One after another, pillars of flesh and blood shot up into the sky. Some had humans, Demon-kin, or massive magical beasts of the ocean fused upon them, while others still had empty spots left.
And in the middle of all the pillars of flesh and blood, a pulsating giant meatball was slowly hoisted up. Merely burrowing out from the deep trench, it blocked out the sky's light on Sophia's side.
Looking at the monster that blotted out the sky and the sun, and then looking at the longsword in her hand—which couldn't even count as a toothpick to Keith—Bella's smile from just now vanished without a trace...
(End of Chapter)
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