Chapter 286
by fanqienovelChapter 286: A Discovery That Overturned the Entire Paleo Creature World!
"This…
What’s happening…
I need to sort out my thoughts…"
Emerald Shadow couldn’t understand what was happening at all.
Though that four-legged giant beast had indeed retreated onto the high platform formed by stacked Primal Mud and Shattered Armor Sand, it shouldn’t have made any difference.
If the Bared Tooth Tsar circled around and attacked from the flank or rear, wouldn’t that creature be finished!?
But then Kutulaso discarded all his intellect and magical tactics, charging straight ahead from the front.
Then he was eliminated by a "killing strike" and "saber teeth instant kill"…
Though the Bared Tooth Tsar wasn’t the strongest in the Endless Ether, he was still ranked high.
To be killed in two moves without any ability to resist…
This completely went beyond Emerald Shadow’s understanding.
"This creature must possess some hidden power—something unnatural!"
"No…"
"Even setting that aside, the strength he displayed surpasses most Ether Dragons. Even among title holders, he’d rank as powerful!"
"Just what…"
"is his identity!?"
But now clearly wasn’t the time to ponder this…
"Thud… Thud… Thud…"
"Hiss…"
The monstrous deity, colossal as a beast, gnawed at the corpse beneath him, gulping down the Divine Body chunk by chunk.
This savage, ruthless "corpse-devouring habit" made Tiberea even more terrified.
What frightened her more was…
"Hmm…"
"Hmm!?"
The terrifying beast lifted its head.
"Sniff… Sniff…"
Its nostrils flared as it scented the air.
Soon, it detected something.
"Thud… Thud… Thud…"
"Hisssss—ROAR—!"
It slowly retreated into the deeper Ether Sea, swimming away with gradual strokes.
“Sniff… Sniff…”
In the water, that fellow’s sense of smell seemed better, and it soon swam toward the target.
Now, there was no need to control the etheric worm with Dragon Might.
Tiberea was directly seeing the monster’s true form!
Its head was much larger than she had imagined. Even after the etheric liquid cleaned it, the saber teeth still had divine blood from the Bared Tooth Tsar on them.
The strong smell of blood and hatred came through the planes.
“Bang——!”
Huge claws grabbed at the entrance of the City of Dimensions where Tiberea and her child were hiding.
“Whoosh…”
Its big eyes, made of shining gems, were beautiful and strong but cold and mechanical.
It looked around the City of Dimensions with those emotionless eyes.
“It was over!”
“It must be seeing me now!”
“Was it about to end!?”
“After hunting down the Bared Tooth Tsar, it was coming to kill us mother and child…”
“Damn it!”
“But even if it costs me everything…”
“I will protect…”
Tiberea curled up her body again, ready to attack desperately with her Divine Body. It was as strong as her foe’s but covered in wounds, hoping to scare off the enemy.
However…
“Boom——!”
Its head suddenly slammed into the cave entrance of the City of Dimensions.
Its overpowering, merciless divine might crushed the Dragon Might of the Ether Dragon Emerald Shadow completely.
“Crack——!”
With little resistance, the badly hurt Emerald Shadow’s Dragon Might collapsed.
The huge skull squeezed in!
“At that moment… the gap between my power and its was too big…”
Facing the monster with her injured body, Tiberea knew how hopeless it was.
She could not use magic, and her Divine Body felt weak and soft. But the opponent had hardly been hurt in the last fight!
Even a desperate attack might not scare this terrifying Predatory Deity.
“No——!”
Suddenly, the giant skull lunged forward!
The huge mouth gaped wide, and the terrible saber teeth glinted menacingly!
—-
“Hmm…”
“Actually, that Megalodon Shark was digging a cave, right?”
“There might be tasty Cephalopods or other goodies in there.”
“Well, since you can’t eat it, I’ll take it.”
Trilobite’s principle was simple—my food’s food is still my food, unless the food is vegetarian.
But the Megalodon Shark, with its mouth full of sharp teeth, was clearly not a vegetarian.
“And the prey must be huge… wow…”
Seeing the creature in the cave, Trilobite’s eyes instantly lit up.
“Oh, I encountered a documentary superstar again!”
“My luck had been great lately.”
Trilobite continued to examine the creature with his calcite compound eyes.
It was a fish of enormous size!
Just in length, it measured a full six meters!
Bigger than Trilobite was at that time!
Its body was round and thick, probably weighing close to a ton!
If they fought in the water for real…
“Ah, I guessed I could win…”
In Trilobite’s eyes, the one titled “Emerald Shadow,” Cassius Tiberea, was not some “Ether Dragon”; it was a Haisigen Toothfish!
Some might not recognize the name, but it indeed appeared in a BBC documentary.
It was from the same series as the one that featured the “Mist Dragon”—Walking with Monsters.
In the film, a gigantic Haisigen Toothfish chased a couple of “Heinermyrians” (translated as Hainapido in the documentary), and they escaped to the shore, thinking they were safe from its pursuit.
However, the Haisigen Toothfish charged onto the shore like an orca, using its hard fins to support itself as it crawled a few steps, then suddenly grabbed one of the Heinermyrians by the caudal fin and pulled it back into the water to eat it.
In this case, the BBC didn’t exaggerate too much.
At least, regarding the Haisigen Toothfish’s size, they didn’t overstate it.
From the fossils discovered so far, the Haisigen Toothfish’s size was around 5 to 7 meters; its maximum weight could reach two tons!
Such a massive creature, even among the giant fish that roamed the Late Cretaceous period in the “Kamakama Group”—the age of the spinosaurus—was truly a giant fish.
They were likely among the largest freshwater fish in history!
These fellows had teeth of varying sizes.
The teeth at the front were like saber teeth, with some even reaching twenty-two centimeters, enough to tear open the prey’s flesh and cause brutal bleeding; while the teeth at the back were much smaller, capable of firmly biting slippery amphibians and other fish.
Their hunting method was to bite down, bleed their prey, and swallow it whole!
During the Carboniferous period, these terrifying giant fish were the true lords of the rivers!
Of course, these "Lords of Flow" became insignificant in later eras.
Had they lived in the "Kamakama Group," the Haisigen Toothfish would never have topped the food chain—they’d have been little more than a feast for spinosauruses.
The Haisigen Toothfish before Trilobite measured six meters in length, far larger than him, granting it a clear advantage.
But…
Trilobite assessed its condition.
“Tsk…”
“Covered in wounds, weakened.”
“Severe blood loss too…”
“A weakened giant fish is just meat.”
“Even at full strength…”
The jaws and necks of Flesh-finned Fish remained primitive. Unlike lobe-finned fish that could only swallow smaller prey, their bite force still wasn’t formidable.
Though its teeth were sharp and needle-like, piercing a postosuchus’s Scale Armor and tough hide seemed doubtful.
And that postosuchus Colossal Head’s bite force?
Likely ended the fight in one chomp.
“Plus, with my skills…”
“Anyway, the odds favor me.”
“So…”
Trilobite edged deeper into the cave.
A shark feast was good, but more meat never hurt.
Just then…
“Huh!?”
He spotted a small fish curled in the cave’s corner…
“Wait—a baby Haisigen Toothfish!?”
“What!?”
“Strange… Haisigen Toothfish showing maternal care!?”
“Quality over quantity—raising just one offspring!?”
“This…”
Trilobite stood speechless, stunned by this revelation that overturned the Paleo Creature World.
He even forgot why he’d come!