Chapter 547
by fanqienovelChapter 547: Ancient Cup Animals Changed Their Ways Again
When it came to eating, Trilobite concluded—eat cooked meat or fresh fish.
Especially Sea Fish, which had fewer spines and more meat, tasting incredibly delicious.
This time, the angry Trilobite not only earned eighty thousand points of Chaos Energy but also enjoyed a feast of ancient fish. It wasn’t a loss.
But soon he realized he hadn’t just broken even—he’d actually profited!
"This investment was spot on, beautifully done!"
"Ancient cup animals are more impressive than I imagined."
"They could reproduce even when crushed!?"
"Incredible!"
"Still… it’s not impossible to grasp."
"Perhaps I need to rethink my classification of ancient cup animals."
Cut into slices and crushed, yet they survived and even multiplied…
Real, living animals had similar examples.
Sponge animals, for instance, were that tough.
Being extremely basal—so primitive they sat at the very bottom of the animal evolutionary tree—even the earliest confirmed multicellular fossil, called "Otavia," was an early sponge.
As the most fundamental animals, sponge cells showed minimal differentiation; loosely speaking, they resembled clustered collar flagellates.
Thus, chopping sponges into pieces or paste merely split a large group of "collar flagellates" into smaller clusters.
Given suitable conditions and ample nutrients, each cluster could live independently, develop, and grow into new individuals.
This proved the saying:
What doesn’t kill me will eventually make my descendants flourish?
"Stinging creatures also boast strong survival capability, especially jellyfish."
"Some regenerate even when half-rotted."
"But recovering after being minced and crushed…"
"That’s too much for stinging creatures…"
"So…"
Trilobite overturned his earlier hypothesis.
"Wow, damn!"
"These ancient cup animals are actually transitional forms—something like ‘sponge animals’ evolving toward more complex ‘stinging creatures’!"
"As for why clustered ‘collar flagellates’ grew an ‘Exoskeleton’…"
"That’s hardly surprising."
"Here’s a counterintuitive fact: early single-celled organisms armored themselves with mineralized exoskeletons to avoid being devoured by larger single-celled predators!"
"A group of single-celled organisms gathering to create sticky exoskeletons and sticking together isn’t bizarre at all."
“As for their tentacles and long nematocysts…”
“That wasn’t actually surprising.”
“Many poisonous-spined animals existed; it wasn’t exclusive to stinging creatures.”
“This only showed ancient cup animals had minimal differentiation in early growth but developed tighter cellular connections and functional specialization upon maturity.”
“Ah, organizing these ideas with some illustrations could make a proper paper.”
With intellectual curiosity, Trilobite watched shattered ancient cup animals use absorbed Chaos Energy to re-root and regrow into tiny specimens. He nodded contentedly.
“Excellent!”
“This ancient cup animal colony number two is taking form.”
“I’ll need guards here.”
“But who…”
“Hmm…”
“You’ll do!”
Trilobite spotted his spawn sister lurking behind him.
He ultimately chose Aqualong—whose system illustration portrayed a strikingly alluring, athletic dark-skinned woman in minimal attire.
“Time for a major upgrade for my spawn!”
“Canglong’s era begins now!”
—-
“The Giant God single-handedly…”
“Destroyed an entire legion!?”
“A legion of Ether Usurpers and Ether subordinates!?”
Albert Drake and Angna had intended to join Fifth Living Saint Sylvia against the Ether foes, yet…
They stood no chance.
Though their avatar bodies slightly outmatched core councilors of chaos in raw strength, Albert Drake and Angna possessed near-zero magic power.
This placed them merely on par with competent core councilors.
But in this new era where magic grew scarce—where all clashed with divine bodies under the Giant God’s influence—their power now rivaled elite councilors.
Still…
Ether Usurpers remained formidable.
The defense of “Second New Themis—Far Reaching Star” proved it: together, they could barely withstand three or four Usurpers. More would rout them completely.
This time, over ten Ether Usurpers attacked, plus countless Ether subordinates.
As for Sylvia’s power…
Her avatar body, the “Microscopic Dragon,” wasn’t built for combat; spewing venom to frighten off a minor lord or even a Tyrant likely marked her limit.
Besides, the living saints carried tasks bestowed by the Giant God—to guard the Ether Sea behind the dam and the roots of the Abyss!
As for this territory newly carved out by the Ancient Cup Outer Gods…
No one knew where responsibility lay.
The Giant God gave no instructions, no divine oracle.
What if rushing in recklessly sabotaged the Giant God’s Great Plan, forcing Him to intervene? That’d be disastrous…
Yet they never anticipated the Giant God would act personally.
His wrath resounded across the entire Ether Sea.
The magnificent, blinding deity battled furiously, churning Ancient God Fragments that blotted out the sky!
His colossal form darted through the storm.
Shifting stance, he collided headlong with the malicious Ether evil god’s sleek skull—lopping off its mountain-sized head in one strike, then flinging it aside like trash.
But this hardly quelled the Giant God’s rage.
Even as terrified ether deities scattered, he dragged them back with arcane forbidden spells. Unleashing immeasurable power, he slaughtered and devoured them one by one!
The terrifying Great Devourer cast slaughter’s shadow and fury’s dread over every ether deity!
Only corpses littered the ground when his triumphant roar finally thundered!
“Uh…”
Albert Drake stirred uneasily.
“D’you think… since we held back… the Giant God might’ve gotten angry!?”
“Will He punish us?”
“Angna?”
“Angna!?”
The second living saint pressed frantically through the Soul Network.
But all that answered was…
“Hnngh…”
Angna’s ragged breaths crackled through—each gasp thick and strained, as if wrestling down some scream-worthy craving!