Chapter 569

Chapter 569: The Only Long-Horned Archosaur Predator

Trilobite looked at the strong, muscular giant beast and recognized this fellow almost instantly.

“The features were so obvious, so peculiar.”

“It was hard not to recognize it.”

“An archosaur predator with horns on its head!”

Although many predators had horns or horn-like structures, most belonged to the lizard-like group.

For example, there were Carnotaurus, Allosaurus, double-spined dragon, Ice Spine Dragon, and Colorful Crown Dragon, among others…

And for some reason, even though these fellows each had horns and head crests, they looked quite pleasing and did not feel out of place.

But archosaur predators were different.

At most, they had long sagittal crests, but very few actually had horns on their heads…

“Maybe this was the only one…”

“Cranogryphus!”

Cranogryphus was a gigantic predator that belonged to the Anomodontia group, categorized under the "Cranogryphus family," which contained only one genus, the "Cranogryphus genus."

However, within the Cranogryphus genus, there were two species: the type species Ural Cranogryphus and the bizarre Cranogryphus.

Ural Cranogryphus was enormous, with a length of four to five meters and sturdy limbs, comparable to a rhino’s size!

Its weight was certainly over a ton!

It could even weigh two tons!

On the other hand, the bizarre Cranogryphus was much smaller, measuring around three to four meters, about a tiger’s size.

Clearly, archosaur predators from the Permian period were genuinely huge; Kodiak brown bears, giant short-faced bears, and ferocious lions were mere little brothers compared to those beasts.

However, judging by Cranogryphus’s teeth, this fellow’s diet leaned more toward that of bears.

But it was a highly carnivorous kind of bear.

Of course, the most remarkable feature of Cranogryphus was not its size but the two pairs of strange horns on its head and behind its mouth.

The Ural Cranogryphus’s horns were not very prominent, resembling fresh antlers; but the bizarre Cranogryphus was exaggerated, as their horns, while not long, stood tall and even had a slight branching structure like deer antlers, as if they had been growing for some time.

These characteristics made Cranogryphus an extremely peculiar creature.

However, modern museum reconstructions often took the body size of Ural Cranogryphus and added the horns of bizarre Cranogryphus, turning them into even bigger and more bizarre monsters.

“Uh…”

“The two combatants before me…”

“Were just like reconstructions from various unscrupulous museums, with the body of Ural Cranogryphus combined with the horns of bizarre Cranogryphus…”

“Though it seemed those museums accidentally got it right, there really was such a strange fellow.”

“I’ll call this new species the ‘Colossal Creature Cranogryphus!’”

Trilobite moved cautiously around the two fellows, his enormous tail swaying back and forth.

He knew his level.

"Saber-toothed Beautiful Nodosaurus, length 6.3 meters, weight 700 kg."

"Colossal Creature Cranogryphus, length 5 meters, weight 2 tons, two of them."

"I seem bigger, but I feel light…"

This was a common fact — dinosaurs could be huge but very light!

For this species with air-sac bones, growing larger while staying light, agile, and strong was a special skill.

Trilobite’s air-sac-filled body, plus his long tail and tall build, made him look bigger in space and sight!

In his eyes, the two "Colossal Creature Cranogryphus" saw this larger creature and got scared, staying cautious and not attacking yet.

"Hmm…"

"But even if you attack, I probably won’t get hurt."

"Let me test you."

"Are you digging dirt?"

Trilobite saw the two “Colossal Creature Cranogryphus” digging hard, throwing the dug-up "sludge" his way.

Mud splattered everywhere instantly.

Some sludge hit Trilobite’s face, forcing him to shake his head to clear the muck from his eyes.

"Throwing mud at my face!"

"Are you polite?!"

"But…"

He remembered that digging dirt was a way for predators to claim territory and provoke each other.

Trilobite recalled a lion documentary where a hyena queen dug dirt to provoke a lion named Silver Tamer. This angered the lion, who charged and killed her.

"Well, I can’t back down!"

"Whoosh—whoosh—!"

Trilobite started digging too.

—-

"What…?"

"Maybe…"

Seeing the big strange “formidable god” shake its head, flinging off the "Primal Mud" on its face and eyes, the two "Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deities" stepped back in shock.

"This is our…"

"Best magic!"

Like other Pan-Spirit Deities, the "Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deities" had few spells.

But the "Corruption Mud Technique" was their specialty.

It needed "casting materials," but these were easy to find — Primal Mud and etheric liquid.

Mixing "Primal Mud," "etheric liquid," and evil curse power from "Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deity" made "cursed black mud," with strong curse and corrosion.

Throwing this "cursed black mud" by magic or force could corrode the "Steel Skin" of some Secondary Gods.

It didn’t work well on powerful deities’ Steel Skin, but this "cursed black mud" was fluid. If it hit the face, it unavoidably flowed into the "eyes of the deity."

Once in the weak, unprotected eyes, the curse did worse things, burning away vision and sometimes burning up to the soul!

Then, the "Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deity’s" foe would go mad and weak.

Even if the "cursed black mud" didn’t reach the soul, it ruined vision. A deity without sight became easy prey for the "Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deity."

If the blind deity didn’t fight with sight, the awful pain still weakened it, giving the Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deity a big edge.

Once, this trick never failed for the Giant Horned Pan-Spirit Deity.

But now…

The "formidable god" easily shook off their best magic.

Its "gem"-like eyes, showing no feeling, were fine. It was like water, not a nasty curse from the Primal Wilderness, had hit them.

As they hesitated, the "formidable god" suddenly moved!