Chapter 32
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Volume 2 + Chapter 32: The Rampaging Legendary Beast
The sea beneath the altar began to tremble, churning up furious waves.
From the depths, Leviathan’s massive form surged ever closer to the surface, its formless pressure blanketing the entire ancient ruins of the city.
The sirens, sensing the legendary beast’s rapid approach, didn’t dare linger even for a second—they scattered in all directions, fleeing in terror.
Xia Yi glanced at the black coffin, then at the sea below.
She had originally intended to use the Holy Sword to destroy the coffin, but now she had to make a choice.
In the end, she turned back and ran to scoop Hill into her arms.
Boom!
At that very moment, Leviathan burst from the water. Its colossal body smashed the altar to pieces, sending countless shards of buildings flying high into the air.
The waves swallowed everything.
Xia Yi clung tightly to Hill, protecting her student. The crashing water swept them far away and slammed them into the ground.
By sheer luck, she didn’t fall into the sewer system of the ancient city—she landed instead on a small patch of solid ground.
“Ugh…”
Lying on the ground, Xia Yi slowly got up. The silver glow in her eyes gradually faded, and she reverted from the majestic, untouchable monarch to… her usual white-haired loli form.
“Huh? What… happened?” Xia Yi murmured.
She was a little confused about what had just occurred. Why had the surroundings turned out like this?
Oh, right.
Now she remembered.
Earlier, she blew up the ancient city’s sewers, stripping the Black Tide of its fighting strength, and thoroughly beat down the priest.
Then, the priest—clearly enraged—charged at her in a reckless, suicidal move.
He ended up using self-destruction to restrain her and then poured the blood essence all over her body.
Countless voices invaded her mind, connecting her to some kind of vast collective consciousness, and then…
Xia Yi realized her consciousness had started to blur from that point onward.
Someone kept muttering about a “Black King,” but she didn’t feel a thing in her heart.
Honestly, it wasn’t nearly as moving as Xia Lulu.
In short, she felt extremely unhappy.
Angry. Very angry. Super angry!
Fury!
Fury!
Fury!
Her entire mind was consumed with the urge to punish those bastards, to send all those monsters to hell.
Driven by that fury—even though her memory of it was vague—she realized she had done something of her own volition.
And by the time her sense of self returned, things had already ended up like this.
The little princess shook her head, trying to clear it and regain her focus.
In front of her was Hill. Her breathing was steady—she appeared to be safe.
Xia Yi had saved her student. Nothing bad had happened.
That gave Xia Yi a bit of relief.
But behind her, a deafening roar suddenly rang out—so loud it almost ruptured her eardrums.
Xia Yi turned her head—and was stunned.
It was Leviathan!
Leviathan had now awakened and was rampaging wildly through the ancient ruins city. It was utterly berserk, like a creature gone mad.
It crashed its massive body again and again into the ruins, almost as if it were trying to kill itself.
But a legendary beast of that caliber couldn’t possibly die from something like that.
Instead, it looked more like it had entered a frenzied state, indiscriminately destroying everything in sight. Not just the Black Tide—even the sirens weren’t spared. Any living being within its range was caught in its rampage and killed.
The altar where the sacrificial ritual had taken place had already been destroyed, now sunken into the sea.
The priest’s body couldn’t even be found.
And that black coffin—its whereabouts were unknown.
“Could it be that Leviathan’s rampage was caused by my command back then?”
Xia Yi seemed to realize something.
She had been connected to the Black Tide’s collective consciousness at the time, and had vented all her fury into it, ordering them to die.
That command had influenced the Black Tide’s collective will and triggered its destruction.
The priest had used Leviathan to awaken others and force them to work—he had to keep the beast fed, so he’d been sacrificing monsters from the Black Tide to it.
Maybe because of this, the Black Tide’s collective consciousness had latched onto Leviathan, resulting in a degree of contamination.
Xia Yi’s command had indirectly influenced Leviathan—driving the legendary beast into madness.
Once a legendary beast went berserk, there was no stopping it.
Even if it destroyed the entire ancient city ruins, it wouldn’t stop until its energy was completely spent.
Therefore, the wise course of action was to…
After thinking quickly, Xia Yi came to a conclusion:
Run!
She picked Hill up and, using her footwork technique, moved swiftly through the ancient ruins city.
Along the way, Xia Yi saw the half-dragon monsters—some trembling in place, waiting to be killed by Leviathan, others choosing to end their own lives.
Very soon, Xia Yi reached the edge of the ruins. At that moment, someone came to mind.
“Oh, right! Albert is still in the cave!”
Xia Yi paused to think—if she let that guy die here, it might negatively affect her student’s advanced teacher qualification evaluation.
Hmph, consider yourself lucky, Albert!
Xia Yi, carrying Hill, returned to the cave.
Albert, who had been knocked out earlier, was lying in a hidden spot. He still hadn’t woken up—dead asleep like a pig.
The cave began to tremble. It wouldn’t be long before the rampaging Leviathan destroyed this place too. She had to hurry.
“Albert, wake up.”
Xia Yi splashed cold water on him.
Albert opened his eyes and shot up from the ground, looking utterly devastated.
“I can’t rush anymore!!”
“You?”
“There’s nothing left to rush at, they’re all dead! All of them!!” Albert broke into loud sobs. “I can’t rush anymore!!”
“…”
Xia Yi held her forehead.
This guy’s mental state was still as unstable as ever—completely useless.
No wonder it’s you, Albert!
Forget it.
Sleep Spell!
Xia Yi summoned her Rose Staff and knocked Albert out with a single whack.
Hoisting Hill over one shoulder, and dragging Albert with the other hand, she left the cave and ran down the mountain toward the coast.
In the darkness of night, facing the vast, endless sea, Xia Yi felt a wave of helplessness.
Then, she looked around.
There wasn’t a single boat in sight.
What now?
How were they supposed to get out of here?
With no boat available, and having to escape while carrying both Hill and Albert…
There was only one answer.
“Ugh—!!”
Xia Yi wore a face full of reluctance.
She really, really, really didn’t want to do this.
But right now, there was no other choice. If she delayed any longer, once Leviathan finished destroying the center of the ancient ruins city, it would come here next.
“There’s no one here, so no one should see this… Alright, I’ll use it!”
Xia Yi took a deep breath, steeling herself.
“True Dragon Form, release!”
