Chapter 230
by fanqienovelChapter 230: Hard to Go from Luxury to Austerity
“Whoosh—!”
“Whoosh—!”
Deities streaked through the woods, wing membranes riding turbulent waves as their long tails swung like phase rudders, anchoring their course.
These beings bore wing membranes on their Divine Bodies, resembling “flying lizards.” Had Trilobite been present, his low-resolution vision would’ve mistaken them for Coelurosaur dragons of the scaled dragon subclass.
Their abdominal wing membranes, rib-supported, marked these tree-dwelling lizards. Such evolutionary designs would reappear in scaled dragon forms through later ages.
Naturally, beyond insects, no creature ever truly flew by wing without biological investment.
Yet their quarry wasn’t flying through the void either.
His movements, however, proved far swifter!
“Whoosh—!”
A colossal figure weaved through Fantasy Trees of Subspace.
Agile. Blindingly fast.
His sinewy frame sliced like lightning through the ether-misted grove, trailing luminescent residue.
Zigzagging left and right, he dodged unseen threats with serpentine grace.
“Hahaha…!”
“Outer Predators!”
“Come get me!”
“Try it, you fools!”
His wild laughter mocked the deities called Outer Predators.
Rage ignited among them.
“What right have you?!”
“Chaos Demon God!”
“We are natural enemies to Outer Gods from the Void! Masters of void skies!”
“Guardians of Fantasy Tree’s order!”
“You’re just a fugitive hunted by the mighty eighth core councilor!”
“Perish—!”
The Outer Predators gaped their jaws.
Void Energy coalesced within their maws.
Then…
“Void Flash!”
“Buzz—!”
After a series of muffled sounds, beams of light shot from the mouths of the Outer Predators, directly targeting the fleeing Chaos Demon God.
However…
"Whoosh… Whoosh…"
With several swift turns and elegant barrel rolls, He effortlessly dodged the "Void Beams" with perfect precision.
"Out of tricks already?"
"My turn now!"
Gimmerly, still mid-flight, suddenly swung her tail upward, causing her body to surge higher. Then she bent her arms, reshaping her wing membranes.
Thus…
"Buzz—!"
Her Divine Body executed a sharp turn and plunged downward!
"What?!"
The Outer Predators froze in terror.
Never had they encountered such agility!
By comparison…
Their rib-supported membranes couldn’t flap, remaining rigidly clumsy without muscle control at the edges. Most times they could only spread uselessly.
Helpless to adjust course, they whooshed beneath the Chaos Demon God!
Just as the last Outer Predator passed…
"Grrr—OWL—!"
The Chaos Demon God’s bloody maw snapped shut!
"Thud—!"
Jaws clamped precisely on the Outer Predator’s neck—then twisted viciously!
"Crunch—!"
The creature instantly went limp.
Its companions, hindered by clumsy flight, continued along their original path. They drifted hopelessly far before finally landing on Fantasy Tree branches to regroup.
But by then, the Chaos Demon God had vanished with his prey.
"This…"
"Such speed! Such agility!"
"What manner of monster?!"
"Who could forge such a terrifying Divine Body?!"
—-
Soon, His body was hauled onto the branches of a Fantasy Tree of Subspace.
"Huff… Huff…"
“Ah-woo… Ah-woo…”
The deity, who pressed down on the body and tore at the corpse of the Outer Predator like a wild beast, was Gimmerly.
“Good!”
“I never expected that… I would have a day like this…”
“To become a complete beast!”
Gimmerly wallowed in self-pity.
After devouring enough flesh and blood of demon gods, she finally woke up.
The huntress-like gleam in her eyes slowly faded.
Her voice turned “light” and “elegant” again.
“Oh dear, I used to be super elegant.”
“But I ended up like this.”
“Is this the price of wielding the authority of the void?”
She licked the blood at the corner of her mouth and gently shut her eyes.
She remembered gliding through the void.
“Though I glided through the void before, it was nothing like now.”
“This agility…”
“And the unmatched speed…”
“Hiss—!”
As she thought of this, Gimmerly shivered all over, her Divine Body covered in goosebumps, her eyes rolled up uncontrollably, her tongue stuck out a bit, with shiny saliva slowly dripping down.
Of course, this scene wasn’t sexy at all.
Because a “flying lizard,” no matter how silly it looked, was still lizard-like, while furry fans should at least be into archosaurs to count.
Would anyone really have thought it looked sexy for a dinosaur to roll its eyes and stick out its tongue?
Surely not?
Not really.
Geckos did this all the time.
Of course, Gimmerly’s expression came mainly from the amazing feeling of soaring through the void!
She was totally thrilled.
In the past, she might have been happy with this.
But now…
“This isn’t enough!”
“Not nearly enough!”
Once she had felt the thrill of flapping wings, freely rising and gliding through the void, she lost interest in such “fake flying.”
Once one had held the Authority of the Void, even briefly, they would no longer care for merely brushing its edge.
Moreover, constant devouring had strengthened Gimmerly’s Soul, making her mightier than ever in both magic and divine form!
Yet her hunger had grown insatiable.
Greed for authority and power consumed her heart; Gimmerly also grew discontent with her current station.
“Only the Fifty-Sixth Seat?!”
“I deserve a higher seat to match my power!”
“So…”
“Prey! Prey! Prey!”
“Gah—!”
She screeched madly, diving slowly downward from the heights!
That fleeting clarity vanished as madness flooded Gimmerly’s eyes once more.
“More…”
“More demon god flesh!”
“Make me stronger!”
“Grant me authority!”
“Gah—!”
Forgetting her elegance as a demon god and her status as a core councilor of chaos, Gimmerly unfurled the membrane between her limbs.
With another eerie cry, she soared like a winged creature through the void between Fantasy Trees.
“Hmm…”
“There—food!”
—-
Meanwhile, Trilobite—freshly enriched by fifty thousand—lay still near the lake’s edge, motionless as a Large Stone.
He pondered what gifts to bestow upon his spawn.
“Should I get something nice for the blonde young lady, my first symbiotic creature?”
“Hmm…”
After long browsing in the “Evolution STEAM Shop,” he selected a peculiar item.
It carried a steep price.
“Eighty thousand Chaos Energy total.”
“Luckily, I only demand spawn surrender half their harvested Chaos Energy—they keep the rest.”
“Seems they’ve barely touched their reserves before.”
“Even my first symbiotic creature holds over thirty thousand.”
“Perfect!”
“I’ll pay sixty percent; Symbiotic Creature No. 1 covers forty. We’ll split the cost.”
“Done!”
His chosen item was unusual—[Agrobacterium’s Little Tricks].