Chapter 285
by fanqienovelChapter 285: Who Would Have Thought, Four Legs Have an Advantage in Water
“Dammit!”
“So far, I only know a couple of moves.”
Trilobite felt unhappy about his Skills, especially those for fighting.
Even though he had evolved into a postosuchus, he could only manage two moves in a battle—Flip the World Off and then cast his shield, followed by a big shield and a single smash.
“But it seemed the postosuchus only had that smash move.”
“At least, compared to other creatures with no Skills or magic, I was lucky enough.”
Happiness comes from comparison.
Proud of having two Skills, Trilobite focused all his attention on the ugly Megalodon Shark ahead!
Soon…
“Now!”
The Megalodon Shark had entered Trilobite’s range for Flip the World Off!
“Thieving bastard—!”
He raised the middle finger that taunted the whole world!
For a creature like the Megalodon Shark that had met the Trilobite, this move worked especially well!
The Megalodon Shark instantly flew into a rage.
With its big mouth showing its sharp teeth, it roared and charged forward.
“Splash—!”
A giant wave shot up!
“Ball Joint Armor!”
“Ball Joint Armor!”
“Ball Joint Armor!”
…
Though the Ball Joint Armor skill was weak now—harder than paper but more brittle than glass—it cost only 100 magic per layer, and Trilobite’s magic had hit 10,000!
If one layer of Ball Joint Armor was brittle, what about ten layers?
If ten layers didn’t work, how about fifty layers?!
Almost instantly, Trilobite cast fifty layers of Ball Joint Armor.
The moment he finished…
“Bang—!”
A huge impact struck!
Even though the Megalodon Shark was just over five meters long, about Trilobite’s size, aquatic animals often weighed much more than land animals of the same volume.
"Uh…"
"Thud—!"
Trilobite grunted as the colossal sea monster slammed into him, forcing him backward.
"This thing…"
"So heavy!"
"Must be… nearly a ton!"
"At least eight hundred kilos!"
Trilobite himself weighed under six hundred kilos at most. This Megalodon Shark wasn’t barrel-shaped like a Great White Shark but lean like a lemon shark.
Yet the sheer impact shook Trilobite.
And thrilled him!
"Ah, more meat then!"
Meanwhile…
"Clang!"
"Snap…"
Crisp cracks echoed as the enormous Megalodon Shark battered and bit through layer after layer of Ball Joint Armor with its giant jaws.
But it could only shatter one layer per bite.
Tearing through all the shields took time—
Exactly what Trilobite needed…
"Perfect…"
"Right here!"
While the mindless Megalodon Shark crashed and ripped through shield layers, they reached the sandbank’s highest point together.
Still submerged but thick with aquatic horsetails and aquatic seed ferns.
Roots tangled wildly enough to make perfectionists’ skin crawl.
Seemingly frail yet stubbornly tough,
the roots snagged the Megalodon Shark’s pectoral and tail fins from all sides, slowing it further!
The water grew shallower here.
Most of the shark’s back breached the surface.
It had to dig through muddy sand, writhing to advance.
Just then—
"Crash—!"
All fifty layers of Ball Joint Armor shattered in under half a minute.
"Huh!?"
The Megalodon Shark’s eyes, once wild and devoid of reason, cleared. He twisted anxiously, seemingly aware of his predicament.
Both skills faded in quick succession.
Yet they’d served their purpose.
"Now it’s my turn!"
"Hey——!"
"Boom——!"
Trilobite suddenly reared up on his hind legs, his frame towering massively.
"Die——!"
"Whoosh——!"
His colossal claws tore downward with the sound of something slicing through air.
The postosuchus’s skeletal structure restricted its forelimb movement, preventing sweeping strikes like big cats or bears—only vertical smashes were possible.
But the postosuchus’s sheer mass and violent downward acceleration maximized its momentum instantly!
"Bang——!"
A heavy impact echoed!
—-
Only one thought filled Kutulaso, the Bared Tooth Tsar: "How had he ended up here!?"
"I’d just begun flanking maneuvers…"
He soon realized the question was pointless.
His opponent—a terrifying predator, colossal and seemingly larger than himself—had just surged upward with a whoosh.
"Must retreat first!"
"Once I reach deeper Ether Sea waters…"
"Damn—it!"
Kutulaso swore after moving slightly.
His pectoral and caudal fins were tangled in the low roots of Fantasy Trees and vines of evil branches; inevitable in this thicket where large, angular forms snag easily.
By contrast, his opponent’s quadrupedal movement minimized vine contact versus belly-dragging. Watching its steps prevented entanglement.
The very weapons that once granted Kutulaso supreme mobility now shackled him.
No escape!
No way out!
"You…"
"Let’s negotiate!"
Cornered, Kutulaso attempted conciliation.
Unlike other deities.
He did not reveal many complex emotions.
His eyes, made of unknown gems, showed no feelings at all.
But that did not mean this fellow lacked emotion.
From him, Kutulaso sensed the purest greed and malice, almost free of any impurities!
In his eyes, there was nothing but slaughter and devouring; nothing else mattered!
“You…”
“Are you really going to kill me without fearing revenge from the gods of Endless Ether!?”
Yet…
There was no reaction.
This deity was cruel and merciless, impossible to bribe or threaten.
In his eyes, only one thing existed…
“Roar——!”
A huge palm slammed down!
—-
“Crash——!”
“Bang——!”
As the giant claws, carrying the full force of the postosuchus, crashed down, the sound echoed along the coastline, and the tail fin of the Megalodon Shark shot up high!
His head was almost pushed deep into the mud.
The soft skull couldn’t take such a hit; the strong shockwave broke through his skull and shook his brain’s core.
“Ugh…”
His eyes rolled back, and some teeth were knocked out by the hard blow.
“Thud——!”
The raised tail fin crashed into the water, splashing a tall wave, then went still.
The Megalodon Shark’s body still twitched on its own, but it meant nothing against the enemy’s attack.
But Trilobite wasn’t satisfied!
“Hmm, I need to finish it off!”
He remembered many villains who died because they didn’t deal the final blow; in the real biological world, stories of being killed back by missing the moment were common too.
Like the unlucky dolphin choked by an octopus, or the poor farmer bitten by a snake’s cut-off head, and so on…
“Hmm…”
“The brain should be about here.”
Trilobite held down the shaking Megalodon Shark and opened his giant jaws, showing his bony saber teeth from Duncker’s fish.
Though these bony saber teeth were softer than enamel teeth, they still…
“Thud——!”
“Phew…”
“It was a bit tough, but I got through.”
Trilobite saw the saber tooth sunk into the Megalodon Shark’s forehead and felt pleased.
“Poof…”
The saber tooth pulled out, bringing messy goo and bits with it.
“Slurp…”
Trilobite stuck out his tongue and licked a bit, finding it okay.
“Maybe my taste changed?”
“I heard sharks pee through their skin, so it should be foul, like ammonia.”
“But this shark didn’t seem to…”
“The skin was pretty tender…”
“Nom…nom…”
Waves of the Ether Sea kept hitting the sandy shallows, spreading the fallen god’s blood far and wide!
Including toward Themis in the Bubble World!