Chapter 306

Chapter 306: This Time, There’s No Time for Water Monkeys

"Were these fellows courting death?"

"Why were they arguing here?"

"It seemed they’d relaxed their guard. It was worth tracking them for so long."

"Perhaps, this was a chance to seize their divine rank."

In the Ether Sea, a massive deity was hiding, slowly approaching.

Its name was Gilfan, a "Border Dragon."

Although the "Border Dragons" were also part of the "dragon clan," they were in constant opposition to the "Ether Dragons," even considered sworn enemies.

Whenever they encountered each other, both would do everything possible to kill one another.

However, the "Border Dragons" mainly lived at the junction of the "Endless Ether Realm" and the "Chaos Swamp Realm," leaning more towards the "Endless Ether."

If they couldn’t beat an Ether Dragon on the "Chaos Swamp Realm" side, they could flee to the "Endless Ether."

Compared to the Ether Dragon’s relatively stout Divine Body, the "Border Dragon’s" Divine Body was slender, like an eel, and didn’t look very strong.

But this shape was well-suited for swimming in the tricky shallow liquids; its big caudal fin gave it great burst power, letting it dash incredibly fast in a short time.

Unlike many careful deities who, even at the peak of divinity, wore heavy armor, this one had nearly given up all defenses for combat power.

The only defense that was somewhat useful was a tall spine on its back.

This was likely to guard against Ether Dragons that sometimes crossed the line.

"It had confirmed, there were no Ether Dragons in the nearby Ether Sea!"

"Only these prey before it!"

"Then…"

"It had just one weakness now!"

"Magic!"

Totally opposite to the "void magic" of the Chaos Demon Gods, which got badly messed up in the ether, the "Border Dragon’s" magic was from the "Ether System," needing ether as a medium and using "ether streams" for power.

This magic was hard to cast in the void; even if released, it got twisted and weakened into a jumbled mess by the "wind from the void."

So…

"No need for magic!"

"It would use its Divine Body!"

The Border Dragon shut off the leaking magic circuits, focused all its magic inside to boost its Divine Body.

It also dropped all sensing.

Because it had already checked the Ether Sea.

No Ether Dragons, its big enemies, were around!

Though there were signs of some odd deity passing by, those signs had faded in the Ether Sea, probably from long ago.

"Unless, it was lying in wait in that newly born world?"

"Ha…"

"How could it be so coincidental?"

"Besides, even if it was hiding there, I should have sensed it."

"But at that moment, there was no movement at all, except for those noisy creatures."

"So…"

"Roar—!"

The Border Dragon roared and burst out of the sea surface, its huge mouth wide open!

"Boom—Boom—Boom—!"

Its massive, heavy divine body broke through the strange "Fantasy Tree" bulb’s obstruction and charged into the new world!

In its eyes, five targets appeared.

But this wasn’t the time to choose.

"Ah—Woo—!"

The giant mouth clamped down fiercely on the one closest to the Sea of Ether!

"Pu—Zhi—!"

This ambush was extremely successful; the Border Dragon even dashed to a position parallel with the "rear guard" deity!

Its mouth full of sharp teeth clamped onto the slender neck of the "Shallow Ether Wanderer"!

"Ka—!"

Though the deity’s vertebrae were incredibly strong, they shattered under the overwhelming force!

A "Shallow Ether Wanderer" fell just like that!

"Hu…"

"Successful hunt."

Watching the terrified survivors, the Border Dragon felt proud.

It held the fallen deity, savoring the wonderful taste of its divinity, and slowly twisted its long divine body, preparing to return calmly to the sea.

However, at that moment…

"Boom—!"

A massive amount of Primal Mud mixed with Ancient God Fragments soared into the air!

A towering deity suddenly burst forth beside the "Border Dragon"!

It cast its enormous shadow over the "Border Dragon."

"Hu… Rumble…"

A deep roar echoed between the void and ether.

The eyes formed from "gems" showed no hint of emotion.

It seemed like a machine.

A machine of slaughter!

"He… was waiting for me!?"

"What kind of monster was he!?"

Only after these two thoughts arose…

"Bang—!"

The giant claw of the "monster deity" firmly pressed down on the twisting Border Dragon, which was trying to escape back into the Ether Sea.

—-

In fact, Trilobite had been here for a long time.

He dug a hole and buried himself.

Sand covered his head, hidden among the roots of the "Aloe Fern."

His gem-like eyes became an excellent disguise!

Because, indeed, they looked just like a stone…

And the part below his neck was completely buried in sand, wrapped in the sac he secreted.

This allowed the postosuchus to have almost no scent.

So, Trilobite could safely observe the creatures in front of him.

"Let me introduce a popular paleo creature video."

"Look, this is… the Phantom Dragon."

"Specifically, it should be the most typical kind of Phantom Dragon."

"It is the model species of the peculiar Phantom Dragon."

The Phantom Dragon had a long neck, a slender body and tail, a flat head, and webbed limbs.

From their relatively sturdy limbs, which must have had some capability for movement, these coastal creatures seemed to have an Ecological Niche similar to that of otters or sea lions.

In appearance, they somewhat resembled an under-evolved plesiosaur.

"Everyone pay attention, this creature might be an ancestor of the plesiosaur, but it is not a plesiosaur."

"Not everything with a long neck is called a plesiosaur."

"The Phantom Dragon can be easily distinguished from the plesiosaur."

"The limbs of a plesiosaur have fully evolved into flippers, while the Phantom Dragon only has webbed feet."

"The tail of a plesiosaur has mostly degenerated and is very short, while the tail of a Phantom Dragon is quite long."

"Don’t just shout ‘plesiosaur’ at anything with a long neck; if we did that, giraffes would also be plesiosaurs."

Current mainstream views suggested that the order Plesiosauria originated from some species within the order of Phantom Dragons; by the end of the Triassic period, the Plesiosauria gradually replaced their more primitive Phantom Dragon ancestors.

"As for the creatures that hunted them…"

"They are a type of cartilaginous fish called the Spiny Shark."

"This is a freshwater shark, mainly living in rivers, and coexisting with the Toothfish during the same era."

"Look, their bodies were very long, clearly showing they lived in shallow waters."

"This fellow was quite rare, and it was pretty big, over four meters long; while a typical Spiny Shark was only three meters in length."

"By the way, there were no real freshwater sharks left."

"Those called freshwater sharks back then were actually Su’s circular belly fish; they just looked like sharks but had no real link to sharks or cartilaginous fish."

"The only shark species that could enter freshwater was the Bull Shark."

"However, they mostly stayed in seawater. Just because they sometimes swam into freshwater didn’t mean they should be called freshwater sharks."

"Below were the water monkeys…"

"No, it was hunting time!"

Without saying another word, Trilobite…

"Boom—!"

The enormous postosuchus leaped out of the sand pit he had dug!

"Bang!"

The giant foot stomped down hard, crushing the shocked Spiny Shark.

"Hiss… Hiss…"

The Spiny Shark struggled fiercely, trying to use the spines on its back to make Trilobite back off; but though strong in water, it was helpless on land.

The spines swayed back and forth but couldn’t even touch Trilobite’s scales.

"Um…"

"The Phantom Dragon was very light in color, a light yellow."

"The Chaos Energy was very thin, almost gone, not worth hunting."

"But this Spiny Shark was different; its color was deep orange!"

"Now, what a big harvest!"

"Ah—Ooh—!"

Trilobite bit down on the Spiny Shark’s skull, the saber teeth bursting through, ending its brutal life.

"Um?"

At that moment, he noticed the Phantom Dragons had timidly gathered around.