Chapter 396
by fanqienovelChapter 396: King of Ether
“Oh no!”
“How did I enter the territory of the ‘Endless Ether’!?”
Moments earlier…
Baimeng awakened from her rage and was horrified to find she had chased too far, even crossing the borders of the "Chaos Swamp Realm" and delving deep into the "Endless Ether."
Though this was only the shallow layer of the Endless Ether, past experience taught her that even this depth could cost her life.
“I’m doomed.”
“Once I enter here, the ‘etheric liquid’ that obeyed me meekly in the ‘Chaos Swamp Realm’ turns hostile and raging in the ‘Endless Ether!’”
“It acts like it has a will—tearing at my ‘divine skin’ and trapping me where I stand.”
“Then I’d become a slab of fresh meat for Pal to carve up.”
“Must retreat… turn back…”
“No, advance in reverse.”
“Splash—!”
Baimeng’s massive Divine Body surged through the Endless Ether as her giant tail whipped.
While swimming, she instinctively pressed her limbs to her sides, sliding through the Sea of Ether like an eel.
Soon, she neared the edge of the "Endless Ether."
“Phew…”
“Safe at last…”
“Wait… something’s wrong…”
“Why’s it so easy this time!?”
Before, accidental trips into the Endless Ether left her battered by the Ether Sea; she’d have died without the patrol team’s help.
But now…
“Hiss…”
“The frantic chaotic ether currents turned orderly around my limbs and Divine Body, even…”
“grew gentle and tame.”
“And…”
“They seemed to acknowledge me—letting me command them!”
“As if…”
Baimeng gradually ceased swimming.
She softly shut her eyes.
Waves from the Sea of Ether lapped her scales, unveiling every detail of the surrounding universe to her.
Nothing hidden, nothing barred.
It seemed…
The world lay beneath her eyes!
The ether was within her grasp!
Vaguely, Baimeng thought she could hear cheers.
That was the sound of the Sea of Ether.
It sounded like joyful waves, along with countless voices shouting in her Soul—“King!”
“Our King!”
Baimeng opened her eyes.
She had only closed them for less than a second, yet the entire shallow Endless Ether had transformed before her.
Because…
“Authority!?”
Just moments earlier, Baimeng had wanted to flee in panic based on past experience. Now she discovered she actually held authority!?
Authority over the "shallow Endless Ether!"
“This can’t be…”
“In the Endless Ether, all authority requires the Abyss’s decree!”
“Without the ‘Abyssal Carpet’s’ approval, no deity gains authority!”
“Who… granted me this power!?”
—-
Meanwhile…
“Roar——!”
Within the Endless Ether’s Abyss, a furious roar erupted.
The Abyss raged.
An outsider deity had stolen authority without its consent!
As the foundation and ruler of the Endless Ether’s gods, the “Endless Abyss” would never permit such defiance!
“Roar——!”
“Roar——!”
Two roars shook the void.
Massive beings rose from the Abyss, slowly advancing toward the incident site—the shallow Endless Ether.
They were the Abyss’s terrifying assassins!
They would make the disobedient deity pay the price for stealing authority.
The power of the Endless Ether must never fall to outsider deities!
—-
Baimeng still did not know that the "Powers of Shallow Ether" she held made the Abyss furious.
She was thinking about other things.
As the Chaos Demon God, her memory was excellent.
She quickly remembered that when her Divine Body finished its modifications, she felt a trace of something different from before.
But this "trace" soon quieted down, hiding within Baimeng’s Soul and falling asleep.
The moment she entered the shallow ether, the sleeping "feeling" woke up, announcing Baimeng’s presence to the Endless Ether!
It also declared the coming of the "King"!
"Was it the Giant God’s doing again!?"
"Did the Giant God plan this too!?"
"But… to give me such power just to hunt Pal…"
"Either the power is worthless to the Giant God, or the Giant God has a huge ‘Great Plan’ that needs many powers to finish; or maybe both!?"
"Truly…"
"The Giant God is the only choice for the First Demon God, the only true King!"
"But now…"
The thinking, testing, and adjusting might take humans a long time, but for Baimeng, a few breaths were enough!
"Whoosh—!"
She swiftly swung her wide tail, swimming down into the shallow ether.
The Ether Sea respected their "King," helping her hide her trail.
"Whew…"
Baimeng gradually slowed down, even stopping her swimming, letting the Ether Sea carry her along, her Divine Body almost blending with the Ether Sea!
The hidden Instincts in her Divine Body told her—be patient!
Sure enough, not long after, two huge shadows appeared above her.
They swam slowly in circles, as if looking for something.
These two gods glanced around but did not look down.
"Hmm…"
Baimeng gently moved her front and back legs, changing her pose to rise slowly.
Then…
"Kill—!"
Her tail fin suddenly whipped, and the huge Divine Body shot up like an arrow, charging straight at the Chaos Demon God above!
—-
Pal and his "brother," an Ether Usurper, were swimming aimlessly in the Ether Sea, searching for Baimeng’s trace.
They would soon stop searching!
"Whoosh—!"
Pal felt a flood of ether surge up violently beneath him, hitting his waist and belly painfully!
"What was happening?"
He was about to look down…
"Boom—!"
"Uh…"
His weak lower belly took a heavy blow.
His stomach nearly crashed into his vertebrae!
The "God’s organ" in his belly not only moved but shattered!
"Ah—ugh—!"
Pal screamed in pain, vomiting blood mixed with bits of organs into the water; his body spun around, rolling up like a top.
His Soul suffered a severe shock and quickly lost consciousness.
But Pal was still a core councilor.
Though badly hurt, he woke up moments later.
Now, he wished he had stayed unconscious.
"Hissing…"
Blood spread through the Ether Sea.
His companion’s head was torn off, a big piece missing from his side, blood and organs flowing out nonstop, while the Ether Usurper thrashed uselessly but sank helplessly to the Bottom of the Ether Sea.
The fearsome killer behind all this was Baimeng, who he thought would be stuck in the "Endless Ether"!
A mad light flickered in her eyes.