Chapter 406

Chapter 406: This Sea Crocodile is Useless

"This sea crocodile was useless."

Trilobite looked at the Machimosaurus, which lay motionless on the shore, struggling to even move, and let out a disdainful sigh.

Among existing crocodiles, whether they were long-snouted or short-snouted, their Terrestrial Mobility was actually pretty good; the large Nile crocodile went ashore to steal lions’ prey.

The Cuban crocodile ran with a lively bounce, very fast, and showed the potential to be the next generation of land crocodiles.

But the Machimosaurus…

Even though its relatively large limbs made its body seem a bit smaller, it shouldn’t have been so dazed upon coming ashore, not wanting to crawl and losing its sense of direction!

"Um…"

"It seemed the fellow from the sea crocodile suborder had soaked too long in the water."

"Once it was on land, it didn’t know what to do."

Now, sea or semi-aquatic crocodiles were nearly nonexistent; the estuarine crocodile mostly lived in freshwater rivers, and its oceanic adaptation was far lesser than that of the Machimosaurus.

Although they resembled each other in appearance, they did not belong to the same suborder; their living environments differed, and one could not simply apply modern crocodilian habits to them.

Moreover, even the most formidable Machimosaurus king was not the extremely terrifying prehistoric giant crocodile people often imagined!

Their snouts were long, and their teeth lacked cutting edges and were relatively thick "crushing teeth," making them unsuitable for slicing meat for bloodletting.

They could chew open turtle shells and crush fish skulls, but cutting fresh meat would be a bit challenging; thus, paleontologists inferred from their teeth that despite their large size, the Machimosaurus primarily fed on shallow sea fish and various turtles and tortoises.

This seemed to align with their identity as "sea crocodiles."

However, the awkward bite marks of the Machimosaurus were found on the bones of a "whale dragon" (a type of Sauropod Dinosaurs that lived in North Africa).

Such fossil evidence suggested that the Machimosaurus would ambush animals passing by the sea or riverbanks, even gigantic creatures like the whale dragon, which could reach 16 meters in Length and weigh over twenty tons.

"But anyway, based on practical observation, the Machimosaurus really had poor Mobility on land, even worse than that of the Crocodilian!"

"And it seemed to dislike land quite a bit?"

"So, this customer… should be a lady?"

"Well, I couldn’t count on the Machimosaurus lady; I would have to rely on myself."

Trilobite walked to the water pool surrounded by three Birgeria fish and looked down.

This glance triggered an unexpected reaction…

"Splash—!"

The water in the pool suddenly splashed up and lunged towards Trilobite!

—-

"It was a desperate fight!"

"Since we didn’t need to worry about Chaos Demon God Baimeng anymore, we just had to deal with you!"

The Assassin Gods also grew fierce.

Although, in theory, assassins should have been equivalent to "die-hard" entities, humanity and divinity were complex.

The Assassin Gods, although bred like hunting dogs in the Abyss, showed immense loyalty to their commands.

However, they could also disperse in extreme despair.

Their loyalty to the Task and the Abyss made this dispersion a sharp stab into their Souls, tormenting them constantly.

Even if they wanted to die, it had to be after washing away the disgrace, not stuck in a "small pool" and dying frustrated.

To wash away the disgrace, they had to survive. To survive…

They had to stall, waiting for the next high tide, waiting for the Abyss to notice something wrong and send stronger assassins.

In short…

"We absolutely cannot die here!"

"Right now, it’s you who should die!"

"Is this reckless advance just you being cocky?!"

"Okay, let’s combine the powers of our three deities and cast strategic god-killing magic!"

"Ether’s Sigh · Trinity!"

The so-called "Ether’s Sigh" wasn’t a high-level magic; it just meant concentrating energy and smashing it down on the opposing deities. It was the most basic of basic magics.

It didn’t require any special skills; just slam it right on their forehead.

Almost all deities could do it.

Chaos Demon God’s "Chaos Current," Ether Dragon and Border Dragon’s "dragon breath" were all this type of magic.

Only the not very bright "Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons" and the not bright at all "Vast Dragon Gods" couldn’t even use this basic magic; their Magic Power had built up and thickened in their bodies over time, forming thick "magic fat layers."

Although the "magic fat layer" was made of "Death Magic Power," it could block and cancel out magic fired by other deities.

"But you, monster deity!"

"You aren’t like those foolish fellows!"

"You don’t possess a ‘magic fat layer!’"

Although the Ether Assassins didn’t really know if Trilobite had a magic fat layer, at this point, they could only assume he didn’t.

Moreover, they had another reason to be confident!

"Ether’s Sigh doesn’t just draw upon our own power!"

"It also uses the power of the surrounding Ether Sea!"

"Although this ‘Ether Pool’ isn’t large, as long as we gather the powers of our three deities, we can definitely hit you hard!"

This magic had worked well in past battles.

The assassins once used it to kill an incapacitated avatar of the Ether Mother, causing great embarrassment for the Ether Mother’s forces.

Previously, in the fight against Shaks and Baimeng, the Ether Assassins didn’t use this "Trinity" because, in the huge Endless Ether, any spell needing charging couldn’t reach its target.

Shaks’s speed was unmatched, and even Baimeng wouldn’t foolishly wait for them to gather their magic.

"But now…"

"It was different."

"You walked over to look down into this Ether Pool, giving us plenty of time to charge!"

"As soon as you showed your head, we would strike!"

"We would definitely deal you a heavy blow!"

The Assassin Gods gathered together, waiting.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—!"

The enormous monster deity slowly approached.

Although the Primal Mud and Ancient God Fragments had absorbed the etheric liquid, greatly reducing the impact, the monster deity’s formidable weight still shook the earth.

"Don’t rush!"

"Keep charging!"

"Our magic must not miss!"

"Maybe its divine body was solid, but the most vulnerable part had to be the head!"

"There were plenty of weaknesses there!"

"Get ready…"

The footsteps stopped.

"Roar—Lulululu—!"

A deep roar came from above the Ether Pool. The ancient murmurs pierced the void and landed heavily on the water surface of the Ether Pool; ether droplets bounced crazily across the surface, like the restless hearts of the Ether Assassins.

Finally…

"Whoosh…"

The monster deity’s massive head slowly emerged. That gigantic skull, those blood-red jaws, those terrifying saber teeth all spoke of its horror and power!

What shocked the Ether Assassins the most were those terrifying eyes.

They seemed made from gems, lifeless and distant.

Within them, they saw no flickering spark of emotions, as if there was only endless deathly silence and void!

"Abyss!?"

For some reason, the Ether Gods raised in the Abyss saw the unfathomable Ether Abyss when staring into the monster deity’s eyes!

Moreover, that enormous, hollow, void-like, yet greedily insatiable soul…

They felt they had sensed it somewhere before.

Perhaps it was just a fleeting glance, but it definitely felt familiar!

"Don’t be dazed!"

"Quick, release the magic!"

Indeed, this was not the time to be astonished by the enemy’s strength and strangeness.

Even if their opponent truly was as powerful as the Abyss, they had to fight to the death!

"Buzz—!"

The entire Ether Pool seemed to come alive!

Ether energy condensed into a giant wave, crashing violently toward the protruding monster deity!

The effect…

was astonishing!

The monster deity let out a painful cry, "Aow!" and turned to fall to the ground.