Chapter 407
by fanqienovelChapter 407: It Can’t Be Called Refreshing or Tasty, But It’s Definitely Beast Senpai
“Damn—!”
“Ugh—Cough, cough, cough—!”
“What kind of seawater is this?!”
“It’s just a small pool, but it made such big waves?!”
“And it all splashed right onto my face!”
Trilobite felt terribly unlucky.
As soon as he stuck his head out, he got splashed with "seawater" all over his face!
Getting cold water dumped on his head was bad enough, but worse, this "water" wasn’t normal.
It couldn’t be called refreshing or tasty, but it sure was beast senpai.
The smell wasn’t just foul.
At least the stink wasn’t the only part; what was really awful was the sharp, irritating scent mixed in!
It felt like rotten tofu that had been sitting too long, blended with a ton of ammonia in a juicer, then smeared on someone’s face.
To top it off, Trilobite had inherited the Olfactory Membranes of sharks.
His sense of smell was super sharp!
That made it even more intense!
Now, he took the full blast of "beast senpai’s filthy sacred water"!
The taste…
In short, Trilobite was so overwhelmed he rolled on the ground, clutching his face and nose, feeling like his soul was leaving his body.
It didn’t hurt much, but it was disgustingly foul.
Totally filthy!
“I’m done for!”
“I’m not clean anymore!”
Trilobite wanted to cry.
He hunted hawks every day, only to get pecked in the eye by a little sparrow.
How maddening!
But why was that pool so stinky?
It was like fresh farm muck straight from a gas pit.
Quickly, Trilobite figured it out.
“Damn it!”
“No respect for rules or decency!”
“These Birgeria fish pooped right in the pool and then smeared it on my face!”
“Unforgivable!”
Trilobite figured the food scraps excreted by the big fish probably tasted awful to begin with. Add to that the peculiar gut bacteria of these Birgeria fish, their waste was naturally foul-smelling.
His own sense of smell was far too sharp, so he got a full blast of it.
Out in the ocean, this wouldn’t have mattered.
The vast sea would’ve diluted the stench with its currents, making it barely noticeable.
But in this cramped pool, the freshly produced beast senpai was another story.
“Who knew Birgeria fish defended against land creatures like this?”
“Make myself stinky enough, and nobody will eat me!?”
“Wishful thinking!”
Seeing the Birgeria fish’s crimson glow through his system vision, Trilobite decided even if these three were truly “beast senpai,” he’d pinch their necks and devour them!
Besides, he’d tasted them before.
Though their waste reeked, their meaty flesh was delicious—reminiscent of the exquisite salmon from his past life.
“Roar—!”
He bellowed, rising to his feet once more.
Shaking his head, he flung off the filth caked on his face.
Yet had Trilobite checked his “System” status now, he’d have discovered his fully replenished magic power had inexplicably vanished!
Every drop of magic had been spent countering the “Sigh of Ether Assassins — Trinity”!
Even so, the technique’s residual force remained devastating. The lingering shockwaves left Trilobite writhing in agony on the ground for ages.
—-
“D-did… we succeed!?”
The Ether Assassins, shaped like Birgeria fish, were unable to come ashore.
They couldn’t see Trilobite’s condition.
But his tormented, furious roars, coupled with the sounds of the “monster deity” thrashing wildly on the ground, sparked a flicker of hope.
Soon, that flicker blazed into triumphant joy.
“We did it!”
“No doubt about it, we succeeded.”
“Haven’t we witnessed the power of Sigh of Ether Assassins — Trinity ourselves!?”
“That vile ‘monster deity’ must be grievously wounded!”
This wasn’t the Ether Assassins’ first time unleashing such force. They’d slain countless Abyss-designated targets with this move—many formidably powerful.
They recalled the avatar of Ether Mother they’d previously killed. Though not serpentine like this “monster deity,” its plump, fish-shaped body somewhat resembled their pursuer, the Shaks.
In sheer size, it likely matched the current “monster deity.”
“If their sizes are comparable, their inner magic power should be similar too!”
They still remembered the miserable fate of the Ether Mother’s avatar; that wretched corpse had been washed ashore by Endless Ether’s powerful waves and finally buried by a strange massive god.
“So we could definitely kill it!”
“At least we could severely wound it!”
“No problem!”
“Ah—!?”
Victory’s joy froze in that instant.
Because…
“Roar—!”
The enraged bellow thundered once more.
“Boom—Boom—Boom—!”
The monster deity stood again beside the Ether Pool.
But this time, it moved far more cautiously.
It quickly peeked out, then ducked back.
Only after a long pause, detecting no movement, did it calmly approach the pool’s edge—looming over the Assassin Gods as it sized up its prey.
It was then the Assassin Gods realized: their prized “Sigh of Ether Assassins — Trinity,” unleashed flawlessly with every shred of its torrent of energy striking true, had left no visible damage on the monster deity.
…
“Impossible… I must be dreaming…”
“Heh…”
“Why?!”
“How could this happen!?”
Never before had the Ether Assassins witnessed a deity take the Sigh of Ether Assassins — Trinity head-on and emerge unscathed.
At that moment, the Ether Assassins recalled something.
They suddenly understood why this monster deity’s aura felt eerily familiar!
“That… this creature buried the Ether Mother’s avatar!?”
“It must’ve discovered something from the avatar long ago…”
Truthfully, Trilobite had done far more than mere burial.
He’d first examined the Ether Mother avatar’s species, confirmed it as an Aguadoken ichthyosaur, then planted a “tiny” seed fern on it—one occupying the red mangrove’s Ecological Niche.
He’d then catalyzed the seed fern with Chaos Energy, making it rapidly expand into a sandbank.
That place now served as Trilobite’s probiotics distribution branch—and a haven for Phantom Dragons and one Fierce Dragon.
Yet this knowledge meant nothing to the Birgeria fish.
Their frantic guesses were pointless.
Because…
"Roar—!"
The massive god pounced down, leaping into the Ether Pool.
"Bang—!"
He landed precisely on an Ether Assassin; his huge body slammed onto the creature’s dorsal fin.
The heavy impact instantly made the Ether Assassin roll its eyes, stunned momentarily.
The massive god needed exactly that moment!
"Ah—woo—!"
With just one bite, he shattered another Assassin God’s skull!
"Ah—!"
"No—!"
Desperate screams and dying wails echoed again in the small Ether Pool; blood spread anew.
—-
"Perfect, all accounted for!"
"Four!"
"A huge haul! A massive haul!"
Trilobite examined his catch with satisfaction—four enormous Birgeria fish.
The largest measured five meters, while the smallest exceeded four meters—plenty for him to eat. The Chaos Energy gained was even more substantial.
What thrilled Trilobite most was…
【Ding—!】
【Your final payment has arrived.】
【Gained: 350,000 units of Chaos Energy!】
"Yay!"
Trilobite nearly jumped for joy!
Three hundred fifty thousand units of Chaos Energy!
Clearly, the Hubei Crocodile’s evolution into a predatory ichthyosaur marked a qualitative leap, bringing Trilobite remarkable gains.
As for these Birgeria fish…
"Even conservatively, each should give me over a hundred thousand units of Chaos Energy!"
"And there are four here!?"
"So this haul totals…"
At least eight hundred thousand units of Chaos Energy!
"Yay!"
Trilobite cheered excitedly again.
Yet he failed to notice the rising tide. Seawater flooded in, merging the pool with the ocean.
Within these waters…
"Hiss…"
The dispersed blood of the Birgeria fish slowly coalesced.
It formed a crimson serpent, swimming toward the depths of Endless Ether, diving downward to return to the Abyss’s embrace.