Chapter 446

Chapter 446: Finally Understanding the True Meaning of Eating Meat

"Die—!"

"Roar—!"

In Trilobite’s eyes, the "unknown species of the Arizona dinosaur" lunged forward with a roar, while in Lady Xidi’s eyes, the "Giant Spirit God" charged ahead.

Since both sides had used up their magic, the next step was the clash of Divine Bodies.

The deities, with no other choices, set aside their magic, which stood for wisdom and nobility, and fought each other like crude mortals, using the most primal ways.

This needed tactics and morale.

In this area, the "Giant Spirit Gods" knew what to do well.

They had faced various subspecies of the Vast Dragon Clan in the huge realm of the "Primal Wilderness."

After all, most of the Vast Dragon Clan had strong magical resistance; it was common for powerful magic to fail to kill them in one strike, often not even hurting them.

Here, tactics came into play.

With their plans, they had driven out and hunted these beings who were foolish, rude, or both.

The Giant Spirit Gods thought this time’s outcome would go as smoothly as many past hunts.

"For the glory of the Tathar deities!"

"Balegutai! Flank left!"

"Aletan! Go right!"

"Hesaar! Circle behind!"

"The rest of you, follow me and hold this fellow from the front!"

The Leader of the Giant Spirit Gods roared, shouting the tactical plan in "Pan-Spirit Language."

Leader did not fear the plan leaking.

Because "Pan-Spirit Language" is a "magic language" only "Pan-Spirit Deities" can use to talk.

Also, their hunting tactics were always shown openly to the prey.

This was an open plan!

Even if the foe knew, they would be pushed step by step into traps, finally giving up without a fight.

"Haha, thank you, Barbatos, for the gift!"

"Roar—!"

The Leader was fierce, not like Barbatos, who only hid in the back; nor like the Giant God, who always hid and attacked sneakily without honor.

He charged ahead first.

His roar was deafening.

With jaws wide open and bloody, he aimed straight at Lady Xidi’s Divine Body!

However…

"Buzz—!"

"Boom!"

The sound of something slicing through the air sounded, followed by a violent crash and…

"Ah—!"

Leader’s scream!

Lady Xidi used her massive head as a battering ram and delivered a stunning "dragon shake," directly knocking the leader of the Giant Spirit God aside.

"Uh… cough cough…"

The leader fell to the ground, moaning like the other brothers who suffered internal injuries from magic.

His eyes rolled back, as if he had suffered a "concussion."

"Huff…"

Lady Xidi shook her head, enjoying the bold strike she had just delivered.

"This Divine Body is truly amazing!"

This headbutt allowed Lady Xidi to clearly notice the differences between her new Divine Body and her old one.

Although her size had grown and her body became heavier, she actually felt lighter; the divine bones, which should have turned heavy and less rigid with size increase, now felt both nimble and incredibly sturdy.

Even though the force was mutual and it was head against head with no tricks, Lady Xidi still won.

The leader of the Giant Spirit God lay unmoving, but Lady Xidi felt no pain at all!

"It’s the Giant God."

"It was He who, with clever magic or unique structures, made my divine bones lighter while increasing their strength!"

"How wonderful!"

She recalled her past attempts to modify the Divine Body of her precious sister, Gimmerly, and her own efforts to change her own Divine Body.

What was the result?

Gimmerly’s Divine Body looked ridiculous, almost a joke.

But Lady Xidi’s attempts to alter her own Divine Body were even worse…

Though it grew larger with each change, it also got worse; in the end, she struggled to stand or walk normally.

It was only then that Lady Xidi truly understood the huge and complex nature of Divine Body modifications—a single change could affect the whole body and bring disaster.

Boosting one function often weakened another, and making one organ bigger usually left another with no space.

The entire Divine Body seemed like a messy mix, laughably built on countless bugs, yet somehow working like a miracle.

If there were a being stronger than gods able to create this thing, Lady Xidi would mock that thing as a "fool"…

What a pile of defective creations, with tangled messes that couldn’t be fixed.

Therefore, to handle this pile of "bugs," dealing with all the messy, linked parts in this chaos to reach a goal…

"It needs huge amounts of forbidden knowledge, especially deep know-how of Divine Body structures."

"To change a Divine Body, one must study every tiny bit of countless Divine Bodies to get this scary and deep knowledge."

"And just gathering knowledge isn’t enough; it takes dozens, hundreds, or even more tries and tweaks to find the best way in all the chaos!"

"No deity who has not personally wielded a knife to modify a Divine Body could comprehend such hardships!"

"It was hard to fathom how the Giant God achieved this…"

"What exactly did He…"

At that moment, an image flashed through Lady Xidi’s mind.

She recalled the Giant God’s widely criticized barbaric practice—devouring Divine Bodies!

Some deities even secretly mocked the corpse-devouring Giant God as the "God of the Corpse-Eating Cult."

Even Lady Xidi herself had once disdained such "habits." Though she later accepted them, she merely saw it as the Giant God "returning to primal simplicity"—mocking divine hypocrisy through performance.

Thus, she hailed Him as the "Great Devourer," believing He consumed deities only to awaken others to the world’s true nature.

She dismissed it as performance art, never probing deeper motives.

Now, an utterly terrifying possibility dawned on her.

"Ah!"

"So this was the secret behind the Giant God’s power to reshape Divine Bodies!"

"He devoured divine corpses not from savagery or gluttony."

"Even the notions of ‘primal simplicity’ and ‘performance art’ were mere afterthoughts!"

"His true aim was exploration! A relentless quest!"

"He used His sharp teeth, tongue, gut, and divine power to scan, analyze, and dismantle every detail of Divine Bodies, evaluating their design before refining them…"

"Over countless years, He amassed boundless knowledge of divine forms!"

"And that mark…"

Lady Xidi now remembered the "jagged maw" emblem etched on her forehead and stomach.

"That mark must link to the Giant God’s Soul! He’s using us—dissecting and deconstructing Divine Bodies through our own feasting!?"

"Hiss—!"

Lady Xidi inhaled sharply, chilled by the Giant God’s ingenuity and furious at her own distraction.

"Tsk."

"Troubling."

"My thoughts keep circling back to the Giant God."

"This won’t do."

Indeed, it was disastrous.

Lady Xidi’s fixation had squandered a perfect battle opportunity.

Had she struck moments earlier—when the Giant Spirit God Leader collapsed and his followers faltered—she could have crushed the entire pack.

But the chance vanished, irrevocably lost.

"Roar!"

"I’ll shred you to pieces!"

"Hah! Nowhere to run!"

The fallen Leader shook his head and staggered upright.

His unsteady gait revealed incomplete recovery, yet strength surged back into his limbs.

The other Giant Spirits regained their nerve, fanning out in a cautious semicircle.

"Hold positions!"

"Groowl…"

A deep roar rumbled from the Giant Spirit God’s throat.

Conflict loomed.

Yet these Giant Spirits, fixated on hunting the Chaos Demon God, erred opposite to Lady Xidi—their focus narrowed too sharply.

They posted no sentries against external threats, relying instead on "ordinary Pan-Spirit Deities" for vigilance.

Unnoticed by all, those very "ordinary Pan-Spirit Deities" had vanished from the periphery.