Panic Spreads

On the third day after the Beast God escaped and vanished, in the Chaotic Void of the Universe Ocean, Luo Feng met with Jiutou Mozhu and Xuelan Shizu. The other True Gods had all returned to their respective mini-universes.

“Jiutou Mozhu, Xuelan,” Luo Feng said, standing in the void. Beside him stood Jiuyou Zhenzhu, and behind him were Huoqiong Zhenzhu and Hong.

“What exactly happened?” Jiuyou Zhenzhu asked anxiously. “Jiutou Mozhu, didn’t you say the space was locked down? With eight True Gods surrounding it, and the surrounding space sealed to prevent teleportation, how did that Beast God escape so quickly?”

Luo Feng also looked at Jiutou Mozhu with confusion.

They had briefly communicated via communication token, but Jiutou Mozhu had said it was too complex to explain through the token and that they should discuss it in person.

“No rush.”

Jiutou Mozhu’s nine faces were all solemn. “After the battle with the Beast God, I thought carefully and discussed it with Xuelan. We discovered many peculiarities, and I will explain them to you one by one.” Xuelan Shizu beside him nodded slightly in agreement.

Luo Feng, Jiuyou Zhenzhu, Huoqiong Zhenzhu, and Hong all listened intently.

“The Beast God’s normal combat power isn’t actually very high,” Jiutou Mozhu said. “This Beast God’s strength should be slightly stronger than Xuelan, but weaker than me. However… this Beast God possesses some unsettling abilities.”

“Firstly, it can devour the origin of a mini-universe. We estimate it can completely devour a mini-universe origin in about eight days! Of course, once it’s engaged in battle, it cannot be distracted to continue devouring,” Jiutou Mozhu explained. “This devouring method is clearly one of the Beast God’s unique special abilities.”

“Secondly, the distorted light rays it releases, in addition to devouring mini-universe origins, can also devour True Gods!” Jiutou Mozhu pointed into the distance.

Whoosh—

Divine power immediately simulated the previous battle scene in the void. The black mist cocoon completely enveloped Huochong Zhenzhu, and no matter how Huochong Zhenzhu struggled, he couldn’t escape.

“Look,” Jiutou Mozhu said. “Within that black mist cocoon, Huochong Zhenzhu’s divine power was continuously devoured… Even though Huochong Zhenzhu resisted with all his might, the power contained within the black mist cocoon could offset his burning divine power. At that time, the other True Gods also attacked, but they couldn’t break through the black mist cocoon. It was only when Xuelan and the others…”

Xuelan Shizu nodded: “Yes, I and the other True Gods abandoned weapon attacks and swept through with pure divine power. Our divine power fiercely clashed with the black mist cocoon, and only then did we break it. Clearly, if a single True God, or even two, were to encounter the Beast God and get trapped, that black mist cocoon, which can expand or contract, would continuously bind them. There would be no chance at all to hide inside a palace treasure; the Beast God wouldn’t give them a single opportunity.”

Luo Feng, Jiuyou Zhenzhu, Hong, and Huoqiong Zhenzhu all listened with solemn expressions.

A lone True God encountering the Beast God was a dead end!

“I estimate,” Jiutou Mozhu said, “that the black mist cocoon isn’t immune to weapon attacks; it’s just that the attack intensity wasn’t sufficient. Otherwise, it would have used this move to trap me, the greatest threat, instead of the weaker Huochong Zhenzhu.”

“Right.”

“Indeed.”

Luo Feng and the others nodded.

“But the Beast God’s black mist cocoon technique is still not to be underestimated,” Jiutou Mozhu said, pointing to the void. The scene in the void changed, showing the black light rays forming a black light beam that directly impacted Huochong Zhenzhu, causing parts of his body to rapidly disappear. “After the black mist cocoon shattered, it quickly transformed into a black light beam, directly corroding Huochong Zhenzhu’s body! When Huochong Zhenzhu tried to escape into a warship, and we tried to stop it… at first, the Beast God used a soul attack to affect us, and the black light beam continued its fierce corrosion. But just as Huochong Zhenzhu was about to escape into the warship, the black light beam suddenly transformed back into a black mist cocoon, enveloping Huochong Zhenzhu once more! Soon after, Huochong Zhenzhu died.”

Jiutou Mozhu’s expression was extremely grave: “It’s clear that the black light beam can transform into a black mist cocoon at any time! Even if Huochong Zhenzhu had his warship right beside him, the black light beam would likely have immediately turned into a black mist cocoon.”

“A weaker True God, once trapped by the black mist cocoon, cannot escape into a supreme palace treasure! Even if it’s temporarily broken, the black light beam can transform back into a black mist cocoon,” Jiutou Mozhu explained. “At that time, there was only one way to save Huochong Zhenzhu: for the other True Gods to continuously maintain a divine power assault, preventing the Beast God from forming the black mist cocoon until Huochong Zhenzhu escaped into a supreme palace treasure.”

Luo Feng and Jiuyou were all silent.

It was terrifying.

The black mist cocoon transforming into a black light beam, then back into a black mist cocoon—this technique could cycle endlessly, making escape impossible.

“This is its most ruthless attack method: Endless Binding Corrosion!” Jiutou Mozhu stated solemnly.

“The third point is its soul attack method. Once unleashed, under the soul impact, True God-level will feels such pain that they cannot continue attacking. Void-level True God will can remain clear-headed, but their strength is still affected. Only those at peak Void-level are minimally affected,” Jiutou Mozhu said.

“Finally, let’s talk about its escape method.”

Jiutou Mozhu pointed to the void beside them. “See for yourselves.”

The scene in the nearby void immediately changed.

The towering Beast God Moluosa suddenly let out a roar, and a layer of black-edged, golden-boned patterns began to appear on its skin. A full ninety-nine patterns emerged, and then, with a boom, the Beast God Moluosa’s body rapidly split into ninety-nine streams of light, each flying at super-high speeds in different directions.

The speed rapidly soared: a thousand times light speed, ten thousand times light speed…

“At that time,” Jiutou Mozhu sighed, “we eight True Gods didn’t dare to split up completely, fearing being defeated one by one. So we divided into two groups: I led one, and Xuelan and the other seven led the other. We pursued two of those streams of light.”

“We kept chasing, but after a short while, both streams of light vanished into thin air.”

“The Beast God just disappeared like that.”

Jiutou Mozhu and Xuelan Shizu both shook their heads, clearly feeling helpless.

Luo Feng’s expression, however, turned grim.

Its body split into ninety-nine parts to escape? And later, two parts vanished into thin air?

“Body decomposition,” Luo Feng frowned. “So, once it escapes, any one of those body parts can become the main body, and the other ninety-eight parts will decompose and dissipate, re-converging into that one part to reform the Beast God.”

“That’s what we thought too. With such a move, how can we kill it?” Jiutou Mozhu frowned.

“Difficult,” Jiuyou Zhenzhu also shook his head.

Everyone was troubled.

Hong, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: “Everyone, it’s not that simple… If it has such a powerful escape method, why did it only kill Huochong Zhenzhu and then leave? Jiutou Mozhu was merely suppressing it; it could have left whenever it wanted, killed whenever it wanted. Why didn’t it continue killing?”

“Right,” Jiutou Mozhu nodded. “We later pondered this and also found this anomaly. The entire situation was under its control. Just with its ‘black mist cocoon’ ability, it could have killed another one of us True Gods. Yet, after killing Huochong Zhenzhu, it directly escaped.”

Xuelan Shizu also said: “I discussed it with Jiutou Mozhu, and we believe… the abilities this Beast God has revealed are probably not all of its abilities.”

Luo Feng, Hong, Huoqiong, and Jiuyou all showed surprise.

Jiutou Mozhu also worried: “Its inherent combat power isn’t strong, but its methods are all peculiar: the black mist cocoon, black light rays, soul attack, and escape. These are what it has shown. Remember, it wasn’t pushed to a desperate situation by us, so it might still have ultimate moves it hasn’t used.”

Luo Feng and the others all nodded.

Powerful beings have a habit of holding back some ruthless moves until a critical moment.

This was common sense!

The Beast God, a terrifying creature born from the Universe Ocean representing destruction, felt like it was just testing the waters this time. It wasn’t pushed to its limits, so the possibility of it having other special ultimate moves was extremely high.

“No wonder the Original Universe’s will takes it so seriously,” Luo Feng said in a low voice. “Just one Beast God is so troublesome, and this is only one! There are more in the Beast God’s nest…”

Everyone felt heavy-hearted.

“The key is, we don’t know what other abilities it possesses,” Jiutou Mozhu worried.

…

In the void of the Universe Ocean.

The golden Beast God Moluosa was lying in the chaotic airflow, breathing it in, feeling utterly content.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~” Waves of black light flowed across its body surface.

“Wow.”

“Eating was too satisfying. A mini-universe origin, I haven’t finished eating it yet, but it’s already so much. It’s more comfortable than eating ten True Gods,” the Beast God Moluosa said, utterly content. “I need to properly convert this, transform all that I’ve devoured into my own energy. That way, I can become even stronger.”

“Hahaha…”

“Delicious food, I can’t bear to kill you. I will first devour all your mini-universes. Then I will devour you.” The Beast God Moluosa was immensely proud. “Every mini-universe I devour increases my strength. If I keep devouring like this… I should be able to become even stronger than Beidi. By then, all other Beast Gods will be devoured by me, and I will become the sole king!”

The Beast God Moluosa was filled with anticipation.

At this moment, it was comfortably converting energy, making it its own.

…

The entire Universe Ocean was in a state of extreme alarm.

The Beast God’s sudden appearance, its killing of Huochong Zhenzhu under the siege of nine True Gods including Jiutou Mozhu, and its incredibly easy escape, coupled with its ability to devour a mini-universe origin in only about eight days—all of this cast a shadow over the entire Universe Ocean…

After all, distances were vast; it took Luo Feng and the others a long time just to reach a mini-universe. Now that the Beast God had suddenly disappeared, no one knew when it would reappear, and no one could say… whether they would be the next Huochong Zhenzhu.

“The eight of us will spread out. Once the Beast God appears, at least one of us can quickly arrive. Yinhe has two bodies… one person can be responsible for two areas.”

“A large number of True Gods from the Original Universe must also be dispatched.”

“Be ready at all times.”

“Once the Beast God appears, we must immediately rush there and eliminate it in one fell swoop.”