Birth

Luo Feng began his 'Nine-Nine Soul Forging', and the many Councilors warned by Hong were all very well-behaved. Meanwhile, countless ordinary citizens of Huaxia Nation prepared for the upcoming New Year's Day. The entire Earth was very peaceful. At 9:36 PM on December 30, 2058, Earth, Pacific Ocean, deep in the sea several hundred kilometers from the Hawaiian Islands. Eerily cold, dark! In this deep-sea region, a mysterious oval black giant egg, about twelve meters in diameter, had been resting here for over a year. Covered in mud and weeds, it was quite inconspicuous. Many monsters in the surrounding sea had discovered this mysterious giant egg over a year ago, but not a single one had been able to bite through its shell. Gradually, fewer and fewer monsters paid it any attention. "Crack, crack, crack~~" The mysterious black giant egg trembled slightly, and some of the weeds and mud clinging to it slid off. In fact, the egg had begun to tremble occasionally over a month ago, with the frequency gradually increasing. Just yesterday, the mysterious giant egg had trembled more than ten times. "Crack, crack, crack~~" The mysterious black giant egg trembled again, and more weeds and mud slid off, gradually revealing strange golden patterns on the surface of the black giant egg. Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! The black giant egg began to vibrate violently, the tremors growing stronger and stronger. With a crisp sound, a crack appeared on the surface of the black giant egg, followed by several loud 'snap!' 'snap!' 'snap!' sounds. The cracked part of the black giant egg directly broke open, and a dark, slime-covered 'unknown entity' emerged from the eggshell. "Crunch, crunch." This slime-covered unknown entity actually began to devour the eggshell. As if it hadn't eaten for countless years. Devouring madly! In just over ten minutes, about a third of the twelve-meter diameter oval black giant egg was devoured. The dark unknown entity fully revealed itself: a reptilian creature, entirely black, covered in black scales, with powerful limbs. Its massive black body also bore a pair of scaled wings and a tail that swayed slowly like a dragon's. Its raised head bore a single horn proudly piercing towards the sky! However, its entire body was covered in slime, making its true appearance unclear! As it consumed the black eggshell, the black creature's body continuously grew. From an initial length of about twelve meters, it gradually elongated, reaching sixteen meters by the time it finished all the eggshell! By then, the slime had been completely absorbed, and the black creature's entire body became clear. "Hoo—" A sharp, joyful sound emanated from its throat. This was a sixteen-meter-long beast, unlike anything ever seen on Earth. Its entire body was covered in black scales, sharp as blades, sending shivers down one's spine. Its physique exuded an inexplicable, suffocating pressure. From its fearsome scaled wings to its powerful limbs, tail, and horn, everything was an icy black! To be precise... Faint, mysterious golden patterns subtly adorned its sharp black horn, though they were inconspicuous, only noticeable upon close inspection. These mysterious golden patterns spread and extended along the horn, head, neck, and scales of its back, as if a layer of golden patterned armor was integrated into its dorsal side. Even the dense golden patterns branched out from its back, forming several golden streaks onto its wings, and further dispersing into several patterns on its four sharp claws! After devouring the black eggshell, the mysterious monster coiled on the seabed, surveying its surroundings. Ancient memories, inherent in its bloodline, gradually flooded its mind. The mysterious monster's dark golden pupils suddenly brightened, turning a dazzling gold! The mysterious golden patterns on its horn, neck, and back scales also faintly lit up, revealing a visible golden glow! The surrounding water currents momentarily paused, and the seabed rocks beneath where the mysterious monster coiled subtly trembled. Surges of energy poured into its body. But after only a moment, it stopped absorbing energy. "Hoo—" The mysterious monster stood up, somewhat annoyed, constantly looking around as if contemplating something. Finally, it could only let out a reluctant low growl, then flicked its tail slightly and shot forward through the water. It seemed to inherently not need oxygen, naturally moving through the seabed as if on solid ground. Suddenly, a group of fish-like monsters appeared before it. Their mouths were filled with interlocking teeth, their eyes glowed red, and each was over five meters long. Strangely, two three-toed claws grew from their undersides. "Yowl~" With a sharp cry. This large group of fish-like monsters swiftly surrounded the mysterious monster. They had completely mistaken this never-before-seen creature for food! There were simply too many types of monsters in the ocean; even those that lived permanently on the seabed often encountered creatures they'd never seen. Generally, they judged strength by size. Ocean monsters were generally larger than land monsters. King-tier ocean monsters typically exceeded a hundred meters in body length! Lord-tier ocean monsters also generally exceeded twenty meters! The mysterious monster before them was only about sixteen meters long, likely not even Lord-tier. Of course, this group of fish-like monsters wasn't afraid; their combined strength could even hunt down a monster lord. "Yowl!" With a command. One after another, the fish monsters charged out. Simultaneously, 'whoosh,' 'whoosh,' 'whoosh,' streaks of red light shot from the eyes of this group of fish-like monsters. The dense red beams from the fish monsters instantly formed a net, covering the entire mysterious monster. The mysterious monster watched the overwhelming charge of the fish-like monsters with cold eyes. "Hoo—" A low growl. Swish! The mysterious monster's wings, covered in blade-like scales, suddenly unfurled! Once spread, its wingspan reached a full twenty meters! It moved! The mysterious monster instantly transformed into a blurry afterimage, faintly shimmering with golden light. This afterimage instantly spread throughout a three-hundred-meter radius, turning the entire area into an absolute death zone! All the fish-like monsters died instantly, and even some other ocean monsters were annihilated! They were shredded by those wings! "Crunch, crunch." The mysterious monster grabbed the corpses of the three strongest ocean monsters. The combined volume of the three monster corpses was even larger than its own entire body. Its gaping maw devoured them with ease, finishing them all in just over ten seconds! "Hoo!" This mysterious monster let out a dissatisfied roar, seemingly very displeased with the three monster corpses it had just consumed. Its body length remained at sixteen meters, without the slightest change. "Whoosh!" With a flick of its tail, it continued forward! It didn't even pause for monsters below the Lord-tier. Two Lord-tier Quake Mountain Whales appeared before it. It let out a low growl and spread its wings once more... From that night onward, a bloody hunt began in the surrounding sea! Its stomach was like a bottomless pit. Eating and eating! Along the way, it devoured a vast number of terrifying ocean monsters, every single one of them Lord-tier! If these massive ocean monsters were piled up, they could probably form a mountain! Yet, in less than a day, after consuming so many monsters, its body length had barely changed. For the surrounding sea, this was nothing short of a disaster! The deaths of numerous Lord-tier monsters finally attracted the attention of the king of this sea region—a powerful King-tier monster, the 'Dragon Turtle'! Capable of occupying an area spanning thousands of li in the core of the Pacific Ocean, this Dragon Turtle was formidable even among King-tier monsters. Before the Great Nirvana period, it had lived in a certain underwater cave for over a hundred years, considered long-lived among turtles. "Roar~~" The massive Dragon Turtle, like a mountain range, advanced swiftly across the seabed. The diameter of its shell alone exceeded three hundred meters. If this Dragon Turtle were to surface, it would resemble an island in the sea. Unfortunately, due to its immense size, it couldn't travel up rivers into the inland. Otherwise... the Dragon Turtle, renowned for its defense, would undoubtedly be a huge headache for humanity. "How dare it kill so many of my subordinates in my territory! I will kill it, kill it!!!" The Dragon Turtle roared in its heart. In terms of intelligence, some King-tier monsters were even smarter and more cunning than certain humans. "So, it's there." Led by its subordinate monster lords, the massive Dragon Turtle advanced swiftly. Having its territory invaded and its subordinates slaughtered, it had to kill the intruder! If it didn't fight... then it would have to retreat from this territory in defeat, allowing the other party to occupy it. This was the rule among ocean monsters. "Hoo!" "Hoo!" The mysterious monster, barely a day old, was very displeased. It had devoured a large number of seemingly decent aquatic monsters in this sea region. According to its inherited memories, monsters of that size should be quite strong, and consuming them ought to provide significant benefits. But—it had eaten so much, yet gained little help. It was far less beneficial than even one ten-thousandth of eating the eggshell. "Hoo!" Dissatisfied and annoyed, the mysterious monster decided to lie down and rest. After all, it was just a newborn, less than a day old. Suddenly— The mysterious monster's head lifted slightly, looking into the distance. A faint golden light flickered in its cold eyes, and its golden pupils instantly seemed to see far, far away in the deep, dark seabed. "Hoo~~" The mysterious monster quickly stood up, let out an excited low growl, flicked its tail, and shot forward like lightning. In the seabed. A sixteen-meter-long black monster and a colossal 'Dragon Turtle' with a shell diameter of three hundred meters finally met. They were only a hundred meters apart. The Dragon Turtle's enormous eyes, as tall as a three-story building, stared at the 'little one' before it. Sixteen meters long? Indeed, a little one! "What kind of creature is it? Never seen it before? Four sharp claws, is it from land? Has wings, is it a bird?" The Dragon Turtle was highly intelligent, but no matter how it looked, it couldn't identify what kind of monster this 'little one' was! Seeing its effortless movement in the sea, it was clearly adept underwater too. A monster that looked like a land beast, yet had bird-like wings, and lived in the water... What in the world? "Hoo!" The mysterious monster let out an excited low growl. Its pair of scaled wings suddenly unfurled, whoosh! Instantly, the mysterious monster transformed into an afterimage. Facing this, the Dragon Turtle leisurely watched the 'little one'. Renowned for its defense, even other King-tier monsters wouldn't easily harm it. "Screech, screech, screech, screech~~" The massive Dragon Turtle, like an underwater island, suddenly shuddered. The mysterious monster's sharp wings swept across its shell, actually causing the shell to crack. Fortunately, the shell was incredibly thick, so it was unharmed. "This little one..." The Dragon Turtle stared in disbelief at the mysterious monster hovering in the water before it. "Hoo~~" The mysterious monster seemed to let out two happy cries. Whoosh! This time, the mysterious monster didn't spread its wings. Instead, it shot forward in a straight line, almost teleporting, to appear before the Dragon Turtle's massive head. Then, the mysterious monster extended its two front limbs. Each of its four limbs had five digits, and at this moment, swish! swish! swish! swish! swish! its normally retracted toes extended, like a series of blades! Whoosh! A single claw swipe tore through the Dragon Turtle's head. The hard, scaled Dragon Turtle head was directly ripped open by those sharp claws! Brain matter splattered out! "Too fast!" The Dragon Turtle felt only a flicker of terror before it died. Fast! So fast that even the King-tier monster Dragon Turtle couldn't dodge! Powerful attack! So powerful that a single claw strike killed the King-tier monster 'Dragon Turtle'. "Hoo~~" The mysterious monster excitedly began to devour the entire Dragon Turtle. The Dragon Turtle, as large as an underwater island, was much easier for the mysterious monster to eat than the eggshell. In just a few minutes, not even a trace of the massive Dragon Turtle remained! Meanwhile, the surrounding monster lords had long since fled in terror... There was no other option; this mysterious monster's fearsome reputation preceded it. "Hoo~" After eating, the mysterious monster contentedly lay down and narrowed its eyes. Finally, it felt somewhat full. And at this moment— Its body length had finally increased by approximately 0.1 meters!