Hong and the Beast Emperor

In the hazy gray sky, over thirty figures hovered high above. Each of them was a peak powerhouse on Earth, an existence beyond a Wargod! Luo Feng and the four others, including Jia Yi, floated hundreds of meters in mid-air. “Last time Hong went to kill the Beast Emperor, it ended in failure. Although the Beast Emperor was injured, Hong was also wounded,” Jia Yi said, remotely controlling the distant parking spot of the Primordial-grade intelligent fighter jet. “How is it that only a few days have passed since your inauguration ceremony, Luo Feng, and now Hong is going to confront the Beast Emperor again?” “It is quite strange,” the other three Councilors also wondered. People are very concerned about their reputation. Hong's fierce battle with the Beast Emperor, failing the first time, was understandable. But if he were to act again without any certainty, people would start gossiping behind his back. “Perhaps the Grand Hall Master has a plan,” Luo Feng said, his brows furrowed. “A plan to kill a monster emperor?” Jia Yi and the other four Councilors shook their heads slightly. “If there was a plan, the two great monster emperors in the ocean would have been dealt with long ago.”

While the many powerful Councilors hovered high above, watching, the numerous small fighter jets on the lake's shore flew back to their respective garrison bases. All personnel below the Councilor level entered the garrison bases! Most of them had witnessed Hong's previous battle with the Beast Emperor and knew how immense the commotion was. If caught in the direct impact, even a powerful Councilor could accidentally lose their life. “Look, Hong and Lei Shen.” “Are Hong and Lei Shen teaming up this time?” High in the sky, the Councilors all had excellent eyesight. “Back off, back off! Don't stay above the lake, get further away, Luo Feng. Being above the lake makes you vulnerable to collateral damage. Whether it's your Grand Hall Master or the Beast Emperor, any casual strike is beyond what we can withstand, so don't be careless,” Jia Yi and the others urged, and Luo Feng also flew backward.

The area around Mist Island Lake was quiet, with various garrison bases monitoring every movement in the lake. Over thirty powerful Councilors, almost uniformly clad in black, hovered high in the sky, their attention fixed on Hong and Lei Shen.

The black-clad man, Hong, and the white-robed, bald monk, Lei Shen, flew side-by-side towards the center of the lake. Lei Shen looked at Hong and whispered, “Brother Hong, once that Tentacle Beast enters the lake, it's like a fish in water. But our human warriors, in the lake, have their strength greatly diminished. You didn't succeed last time; do you have confidence this time, bringing the Moyun Vine?” Underwater, every movement a human makes is hindered by water resistance! The faster the speed, the greater the resistance! Hong and Lei Shen were indeed greatly restricted at the bottom of the lake. The Beast Emperor, however, was perfectly comfortable there. “With the Moyun Vine, I have a thirty percent chance of killing the Tentacle Beast. Even if I can't kill it, I can return safely, unless it's hiding its true strength. Otherwise, I won't be injured again,” Hong said calmly, looking down at the lake. “Moreover, this Beast Emperor is the strongest entity beneath Mist Island Lake. It's the biggest obstacle to us obtaining the treasure. If we don't kill it, how can we get the treasure?” Lei Shen was startled. Indeed... without killing the Beast Emperor, there's no way to safely explore underground. “You're also helping the Five Great Powers and the HR Alliance,” Lei Shen smiled. “And me too.” “I've always said that treasures depend on destiny. Like the Duntiansuo, it was in my hands, but I couldn't use it effectively. In Luo Feng's hands, its power is immense. The Duntiansuo has a destiny with him!” Hong showed a faint smile. “This Moyun Vine, originally not an Earth species, yet it fell into my hands without me leaving Earth. It also has a destiny with me.” Lei Shen laughed, “My bald head makes me look like a monk. You're not bald, but you talk like one!” “You bald man, just stay here and watch how I deal with that Tentacle Beast.” The black-clad man, Hong, finished speaking, and his entire being transformed into a black streak of light, plunging violently into the lake's surface. The lake only rippled slightly, and the black-clad Hong had already penetrated over three hundred meters deep, entering the mud and rock layers beneath the lake. He rapidly submerged deeper!

The sky gradually grew darker, and the six garrison bases lit up. Over thirty figures, like celestial beings, hovered high in the sky. “Look, it moved.” Jia Yi stared at his communication watch screen. The other three Councilors and Luo Feng also stared at the screen, which displayed the massive shadow of the Beast Emperor. At this moment, the shadow, which had been motionless, suddenly stirred, as if going mad, three of its tentacles thrashing wildly! At the same time, its entire body rapidly surged upward! “This red dot represents Hong,” Jia Yi said, pointing to a dot attached to one of the tentacles. A human is less than two meters tall, while a single tentacle is 1500 meters long; the size difference is astonishing. “Hong is moving rapidly, and the Beast Emperor is counterattacking with its tentacles.” “Look, the wilderness is trembling.” Luo Feng and the others watched with some trepidation as the wilderness hundreds of miles below them slightly trembled due to the Beast Emperor 'Tentacle Beast's' frenzied counterattack, the violent tremors reaching the ground. “A section of a tentacle broke off.” Luo Feng and the others stared at the screen; about a third of one tentacle's length had broken off. “Hong and the Beast Emperor are so fast.” “The Beast Emperor has escaped into the lake. Oh, its speed indeed increased several times once it entered the lake from the underground rock layer! Hong also entered the lake, and while his speed increased significantly from the rock layer to the lake, it clearly wasn't as much as the Beast Emperor's,” several Councilors watched nervously, discussing the battle. “Not good, retreat!” Jia Yi roared. On the screen, a tentacle's shadow suddenly broke through the lake's surface! Indeed! As Luo Feng and the others rapidly retreated, a tentacle nearly twenty meters in diameter, its surface covered in rock-like folds, suddenly shot up from the distant lake. It emerged almost a thousand meters above the water, resembling a series of connected train cars. A tentacle nearly a thousand meters long and twenty meters thick, covered in rocky folds, yet it moved like Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang from mythology, instantly stirring and sweeping across several thousand meters! Boom! Boom! Boom!~~ The air exploded, massive waves surged on the lake, and numerous aquatic monsters were sent flying, either turned into pulp, gruesomely killed, or crippled. A single monster emperor, with just one swing of its tentacle, created a scene as if the heavens were falling and the earth was rending. “It seems even more exaggerated than the long vine lifeform from before.” Luo Feng could smell an extremely foul, fishy odor emanating from the gigantic tentacle as it stirred and swung, as if to pierce the sky! It was somewhat similar to the smell of seafood, yet also like earthworms. It was incredibly pungent, making one want to vomit! Though foul-smelling, the power of this tentacle was terrifying. “Even with our Black God Suits, if this tentacle hits us head-on, we'd most likely die,” Jia Yi said, looking at Luo Feng. “Luo Feng, I advise you to wear an SS-tier combat uniform over your Black God Suit.” “No wonder you all wear combat uniforms.” Luo Feng nodded repeatedly. Jia Yi and the four other Councilors wore an SS-tier combat uniform on the outside and a Black God Suit underneath! This dual layer of protection wasn't just for Jia Yi and his group; almost every planetary-level powerhouse hovering in the distance did the same. “Facing this Beast Emperor, wearing an SS-tier combat uniform indeed adds a sliver of a chance for survival,” Luo Feng nodded. Although an SS-tier combat uniform couldn't completely disperse the impact force throughout the body, it could still significantly weaken it after passing through the uniform.

Luo Feng and the five others stared at the communication watch screen. The Beast Emperor was massive, so it was clearly visible. Hong, however, was just a 'red dot.' “Hong has reached the Beast Emperor's shell.” “The battle is incredibly fierce.” Boom! A figure shot up from the lake, it was the black-clad man, Hong. At this moment, Hong held a silver spear, his eyes like lightning! The hundred-meter radius around him was enveloped in black, as if he were a deity within this domain. Hong, spear in hand, once again pierced the water's surface and plunged into the depths. “The second tentacle broke off!” Zhu Xi couldn't help but exclaim from beside them. “Hong is attached to the Beast Emperor's shell.” “Huh, what's happening?” “What's going on?” Luo Feng and the five others were startled because the red dot representing Hong had disappeared from the display. Luo Feng and the others looked at Jia Yi, who also shook his head, completely bewildered. “I don't know, this instrument has never encountered such a situation before. Usually, anything with life is detected.” “With life? If Hong can't be detected, could he be dead?” Councilor Tuoba whispered in alarm. “Look at the lake!” Luo Feng shouted immediately. Immediately, several people turned to look at the distant lake, only to see the already turbulent and shaking lake suddenly explode! Seven or eight tentacles, as if trying to pierce the sky, burst out of the water, thrashing and rolling wildly, without any pattern, purely in a frenzy. Numerous aquatic monsters were affected, their blood staining the lake red. “Na!!!” A piercing, mournful cry echoed from underground, causing the ground to tremble slightly. “So grating.” The more than thirty planetary-level powerhouses hovering in mid-air involuntarily covered their ears, their faces contorted in pain. The tentacles, originally full of endless power, slowed their thrashing, then fell limply into the lake. Two sections of tentacles even landed on the nearby wilderness, their heavy impact cracking the ground into two deep trenches, which quickly filled with lake water. “It's dead.” “The Beast Emperor, the 'Tentacle Beast,' is dead.” “Look, on the monitoring screen, the Beast Emperor's shadow is constantly fading, its life aura rapidly diminishing, so fast, diminishing so quickly. It's gone!” Under the gaze of Luo Feng and the five others, the Beast Emperor's massive shadow on the screen had actually vanished! A single red dot shone exceptionally bright! That was Hong! “The lake surface is rippling again.” The more than thirty planetary-level powerhouses hovering in mid-air uniformly looked towards the vast lake. The surface rippled, and then a section of a rock-folded tentacle emerged from the water, followed immediately by the black-clad man, Hong. In Hong's right hand, a vine several tens of meters long was wrapped around the tentacle. Dragging it! The black-clad man, Hong, shot into the sky! The colossal creature, over three thousand meters long including its tentacles, was completely dragged out of the water, appearing above the lake like a dark, suspended island. The more than thirty planetary-level powerhouses, the commanders, soldiers, and staff from Earth's Five Great Powers, the HR Alliance, and various Base Cities, all watched this scene in stunned silence. At that very moment, this scene was transmitted to every country and organization across the entire Earth. Everyone fell silent...