Ever since it gained sentience, it had been the absolute ruler of this forest.
Because of its thick, sturdy shell and potent, irresistible venom, even the other Yokai Kings at the same level from a hundred years ago dared not provoke it lightly.
And for the Centipede, human city walls were as fragile as rotten wood.
But now.
In the time it took to take a nap, such a terrifying Yokai had appeared in this forest.
Anger, fear, jealousy.
Countless complex emotions, all carrying negative sensations, surfaced deep within the Centipede's consciousness.
Sss sss sss!
Streams of dense, black malevolent energy seeped from the hollows in the Centipede's shell. This wasn't ordinary poisonous mist, but something far more vicious and dangerous.
The black mist spread. The towering ancient trees, upon mere contact, rapidly withered and turned yellow. Large swathes of leaves detached from their branches, turning to dust before they even hit the ground.
The moist earth began to dry and crack.
Grotesque, twisted faces formed within the black mist, emitting silent screams.
The Centipede's ferocity was ignited. Under the shroud of the black mist, its broken shell began to heal. Tens of thousands of segmented legs moved in alternation, producing a chilling rustling sound.
"Insignificant junior, let me show you the cruelty of this world!"
This giant centipede seemed to have its fighting spirit completely roused.
The black mist enveloping its body first surged like a tide, then erupted into flames, like an ominous fire that could burn the world.
"Come!"
The Gamia Great Serpent loomed high above, looking down on everything.
Its two pupils, like molten gold, held an awe-inspiring majesty that was difficult to look at directly, as if it were a colossal dragon from mythology.
Boom!
The Centipede's rage was completely set ablaze. Most creatures tainted by the Red Moon were driven mad, and even a king like the Centipede had little reason left when enraged.
Streams of black mist converged before it, then transformed into a sphere like a black sun.
Countless vengeful spirits floated within, their faces contorted in agony, like souls trapped in the deepest hell, unable to find release.
"Die!"
A ball of scarlet light exploded within the black sphere, then burst forth, tearing through the air and piercing space. It surged towards the Little Boa with an unstoppable force akin to collapsing mountains and surging seas.
This was the Centipede's ultimate move. The black mist was not a poison secreted by living creatures, but the boundless resentment born from the humans the Centipede had tormented and tortured in their deaths.
Even the Little Boa, with its extraordinary characteristics, didn't want to face this power filled with intense hatred and corruption head-on.
And so!
The Gamia opened its mouth and took a deep breath.
This breath was so long that the thin clouds in the sky were stirred and churned together, forming a faint vortex.
Gales surged from all directions.
The Gamia's head and upper body, held high, suddenly expanded several times.
The next moment.
Roar!
The formless air, compressed by the Gamia's powerful muscles, carried terrifying kinetic energy and surged like a torrent towards the vast conical area in front of it.
Whoosh!
The primeval forest let out an unprecedented wail. Giant trees were uprooted.
Thick roots, along with moist soil, were swept into the air, then shattered into countless small fragments that rained down on the distant forest.
The Centipede's innate ultimate skill, which it considered its lifeline, was consumed by the layers of surging wind blades before it could even reach the Little Boa.
Layers of topsoil were stripped away by the gale.
The Centipede's tens of thousands of segmented legs gripped the ground tightly, yet they couldn't withstand this terrifying storm and were forced to slowly retreat.
Rumble...
After a long, long time, when the immense sound finally subsided, everyone who witnessed the scene was stunned by the terrifying sight before them.
The giant centipede, which had loomed over the people of the Moon Country for a hundred years, now lay prostrate before the great serpent like a dying dog.
Its black shell, which blades, arrows, and even powerful catapults couldn't scratch, was now covered in countless cracks. Countless dark green venomous fluids flowed from the wounds.
And on both sides of the Centipede, within the conical range of several thousand meters, all vegetation and rocks had vanished. Only bare earth remained, a testament to the Gamia's unparalleled and formidable strength.
"This is too exaggerated..."
From a distance.
The monks who traveled from the Moon Country, in less than half an hour.
They experienced the extreme ups and downs of life, extreme ups and downs.
Even now, looking at the patch of yellow land that suddenly appeared in the forest.
Even the monks with extremely high self-control were doubting if they were in a dream conjured by the Red Moon.
"Is this the power of the gods?"
Ren Guang stood on high, looking at the forest, at the Golden Serpent that seemed to be burning.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw the pool of black blood in the corner, Ren Guang's face once again showed unbearable grief.
Shenjian Village.
In the temple, Rinzi sat by the window, slowly opening her clenched palm.
As an ordinary person, she couldn't distinguish the war situation accurately from afar, like the magic monks from the Moon Country, by sensing the subtle changes in demonic energy in the air.
But the power unleashed by the clash of the two giant beasts was too immense, reaching a point where it could change the very sky.
From the beginning of the battle.
Black malevolent energy and golden light had been pouring onto each other.
But no matter how ferocious the black malevolent energy became, the golden radiance showed no signs of retreating.
Instead, it counterattacked from time to time, snatching back a portion of the sky occupied by the black malevolent energy in one go.
In the end.
The golden light surged like a tide, completely obliterating the black malevolent energy.
Rinzi did not leave the temple, she just sat quietly by the window, watching how the golden radiance grew larger bit by bit, how it suppressed and annihilated the black malevolent energy bit by bit.
Then, it illuminated the sky, as dazzling as the sun, yet as clear and cool as the moon.
It also illuminated the girl's eyes, reaching straight into her heart.
How magnificent this was!
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