The Clever Starry Sky Giant Beast

The Sea Emperor projected an image of the Crimson Blood Beast, a colossal creature comparable in size to an asteroid. Its body was beautifully streamlined, limbless, and covered in an extremely fine layer of scales. Its head accounted for nearly a quarter of its body length, and its mouth contained over three hundred silver teeth that resembled sharp blades.

Except for its white belly, the Crimson Blood Beast was entirely dark red. Its massive tail fin swayed from side to side, and its pectoral fins vibrated slightly, adjusting for drag as its enormous body rapidly advanced through the void. It was nearly twice as fast as Gu Ding and his Titan Battleship.

This behemoth reminded Gu Ding of the shark model he had seen in the Deep Sea Star Museum. The appearance of this Crimson Blood Beast was about 80% similar to that of the Great White Shark, except for some minor differences in body color and size.

Meanwhile, Gu Ding returned to the cockpit, Liliath and the others discovered that the current flight path had deviated from the original planned route.

"Gu Ding, what happened? Why has our flight path changed?" Liliath couldn't help but ask.

"A Starry Sky Giant Beast is coming towards us," Gu Ding said, as he had Sea Emperor project the video.

Upon seeing the enormous and extremely dangerous Crimson Blood Beast, everyone's expressions turned grim. They could clearly see that, with the planet serving as a reference point in the image, the Crimson Blood Beast's size was truly terrifying.

Especially Fa Te, whose face turned deathly pale in an instant. "This is Crimson Blood Beast... How could we encounter Crimson Blood Beast? We're doomed..."

"Are Crimson Blood Beast very ferocious?" Elsa couldn't help but ask.

"In terms of ferocity, it's not the strongest among the Starry Sky Giant Beast," Gu Ding shook his head, "However, this kind of Starry Sky Giant Beast likes to devour flesh and blood. Moreover, its tracking ability is extremely strong, which is the biggest problem for us. In addition, in this Reverse Dragon River Channel, spaceships cannot use space jumps. That guy's speed is twice that of our spaceship, and it will catch up sooner or later."

"Isn't there a way to get rid of it? By using special circumstances or something?" Liliath had the same thought as Gu Ding before.

Gu Ding shook his head again, "We can't get rid of it. Even in some extreme environments, that Starry Sky Giant Beast can withstand it. The only way now is to bombard it with the Titan Cannon, but it's very difficult to completely destroy it."

"Attacking it will only provoke it." Fa Te felt that this method would only hasten everyone's death.

"Therefore, it must be injured, made to feel its life is threatened, before it will retreat." Gu Ding also knew that these kinds of Starry Sky Giant Beast were highly intelligent. They wouldn't easily give up their hunting targets; to make them give up, they would have to feel the strength of their opponent. "Fa Te, are you ready?"

Fa Te was taken aback and asked somewhat nervously, "You still want me to come at a time like this?"

"Anyway, once the muzzle is locked on, it's just a matter of pressing the fire button. Weren't you clamoring to try out the Titan Cannon before? Why are you scared now?" Gu Ding teased.

"Who says I don't dare?!" Fa Te shouted somewhat guiltily.

"I was just kidding, telling you to fire the cannon. Actually, I wanted to borrow Source Energy Crystal from you," Gu Ding continued. "Back on Restdat Star, we only exchanged one hundred Source Energy Crystal as a backup, because we thought that even if we encountered Starry Sky Giant Beast, the chances of using the Titan Cannon were slim, so we didn't prepare too many. We only prepared one hundred just in case. But now that we've encountered the Crimson Blood Beast, it's definitely not enough."

"I do have some Source Energy Crystal here. My own spaceship's attack system used Source Energy Crystal before. There's no need to lend them. I'm also on this spaceship, which was attacked by Starry Sky Giant Beast. My chances of survival are slim. Besides, you guys have helped me out several times these past few days. If it weren't for you, I would have been captured long ago." Fa Te was quite generous. "Take these two thousand Source Energy Crystal first. If that's not enough, I have more than seven hundred here. If that's still not enough, then I'll have to take out all three hundred or so that's filled with energy from my spaceship."

"Two thousand should be enough." Gu Ding felt that they shouldn't need that much.

Fa Te took out the Source Energy Crystal from his Storage Space and piled them up into a small mountain in the cockpit. Gu Ding turned to Robert and said, "Robert, you are the most skilled at filling the energy tanks, so you should do it."

In fact, Robert usually does this kind of thing. He put all the Source Energy Crystal into his pocket and then walked towards the Power Cabin.

Gu Ding looked at the projection of the Crimson Blood Beast on the screen again. "One cannon probably won't be very effective. Let's try firing all three at once."

Sea Emperor locked the first three cannons onto the Crimson Blood Beast. Seeing the lights on the three buttons flashing, Fa Te glanced at Gu Ding. Gu Ding nodded at him, and Fat then pressed all three buttons simultaneously with both hands, his gaze fixed intently on the projected image.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three streaks of fire erupted almost simultaneously, striking the Crimson Blood Beast without any deviation. No sound echoed in the scene; the towering flames completely engulfed the giant beast. Watching the flames surge and churn several times, Gu Ding and the others seemed to faintly hear the Crimson Blood Beast's mournful howls.

But the explosion lasted less than five seconds. The enormous, dark red figure burst forth from the flames, bearing only minor superficial wounds, clearly unharmed. As it accelerated forward, it was evident that the attack had thoroughly enraged it. Being with intelligence no less than a human's, it easily recognized that the attacker was its prey.

"What incredible defense!" Fa Te exclaimed in amazement. "A typical Peak-rank God would be severely injured by such an attack, even if it didn't die, but this guy only suffered superficial wounds."

"Three cannons are no use, so this time we'll increase it to ten!" Gu Ding's expression remained calm.

Sea Emperor locked onto the Crimson Blood Beast once more. Fa Te looked at the flickering launch button and pressed it again.

The flashes of fire continued to illuminate the scene, and this time, the massive Crimson Blood Beast was struck squarely. After all, its size was simply too enormous, making it difficult to avoid being hit.

The Crimson Blood Beast struggled for a moment in the firelight before charging out again. This time, everyone could clearly see that the giant beast had even more wounds. However, when the Sea Emperor played a close-up shot, Gu Ding and the others saw that the Crimson Blood Beast's wounds were actually healing themselves at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Increase to twenty!" Gu Ding stared intently at the giant beast on the screen. He knew very well that this time, no matter the cost, they had to drive the beast away, or his team might face the risk of being wiped out.

Twenty cannon shots were fired simultaneously, engulfing the behemoth once again. This time, the Crimson Blood Beast writhed violently in the sea of fire, taking a full three minutes to break free, its flight speed seemingly slower than before.

"Twenty-seven cannons!" Gu Ding decisively gave the order. Twenty-seven cannons was the total number of Titan Cannon on this Titan Battleship.

Under Gu Ding's command, Sea Emperor mobilized all the Titan Cannon, locking onto the Crimson Blood Beast once more. A deluge of artillery fire quickly erupted, engulfing the colossal beast.

"Aim, and fire again the moment it escapes the range of the artillery barrage!" Gu Ding wasn't actually saying this to Fa Te, but to the Sea Emperor. By the time all twenty cannons were fired simultaneously, Fa Te had already run out of time to maneuver, and the Sea Emperor had taken over complete control.

Fa Te didn't ask any further questions. He simply assumed that Gu Ding had installed an advanced voice command system on his wristwatch and then connected it to the spaceship for voice control.

Five minutes later, the behemoth finally emerged, and Sea Emperor immediately controlled the Titan Battleship to fire again, engulfing it in flames once more.

Gu Ding did this to prevent the giant beast from recovering and to deplete its strength.

About four or five minutes later, the behemoth resurfaced, only to be engulfed in artillery fire once more...

After the Sea Emperor bombarded the area five times with twenty-seven cannons, the area covered by the fire remained completely still for more than ten minutes, which puzzled everyone.

"Could it be dead?" Although Liliath thought it was unlikely, the fact that the giant beast hadn't broken through the sea of fire for more than ten minutes made her wonder.

"That's unlikely. Although the Titan Cannon is powerful, it's not enough to kill an adult Starry Sky Giant Beast. Unless we launch hundreds or thousands of attacks in a row, completely neutralizing its regenerative abilities, it's possible that the quantitative change could lead to a qualitative change and cause its death. But we've only attacked it five times in a row so far. At most, it only has some superficial wounds and it's impossible for it to be fundamentally damaged."

"It's healing!" The Sea Emperor quickly noticed the giant beast's movements. "Our bombardment is most powerful when it erupts. Although the fire from the bombardment will last for half an hour, after the eruption, only shockwaves of energy remain, and each wave is weaker than the last."

"The Crimson Blood Beast, finding no opportunity to recover its strength and injuries, simply began to heal itself within the firelight. Moreover, it seemed to have discovered that as long as it remained within the firelight's range, we wouldn't launch a new attack. Therefore, the time it spent hiding in the firelight was a good opportunity for it to recover its strength and injuries. Although the recovery effect was much less than outside the firelight's coverage area, it was still effective nonetheless."

Sea Emperor's explanation made Gu Ding somewhat admire the intelligence of this Starry Sky Giant Beast. Even humans might not be able to make such a seemingly disadvantageous, yet actually advantageous, choice. Hiding in the area covered by firelight, seemingly constantly affected by the shockwaves, was disadvantageous. But in reality, the shockwaves actually caused very limited damage to the Starry Sky Giant Beast; the rate at which the superficial wounds were inflicted was far slower than the speed at which it activated its Body Cultivation.

"What should we do now?" The Sea Emperor was completely at a loss. (To be continued...)