But the center of this lightning assault was undoubtedly Luo Bing!
The King of Monsters' tough body was like an immovable boulder, standing firm as a mountain!
Even with lightning striking his body, he showed no sign of nervousness. His eyes even held a trace of mockery as he looked at the Thunder Beast, as if saying:
Not enough punch, little brother.
The smaller Thunder Beast beside it had already reacted to the sudden attack!
After Thunder Beast No. 1 unleashed its electrical strike, he too roared, and lightning descended again!
The trump cards of the two Thunder Beasts descended upon this stretch of sea. Countless arcs of electricity had even formed a vast electrical net that spread in every direction across the waters!
The current intensified into a deep indigo-purple, making the entire sea seem veiled beneath a dark purple web of electricity.
At that moment, it was as if the Heavenly Tribulation had descended!
And the Beast King was the immortal true cultivator undergoing the tribulation!
"Stop! Now!"
Although he was still dozens of li away from the Beast King, Old Cao swiftly issued an order after sensing something was wrong!
He narrowed his eyes at the distant sea, where lightning flashed and thunder roared. It felt as though every grand spectacle he had never witnessed in his life had all appeared before him today.
A quantitative change produced a qualitative change.
One Thunder Beast alone was not enough to create such an enormous electrical web across the ocean surface.
But when two Thunder Beasts gathered so close together and unleashed all the electricity they had accumulated, the quantitative change crossed the critical threshold and had already become a qualitative change!
And amid the flashing arcs of this sea of lightning, the King of Monsters' enormous figure was illuminated more clearly than ever!
Though dozens of li away, the Beast King's towering form had already been deeply imprinted in Old Cao's mind!
On the other side, Sakamoto had already dropped to his knees, his face overflowing with fervor as he looked into the distance.
Against the backdrop of boundless lightning and a sea of thunder that seemed like the descent of a god, the Beast King's proud and solitary figure was nothing less than a god in the eyes of ordinary people!
"He really is a god of war!"
Old Cao muttered to himself.
He gradually came back to his senses and looked around. Across the sea's surface, apart from the jumping electric arcs, all he could see were fish constantly floating to the surface, their bellies exposed.
There was no need to think about the fish within ten li. The seawater had been boiled, and countless fish had already been stewed into a pot of soup.
Even fish farther away could not escape. They had all been electrocuted and floated belly-up to the surface.
Looking at those fish continuously rising to the surface with their bellies facing the sky, Old Cao felt a lingering sense of fear.
Fortunately, his speedboat lacked the horsepower to keep up with the Beast King, so they were still more than thirty li away!
Fortunately, this speedboat was made mostly of composite materials, with little conductive material!
Otherwise, their fate would have been to become primate seasoning added to that pot of fish soup!
The Beast King Lived Up to His Name!
Old Cao had not had time to be astonished for long before Old Luo's inquiry came through the communication channel:
"Captain Cao, how are things?"
"Still able to move."
Old Luo on the other end clearly let out a sigh of relief.
Being able to speak meant they were still alive.
In a scene like a monster battle, one either emerged completely unscathed or died without an intact corpse.
"Captain Cao, what's the situation over there? The satellite images being transmitted back are all distorted electromagnetic patterns. It looks like some kind of light interference is affecting them, and we can't fix it for the moment. How are things on your end? Are your eyes all right?"
Old Cao turned to look at the distant battlefield and saw the Beast King standing amid countless bolts of lightning, wildly swinging his little short arms as he forcefully tore at the Thunder Beast's head!
It looked like he was trying to rip off the thing's skull and use it as a drinking cup.
"Bright light? I don't feel a thing. Right now, I just feel incredibly excited. This is more intense than watching the most spectacular sci-fi blockbuster special effects back in the day!"
Using his somewhat limited vocabulary, Old Cao described the situation to General Luo:
"General Luo, from where I am, it looks like the sky and sea are filled with thunder and lightning. But we're still far enough away that it hasn't reached us!"
"Those two monsters should be Thunder Beasts, right? The Beast King is pinning one of them down and beating it senseless! I've never seen a monster get beaten into such a miserable state!"
As Old Cao spoke, he added one more sentence to himself:
"When we have time, we'd better send over a large fishing vessel. The electrocuted fish have already covered the entire ocean surface!"
"The fish in these nearby waters would be enough to feed your base for a month or two!"
Old Luo on the other end was clearly still somewhat stunned:
"Two Thunder Beasts?"
When the Thunder Beasts burst out of the water, their electrical attacks had already begun. At the same time, the Mecha Base had lost its remote tracking of the area.
In the end, they could only rely on Captain Cao's eyewitness commentary.
After learning the information about the monsters, Old Luo quickly understood the cause of the situation.
Every country had done some research on Thunder Beasts.
After all, this monster possessed a peculiar ability: its electrical discharge attacks specifically disrupted modern technological imaging, but had no effect on the human eye.
The ability was bizarre, as if it had been designed specifically to counter technology.
"Even two Thunder Beasts got pinned down and beaten? As expected of the Beast King!"
"Captain Cao, make sure to stay safe. The follow-up fleet will be there to pick you up soon!"
"Don't let it be made of iron!"
"Don't worry, it's all been fitted with non-conductive materials!"
Inside the base, after the monster attack began, Old Luo stopped the alarms that should have immediately sounded.
He knew there was an element of gambling in his decision.
But the facts unfolding before him gave him the courage to make that call.
And besides...
Although Wulei and Blue Blood Blade had never experienced combat, they had at least been deployed once.
Deploying them again in quick succession carried considerable risks.
"This Beast King truly has not attacked ordinary humans like Captain Cao and the others!"
"He searched around the place where the Serpent King died, then headed east and entered the Pacific Ocean, where he dragged out the Thunder Beasts! They should be the real culprits who hauled away the Serpent King's corpse!"
"Is the Beast King... taking revenge? Or is his sole purpose simply to slaughter monsters?"
Clues linked together one after another in Old Luo's mind, gradually forming a tangible picture.
He vaguely deduced a Route Map, and he became increasingly aware that the Beast King's attitude toward humanity differed from that of other monsters.
At the very least, this Beast King should be neutral toward humanity.
But toward monsters, he seemed more like an enemy!
"Even under the Titan Beast hypothesis modeled after Yamata, Yamata is merely neutral toward both humans and monsters. Most of the time, he has just remained curled up and asleep inside Mount Fuji!"
Old Luo looked at the top-secret documents on the table and could already imagine how excited Dr. Chen, who had shaved his head bald for convenience while washing up, would be.
"Chen Yuxin, you madwoman... when you get here, don't you dare mess around!"
Thunder Beast battlefield.
Under the watch of countless dead fish and the few people present, including Captain Cao, the Thunder Beast's final act ended with his howls and wails!
The Beast King strode across the sea, gripping the Thunder Beast's head with both hands as if he were clutching his own toy, showing absolutely no mercy.
Even with countless bolts of lightning striking him, his expression did not change. He even had the leisure to mock it in his heart:
Little brother, your attack sure looks impressive, but its power is seriously lacking.
Other than a slight numbness in his arms, Luo Bing felt nothing else.
The Thunder Beast's attack was just this?
If that was all, Luo Bing was ready to turn it into his little Evolution Points star!
The strength in his little short arms kept increasing. Luo Bing could already hear crisp cracking sounds coming from the Thunder Beast's body. He did not know what had broken, though perhaps everything had broken.
The Beast King did not care. The Beast King only wanted to twist off its head and kick it around like a ball.
Luo Bing was unleashing his brute strength, showing no signs of weakening at all.
But the two Thunder Beasts on the other side had already begun to falter.
The electrical power they had accumulated had now been completely squandered.
Yet their most prideful strength had no effect whatsoever on this monster!
This...
The smaller Thunder Beast's electrical output suddenly weakened.
Then he immediately turned and fled into the distance.
The two Thunder Beasts were brothers from the same nest. Only because of the familiarity they had built up from childhood had they been able to gather together like social creatures.
But when faced with a life-threatening crisis, the cold and selfish nature within them would be magnified to the extreme.
Bloodthirst, brutality, frenzy, selfishness, greed, and the urge to destroy—all of these were monster instincts!
The smaller Thunder Beast No. 2 had not been caught by Luo Bing and fled away in style.
But the larger Thunder Beast No. 1 was not so fortunate.
After losing Thunder Beast No. 2's assistance, the power of his electrical discharge weakened once again.
Meanwhile, the force of the Beast King's deadly grip only became more and more terrifying!
Amid helpless wails and howls, a crisp crack rang out, and the Beast King completely crushed the Thunder Beast's head.
"Trying to run?"
Casually tossing aside Thunder Beast No. 1's corpse, Luo Bing fixed his gaze on Thunder Beast No. 2, who was happily making his escape.
He did not chase after him. Instead, he opened his mouth and lightly flicked his tail behind him.
Bzzz—
Bzzz—
At the same time, once the Thunder Beasts' electrical assault ended, the various feeds inside the base regained their signals and reconnected to the footage.
Then everyone saw the Beast King standing proudly upon the sea as he unleashed a Charged Breath!
The Charged Breath swept across the ocean surface, vaporizing countless tons of seawater. Only after adjusting his aim did it strike the fleeing Thunder Beast No. 2 in the distance!
With a tremendous boom, it was as if the creature's internal electrical organs had detonated, or some other chemical reaction had occurred.
Thunder Beast No. 2 was blown into countless fragments amid the earthshaking explosion, leaving no intact corpse behind!
Only then did the Beast King stop continuously breathing out the Charged Breath.
At the Beast King's feet lay a Thunder Beast with a grotesquely misshapen head, clearly dead as well.
Inside the base's Command Hall, silence reigned for a long time.
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