Looking at the ruined state of the ground around him, Yamata instinctively felt uncomfortable.
Boss Head let out a roar to call his younger brothers, then opened his mouth first and began spewing magma.
The scorching Magma Breath spread across the land. Even the slightest contact erased the pollution left behind by Shangang.
For the first time since Yamata awakened, the natural restorative abilities of Titan Beasts appeared in the world.
In the past, when faced with land polluted by monsters, humanity's approach had been to dig three feet into the ground, shovel out all the contaminated soil, and dump it in uninhabited zones.
It was not as though purification methods did not exist, but the process was far too complicated and costly.
Rather than going through all that trouble, it would be more practical to build a few more mechs!
Titan Beasts were different. Wherever they walked, anything they disliked would be thoroughly "cleaned up."
That included human buildings.
Though human structures might be destroyed in the process, once spring came the following year, nature and greenery would once again bless this land!
Meanwhile, Beast King Godzilla's breath barrage was nearing its end.
Shangang's vitality had somewhat exceeded Beast King's expectations.
This monster had clearly possessed little ability to resist him and had been utterly beaten down, proving that a massive Body Size did not necessarily mean it was good at fighting.
Yet inversely proportional to her weak combat ability was her vitality.
From her fierce struggling at the beginning to the occasional unnatural twitch of her body at the end, it was clear this King of Monsters was not fully dead yet.
However, Beast King would no longer give her the chance to "spring back to life after being cut down."
The power of his breath increased once more. Its duration had already far surpassed normal, costing Beast King twenty minutes of Action Duration, yet Godzilla did not waver.
Only after Shangang had completely stopped moving did Beast King close his mouth. A stream of charred-smelling exhaust poured from his nostrils and throat for quite some time, showing just how powerful his breath had been.
Turning his head, he saw Yamata purifying the environment. Godzilla did not stand on ceremony and called out to him.
Little brother, purify this King of Monsters' corpse too. This is the true source of the pollution. It needs to be thoroughly cleaned up.
Yamata's Sluggish State 2
Yamata's Sluggish State (2)
At Beast King's summons, Yamata reluctantly walked over to his side.
His eight heads looked at Shangang's enormous heap of a corpse, feeling both nauseated and frightened.
Shangang had been blasted beyond recognition by the breath attacks. She looked like a mangled heap of rotten flesh riddled with holes on the ground, green venom flowing together with blue toxic blood in a horrifying sight.
"Roar."
Beast King urged him on.
Only then did Yamata reluctantly extend all eight heads and open their mouths, spraying Magma Breath that blanketed Shangang's corpse in layer after layer.
The magma spread across Shangang's body. Every time it came into contact with a body part, faint crackling explosions rang out, showing how violently the two substances reacted.
If Shangang had still been alive, Yamata in his current state definitely would not have been able to bury and cover her with magma.
But now, it was merely a test of his magma reserves, so there was no problem.
After spraying with all his might for a while, six of the eight heads continued outputting at full force.
The other two motionless heads had begun nodding off again.
When Beast King Godzilla had visited Mount Fuji last time, these were the two heads that had been sleeping soundly. Now, they were still the first to run out of steam.
Looks like these two heads haven't fully recovered. Once the consumption gets high, they just weaken.
Godzilla thought to himself:
Yamata has been sleeping in the volcanic magma beneath Mount Fuji. He must have been storing up strength and recovering, but I woke him up halfway through, so he didn't get enough sleep.
Then, when he heard my call, he came straight over without a word. What a dutiful little brother!
Beast King was deeply moved for a moment, then told Yamata to put in a little more effort. The job would soon be finished, and he could rest!
From now on, Yamata, you would be this King's "put in more effort" little brother!
At Sakurajima Mecha Base, Old Luo and Dr. Chen were still watching remotely.
Behind them stood a room full of people, including personnel from the Command Center, Analysis Department, and Data Department. The four pilots who had not gone out to fight were among them as well.
Watching Beast King Godzilla deal with Shangang as easily as chopping vegetables on the large screen, everyone felt a dumbfounded sense of unreality.
Back when Beast King had swum toward Malaysia, Dr. Chen had already concluded from his high intelligence that he must have been confident before setting out.
But no matter what, they had never imagined this was the kind of confidence he had.
They had originally imagined a battle lasting three hundred exchanges, with fighting that continued for three days and three nights.
They had even imagined the two fighting from the main regions of Malaysia to another half of the island, then from that half to the neighboring Philippines, until they smashed through the entire island chain!
The traces of Beast King's battle with the King of Monsters would stretch from Malaysia to the Philippines, with Shangang spilling who knew how much more toxic blood along the way and polluting countless environments.
In the end, Beast King would only barely secure victory with the help of Yamata and human mechs—only that script would have done justice to Shangang's status as a King of Monsters. That would have had some grandeur!
But the result... was this?
Shangang was far too easy to beat, wasn't she?
"It isn't that Shangang was too fragile. It's that Godzilla is too strong!"
Dr. Chen kept her eyes on the large screen as her lips moved.
"All along! All along! We have underestimated Beast King Godzilla's strength!"
"We thought we had already rated Beast King as highly as possible, but the facts are right before us, more convincing than any argument—we still underestimated him!"
Scenes of Beast King's past victories flashed through Dr. Chen's mind as she slowly explained.
"From Scythe Head in the beginning to Thunder Beast and Otter Bull afterward, Beast King Godzilla dealt with every one of them with ease. This gave us a misconception—that Beast King was merely at the level of a King of Monsters, capable only of easily defeating ordinary monsters."
"But we were wrong. We were all wrong! Beast King's body density is absolutely greater than any of us imagined, at the very least far beyond Shangang, this King of Monsters!"
"And Beast King's strength. We once built a model and concluded from Beast King's little short arms that his body structure was unsuitable for close combat, that he would suffer a huge disadvantage in physical strength!"
"But clearly, we were wrong again. Perhaps Beast King's strength is indeed not outstanding, but that is only when compared to his other attributes!"
"Given that Godzilla's hands could tear off Shangang's arms, his strength attribute is undoubtedly maxed out as well!"
"And the most suffocating and unbelievable aspect is naturally Beast King's breath..."
Dr. Chen took a deep breath and continued.
"The monsters Beast King killed before were all instantly slain by Charged Breath, but clearly, Charged Breath's power goes far beyond that. Now, Shangang was also pierced straight through by a single breath attack..."
"Obviously, it was not that the monsters Beast King killed before were too weak. Beast King is simply truly too powerful!"
Then Dr. Chen's eyes shifted, and she pointed at Yamata, whose several heads were visible at the edge of the battlefield.
"In fact, we have greatly underestimated even Yamata's strength!"
Lin Wange asked:
"How can you be certain, Dr. Chen? Could Yamata's strength be greater than Shangang's as well?"
Dr. Chen shook her head.
"No one has ever seen Yamata at his peak, so I cannot say for certain."
"But Yamata right now is undoubtedly in a weakened state!"
"Yamata is a Titan Beast that lives in Mount Fuji's volcano. He naturally loves fire and heat and is a pure land-based Titan Beast. Crossing the ocean all the way to Malaysia was itself a weakening factor!"
"And look, two of Yamata's eight heads are clearly listless. It is obvious that he has not fully recovered his strength yet!"
Finally, Dr. Chen looked at Old Luo and spoke.
"General Luo, I request that we raise the strength standards for all Titan Beasts by another level. Titan Beasts are far stronger than we previously expected!"
Old Luo's right hand trembled slightly, a lingering aftereffect from his past high-load mech piloting.
He took out a pack of Zhongnanhai Cigarettes, but remembering that there were so many people in the room who should not have to breathe secondhand smoke, he merely weighed it in his right hand before replying to Dr. Chen.
"Report it. Report all of it!"
Then Old Luo pointed with his left hand at the scene on the screen and asked:
"What is Yamata doing right now?"
Watching Yamata spray magma to bury Shangang's corpse, Dr. Chen said thoughtfully:
"This reminds me of how we sort our trash before throwing it away... Is Yamata burying garbage on the spot?"
Humans burying garbage on the spot—not okay.
Titan Beasts burying garbage on the spot—okay!
Yet as Yamata's Magma Breath on the large screen gradually became weaker, everyone could deeply sense a somewhat unusual atmosphere.
Yamata's stamina was not very good.
The One with Good Stamina Is Here! 3
The One with Good Stamina Is Here! (3)
Yamata had been summoned by Godzilla to face a powerful enemy before he had recovered, so there was nothing to be done about him showing signs of exhaustion now.
Beast King stretched out a little short arm and patted Yamata's head, letting out a low roar.
"It's nothing serious. Rest well. I'll still need you to put in more effort in the future."
Yamata responded with a soft hiss, seemingly understanding Beast King's reassurance.
He stretched his entire body and lay down atop the layer of magma he had sprayed earlier, apparently preparing to rest on the spot for a while.
After crossing the ocean to Malaysia, he had not stopped for even a moment, and he had even sprayed out all the reserves he had stored up for so long.
Even a production team's donkey would not be worked this hard. No, no, he had to rest quickly.
But before Yamata could lie down for long, Boss Head suddenly raised himself and let out a dissatisfied roar toward the sea.
"Hm? Another monster?"
Beast King was surprised, because he had not sensed any unusual aura from a monster.
Whenever he had smelled monsters in the past, he would lock onto an unforgettable foul stench, like rotten shrimp decaying in a sewer, utterly disgusting.
The first thought that arose in his mind was never to stay far away from such a stench, but to destroy it as quickly as possible. It was an extremely irritable impulse.
Of course, Yamata did not have that scent.
What Godzilla smelled from Yamata was a scorching scent with a faint burnt edge to it. Those who liked barbecue might even enjoy that smell.
Yet now, as Beast King looked toward the sea, he could not smell anything else.
No foul stench, and nothing else.
But Yamata's reaction could not be faked.
Just as Beast King was puzzled, an oval-shaped figure surfaced from the water and stepped onto the shore one step at a time.
It was a giant beast that resembled a nautilus. She stood around eighty meters tall, with structures like octopus tentacles growing from her face. The eight soft tentacle-like limbs beneath her looked as if they were walking, but were actually paddling her onto shore.
Her scent was not the foul stench of other monsters, but carried a faint smell of the sea.
No wonder Beast King had not noticed her arrival earlier. Without X-ray vision, his sense of smell was Beast King's main method for finding enemies.
And this giant beast smelled like seaweed snacks, mixed into the salty ocean breeze. On their first meeting, it would have been strange if he could distinguish her scent at all!
Wait!
Beast King suddenly realized something. He turned to look at Yamata beside him, his imposing gaze carrying an inquiry.
You have a grudge?
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