Washing Meowth's Hair

Cheng Tian's Darkness Wail (Watching TV) did not deal much damage to Meowth, but it carried an intensely provocative undertone. In particular, the shattered spike fragments were sent flying everywhere alongside the storm, making them exceptionally conspicuous.

Cheng Tian's earlier change in tactics had not been a spur-of-the-moment decision, but something he had planned for a long time. Although he had taken on Behemoth's form and could use the Psychic Power Combat Method to substitute Psychic Power for strength checks, Cheng Tian instinctively felt that he still could not confront Meowth head-on—the monster capable of preying on his little brother, the Screaming Wyvern.

Moreover, its most noteworthy feature was the spikes covering its entire body.

Among Elder Dragons, Nergigante's regenerative ability ranked among the very best. Its body-wide spikes could not only inflict the continuously bleeding, hard-to-heal "Bleeding" status on anyone who touched them, but could also be fired like porcupine quills.

Even if destroyed, those troublesome spikes regenerated rapidly.

However, compared to ordinary Nergigante, the Nergigante bearing the "World-Ender" prefix had, through countless life-and-death battles, evolved some of its spikes into special organs known as Adamant Spikes.

Although Cheng Tian's Darkness Wail had shredded quite a few spikes, not a single Adamant Spike had been damaged.

Meowth, who had been flung onto its back, was finally truly enraged!

It nimbly rolled to its feet, then unleashed the pressure of a higher life-form that could silence the entire Savage Devil Land. Like Conqueror's Haki, it swept in every direction in the form of a roar.

Cheng Tian was the first to bear the brunt.

Even in his giant beast form, he had no way to resist Nergigante's roar.

Cheng Tian had already braced one fist against the ground and was preparing to draw upon the earth vein's power, but his