Since it didn't rely on sheer strength but on some kind of "trick," the Cthulhu Beast wasn't too concerned. The universe was vast, and there were plenty of civilizations and creatures with special abilities.
Being powerful in one specific area didn't prove anything.
Faced with the Sky Peng Horizontal fleeing in "panic," the Cthulhu Beast finally let down most of its guard.
In the next moment, the desire for revenge and its savage killing intent began to fill the Cthulhu Beast's mind!
An invisible ripple in space spread open in front of the Sky Peng Horizontal.
The next instant,
an invisible behemoth appeared before the Sky Peng Horizontal!
Aboard the Sky Peng Horizontal,
the pressure weighing on everyone's minds rose another level!
So much so that even the crew members whose Body Forging Technique was only at the beginner level, though they had recovered from the aftereffects of the earlier Mental Shockwave, fell into a state of "terror" under this oppressive pressure.
Some even struggled to control their own movements!
Fortunately, after being reduced layer by layer by the Sky Peng Horizontal's Defense System,
crew members with Intermediate Body Tempering Technique proficiency could still move normally.
Their efficiency had declined somewhat,
but their opponent wasn't some special foe like an artificial-intelligence lifeform.
Many of the Sky Peng Horizontal's operations could be handled by automated intelligent devices, so it didn't rely heavily on manual control.
Therefore, with Wang Dong and the other core crew members largely unaffected—the vast majority of them had already reached the advanced level in Body Forging Technique—
and with Gao Luanqin's medicines ready to help at any time,
these negative effects had no impact whatsoever on the Sky Peng Horizontal's actual combat strength!
"The Cthulhu Beast's true form has arrived!"
As the invisible behemoth appeared before the