The Comatose Giant Serpent

"Is this the God War?"

The four tribes watching were all stunned by the scene of Kangqiao battling the Giant Serpent.

The dazzling Radiant Heat Ray illuminated the entire night, and though it lasted only an instant, the massive explosion still set the whole area ablaze with roaring flames.

At the center of the fire, thunderous booms continued without pause, pounding against the eardrums in the darkness.

At some point, from the Great River downstream, a colossal creature suddenly emerged from the water.

This giant beast had terrifying, human-like hands, but its head was that of a green-skinned Water Lizard.

As for its body, the upper half was somewhat humanoid, but a tall fin jutted from its back.

Below, it had no legs, only a long tail resembling a serpent's, though proportionally shorter than a true snake's.

Its entire body was emerald green, coated in a thick layer of slime.

This was a monstrous horror Kangqiao had never seen before—another mutated Giant Beast.

The moment the Water Lizard's head broke the surface, its cold, sinister gaze fixed on the distant sea of fire.

Watching the two giants tangle and battle within the flames, the Water Lizard's eyes flickered with a human-like contemplation. Then it raised its head to look at the high night sky.

In that instant, the Water Lizard locked eyes with the Giant Moth.

Both gazes held mutual wariness, yet neither of these Giant Beasts left, as if they were both waiting for the God War to conclude.

At the center of the battle, Kangqiao couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

This Giant Serpent sure could take a beating!

The earlier Radiant Heat Ray hadn't been a fatal wound for it.

At most, it had just been startled by the sudden scorching pain.

The scales covering its entire body, like black gold, were harder than steel.

And along with that hardness, they were also remarkably flexible.

After Kangqiao had pummeled the Giant Serpent for a short while, it finally snapped out of its daze.

It raised all its scales and, in the moment Kangqiao failed to react, slipped free from his grip.

Then, enraged and humiliated, the Giant Serpent twisted its head and lunged its deadly fangs at Kangqiao's arm.

How could Kangqiao let it succeed?

A creature that had been beaten senseless still dared to fight back?

With a chuckle to himself, Kangqiao threw a right hook that sent the Giant Serpent flying.

But that wasn't the end. After knocking its head away, Kangqiao grabbed the Giant Serpent's tail and slammed it into the ground with a full-body suplex.

What's the way to deal with a snake?

Besides the vital spot seven inches from the head, you grab its tail and swing it hard, dislocating the vertebrae running along its spine.

Of course, that's just how snake catchers handle ordinary snakes in reality—it might not hurt a Giant Serpent that much.

But one thing was certain: as long as Kangqiao kept hold of its tail and smashed it down with full force again and again, the Giant Serpent would have no chance to fight back.

And the result was just as Kangqiao had imagined.

Then, the tone of the battle shifted completely.

At the center of the sea of fire, the short-armed Giant Beast gripped the Giant Serpent's tail and swung it back and forth without pause, while the serpent slammed left and right into the ground, producing deafening booms.

The whole scene was absurdly comical, yet it stunned the Giant Moth above and the Water Lizard downstream.

This battle was a complete one-sided stomp!

We're all Giant Beasts here—how can you be this strong and this brutal?

To that, Kangqiao could only say: this is the power of human wisdom!

From the vantage point of intelligence, Kangqiao could utterly dominate the creatures of this era.

Take this Giant Serpent, for example. Now that Kangqiao was smashing it into the ground nonstop, it wasn't dead, but its head was ringing.

Dizzy and disoriented, it couldn't focus its mind, and naturally couldn't counterattack.

And with Kangqiao yanking its tail and swinging it over and over, its whole body went numb.

Its body no longer felt like its own—it could barely control it anymore.

The entire fight was exceptionally brutal.

Every time he hoisted the Giant Serpent high and slammed it down, the ground split open with massive cracks of rock and earth.

Not a single patch of ground remained intact around them, reduced to a jagged rubble-strewn ruin.

The Giant Serpent's weight was terrifying too, and Kangqiao had to use immense strength each time he swung it.

So the ground beneath him had sunk dozens of meters deep, and with each slam of the serpent, the surrounding terrain was crushed down even further.

"How is this possible?"

"The Poison Mist God has fallen!"

"What do we do now?"

The Serpent People, who could only watch the battle from afar, were now completely frozen in shock.

Some broke down emotionally, but others, driven by fanatical faith, ignored their own lives and kept charging toward the battlefield.

They wanted to save their god.

But entering that battlefield was nothing short of suicide.

With their tiny forms, just approaching the fight sent many of them flying from the sheer force of the air currents.

A few luckier Serpent People managed to get into the battlefield, only to be crushed into paste by their own god's body.

There was no longer any suspense in this battle.

"The great Father God is truly the most powerful existence in this world!"

"We've won! Father God has won!"

"The glory of Lava and Earth will be spread to every corner of this world!"

"Oooh!!!"

On the opposite bank of the river, the Dinosaur People, unlike the Serpent People, were already screaming with wild excitement.

Many Dinosaur People hugged each other in ecstasy, jumping and shouting, as if they themselves had defeated the enemy's god.

The Dinosaur Elder stood still, showing no outward excitement, but his eyes were entirely filled with the towering figure of his Father God.

His gaze burned, his soul devout—this was faith etched into the marrow of his bones.

He would carefully imprint the majesty of Father God in his heart, he would sing of Father God's greatness, passing it down generation after generation, making Father God an eternal, inviolable deity for his people.

On the battlefield, Kangqiao wasn't thinking as much as the spectators.

He was already exhausted.

"Hah!"

Finally, after swinging and slamming the Giant Serpent into the ground hundreds of times, he stopped.

By now, the Giant Serpent lying on the ground was completely limp, with more breath leaving it than entering.

"Is it dead?"

Kangqiao walked slowly to its head, looking at the motionless Giant Serpent.

"Not bad. As expected of a Giant Beast from a supernatural world—its vitality is truly formidable."

The Giant Serpent wasn't dead; it seemed merely gravely wounded and unconscious.

Being slammed hundreds of times, each impact comparable to a massive TNT explosion—any other Giant Beast would have ended up the same.

Though Kangqiao was tired, he felt an incredible satisfaction.

This was the first time Kangqiao had freely unleashed his physical strength in this world. It was like soaking in a hot spring after an intense workout—a wave of comfort rose through his body and mind.

Looking at the surrounding devastation and the unconscious Giant Serpent, Kangqiao could kill it with just a thought.

The Giant Serpent's body was tough and resilient, but if Kangqiao grabbed its mouth and tore it apart with brute force, the result was obvious.

Alternatively, firing a Radiant Heat Ray into its mouth—Kangqiao didn't think it would survive that either.

But at this moment, Kangqiao hesitated for a moment and chose not to kill it. Instead, he stood aside and suddenly turned his gaze toward the Great River and the two Giant Beasts in the sky.

The three Beasts locked eyes, and for a time, this added an unpredictable variable to the unfolding events.