Chapter 267
They could all see the world as bright as day in the darkness, and the enormous meteorite falling from the sky like a mountain collapsing.
This is an unprecedented Catastrophes disaster.
Such an impact, even the blast wave it generates, would be enough to tear them apart after running for several nights!
It was only a matter of time before that terrifying shockwave caught up with them.
But at that moment, they saw the appearance of a blood-red mist...
It was mixed with black, and seemed to spring up from the ground.
The seemingly delicate mist now appeared as if tentacles were growing from the ground, swirling and trying to envelop it!
In just a few moments, the meteorite was enveloped by the red and black mist!
Then...
Crack--!
An almost counterintuitive phenomenon appeared before everyone's eyes.
The mist vanished completely the instant it enveloped the meteorite.
At the same time, the entire meteorite shattered in an instant!
Countless small stones flew into the sky in an unusual manner.
Then...
It transformed into a meteor and bombarded the ground...
"Ms. Maria ..."
Standing on the edge of the distant Yharnam, the group of girls watched this scene with unease.
They seemed to understand why Maria stayed... but they had no idea why.
Everything Maria faced was beyond their wildest imagination.
Her abilities also exceeded the limits of their thinking.
A desolate, dark world.
Maria slowly stood up from the ground, her slightly darkened skin being rapidly metabolized, and her blood-red eyes remained unchanged.
Before her, pillars of congealed flesh and blood, spiraling and intertwined, silently rose up.
Beside it, delicate, silky fleshy tentacles swayed and danced...
It has no eyes, but it instinctively senses what's on the ground.
It tried to roll up the mud to cover its body.
But here, the soil melts the moment it comes into contact with it.
This made its already swaying tentacles even more agitated.
It seemed as if they were uneasy.
Maria watched the object silently, her eyes narrowing slightly.
"Incomplete..."
She said.
What exactly is a complete beast like?
Maria couldn't provide a standard for judgment, but she knew that a beast should be able to continuously grow the power within its body.
However, the strangely shaped totem pole creature in front of her clearly did not possess such characteristics.
This means that this is not the full picture of the monster Maria is about to face...
It's only a part...
Maria's eyes gradually turned bloodshot.
Meanwhile, the monster seemed to realize that it could no longer envelop the rock.
Its body began to change rapidly.
The massive, columnar structure pierced the ground, and the flesh and blood coiled around it began to writhe and change rapidly.
In just a few moments, bizarre, skinned human faces appeared on the surface of the pillar... Although their proportions and shapes were extremely distorted and terrifying, it was not difficult to see the intentions of these things.
A moment later, some twitching began to occur in the gaps between the muscles.
Round beads surged from the top of his body to all parts of his body, finally emerging from among the madman to form eyeballs of various shapes...
Upon first encountering the world, their overly sensitive skin twitched restlessly, with blood acting as lubricant for their eyes.
The countless thin, long muscle ribbons emanating from its body surged toward Maria!
"Sulfone--!"
A whooshing sound rang out, piercing through Maria's body.
They greedily tried to devour Maria's flesh and blood.
But they discovered that the terrible blood was, in turn, eroding them!
For Maria, whose strength lay in blood, no one knew better than her how to use it...
This caused the tentacles that had just extended to retract instantly.
But in the blink of an eye, they attacked again!
Even a weakened Great Ones possesses power that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Maria silently looked up, staring at the monster before her.
Neither side hesitated nor wavered.
They began to fight each other in the most brutal way possible!
Maria endured the long, silky tentacles piercing through her body, stubbornly pushing towards the core of the enemy despite the danger of being torn apart!
The blood-red eyes now revealed only the most primal brutality!
She moved like a wild beast, frantically closing in on the entity that was attacking her!
Neither side displayed any air of Great Ones at this moment.
Shattered chest...
Muscle tearing...
Decomposing bones...
Neither of them chose to back down at this moment... or rather, both of them knew that they had reached a point where they had to fight each other.
The struggles among those in Great Ones are not, as most people imagine, a contest of abilities.
For them, unless they gain an overwhelming advantage, they can only use the most primitive method: devour the flesh and blood of their opponent and absorb it into their own bodies!
Time slipped away madly in this dim light!
Until the very end.
The blood from both sides completely stained the ground red.
Maria couldn't even remember how many times her body had been repaired; her terrifying physique now displayed monstrous endurance!
Only then did the opponent's strength begin to diminish for a moment.
This is a never-ending battle!
This was supposed to be an endless battle...
In the midst of the bloody battle, Maria suddenly felt a surge of force.
The surrounding air began to change, and in a daze, a three-headed giant dog suddenly tore through the darkness.
It rushed into the darkness, an illusion as if compressed air itself created a mirage.
It turned back and gave Maria a deep look.
Then... he charged towards the monster's body without hesitation!
"!"
Almost visibly, countless drops of blood splattered across the monster's entire body.
It has no vocal organs and cannot utter a wail; it simply displays its violent behavior in a frenzied attempt to express its wretched state.
Maria seized that moment and plunged her hands into the other's flesh!
"!"
The belatedly aware monster reacted almost instantly.
Its muscles tensed, trying to lock Maria's movements.
Countless delicate tentacles surged around her, attempting to pierce Maria.
But Maria simply stood still.
She grabbed the other person's body with both hands and began to exert force with her arms!
Her face remained unchanged, but her muscles trembled slightly.
At this moment, the red eyes revealed an astonishing will!
The emanating blood mist made her even more ferocious!
She gritted her teeth and, under the monster's terrified gaze, tore apart the muscle bit by bit!
Strength...
It tilted out!
"Sulfone--!"
Like a bamboo shoot being split open, the column of blood instantly ripped in two...
When Maria awoke on the ground, she had no idea how much time had passed.
The world in the distance still burns with flames, but space is only a hazy gray.
She lay there in the center of the battlefield, beside her the massive Three-Headed Hound that had lost its last breath.
It was already on the verge of collapse.
Because Maria's words gave it hope, it did everything in its power to reveal the world's true adversary to Maria.
And in the midst of the battle, he helped Maria.
For an ordinary Great Beast, this would be an enormous expenditure, but for this Three-Headed Hound, this was its last act of self-immolation.
Its life force could no longer support it to continue.
And so it lay quietly beside Maria, closing its eyes.
There was no relaxation, no ferocity... It did a lot of things... In the end, it did what it felt was right.
Then...
It has become like this...
Maria stared silently at the Great Beast. After a moment's hesitation, she reached out and gently placed her hand on its cold nose.
Her slender fingers appeared incredibly white, but with just a slight exertion, she could crush the opponent's flesh and then devour them.
But...
Maria ultimately did not do so.
Great Beast don't die so easily; given enough time, they can revive.
It will inherit all the memories and abilities of the original body, and then become a person with the same mindset as the previous body.
Some people might think that a person who recovers from their body and inherits their original memories has been resurrected.
But for Maria, this was a different kind of individual.