Golza, a Match for a First-Class God

Gu Rong was no merchant, but as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he understood the weight of various ores and metals far better than most Soul Masters. His estimate of the missiles' weight was far more accurate than Qian Renxue's.

Of course, neither of them knew the missiles were hollow.

If those missiles had been solid and struck at Mach 10, they would have been far more destructive than conventional missiles of the same size.

According to the original first edition of Douluo One, even Tang San after becoming a god would have been killed by a single hit if he failed to use his intangibility skill.

That was Tang San immediately after reaching level 100 and becoming a god, of course. At level 150, one hit would not have killed him.

Bone Douluo Gu Rong paused, pride showing on his face, then continued, "But I can escape with spatial power. No matter how fast their missiles are, they won't hit me."

Ning Fengzhi nodded lightly.

"It seems the humans of this unknown world may lack Soul Power, but their weapons are not to be underestimated. Pass down my order: the disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect are to watch the Sky Curtain closely and look for anything that reveals how these weapons are made or the principles behind them."

"Yes, Sect Master!" the nearby disciples answered in unison, then turned at once to relay Ning Fengzhi's order.

In fact, it was not just the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Across the Douluo Continent, every powerful Soul Master capable of flight was silently gauging the missiles' approximate speed after seeing them fly across the Sky Curtain.

The missiles had few points of reference in the sky, but these Soul Masters had spent years flying. Their keen sense of speed let them make a rough judgment.

On the Sky Curtain, twenty-four giant High-Explosive Shells and twenty-four heavy Armor-Piercing Shells streaked through the air. Their exhaust trails tore through the clouds as they slammed into Golza's massive body with devastating force.

A deafening roar swept through the entire forest. Blinding orange-red fire erupted, hurling flames and shattered rock dozens of meters high. Billowing smoke and dust swallowed nearly everything for kilometers around. Scorching shock waves spread in every direction, peeling up whole stretches of earth and reducing trees and grass to charred ash.

Every living creature on Douluo Star held its breath and stared at the fire filling the Sky Curtain, especially those who had mocked the weapons of the Ultraman Tiga World and insisted its humans were weak.

Now none of them said a word. Each tried to make themselves inconspicuous.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Lingling stared blankly at the Sky Curtain and murmured, "That monster... it must be dead, right?"

Dugu Yan nodded. "It should be!"

"Roar..."

The next instant, a furious roar that seemed to shake heaven and earth burst from the heart of the smoke. A violent gust swept the haze away.

Golza emerged without so much as a scratch. The repeated strikes of dozens of heavy missiles had failed to do any real damage to its body.

The military did not stop. Hundreds of fighter jets kept diving, pouring air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles from their wings, while bomber formations dropped heavy glide bombs from high above. Wave after wave of metal and fire rained down on Golza. Explosions filled the sky and earth, their overlapping booms making even the distant mountains tremble.

The relentless bombardment finally enraged Golza. It raised its huge head slightly, dark purple patterns flaring on its forehead as energy gathered.

The next moment, a thick ultrasonic beam blasted from the center of its brow.

The purple beam's heat warped and tore through the air. Any fighter jet too slow to evade it melted and exploded on contact, scattering burning wreckage across the sky.

Golza did not stop. Its head turned, blasting one fighter jet after another out of the air.

As it swept around, the ultrasonic beam crossed more than ten kilometers of wasteland and slammed into the distant mountain range.

The instant the beam touched the first peak, the entire mountain shattered and its rock melted into searing lava. The purple light did not weaken in the slightest. It swept onward, blowing apart and melting peak after peak, gouging an immense trench of destruction through the mountain range.

Within minutes, the land for dozens of kilometers around Golza had suffered catastrophic damage. Countless enormous canyons crisscrossed the ground, each stretching for dozens of kilometers, often over a hundred meters wide and too deep to see the bottom. The forest lay in ruins, its hills blasted into fine rubble.

The original Tiga had been limited by its special effects and budget, which kept it from fully showing the destructive power of its monsters and Ultraman.

But Su He's goal was to draw Faith Power from the living beings of the Douluo Continent. To do that, he had to show everyone just how terrifyingly powerful the monsters were.

First, he had to establish a seemingly invincible beast capable of tearing mountains and rivers apart. Then the Giant of Light would slay it with ease. Only that stark contrast in strength would leave a deep impression on every living creature, inspiring awe and worship that would generate an endless flow of Faith Power.

Some of that faith would inevitably flow to the Light God worshipped by the Giant of Light.

With conventional firepower proving useless, the remaining fighters turned and began to retreat on the base general's orders.

Unharmed amid the smoke and dust, Golza resumed its heavy march toward the Golden Pyramid.

All the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest had gathered beside Life Lake. Eyes large and small were fixed on the Sky Curtain. The sight of Golza's beam sweeping through the mountains and tearing open the earth had left them stunned, and silence hung over the lakeshore.

After a long while, the fifteen-meter-tall Xiong Jun came to his senses and said with lingering fear, "Good grief. Isn't that Golza a little too strong?"

Beside him, the slender, crimson Scarlet King turned to look at Xiong Jun. "Xiong Jun, if you took that beam head-on, how long could you last?"

Xiong Jun's rough grin vanished. He lowered his head and answered honestly, "How long? One hit and I'd die on the spot."

Before Life Lake, Di Tian turned gravely toward Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, who sat at the water's edge with her pale legs moving through the water. "My lord, in your judgment, what rank of god in the Divine Realm matches Golza's overall strength?"

As soon as Di Tian finished speaking, every Ferocious Beast held its breath and turned toward Gu Yuena, awaiting her judgment.

A cool, ethereal female voice answered, "At least the level of a second-class god. More likely, it has the combat strength of a First-Class God."

Every Ferocious Beast drew a sharp breath. The revelation sent shock waves through them all.