Can he kill me?
After this terrifying thought arose, the Earth Flame Python trembled slightly, subconsciously thinking that it was just its own illusion. However, wave after wave of sense of crisis repeatedly told it that this was not an illusion.
"You sensed it? Too bad, it's too late." Gustavo squinted, and with a thought, Death Knell floated above his forehead.
When!!
The clear, resonant sound of the bell, carrying a chilling quality, formed a near-tangible sound wave that swept across the sky at incredible speed, completely ignoring the gravitational field of the Earth Flame Python and striking it directly.
Buzz!!
Double images appeared before his eyes, and the Earth Flame Python felt his head spinning.
This Tier Nine magical beast was not good at mental attributes, and its soul strength was also somewhat inferior to Gustavo's. Therefore, it was quickly inflicted with a negative status by Death Knell, causing its soul to become dizzy and all its counterattacks to slow down for a moment.
In a battle between Tier Nine, a moment's hesitation can mean the difference between life and death.
"A great opportunity!"
Gustavo's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected that using Death Knell against the Earth Flame Python would be so surprisingly effective.
Brush!!
Like a shooting star, Gustavo shoved aside all the impurities in his path, carving a wide passage straight to the Earth Flame Python.
Then, the eight blade-like legs suddenly spread open, like facehuggers, tightly hugging the Earth Flame Python's large head. The exceptionally sharp barbs dug into the gaps in the Earth Flame Python's scales, and the latter thrashed about frantically, but could not break free from Gustavo at all.
Moreover, Gustavo unleashed explosive abilities, including Blood Qi Berserk, Muscle Berserk, and Fury of the Stars, almost simultaneously.
Finally, he activated his innate ability, [Shred Max].
"Smash it!!"
With a fierce roar, Gustavo's muscles bulged like mountains, and his meridians twisted like mad snakes, transmitting waves of extraordinary power.
At the same time, all the body's energy surged out, forming a dense network beneath the shell, as if Gustavo was wearing a power armor suit, greatly enhancing his strength attributes once again.
Furthermore, the energy enhanced by Fury of the Stars and Star Capture amplifies the Berserk and destructive power by several levels, much like an ordinary grenade transforming into a high-explosive grenade. The power is incomparable.
All of this was bestowed upon Gustavo's eight incomparably Unrivaled blade-like feet.
It was accompanied by a teeth-grinding cracking sound and a piercing screech from the friction of metal against metal.
The Earth Flame Python's head, Sturdiness enough to smash through mountains and crack the earth, shattered into pieces with a bang, just like a bursting watermelon.
Brain, blood, scales, bones...
The rain, falling heavily and tragically, accompanied by a pitiful pattering sound, landed on Gustavo, making his already crimson body even more scarlet, like a tyrant roaming Hell, possessing a unique, violent beauty.
The Tier Nine magical beast, the Earth Flame Python, has fallen!
In the Fallen Star Nest, Sylvain was playing with Mora and Bradley, while Spider Mom perched atop them, watching quietly, a unique tenderness appearing in her eerie green eyes.
"Haha, Mother, I'm back!" With a triumphant and arrogant laugh, Mora looked up and saw a headless python, its wound still dripping blood.
Mora's eyes widened, and Bradley gasped in surprise. Only Sylvain stood with his hands behind his back, a smile playing on his lips as he examined the corpse of the Earth Flame Python, a look of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
Gustavo is not even ten years old yet, just entering his juvenile stage in the life cycle of Dragon-Hunting Spider.
At such a young age, to be able to hunt down a Tier Nine magical beast is nothing short of genius, even in the Treacherous Destruction Continent, the lair of the Dragon-Hunting Spider.
With such outstanding offspring, how could Sylvain not be satisfied? When old friends get together in the future, he'll be very proud to talk about it.
Bang!!
The corpse of the Earth Flame Python fell heavily to the ground, causing a slight ripple. Mora and Bradley, the siblings, approached and, after examining it for a moment, asked incredulously, "You killed this?"
"What? Don't you recognize the shape of this wound?" Gustavo tilted his head back, extended his blade-like foot, and pointed to the shattered neck of the Earth Flame Python.
The muscles there were torn and had a distinctly irregular shape; if it were another race, they might not have noticed anything amiss.
However, the Dragon-Hunting Spider Clan would definitely recognize the origin of this wound; only their clan's innate ability, Crush, could create such a peculiarly shaped wound.
"Brother, you're amazing! You can even hunt down a Tier Nine magical beast." Bradley looked at Gustavo with stars in his eyes, his admiration overflowing.
Mora opened her mouth, but in the end she just lowered her head dejectedly. Faced with such an overwhelming difference in power, she couldn't keep up the argument.
"Well done." Sylvain clapped his hands and walked over slowly.
Gustavo then realized that there was a new life form in the nest, which he had not sensed at all.
"You are...?" Gustavo asked cautiously.
It wasn't surprising that he didn't sense any bloodline fluctuations from this middle-aged man, since this was, after all, an avatar of Spider Dad, just like Gustavo's puppet, without a trace of the Dragon-Hunting Spider bloodline.
"Brother, this is our father," Bradley said softly.
"Huh?!" Gustavo's eyes widened. After looking Sylvain up and down a few times, he suddenly slid to his knees. "Father, I've finally seen you! You have no idea how much I've missed you these past few days..."
Sylvie, who had expected a strained relationship with her son, was stunned.
Mora and Bradley were also stunned.
Only Spider Mom, watching from above, curled her lip. She knew her second son's personality all too well: thick-skinned to the core, cunning as a devil. For Gustavo, the word "estrangement" simply didn't exist.
Sylvain stared at Spider Mom with a stiff expression, her eyes clearly asking, "Is this really my son?"
Spider Mom narrowed her eyes, looking at Spider Dad with a "smile," the meaning equally clear, "I'll give you one more chance to organize your thoughts?"
What's the meaning?
Would I, your mother, cheat on you?
You old bastard.
"Ahem!" Sylvain awkwardly turned his head, patted Gustavo's foreleg, and seemed to want to say something, but couldn't find the words.
Seeing this, Gustavo, who was secretly glancing at Spider Dad, thought to himself, "It seems that my mysterious old man is rather old-fashioned."