As a large-scale Void celestial body in the "Expansion Zone" of the Astral Realm, the Treacherous Destruction Continent naturally attracts adventurers and powerful individuals from all over the Astral Realm to come here for various trials.
Outside the "Black Hole Domain" surrounding the mainland, there are hundreds of super-large wormholes that constantly churn out massive amounts of passengers.
To maintain the normal operation of wormholes, a large number of weapons of war are deployed around each wormhole, including many that can cause fatal damage to God Level beings.
Wormhole No. 007.
Patrol Captain Leo, as usual, slacked off at work, staring blankly with dead fish eyes and sporting a pineapple-shaped hairstyle, leading his twelve Legendary warriors, fully armed, on patrol at a passenger transfer station.
On the wide, flat metal platform, all sorts of the Astral Realm creatures were on display, drawing the attention of Reiner warrior who had only been there a few days ago.
Bang!
Reiner, who was staring intently at a female of his race who matched his aesthetic standards, was suddenly kicked and staggered.
Turning around, a pair of cold, lifeless eyes came into view.
Reiner gave an awkward laugh, his many tentacles swaying back and forth behind him—a gesture that, in his race, represented embarrassment and bewilderment.
"Just patrol properly. What's so interesting about these races we see every day? Wait a few days until the rotation, when we pass through the Black Hole Domain. That'll be truly spectacular." Leo said slowly and deliberately, without much anger in his tone. Who wasn't young at some point? It's normal to have a temper and not be able to control your temper.
Reiner, a lively and energetic person, chuckled when he saw that the captain didn't seem angry. He quickly returned to the group and asked curiously, "Boss, you've worked here for so long, you must have met a lot of important people, right?"
"Hehe, definitely. I've even met God Level expert once. Would you say that counts as a big shot?"
"God Level powerhouse?" Reiner exclaimed in surprise, which undoubtedly greatly satisfied Leo's vanity. While leading Reiner on patrol, Leo boasted to the new team member about the various grand scenes he had witnessed, which drew repeated exclamations of amazement from Reiner.
Rumble! Rumble!
The metal platform shook violently, and an energy shield appeared in the sky above it. A sharp alarm sounded, accompanied by warning lights of various colors, and the entire transfer station exploded.
A shadow fell from above, obscuring all light and causing one to involuntarily widen their eyes.
"Boss... what is this?" Reiner raised his weapon, aimed at the dark figure in the sky, and asked in a slightly panicked tone, but received no response.
Turning around, Reiner was shocked to see that the magnanimous Captain Leo, who had just been talking so eloquently to him, was now slumped on the ground, as if he had turned into a puddle of liquid. The extreme fear made him unable to say a word.
At this moment, Reiner couldn't help but doubt whether Leo's words were true, after all... his boss's behavior didn't seem like he had seen anything like this before.
If Leo could hear Reiner's thoughts, he would stand up, angrily grab his neck, and shake him violently, saying, "I've seen plenty of grand scenes, but can any of those compare to the Astral Realm Anomaly personally descending? That's the Astral Realm Anomaly, the King of the Demonic Sea, a terrifying being capable of easily Destruction gods..."
"What's going on? Why has the King of the Demonic Sea suddenly descended upon the Treacherous Destruction Continent?"
The Controller of Space Wormhole 007, the God Level Dragon-Hunting Spider Gepela, arrived at the Biological Warfare Fortress Fallen Dragon and roared repeatedly at the Fallen Dragon's main control AI.
"Please calm down, Lord Gepela. The most urgent task now is to expel the King of the Demonic Sea as soon as possible and avoid further losses," the Fallen Dragon AI said coldly.
Gepela took a deep breath, realizing he had vented his anger in the wrong place. What was there to say to an absolutely rational intelligent being?
"Does your database contain any methods to banish the King of the Demonic Sea?" Gepela asked.
"Based on the known information, the King of the Demonic Sea had no other means of forcing him to leave except through violent expulsion."
Gepela was speechless again at the Fallen Dragon's AI's response. Just as he was deep in thought, his face grim, the Fallen Dragon's AI spoke again, "Biohazard activity detected near the King of the Demonic Sea. Based on life fluctuations and soul wavelength measurements, this creature belongs to the Mitrola Clan. Should we deploy forces to launch a rescue operation?"
"?"
A question mark slowly appeared above Gepela's head. He wondered if he had misheard. Could there be creatures beside the King of the Demonic Sea?
After receiving a definite answer upon asking again, Gepela's eyes narrowed, and he instructed the Fallen Dragon to intelligently display a real-time video projection.
With a flash of light, a colossal beast, about three or four hundred meters tall, appeared before Gepela.
Eight ferocious blade-like legs, thick armor covered with sharp barbs, and ghastly green spider eyes...
Apart from the dazzling silver patterns on its body, there is no doubt that this is a purebred Dragon-Hunting Spider.
"Whose brat is this? I don't recognize him."
"No relevant information is found in the database. Should we perform Bloodline Atlas?"
"Forget it, that would be too time-consuming. It's probably just some clansmen returning from other parts of the Astral Realm." Gepela waved his hand, squinting at the scene before him, and suddenly said, "Look, isn't the King of the Demonic Sea chasing after this kid?"
"Based on the results of comprehensive data analysis, if we follow the general behavioral logic of ordinary intelligent life, the behavior of the King of the Demonic Sea is similar to children chasing and playing. However, the Astral Realm Anomaly cannot be calculated by common sense."
Gepela's Pupil Light flashed, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Use the hyperspace communication device to contact that kid in my name and tell him to get away from the Treacherous Destruction Continent."
"Yes."
After receiving the command, the Fallen Dragon's AI began to work.
Due to the interference of the energy field generated by the King of the Demonic Sea, the communication link took a considerable amount of time to establish, but contact was eventually made with Gustavo.
"What? You want me to leave the Treacherous Destruction Continent? Doesn't that mean I'll be back to where I was before? I finally managed to escape..."
Gustavo's face darkened. He had intended to ignore the message, but the words "God Level expert" made him decide to follow his heart. He gritted his teeth, turned around, and flew to the other side of the Treacherous Destruction Continent.
As Gustavo moved away, the King of the Demonic Sea followed him out of the 007 wormhole. The soldiers stationed there breathed a sigh of relief, especially the higher-ups.
The stronger one is, the more one understands the Astral Realm Anomaly.
Just as no country's system is perfect and always has loopholes.
The same applies to the rules governing the Astral Realm.
The loopholes in the Astral Realm rules are those Abnormal Existence.
Some of these Abnormal Existence are called "Miracle," while others are named "mysteries."
Among them were living beings, artifacts, and strange substances, but without exception, they all exceeded the rules.
Astral Realm Anomaly are a large group of Abnormal Existence.
Most of them disregard the rules of the Astral Realm, existing outside of them, transcending the shackles of life and death. They possess a self-circulating, logical thinking that is difficult for the Astral Realm beings to understand, and are full of chaos, making it difficult to predict what they will do next. However, Astral Realm Anomaly generally possess extremely powerful strength, at the very least the strength of Upper God, even newly born Astral Realm Anomaly are the same.
Scholars and Mage from the Society for the Spacetime Research Society and Space and the Spellcaster Association have spent a great deal of time and energy studying the Astral Realm Anomaly, but to no avail.
Much later, some scholars proposed the hypothesis that since both are Abnormal Existence, there might be some connection between Astral Realm Anomaly and Miracle Creation.
Perhaps the Astral Realm Anomaly are the result of Miracle Creation evolving into intelligent beings, or perhaps the birth of Miracle Creation is the process of eliminating Astral Realm Anomaly?
The above speculation has been accepted by many people, but no one has been able to confirm it.
Even today, in the Third Astral Realm Era, Astral Realm Anomaly remain an intractable problem, causing headaches for many major powers, especially those forces or individuals who, for reasons unknown, have been targeted by powerful Astral Realm Anomaly.
Gustavo was such an unlucky guy.
The Luck Deprivation his talent did indeed provide him with unparalleled assistance in the early stages of his development, bringing Gustavo many opportunities.
But when his life rank reached the Epic level, everything changed.
God of Death seemed to strike him almost every day.
Gustavo became increasingly unlucky. If he were an ordinary Epic being, or even just possessed combat power below that of Mid-Rank Demigod, he would definitely die in one accident after another.
But Gustavo, with the help of the various knowledge in his mind and his ever-growing soul, repeatedly escaped potentially fatal accidents and continued to grow stronger.
However, when Gustavo's life rank reached the Epic Peak, an alarm bell rang from the depths of his soul, almost deafeningly loud, and a bright red message appeared on the information panel: he must not break through to the Demigod rank.
Thus, Gustavo endured all the way, even resorting to five deep self-harms, in order to keep his life rank from reaching the level of Demigod.
That's why his bad Fortune didn't escalate further.
Until... Gustavo encountered the King of the Demonic Sea.
That was the closest he ever came to death.
The feeling of being immersed in the Demonic Sea, no matter how many times he recalled it afterward, still sent chills down his spine.
Just when Gustavo thought he was going to die, a talent that had awakened long ago saved him.
[Favor of Abnormalities] Passive - Attribute Talent that awakens after reaching 31 points in the Mystic attribute. With this ability, you will be naturally favored by the strange beings of the Astral Realm, some of whom may even regard you as one of their own.
It was this talent, which did not enhance combat power at all, that gave Gustavo a chance to turn the tide and buy him extremely valuable time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he fully activated his talents such as [Soul Devourer], [Dragon Hunting], and [Predator], devouring all the gene fragments he had stored into his body. At the same time, he frantically tore apart the King of the Demonic Sea's body, swallowing extremely minute amounts of the Demonic Sea power into his body, forming a hodgepodge.
And so, Gustavo's soul and body, between breaking and rebuilding, drifted in the Demonic Sea for more than a decade.
Yes, it's been more than ten years.
Within the King of the Demonic Sea, a state of absolute chaos prevailed. In some areas, space ceased to exist; in others, time was distorted; in still others, nothingness reigned; and in yet another region, even the causal system was in disarray. Order seemed to have lost all meaning here, existing intermittently.
Gustavo happened to be in a time distortion zone, so what happened in the outside world was a month, but he experienced more than ten years.
However, these past ten years have been a good thing for him, allowing Gustavo, under the remote guidance of Logo and Lancelot, to sort out all the chaos within his body and fuse all his devouring talents into a perfect talent—[Devourer].
This is a talent on par with [Space-Devouring Ring] and [Web of Time]. In the entire Astral Realm, life forms possessing this level of talent are rare.
With the help of the [Devourer] talent, Gustavo was able to absorb a small amount of the power of the Demonic Sea and escape from the body of the King of the Demonic Sea.
But this also aroused the King of the Demonic Sea's great interest in him.
The King of the Demonic Sea has two signature abilities: "Containment" and "Dissolution." When it enters a period of hunger, it devours everything in its sights, and then enters a period of digestion, where it grows steadily.
Any being swallowed by the King of the Demonic Sea is essentially fused with him.
Gustavo may be the first being to resist the Devouring of the King of the Demonic Sea, and even to draw upon the power of the Demonic Sea in return.
This made the King of the Demonic Sea as if he had encountered a kindred spirit, and he fell into a state of ecstasy. He chased after Gustavo all the way, occasionally stirring up towering waves to pull Gustavo into his body, as if he wanted to get close to him. He also poured a large amount of the Demonic Sea power into Gustavo's body.
In reality, the King of the Demonic Sea's desire for closeness was essentially to integrate Gustavo into his body.
Such terrifying statements are like, "Friend, it's delicious!"
Although Gustavo can draw upon wisps of the Demonic Sea's power and avoid being corrupted by the Demonic Sea to some extent, he won't last long if the Demonic Sea's power is actively infused into him.
As a result, Gustavo could only flee frantically, while simultaneously sending out mental waves of resistance to the King of the Demonic Sea. He dared not be too strong, for fear of angering this terrifying being. He was trembling with fear and feeling extremely frustrated all the way.
Having finally arrived at the Treacherous Destruction Continent, only to be refused entry, Gustavo's mental fortitude would likely have collapsed had anyone else not been so hardened.
Watching the departing King of the Demonic Sea, Gepela's eyes flashed as he activated his communicator to contact the other God Level powerhouses of the Mitrola Clan.
Within the dark ancient temple, colossal figures descended, with Gepela, being the summoner, taking the lead.
"Gepela, what's the matter? I'm in another dimension. If you need support, ask other members of your race!"
"I heard that the space wormhole you control has encountered Astral Realm Anomaly. Is that Gepela?"
"What? Astral Realm Anomaly? Which one?"
"It seems to be the King of the Demonic Sea."
"This person... is not to be trifled with. Without Upper God to protect them, they are in great danger."
The God Level beings exchanged words, all showing considerable apprehension when the King of the Demonic Sea was mentioned.
After Gepela coughed twice, everyone turned to look at him.
"Gentlemen, I'm not asking you to banish the King of the Demonic Sea, but rather... to think about how to make it work for me!"
God Level: "(°ο°)??"
They doubted they had heard correctly.
How novel! It's already the Third Age, and there are still idiots having wild ideas about controlling Astral Realm Anomaly?