Chapter 484: The Effects Of Gravity (1/2)

Chapter 484: The Effects Of Gravity

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At that moment, Luo Yuan was floating mid-air at the height of tens of thousands of meters. Despite the height, the loud thud was still clearly audible.

He was worried that a huge impact like that would affect the stability of the Earth's crust, causing an earthquake. He quickly plunged down through the air to check out what was happening.

As soon as he passed through the cloud layers, Luo Yuan saw a mushroom-shaped cloud rising into the sky.

Unlike a nuclear bomb that gave off heat and light, it was a snowy-white cloud that was completely made of water vapor.

The cracks on the layer of ice on the ground spread out like a spider web. It had been broken into pieces, causing countless cracks that made it look like a long, twisted dragon. Even the icebergs collapsed, crushed into smaller chunks of ice.

As soon as Luo Yuan landed, he felt the rain falling onto his skins - it was warm.

The region of impact was 15 kilometers wide while the radiation had spread out and affected the surrounding area of more than 50 kilometers away.

However, the gigantic beast seemed to have disappeared. Its body was completely covered by the high-temperature vapor but Luo Yuan could feel its presence when it moved as it would cause the ground to tremble with every step it took.

To avoid danger, Luo Yuan did not walk hastily towards its direction.

Fortunately, the vapor did not last long and in addition to the turbulent air caused by the impact, the vapor was cleared and turned into ice crystals, falling down gradually.

After a few minutes, he could vaguely see the figure of the gigantic beast.

It seemed to have gotten out from the hole that looked like a crater, struggling to move on the layer of ice.

Its movement was slow and cumbersome. However, its body gave off a terrifying aura on the layer of ice with each step it took, Luo Yuan could feel it. Against creatures that weighed at least ten million tons in weight, the solid layer of ice was as soft as a muddy ground.

Luo Yuan noticed that its limbs sunk into the ice. It caused the ice to crack into big pieces with each step it took. Compared to the gigantic beast, the ice miners were nothing.

The strength of the planet's gravity was apparent. The movement of this ten million ton beast was greatly affected by gravity. Most of its strength was used to overcome the pull of gravity, causing its movement to be rather clumsy.

Luo Yuan smiled coldly.

He realized that he was affected by his initial thoughts. The interstellar creature was indeed strong and its movement caused damage that was on par with the force of a nuclear bomb. However, this did not mean that it had no weakness.

In fact, it was a fatal weakness.

Its mass was as heavy as a mountain. The gravitational pull in outer space was relatively weak. Therefore with its hulking mass, it could still overcome the pull on its weight. However, when it entered a planet with strong gravitational pull, it would find great difficulty in every step it took forward.

The gravitational pull on Earth had affected its innate ability to fly as it could not fly even when it was stuck in the ice. It seemed totally helpless.

However, with its abilities, it was still a threat to creatures under level nine. It seemed like there was a big gap between Level eight and Level nine creatures. When quantity surpassed quality, it would have no natural enemy on Earth. Perhaps this was the reason that it attempted to invade Earth.

He remained calm and did not launch an attack.

However, he had no confidence in his ability to defeat it. The difference between their body sizes would reduce the effectiveness of his attack. Once his opponent realized it, the rate of success would decrease drastically.

The gravitational force could only restrict its mobility but its abilities were not restricted.

As an interstellar creature, it had an innate ability to manipulate energy. By looking at its glowing body in the mist and the turbulent air surrounding its body, one could tell that this was a creature not to be trifled with.

In addition to his prediction ability, he could sense that the battle was a dangerous one. Despite having a strong defense system, he did not want to have a tough fight against such a powerful gigantic beast.

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Looking at the gigantic beast that was about to get out of the mist, Luo Yuan immediately flew towards its direction. He observed it for a moment more to gather more information.

The gigantic beast landed on a region of Chuan Shu and within a few moments, Luo Yuan landed on the top of a mountain nearby. The reason he chose this mountain was so he could observe the beast and use it as a hiding spot because it was just in front of him.

There were some huge trees atop the mountain, each with tangled roots and obviously they had been ancient trees before the apocalypse hit. Nevertheless, these trees went dormant in response to the extreme cold brought by the nuclear winter.

Luo Yuan jumped to one of the tree branches, squatted down and looked towards the direction of the gigantic beast and at that moment, it lumbered out of the mist.

Although it was clumsy, its walking speed was not slow. Every step it took took it a distance of 200 meters. Regardless of how clumsy it was, it was not slow at all. In fact, if it continued walking faster and faster, it might reach supersonic speeds.

The layer of ice exploded, causing a stir in the atmosphere when it passed by. There was an ice storm from the chunks of crushed ice that gushed out from underneath its legs, exuding a terrifying aura.

Despite being on earth, it still possessed such immense power. Chuan Shu was located near the Reconstruction Area. It would be dangerous to allow the gigantic to move freely there. That was the main reason why Luo Yuan attempted to kill this beast.

Of course, it was also because the battle would be less risky with his prediction ability. His ability to teleport would also allow him to escape immediately when the opponent launched an attack.

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The gigantic beast had the size of a diplodocus [1]. It had a long neck, strong limbs and a tail that weighed at least a few million tons in weight. Gravity had caused its tail to drag when it moved, leaving a long gully on the ice.

Of course, aside from its almost similar appearance, it was not comparable to a diplodocus. Compared to its tame personality, the gigantic beast was ferocious. Its body was a silverish-white in color and the prismatic-shaped scales on its body was glowing. The glowing lights were still visible even under such circumstances.

Its legs were sturdy and powerful and were covered in fully grown dark purple thorns. These thorns continuously glimmered, creating a mysterious yet terrifying atmosphere.

Luo Yuan noticed its neck for the first time. Compared to its body, without a doubt, its neck was slim. It was a fatal weakness for creatures like these to have such a slim and thin neck.

However, he took a glance at it and shifted his gaze. Its neck was truly slim compared to gigantic beasts of a similar level. On the other hand, if it was compared to Luo Yuan, the size of its neck would still be horrifying.

Moreover, its neck was fully grown with scales that released beams of light at the tips. It obviously had a strengthened defense. where it was releasing beams of lights there. Obviously, its defense system had been strengthened.

Despite the Zhanmadao ability to slash through most things, it was not almighty.

Luo Yuan had found out that its energy could defend against the slashes by the Zhanmadao to some extent. Accounting for the relationship between matter and energy, perhaps he had to look for high-density matter. High-density matter could not be found on earth as they were beyond the density of regular substances. In fact, it is so far from the density of conventional substances that it was denser than atoms that were compressed until it was as dense as a white dwarf or neutron star. Materials like these have already blurred the boundaries between energy and matter and should the process be reversed, it would release a great amount of energy.

As the gigantic beast got closer to the top of the mountain, Luo Yuan could feel that a horrifying aura approaching him and there the atmosphere changed to an oppressive one.

Sensing tremors in the ground, he controlled his aura, bringing it to a minimum and remained calm.

The mountain where Luo Yuan was hiding at was not too high - about 300 meters in diameter. Its height was almost the same as the gigantic beast. Encountering such a small obstacle, it was apparent that it had no intention to change its direction.