Chapter 460 - 460 (2/2)
Ruuuumble—!
Massive flames traveled through Su-hyeun's arms and spread out to the surroundings.
The flames soon blanketed even the sky and eventually created a massive enclosed sphere.
This enclosed space of fire had completely surrounded the gigantic doorway.
[Flame - Territory Declaration]
A space that burned and killed all those Su-hyeun recognized as enemies had been created now.
”As I thought. Doing this eats up a chunk of my magical energy, but still...”
Even then, maintaining a space of this size didn't burden him all that much.
”Hurry up and come already,” Su-hyeun muttered as he stared at the slowly opening black doorway. ”Fafnir.”
* * *
”Mmmm?”
Munch, munch—
Sun Wukong raised his head as he continued to munch on the food that filled up his mouth.
Both of his hands were holding the large thigh meat of a deer. He was in the middle of devouring his meal as if there was no tomorrow since he hadn't had meat in a while.
”Wukong.”
”Fi—rst Bro—ther…you…also…sensed…that?”
Sun Wukong quickly turned his head and looked at the Bull Demon King across the bonfire in the front yard with deer meat sizzling on top.
The Bull Demon King was rendered speechless by Sun Wukong's face just then. He then slowly face-palmed and replied, ”You should swallow first before saying something.”
Gulp—!
Sun Wukong forced all the meat in his mouth down his throat, then shot up to his feet while even throwing away the meat he had been looking forward to enjoying so much. ”What was that just now?!”
”Isn't this the moment you've been waiting for?”
”Wait, so today is that day? Really?”
He sounded both excited beyond words and worried deeply at the same time. Even Sun Wukong himself found it hard to figure out his own emotions.
The Bull Demon King staring at him chuckled hollowly as well.
”Will you head out, then?” As such, the Bull Demon King decided to ignore Sun Wukong's state.
Because there could be only one answer, after all.
”Isn't it obvious, First Brother?” Sun Wukong hurriedly packed up the deer's thigh meat to eat, then waved his hand in another direction, ”I'll be back soon, old man.”
* * *
Wiggle, wriggle—
The darkened ocean began ”writhing.” The black color, which used to be closer to gray, had now become completely black.
”Here they come.”
POW—!
Kkyaaaah—!
A monster resembling a huge centipede rose rapidly from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. It was a Prey.
”Gluttony.”
Split—!
And then, a mouth so huge that it dwarfed the centipede appeared mid-air.
”Devour them all.”
Chomp—!
Crunch, munch—
Gluttony's mouth began swallowing up and devouring the Preys rushing outside the doorway. Initially, only one or two Preys showed up at once, but some time later, they appeared in dozens upon dozens.
”Are the weak ones crossing over to this side first?”
Su-hyeun didn't do anything at the entrance of all these Preys.
There was no need for him to directly get involved in the current stage. Gluttony and Prince Nezha were more than enough. And if it got a bit too close, then he could even deploy a hidden card called Kali, too.
One of the most important things in a battle of numbers was one's endurance.
Even if he had acquired the Godhood of Sky, and the amount of magical energy required to fire Thunderbolts had decreased, and even if all of his stats had risen up overall, his individual strength still remained finite.
Crunch, munch, chew—
Slurp, drool—
Gluttony continued to devour the Preys that showed up. In all honesty, it was now basically strong enough to enter the tail-end of the list of the One Hundred Evils, so these Preys that didn't even possess much intelligence or ego wouldn't have served as good snacks to satiate the summoned creature.
Despite that, though, Gluttony seemed quite satisfied right now.
”So...tasty...”
It was not important whether they were strong or not. To Gluttony, who suffered from the desire of ”insatiable appetite,” any food that could fill its stomach up would come across as delicious.
”Sure, sure. Eat to your heart's content, okay?” Su-hyeun slowly unsheathed the sword he got from Kim Dae-ho. ”Today will be a huge feast for you.”
Pazzzik, bzzzzzzik—
Arcs of electricity began dancing around the sword next.
”So, they are finally here.”
Su-hyeun raised the sword up high.
He sensed a profound, heavy aura emanating beyond the Preys rushing out from the blackened ocean waves.
Hundreds. Thousands. Tens of thousands...
Innumerable Preys practically impossible to count caused writhing movements in the depths of the ocean. And when he detected them...!
[Thunder Sword]
[One Sword Cutting Through Everything - Ocean Divider]
FLASH—!
KA-RUUUUMBLE—!
The currents of the Thunder Sword split the ocean apart along with the flames surrounding it.
SPLAAAAASH—!
The ocean was split in half.
For a greeting, this attack seemed a bit on the excessive side.
The dark passageway revealed itself on the seabed after all the seawater parted ways.
The sword strike slashed straight through that passageway, and ashes that used to be Predators scorched to death by the electrical currents were scattering everywhere. That single strike was enough to kill about 20 percent of all the Predators that had shown up this time.
He had expected the strike to deal with at least half of them in one go, but even so, he wasn't all that disappointed by the result.
”As I thought, it's not going to be that easy.” From the get-go, Su-hyeun's true target wasn't all these small-fries. ”So, you finally decided to show up.”
Gu-wu-wung—
The ocean undulated violently, and waves tumbled about. The skies beyond the range of the divine Flame were suddenly dyed black, while the visible land and vegetation instantly lost all vitality. Even winds stopped blowing.
The whole world was shrinking back just because one creature had made its appearance.
Below the split-open ocean...
A giant that had traveled through the passageway connected to the Dark Realm to reach this world had raised his staff to block the Thunder Sword.
This giant's creepy red eyes locked glares with Su-hyeun's eyes shining in a blue hue.
It was an unforgettable giant with the head of a black dragon—Fafnir!
Perhaps the long wait was to blame here because rather than getting all tense, Su-hyeun was actually feeling glad about this long-delayed reunion.
But then...
”Have I remembered you wrong?” Su-hyeun stared at Fafnir that had finally come, and asked, ”You aren't even going through puberty, so why do you look even bigger than before?”