Chapter 330 - The Strongest Beast On The Continent Of Egon. (1/2)

”That aura...” quietly muttered Ozul as he gazed at the beast supposedly on top of this world's food chain.

His voice trailed off into silence as he couldn't find any words to describe his confusion.

Everyone trembled at the ferocious appearance of the beast; its whole body was set on fire as if it had just recently bathed in a burning volcano!

Its fur, which appeared to be on fire and about to turn to ash at any moment, continued to burn and flutter in the air regardless of how much time passed. Only after a while did they realize that its fur wasn't on fire... it was all made of fire!

*HOWWLL!*

Another beastly howl filled the barrier enclosing the Neutral City, jolting everyone awake from their terror-filled disbelief.

In just a few seconds, the atmosphere which was previously tense already turned even heavier. They still had the leisure to think of other humans as their only opponent; everyone was an enemy before, but now they had a common and a much bigger threat to deal with.

The air felt increasingly more depressing as the Sovereign glanced around before gradually taking steps forward.

No one knew whether it was a fortunate coincidence or Old Gu deliberately arranged like it, but even the closest human being to the Sovereign was at a safe distance away from her, not enough for him to outrun the Rank-10 Beast, but enough for him to have a little hope.

The man was one of the few people who hadn't formed any team yet, he was alone. The moment he realized his predicament, he felt his throat turning sour and his legs shook crazily.

”I-I-I-I m-mm gonna die...”

His lips trembled as he noticed the Sovereign's eyes shifting to him. Even from a mile away, he could see its bared teeth dripping with saliva which strangely didn't seem to dissipate almost instantly considering the temperature around the beast.

Tears formed in his eyes, his lower part of the body feeling a little wet. All of that, however, was completely disregarded as the hazy ball of fire got closer and closer until it was too late.

His feet had completely given up on him. No matter how much he tried to turn around and run away, his body just wouldn't listen. The sheer terror had overtaken his body, ultimately causing his demise.

The last thing he saw was the glimpse of the blazing star in the sky overshadowed by another one in front of him.

The Sovereign, with her eyes burning with blind rage, opened her mouth wide. Her sharp canine flashed for a moment before her mouth closed on the tiny human in front of her, completely crushing his body between her jaws!

The lower half of the body fell on the ground, twitching just for a moment before the Sovereign also spat the upper half out of her mouth.

*THuu!*

Blood dripped from her mouth as she gave a wide look around her, uncaringly receiving the terrorized glances from every human that had witnessed this gruesome scene.

*GRrhRr!* The Sovereign growled.

Learning from the man's mistake, everyone disregarded all the schemes and strategies they had prepared and frantically ran away from the Rank-10 Beast.

Another human had died.

Only 8 more left before this dream worse than hell came to an end.

No one wanted to be a part of these 8 upcoming deaths.

. . .

While everyone panicked to find somewhere safe to hide, Ozul on the other hand was still lost in his thoughts.

He had noticed the Sovereign ripping apart the human, but he didn't have much of a reaction.

He was thinking about something else.

'Something is wrong...'

No matter how he looked at it, this was a Rank-10 Beast, and also the one called The Sovereign. Yet, something felt different.

Even her size seemed different than before. It seemed as if she had shrunk quite a lot compared to the last time.

'She isn't the same anymore. Her aura is familiar but completely different at the same time,' Ozul noticed the Sovereign staying still on the ground instead of chasing the humans like a wild beast.

This strange behavior aroused his curiosity since no matter how intelligent she had gotten with her Rank, she was still a beast and he could feel her raging emotions.

'No beast would stop to think about something when its emotions are so stirred...' Ozul had experience with quite a few high-ranking beasts. There was always a limit before they lost all control of their cool-headedness and followed their instincts instead.

And with his calculations, the Sovereign should have long discarded all of her reasoning and attacked anyone on sight without any regard for the consequences.

”What happened?” Raven asked from behind.

This was a Rank-10 Beast, she knew it must be something concerning for him to be so distracted.