Chapter 377: The Nine-Headed King, Keep Pushing Forward, Young Man (I)

Boom!

A violent aura exploded within the micro-world. As flames mixed with red ice erupted, one of the towering palaces, three hundred meters high and over two hundred meters wide, collapsed with heaven-shaking tremors.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Amid the flames and frost, ferocious black dragon heads surged into the sky, roaring toward the heavens and creating a tangible soundwave.

After a slumber of over 10 days, the Nine-Headed Serpent finally broke through to level 9. Its body length surged to over 180 meters, and its form underwent some changes.

The nine heads now resembled dragons even more, and its body became more robust and intimidating. Despite that, the aura it emitted was not draconic power, but rather a fierce, ancient energy that rivaled that of dragons.

Deep beneath the earth, within volcanic magma, a colossal beast of black and red, now grown to 130 meters in length with a form even more fearsome, slowly opened its eyes as the Serpent made its breakthrough.

Electric waves danced in black and blue arcs along its dorsal fin, covering the entire small world of ice and fire with an invisible electric field.

Roar! King-level, huh? Not bad.

The Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor let out a low growl, as intense drowsiness caused it to close its eyes once more.

Ghidorah’s bloodline had already been close to that of a king. Thanks to its four high-level abilities and the influence of the Thunder Emperor’s power, it finally reached the king-level.

During its evolution, two high-level abilities merged, and the destructive and contradictory fusion of fire and ice gave rise to a top-level ability.

The sudden surge of this power explained why the Thunder Emperor had been stirred; a level 9 colossal beast with top-level abilities and a king-level bloodline was an incredibly fearsome entity.

The colossal Black Tortoise could freeze the ocean or trigger tsunamis that engulfed dozens of kilometers with its explosive power, making it even more terrifying than the mythical sea monsters.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Now that it had broken through and evolved its bloodline, Ghidorah was ecstatic. Its nine heads twisted and roared in excitement, causing the Dragon Palace to tremble.

The Silver Colossal Dragon, surrounded by wild winds and frost, roared at Ghidorah from afar.

Roar! Ghidorah, put away your domain! You’re destroying the Dragon Palace!

Roar! When Batian wakes up and sees the damage you’ve done to the Dragon Palace, he’s going to be furious.

Ghidorah’s nine heads stiffened at the name, and it reluctantly withdrew its domain.

Roar! Roar! Roar! I will repair the palace. Don’t, tell, Ao Ba.

Roar! Fine, but you’ll have to expand and rebuild the entire Dragon Palace. The current palace feels a bit cramped for me.

Ghidorah didn’t refuse. For two colossal beasts, one over 90 meters and the other over 180 meters in length, a palace that was merely 300 meters high and 200 meters wide was indeed too small.

It needed to be expanded to at least five hundred meters in height and a thousand meters in width to feel comfortable. However, doing so would occupy nearly half of the micro-world, including freezing and filling the sea surface.

Boom!

The surface exploded, revealing the massive bodies of the Deep Sea Dragon Turtle and the Single-Horned Kun. When they saw the Serpent, envy flickered in their eyes.

Roar! Roar! Ghidorah, you’ve become so strong!

Ghidorah’s nine heads swayed as it let out a proud, chaotic roar.

Roar! Roar! Roar! Of course, I am now super fierce, unstoppable, and unbeatable.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Now that you’re so strong, hurry up and take us out to feast and enjoy ourselves.

Roar! I want to see rivers of blood. Ghidorah, forget about fixing the palace for now; let’s go stir up some troub—No, let’s go pick a fight.

Roar! The other day, Horn Hime came back after gathering crystals and reported the aura of a level 9 transcendent creature in the southern seas. The aura was almost as strong as the skeleton outside Batian’s palace.

Roar! Let’s go take down that level 9 being, claim its territory, and gather more life crystals. By the time Batian wakes up from his level 9 breakthrough, he can consume those crystals to become even stronger and take us to get more good stuff.

The more the Silver Dragon spoke, the more excited it became, feeling its blood boiling within.

As it approached the late stage of level 8, it was no longer what it used to be. With its abilities and colossal dragon bloodline, it could now challenge even a beginning stage level 9 colossal beast.

Ghidorah’s nine pairs of eyes suddenly lit up, and it let out an excited, chaotic roar.

Roar! Roar! Roar! Let’s go, get some crystals for Ao Ba, charge ahead!

Having just broken through to level 9, Ghidorah also craved a grand battle.

Roar! Roar! Charge! Kill and plunder everything!

After being cooped up for so many days and finally getting a chance to go out and stretch its legs, the Dragon Turtle grew excited.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Wait, I’ll call my wife and children.

Soon, a level 9 colossal beast, three middle-stage level 8 colossal beasts, and four level 7 mutated orcas swam out of the Dragon Palace, led by the Silver Dragon.

As they swam out, the Blue Giant Crab guarding the entrance quickly blew bubbles.

Gurgle! Great Saixitia, are you all heading out?

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! We’re going to make rivers of blood flow and wreak havoc!

The Kun excitedly waved its fins, determined to slay ten colossal beasts this time.

Gurgle! You’re all so mighty, so strong, absolutely unstoppable! Could you bring me along?

The Blue Crab quickly added a request to the end of its flattery.

As a mutated colossal beast, it was still a crab at heart, filled with brutality and cruelty, though it had become much more docile under the Thunder Emperor’s rule.

The Silver Dragon roared.

Roar! If you come along, who will guard the entrance? Batian is still asleep and making his breakthrough, so make sure to guard the Dragon Palace well and don’t let any other beasts disturb him.

Gurgle! Yes, I will definitely guard the entrance and protect the great Thunder Fiery.

The Blue Crab could only look on with regret as the eight colossal beasts disappeared into the dark depths of the sea.

***

After flying for over nine hours, the plane landed at Tiannan City Airport amid gusty wind and turbulent air.

They had left in the morning, but due to the time difference, it was only afternoon when they arrived. After disembarking, Li Daoyi casually waved to Chen Chu and the others. "Sister Ruoyi, Director Bai, I’m heading out first. Brother Chu, see you on the path to divinity."

With that, Li Daoyi turned and walked toward a black military vehicle parked nearby.

A young woman in her early twenties, dressed in a military uniform, approached Chen Chu and politely greeted him. "Hello, Mr. Chen, I’m Zhang Qiong from the Tiannan Base. Commander Li Qingtian has requested your presence. He has something to discuss with you."

The day after the concert ended, Ling Yi had already informed Chen Chu that the military would contact him when they reached Tiannan.

As a prodigy of the Southern Battlefield, Chen Chu would be fully supported by the Federation, with ample resources provided for every breakthrough he made. However, his rapid progress had caught many by surprise, forcing them to repeatedly revise their plans.

Chen Chu turned back to Yan Ruoyi and the others. "Ms. Yan, Director Bai, Ms. Xu, I hope we’ll have the chance to meet again."

Bai Yunfeng smiled and said, "Thank you for taking care of Little Yi during this time. I was planning to host a banquet for you when we returned, but it seems we’ll have to save that for another time."

"Goodbye, Mr. Chu."

Yan Ruoyi smiled and waved. "Go ahead, Brother Chu, your matters are important. But remember to let me know before you leave Tiannan City. I still owe you a gift, and I’ve already decided what to give you."

"Alright, I’ll be sure to notify you when I leave Tiannan." Chen Chu waved back at them. With this bodyguard mission complete, he planned to visit home and check in on Luo Fei.

Yan Ruoyi, her two companions, and the distant employees all watched as Chen Chu’s upright figure got into the military vehicle and departed.

"Mr. Chu really is from the military. He was picked up by a military vehicle as soon as he got off the plane."

"Do you think we’ll have a chance to see Mr. Chu again?"

"Forget about it. We’re just ordinary people. It’s only because of Ruoyi that we got to see such a genius up close this time."

"Yeah, he’s in a world entirely different from ours."