Chapter 534: Rampaging Giant, Super Electromagnetic Cannon (I)

Dense clouds appeared in the sky, looming over the mountain ranges that spanned tens of thousands of kilometers. Dozens and even hundreds of kilometers of rivers ran across the mountains and plains.

Along the banks of the rivers, massive herds of mutated beasts could often be seen galloping. Their powerful roars filled the air with a primal, desolate energy.

At the base of a ten-thousand-meter-tall mountain, colossal trees hundreds of meters tall rose from the earth. Their bark was as tough and rugged as steel, and their lush, intertwined branches obscured the sky. Moreover, they bore fruit the size of a meter, which served as the primary food source for the Black-Scaled Horned Apes.

The ape-like horned creatures stood over ten meters tall, could leap dozens or even hundreds of meters, and had fierce, intimidating cries. They had also made the forest their home.

As the apes frolicked, a silent predator slithered ever closer from within the shadows—a fifty-meter-long python covered in gray-black scales.

However, just as the fierce-looking python approached, a vigilant elder ape in the distance suddenly thumped its chest, letting out a shrill warning call.

Rooooaaar!

The forest trembled as a group of Black-Scaled Horned Apes darted into the treetops, glaring at the python coiled around a distant tree. They roared in rage.

Dozens of adult apes picked up the gray fruits. Black energy coursed through their claws, turning the fruits jet black and as solid as iron.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In their fury, the apes hurled dozens of the iron-like fruits. They tore through the air like cannonballs, raining down on the python.

Hiss!

Gray energy rippled over the python. It darted like a streak of gray light along the tree trunks, evading the incoming assaults.

The fruits pelted the massive trees. The impact sent tremors through them and splintered their barks, causing a tremendous commotion.

Ooh!

In the distance, a blood-curdling scream pierced the air as the python crushed an ape’s upper body with its jaws. Blood splattered everywhere as the python dragged its prey into the darkness amidst the tangled branches.

Roar!

The remaining apes, their eyes red with fury and fear, began hurling black iron fruits wildly toward it, creating a chaotic barrage.

The fierce struggle echoed through the forest, unsettling large mutated beasts dwelling nearby.

Beyond the forest was a vast plain with blades of grass that normally grew over ten meters high. Their wide, fleshy leaves swayed in the wind, radiating a vibrant green hue.

At the edge of the field, dozens of mutated beasts, resembling oxen but over twenty meters long and clad in thick armor-like scales, grazed quietly.

Nourished by dense transcendent energy, the ordinary grasses were so rich in nutrients that they were enough to sustain the daily needs of such enormous creatures.

Amid the towering grass, snake-like creatures over ten to twenty meters long occasionally slithered through. The grass rustled as they moved.

Soon, the grass in the distance shook violently. Agonized screeches followed but swiftly fell silent, leaving only a faint trace of blood in the air.

Whoosh!

Above, the wind howled as a colossal shadow descended from the sky. Startled, the armored creatures roared in alarm and fled.

An explosive force field also erupted from them, amplifying each other until they had formed a gravity field that spanned hundreds of meters. Their force field sunk the ground and compressed the air.

However, they were too slow. In a flash, a winged mutated beast with an eighty-meter wingspan flew and swooped down at several times the speed of sound. It seized an armored beast on the outer edge and took to the skies once more.

Boom!

The level 4 armored creature let out a pitiful cry as the level 7 mutated beast ripped it apart with its claws, its hot blood spraying across the sky.

Roar!

From a mountain slope over a thousand meters high, a sixty-meter-long colossal beast roared, unleashing a golden beam from its mouth that shot skyward.

Shriek!

The winged beast let out a piercing cry as it dodged the beam. It then disappeared into the depths of the clouds.

The land-bound creature roared in frustration. After all, the winged beast had just intruded into its territory.

A few kilometers away, atop a hill only a few thousand meters tall, Chen Chu watched the scene with a calm expression.

This was the mythical world. Everything here was colossal, and over generations, a stable yet brutal ecosystem had formed—a primitive and blood-soaked one.

Like the Blue Planet, the ordinary mutated beasts here served as food for the colossal creatures. Only level 7 colossal beasts were worthy of claiming territory.

However, both of these beasts were only in the middle to late stage of level 7 and lacked Life Crystals. Hence, Chen Chu looked twenty kilometers ahead instead.

On the other side of the mountain range, a colossal beast around a hundred and twenty meters long lay dormant on the mountainside. It looked like a giant lizard with a trace of dragon bloodline.

The beast was covered in black and blue scales and emitted a peak level 8 aura that dominated the surrounding area.

This was the second peak level 8 beast that Chen Chu had encountered.

He had skillfully avoided several dangerous areas while flying over six thousand kilometers south of the five-thousand-kilometer perimeter of the Seventh Legion’s base.

So far, he had only encountered two peak level 8 colossal beasts.

Peak level 9 beasts, which had already touched the threshold of mythical power, were rare even in the mythical world, especially in regions where human experts had once driven them away.

Moreover, Chen Chu had traveled in a straight line instead of conducting a thorough search over hundreds or thousands of kilometers. Hence, he hadn’t come across any yet.

While observing the massive mutated beast, Chen Chu made his Eight Desolations Purgatory Halberd hover in front of him. Blue lightning arcs leaped and coiled between his hands, radiating a terrifying aura of destruction.

With over twenty kilometers between them, the colossal beast was well beyond Chen Chu’s normal attack range. Currently, his halberd light’s range was just over a kilometer; beyond that, its power would gradually diminish.

However, having recently gained some insights, he was ready to test a new long-range technique: the True Electromagnetic Cannon.

A massive magnetic vortex of lightning over ten meters in diameter swirled between his hands. The light wheel of the Lightning Prison World shone brightly behind his head, enhancing the power of the thunderbolts.

As he recalled what he had learned about electromagnetism, his formidable will began adjusting the surrounding electromagnetic fields.

Zzzzz!

The immense power of lightning gathered and spread lightning arcs across tens of meters of land around him, turning him into a blazing beacon of blue light.

The fearsome magnetic energy ring compressed and condensed. At its core, the Eight Desolations Purgatory Halberd emitted an intense red glow—the result of the extreme heat that the energy ring had generated.

The powerful energy fluctuations alarmed the level 7 colossal beasts in the distance. Restless, they roared and fled.

The level 8 colossal beast on the far side of the mountain range also sensed the disturbance and abruptly rose.

Boom!

A thunderous roar echoed across the heavens as a red-blue beam streaked through the sky at over ten times the speed of sound.

In response, the colossal beast let out a furious, enraged roar. It released a black-blue domain that formed a two-hundred-meter hemispherical field. Before it could react further, however, a flash of light erupted in the distance.

Boom!

As if a nuclear weapon had just been detonated, an earth-shattering explosion shook the heavens and the earth, sending debris and soil skyward.

A scorching shockwave then swept across several kilometers, snapping trees and reducing vegetation to ash, creating a vast zone of destruction.

The colossal beast’s domain pulsed with energy, emitting rings of light.

The attack was immensely powerful. Even with the Eight Desolations Purgatory Halberd merely acting as a projectile, the immediate impact was still as strong as a small nuclear explosion or the most powerful attack of a Ninth Heavenly Realm expert.

Unfortunately, the massive crater was over seven hundred meters away from the level 8 beast; it had missed the target by nearly a kilometer.

"If this technique could incorporate the intense heat of Heavenly Flame energy compressed within the halberd, the explosion’s power could increase severalfold and extend its reach,” Chen Chu mused.

"Its range and angle need adjustment, though. Also, its overall lethality still feels a bit lacking, and the compression of the thunderbolt’s magnetic field could be stronger."

After a brief consideration, Chen Chu abandoned the idea of further exploring the technique.

Still, though its power was average in his hands, the Dragon Emperor could make better use of it.

By using the Dragon Emperor’s sharp horn spikes as projectiles and gathering the thunderbolt’s compression through nine layers of lightning rings, it might be able to obliterate a mythical colossal beast with one super electromagnetic cannon blast.

The attack range could also reach several hundred to thousands of kilometers, instantly devastating an area over ten kilometers wide.

However, this raised the question of how to lock onto targets accurately.

Or perhaps he could use himself as a coordinate and open a spatial passage for a quick electromagnetic strike from space, similar to a summoning-based breath attack?

Chen Chu’s eyes blazed.

Summoning the Dragon Emperor's projection, calling its true form, or maintaining a continuous breath strike required keeping the passage or summoning altar active for a long duration.

However, summoning an electromagnetic cannon barrage, akin to a projectile from the orbital weapons, would only require him to lock onto a distant target and briefly sustain the spatial passage, minimizing energy consumption.

Moreover, with the Dragon Emperor’s awakening strength, a full-powered electromagnetic strike could unleash terrifying destructive energy. It could even be strong enough to slay middle-stage or even late-stage mythical colossal beasts.

Ultimately, this method proved more efficient than merely summoning its projection.