dtnovels Chapter 411 - 57: The God of the Shark People, the Primordial Unihorn Shark (Part 2)
Chapter 411 - 57: The God of the Shark People, the Primordial Unihorn Shark (Part 2)
Just as these Clan Members had said, they no longer had a choice.
And just as the Exotic Demigod had said, they could very well wait for their god to appear after killing all the Shark People.
There was no way out.
However, the king of the Shark People did not choose to yield.
He ignored the urgent pleas of his Clan Members and gave no answer to the Empire Demigods.
He simply made his choice silently in his heart.
He would fight what might be their final battle alongside their Father God.
Thus, with a mere thought from the king of the Shark People...
The next moment, deep beneath the Sharkman Royal City, within the bedrock of the seafloor...
...inside an enormous cavern, over a hundred powerful Shark People began to move as if they had suddenly received a command.
They surrounded a massive altar in the cavern, each one quickly taking their position.
Then, holding objects that resembled High Tier Magic Crystals, they began to inject Magic Power into the altar.
As the altar lit up, the Shark People started to pray aloud.
"O Lord of the Deep Sea and the Dark Waters~"
"O Father of our clan."
"Your children call to you, call for you to awaken from your slumber on the great path."
"We call for you to save your pitiful children and bring divine punishment upon those Exotic Creatures with your magnificent might!"
"Your children are willing to offer you everything they have, and to present you with all the blood sacrifices you require upon awakening."
"..."
Over and over, the Shark People continued to pray silently in the dark cavern.
And as their prayers repeated time and again...
...finally, the entire seabed began to stir.
Within the domain of the Sharkman Royal City, the undersea world suddenly began to tremble inexplicably.
The surrounding seawater started to churn violently over a wide area.
The instant this was detected...
...amidst the Shark People’s cheers, which shifted from panic to joyful surprise, the great army of the Star Empire immediately shot up toward the surface of the sea.
Their speed was incredible.
At the same time, a vast expanse of radiant light appeared in the sky above the deep sea.
This radiant light was Divine Power cast down from the Deities.
And with the help of this Divine Power, every soldier in the Empire Army transformed into a streak of light, rocketing out of the ocean at an even more terrifying speed, taking less than three breaths’ time.
The million-strong Empire Army retreated with incredible speed, soon ascending high into the sky.
But on the seabed, the Shark People were all stunned!
They watched as the terrifying Alien Race rapidly ascended into the sky, retreating as if they were fleeing for their lives.
Some of the Shark People wanted to shout for their kinsmen to give chase.
But as the brilliance cast down by the Deities shone upon them, and they watched the Exotic Creatures turn into streaks of light and shoot away in an instant, all the Shark People froze in place.
In the end, all that remained in the deep sea were numerous unmanned submersibles and fifty Demigod projections. Nothing else was left.
Watching this scene unfold, the king of the Shark People’s expression grew grim.
’Just as I thought.’
’There are Deities behind these Exotic Creatures.’
’I just don’t know how powerful these Deities are.’
But regardless, as the king of the Shark People watched the Star Empire’s army being pulled away by Divine Power, rescued by their Deities in an instant, he was filled with incomparable envy.
’To think that Deities would care so much about the lives and deaths of mortals.’
’That they would be willing to expend Divine Power to protect them.’
’But what about their god?’
’No, it’s not just their god. In this world, most of the Deities of the Clans, whenever they are awake, will demand blood sacrifices from their Clans.’
’If the blood sacrifices aren’t enough, they use their own Clan Members.’
’As for battles between Ancient Deities?’
’They would care even less about the deaths and injuries of their Clans.’
’How could they be like the Star Empire, where the moment a battle between gods might occur, Deities would appear to guide and protect all mortals, moving them to a safe area?’
"The Father God is about to appear! HAHA!!!"
"See? These Exotic Creatures seemed powerful, but weren’t they scared off in an instant by the Father God’s Mighty Power!"
"Great Lord of the Deep Sea and the Dark Waters."
"Great Father God!"
"Appear quickly and annihilate all those Exotic Creatures who dare to invade your domain!"
"..."
The Shark People roared in unison, their expressions fervent and full of anticipation.
But even as they shouted, the Shark People also began to rapidly evacuate the waters near the Royal City.
How to describe the feeling?
It was as if each of the Shark People was afraid they wouldn’t get away fast enough.
Yet while they fled, they continued their fanatical chants.
And as for chasing the Star Empire’s army themselves?
Not a single one of them did.
Watching this strange and comical scene, even the well-traveled Demigods of the Star Empire couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.
"Are these guys nuts or something?"
"Nuts or not, if I weren’t a projection and knew this place was about to become a battlefield for Ancient Deities, I’d also be running as far away as I could, as fast as I could."
"That makes sense, but it still feels a bit ridiculous."
"Savage Ancient Life forms don’t care about the lives of their Clans at all. This is normal."
"I’m just curious what their god actually looks like."
"A great white shark?"
"..."
The group of Demigod projections just stood there, watching the commotion on the seabed.
Even as the entire Sharkman Royal City began to collapse amidst the tremors and turbulent undersea currents, these Demigods did not move an inch.
Of course, at the same time, the king of the Shark People and the other powerful Shark People around him were watching the scene with tense and eager eyes.
"Finally, after almost a thousand years, our Father God has awakened once more."
"I just wonder how much more magnificent the Father God has become this time."
Some of the powerful Shark People spoke with excitement.
However, just as the group of Shark People were too excited for words...
...at the very moment the Sharkman Royal City completely crumbled, a behemoth finally emerged from the depths of the seabed.
The first thing to appear was just its head.
But that head alone was already larger than the Sharkman Royal City.
What was it?
Under the watchful eyes of the Star Empire Demigods...
...what appeared was indeed a shark’s head.
But on the head of this giant shark was a long, sharp horn.
The horn, gleaming with a dark, metallic luster, was the first thing to pierce through the earth and into the sea.
As its head slowly broke free, its entire body began to extend out of the Black Hole in the ground, unhurriedly, as if in slow motion.
As the Star Empire Demigods began to move upward to avoid it...
...the Demigods finally got a clear look at the Body Type of this terrifying Unihorn Shark.
This was a behemoth with a Body Type of nearly one hundred fifty kilometers.
Its entire body was covered in black and blue spiral patterns, creating an incredibly awe-inspiring appearance.
However, the aura exuded by this terrifying behemoth contained not a single trace of the Divine Power fluctuations a Deity should have.
Even so, the concentration of its aura—and the fluctuations of its Magic Power as seen through the Demigods’ Spiritual Vision—had reached a terrifying level.
It was nearly on par with Lince from back then.
At just the Demigod Peak state, this Ancient Life’s strength might have already far surpassed that of an ordinary Deity.
But its overall strength would definitely not exceed that of a Deity with Medium Divine Power.
In fact, its state at Demigod Peak was actually far inferior to Lince’s back then.
After all, when Lince was a Demigod, his Body Type had already exceeded one thousand kilometers.
Overall, the Potential of this Ancient Life form, this Ancient Deity, should be considered relatively average for this world.
But even so, this behemoth’s Power was absolutely invincible in the mortal world!
Unless an equivalent Ancient Deity fought against it, it was impossible for any ordinary Deity to be its match.
However, although the Ancient Life form was powerful, if the Power it used exceeded the limits permitted by the Mana Will, the result would be the same.
It would ultimately be suppressed by the Mana Will, or even ’ejected’ from the planet.
And now, all the Star Empire Demigods needed to do was to provoke this Ancient Life form.
So, there was no need for pointless talk.
The next moment, just as the Unihorn Shark emerged into the sea, seemingly half-asleep, all the Demigod projections moved!
Even the remaining unmanned submersibles opened their weapon bays, and one nuclear warhead after another shot out rapidly!
And so...
...while the Unihorn Shark was still in a daze, terrifying light waves suddenly erupted throughout the deep sea.
These light waves destroyed everything on the seabed and sent countless Shark People flying.
The entire ocean was thrown into chaos. On the surface, the terrifying, successive nuclear explosions even created monstrous waves and plumes of air and water.
"ROAR!!!"
Beneath the terrifying nuclear explosions, everything was chaos.
But soon, from the center of the explosions, a behemoth burst out of the sea in a rage!