Chapter 211 Chapter 211: So You're the One Called the Newborn, Huh?
Chapter 211: So You're the One Called the Newborn, Huh?
Ambush!
Since its birth, the "Corrupted Heart" had never had such a concept. Even when it was killed by hunters before, they had barged in head-on.
In fact, among those instances, some were even with its own consent.
But now, when it urgently needed a word to describe the situation, it was at a loss.
Skadi's eyes gradually became vacant, losing focus—a sign that the "Corrupted Heart" was awakening within her.
However, compared to that sharp consciousness, "Ishar-mla's" reaction was far too slow, even though it was doing its utmost to mobilize its remaining power.
But "Ishar-mla" was ultimately too distant from the Swarm. The network of Seaborn consciousness lurking and spreading in the deep sea also required time to reach.
Pheromones spread out like a hurricane, but distant water cannot quench a nearby fire.
Boom!
Skadi's pupils trembled violently as a mental hammer smashed into her mind, stirring up monstrous waves.
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Within Skadi's mental sea,
There was a gigantic eyeball, so vast its edges couldn't be seen at a glance, with intangible tentacles stirring up mental tides.
It gazed at the man in the sky, its line of sight mixed with all sorts of eerie and corrupting auras. Skadi, clad in red, lay tightly with her eyes closed in a cradle woven from scales.
But judging from her tightly furrowed brows, her current situation wasn't good.
Her head ached terribly; she couldn't open her eyes; her vision was deafeningly loud. She could clearly feel a terrifying consciousness far beyond her imagination taking over her mind.
"Ishar-mla..."
That was her name, but those Seaborn also called It that.
Who exactly was she?!
"It hasn't reached the point of no return yet."
From a spiritual perspective, Kevin noticed the break in the connection between the eyeball and the sea of consciousness—a sign that the fusion wasn't complete.
Plus, with the previous illumination from the lantern, Ishar-mla's situation was actually quite poor.
The colossal being let out a silent roar, stirring up ripples in the mental sea.
Large swathes of mental mist condensed, gathering into towering waves.
"Let's finish it off, while trying not to harm this place as much as possible."
With that, Kevin stepped forward toward the "sleeping" Skadi. It was just an animal with a slightly stronger soul, having even lost its most basic physical body.
Such a creature wasn't enough to warrant his wariness.
"Woo—!"
It was furious. Perhaps their languages weren't mutually intelligible, but the other party's blatant disregard was too obvious, an attitude that clearly transcended language barriers.
The eyeball glared angrily. A dragon-shaped Seaborn with a pale body and a string of blue small eyes on its forehead materialized out of thin air.
Riding the endless waves of the mental sea, its thick, sharp claws swung fiercely toward Kevin.
Kevin didn't look back. He arrived almost instantly before the "slumbering" Skadi, casually stripping away the seaweed-like chains wrapped around her.
The Seaborn dragon's claw was almost upon him from above!
Thump!
The sound of tense muscles. Just one more meter—if that claw advanced just one more meter, it seemed it could pierce right through Kevin's skull.
But things didn't go as it wished. Even straining its body to the limit, the dragon-shaped Seaborn couldn't advance any further.
As if seeing something unbelievable, the gigantic eyeball shook violently. The dragon-shaped Seaborn turned its head in astonishment.
There was a pale beastly claw. The immense force transmitted from its tail was the fundamental reason it couldn't move an inch further.
Following the claw upward was a vortex-shaped behemoth. It seemed to be right there, yet also infinitely large, heavy, and majestic.
Just floating there, it was like a silent mountain.
As easily as pulling a noodle, the beastly claw effortlessly plucked the dragon-shaped Seaborn out of the mental sea's surface. Its other claw grabbed the lantern.
Leviathan's Breach!
Boom!
The lantern collided head-on with the dragon-shaped Seaborn's skull. The surging shockwave directly shattered the Seaborn's head, splattering blue fluid like rain all around.
Pitter-patter—
The blue fluid often dissipated into intangible mental energy mid-air, but quite a bit still returned to the sea surface.
The raindrops intentionally avoided the area where Kevin stood.
"Still can't enter your own sea of consciousness?"
Kevin felt a bit enlightened. He finally understood why she was unaware of another consciousness hidden within her.
"Wake up."
"Mmm... Mmm?!"
As if a handful of ice-cold water had been splashed on her face, Skadi slowly woke up. It felt very light, as if she had no weight.
"Where am I?"
"Sea of consciousness."
Kevin's voice completely pulled her back into the realm of awareness.
"What... is a sea of consciousness?"
"Kal'tsit said Aegir technology surpasses that of land nations. I thought you'd have some definition for this."
Half-sitting up, Skadi couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal.
She wasn't an academic slouch, but reaching the cultural level of Second Captain was definitely unrealistic.
Boom!
That was the sound of a colossal being being blasted into the sea tide. The warm bed beneath Skadi also shook with the waves.
"What is that?"
That gigantic eyeball was clearly the "Sea God" she had once killed. Yet now, it was still alive and kicking in her mind, even seeming to be doing quite well.
But as for the other behemoth, it was quite unfamiliar to Skadi.
Compared to "Ishar-mla," Beast Incarnate of This World clearly lacked even more of the physical characteristics a living being should have.
While "Ishar-mla" looked strange—like an eyeball covered in tentacles on its surface—one could vaguely make out animalistic tissues on its body.
Beast Incarnate of This World had a silicon-based exterior. Its dome-like deep crimson halo resembled that of a deity. The core enveloped within emitted purple-red light.
Every pulse of the lantern was like the thunderous judgment hammer of a god falling.
Perhaps compared to the "Corrupted Heart," it deserved to be called a deity more.
Chimera's Heterogeneous Bone!
The bone spur on its claw, like a heavenly pillar, brutally stabbed into the center of that enormous pupil. The surface membrane burst like a soap bubble upon contact.
Squelch!
Large amounts of thick yellow fluid flowed out. Occasionally, strands of deep blue were mixed within the disgusting fluid.
"Hiss—"
The sudden pain made Skadi clutch her forehead sharply, her whole face scrunching up.
"Its connection with you is deep. The throbbing pain from treatment is unavoidable."
"It's okay, Kevin. I can endure it... Ah!"
Skadi couldn't help crying out in pain again. She had thought the items in hunter endurance training were exaggerated enough.
But compared to this pain seemingly surging from the depths of her soul, it still couldn't compare.
Crack—
Two giant claws grabbed onto the puncture wound made by the heterogeneous bone and tore outward fiercely.
"Woo—"
The gigantic eyeball was torn into two halves. Several dragonfly-like Shadows of Dimensional Annihilation flew out.
They plunged resolutely into the mental ocean, seeking out those tentacles rooted deep within the brain, and finally severed them with their sharp amethyst wing blades!
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