Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

The amplified Dragon Flame shot rapidly towards the Cyclops! This time, the fake Cyclops no longer dared to take the Dragon Flame head-on. Its figure moved swiftly as it turned to flee.

Just after the amplification, the Dragon’s Aura Field once again enveloped the fake Cyclops. Coupled with the amplified power, this instilled an extremely strong sense of crisis in the creature. Star’s skills were of too high a quality, his strength too formidable; the fake Cyclops had already realized it was absolutely no match for him.

Although the sacred beast of the Demon Worship Sect lacked wisdom, the will to survive is an instinct! So, the fake Cyclops had to escape.

Observing the fake Cyclops’s actions, Star roared loudly. His wings vibrated slightly as he lunged towards the fleeing creature! Under the effects of the Dragon’s Aura Field and the amplification, with Star’s power increased and the fake Cyclops’s diminished, their strengths had become completely disproportionate.

Before the fake Cyclops could even take a step, Star had already rushed behind it! Two giant Dragon Claws seized its hind legs, then surged with immense power. Star was attempting to tear the fake Cyclops in half!

Perceiving Star’s intent, the fake Cyclops roared furiously. Finding its movements restrained by Star and its body wracked with tearing pain, it abandoned the impossible idea of escape. Twisting its body, it lunged at Star’s head!

A series of sharp CRACKS resounded as the fake Cyclops fully entered a desperate, life-or-death struggle. The simple act of turning its head, due to the excessive force exerted by the fake Cyclops combined with its awkward position, caused it to snap its own spine. Its Mortal Combat ability activated once again.

Unfortunately, under Star’s Dragon’s Aura Field, the Mortal Combat ability was weakened by eighty percent. The effect it could produce was pitifully small!

Seeing the fake Cyclops completely disregard its own body, a savage light surged in Star’s eyes. Opening his massive jaws, he bit down hard on the fake Cyclops’s head! Star was already much larger than the Cyclops to begin with, and the burns had significantly reduced the fake Cyclops’s size. This bite completely enveloped the fake Cyclops’s head.

Jagged fangs glistened coldly, and a sulfurous smell emanated from his mouth. The sharp fangs and saw-like arrangement of his teeth gave Star terrifying biting power! Like a guillotine, Star’s jaws snapped shut. Grayish-white flesh and blood splattered everywhere.

With this bite, Star tore off the fake Cyclops’s head! However, the fake Cyclops was still not dead. The ability of the Blood and Flesh Badge meant it would only truly die when half of its body was gone. The wounds on the fake Cyclops had now reached a Critical Point! This also meant that its Mortal Combat ability had reached its peak.

The Flames of Tyranny surged, swiftly morphing into the shape of a dog’s head, replacing the fake Cyclops’s vanished one. Then, the fake Cyclops swung its front limbs, black flames dancing upon them, and pounced at Star!

The fake Cyclops’s current physical attributes were close to 400 points. Factoring out the weakening effect of the Dragon’s Aura Field, its physical attributes were probably around 2,000 points! This meant the limit of the physical attribute augmentation provided by Mortal Combat to the Cyclops was a tenfold increase!

Unfortunately, all of this was useless against Star.

A giant Dragon Claw, blotting out the sky, descended upon the fake Cyclops, forcefully halting its ascent and slamming its body into the earth! The impact made the earth tremble; even the entire East Mountain swayed twice from the tremendous force.

With his right forelimb firmly pinning down the ceaselessly struggling fake Cyclops, Star threw back his head and roared at the sky! It was a victorious roar.

Then, Star lowered his head slightly, looking at the Flames of Tyranny still erupting relentlessly, and raised his claw once more!

BOOM!!!

BOOM!!!

BOOM!!!

The massive Dragon Claw rose and fell, rose and fell... As if carrying out an execution, Star, through his actions, was pronouncing the fake Cyclops’s death sentence!

The black-robed man stared blankly at the fake Cyclops beneath Star’s feet, its life fluctuations growing weaker and weaker. He glanced at Star, who kept his head raised, brandishing his sharp claws. Swallowing hard, the black-robed man activated his Instantaneous Movement Ability and fled into the distance. Obviously, he had abandoned the task of retrieving the sacred beast, prioritizing his own life...

After a long while, when the fake Cyclops under Star’s feet had been beaten into a bloody pulp, Star finally stopped.

Sensing no remaining life fluctuations from the fake Cyclops beneath him, Star slowly lifted his claw and looked down. The fake Cyclops’s original torso had turned into a pulpy mass. As Star watched in bewilderment and surprise, this pulpy mass began to slowly transform.

First, it began to flow, bit by bit. Then its color gradually changed from grayish-white to white, until it became a lump of pure white, jelly-like substance. This gelatinous mass continuously coalesced under Star’s feet until it formed a complete sphere. Then it slowly hardened, finally settling in the large pit Star had pummeled into the ground, and then lay still.

Star scratched the top of his head with a huge claw. The killing intent and savagery in his eyes were gone, replaced by sheer curiosity.

He stretched out a huge claw and lightly prodded the spherical object in front of him with the sharp tip of one digit.

Hmm, soft and very springy.

Star tested the feel of the unknown object, then prodded it again, this time with slightly more force.

Perhaps this prod caused the thing pain. Suddenly, the white sphere in front of Star sprang up. Simultaneously, white, thread-like substances shot out from its body, coiling directly towards Star’s head. It was incredibly fast and utterly unexpected. Star had no time to react before the threads struck him in the face.

Like a gas, the threads penetrated his senses and went straight into his mind.

Then...

Star wobbled as if drunk.

However, this lasted only a very short time. Star swayed just twice before steadying himself again.

Star stood his ground and sneezed hard several times. ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO! The airflow blasting from his mouth and nose carried a faint white gas, blowing directly onto the white doughy mass and sending it rolling far away!

Only then did Star realize what had happened. So that’s what it was! This thing was trying to control me with some insidious trick!

Realizing this, Star was instantly outraged. Staring at the slightly smaller white doughy mass on the ground, he fiercely poked it a couple more times.

Only then did he connect with Wen Yu’s consciousness.

Wen Yu’s instructions were simple: Star was to stand his ground, keep an eye on that thing, and wait for him and Cyclops.

Hearing Wen Yu’s response, Star looked at his surroundings and then at the basin-sized white doughy mass at his feet. Thinking about how he had inhaled the white threads just moments before, he hesitantly extended a claw...