Cursed Immortality

Chapter 1212: Primary Nightmare: Desperation

The moment Whiteness vanished and the newly arrived monstrosity lost its target, a ripple of violent confusion spread through its massive form. For a fraction of a second, it remained still, as if processing, and then it erupted.

A soundless roar tore through the void as the three-headed abomination lashed out blindly. Its jagged limbs carved through space, slicing apart everything in reach. Entire clusters of Zodiac Beasts were erased in an instant, their forms shredded into nothingness before they could even react.

It was quite clear that it wasn’t hunting anymore but was unleashing its fury with pure instinct of destruction.

Jacob’s entire being went cold as he knew it couldn’t find Whiteness, and that made it far worse because now there was no target, only rage. The rampage continued for several breaths of chaos.

But right at that moment, it stopped abruptly as all three skull-like heads snapped in unison, turning toward a single direction. The center, which was the territory and the source of dense Void Energy that the special Zodiac Beast had been absorbing all this time.

Jacob’s eyes flickered as he also noticed it, ‘Could it be it sensed something even more attractive than Whiteness? Or perhaps the same thing that Whiteness had been targeting all this time is also attracted to it?’

With a strong intent filled with desire to devour, the next moment, it moved, and not blindly with rage like before, but with purpose.

Its colossal body coiled and then shot forward, tearing through the void like a falling catastrophe, aimed directly at the domain of the Fable Legendary Zodiac Beast.

This time, it had no intention of letting anything escape.

The massive Zodiac Beast at the center reacted instantly. The moment the intruder locked onto it, the surrounding void distorted violently as waves of dense energy surged outward.

Its entire form pulsed, and for the first time, it didn’t hesitate and attacked.

The collision came without warning. A jagged limb from the three-headed beast cleaved downward, splitting space itself, and was met head-on by a massive appendage of the special Zodiac Beast.

‘BOOM…’

The void shattered, not metaphorically, but literally, as fractures spread across space like broken glass, as two overwhelming forces clashed.

The battle began, and it was far from its battle with Whiteness’s precise exchanges, and more like domination against domination.

The special Zodiac Beast unleashed torrents of condensed Void Energy, shaping them into crushing waves that bent space inward, attempting to bind and suppress its opponent.

It was Void Law, albeit crude, but powerful.

In response, the three-headed beast howled silently as its bodies ignited with violent crimson currents. Its limbs tore through those bindings, slicing apart the very fabric of those constructs. Another strike, faster, and sharper with intent to destroy.

The void became a battlefield of collapsing dimensions as one side sought control, while the other sought annihilation.

The special Zodiac Beast shifted, pulling massive amounts of Void Energy into itself before releasing it in a concentrated burst, forming a gravitational collapse that crushed inward from all directions.

For a moment, the three-headed beast slowed as its movement seemed to be restricted, and its limbs caught.

Jacob’s was astounded, and for a moment he thought, ‘It’s working…’

But like an illusion, the Legendary Noble Stage Zodiac Beast broke free with pure violence and brutality. As if tearing through chains, it exploded outward, shredding the entire construct apart, and in the same motion, it struck!

This time, the impact landed directly as the special Zodiac Beast’s body twisted violently and its massive frame was hurled backward, cracks spreading across its armored surface.

It wasn’t equal, not even close, and Jacob also realized instantly that the Legendary Noble State Zodiac wasn’t just stronger, but more feral, and complete in destruction.

As if also understanding the terrifying gap between them, the special Zodiac Beast didn’t hesitate and fled.

The moment it turned, its massive body surged away from the battlefield, abandoning the clash without a second thought. It chose survival over pride and its precious cultivation zone.

But the other didn’t stop and followed relentlessly with an unyielding intent like a predator that had found worthy prey.

In that moment, Jacob, who was observing everything while hiding his presence, suddenly felt something amiss, and the next instant, a sudden shift happened.

Before he could react, a massive tendril of Void Energy wrapped around him, and his entire existence froze, and then he was pulled, dragged violently into the fleeing Zodiac Beast’s body mass.

“…!”

Jacob finally panicked as he knew that guy was bringing him along, dragging him into this battle of life and death. But he couldn’t resist, or act as his ‘role’ bound him completely, and just like that, he was taken.

Thereafter, the chase began as the void blurred, everything twisted into streaks of distortion as the two colossal beings tore through space at impossible speeds.

Behind them, destruction followed.

The three-headed beast closed the distance relentlessly, its limbs striking again and again, forcing the fleeing entity to twist, evade, and absorb impact after impact.

Each hit was getting closer, and each moment turned more desperate, making the special Zodiac Beast act.

Suddenly, violently, it reached outward and pulled the nearby Zodiac Beasts; hundreds were seized instantly, dragged into its path, and thrown like meat shields.

The pursuing beast didn’t slow as it tore through them effortlessly, shattered their bodies, and space ruptured in its path, but even that slight delay bought time, again and again.

The fleeing beast repeated the process, sacrificing everything in its path just to survive.

Jacob felt it all, the desperation, the fear, and the instinct screaming to live, and for the first time, he felt it clearly.

‘This thing… is going to lose! But what will happen to this Primary Nightmare? Could it be this guy really wasn’t the antagonist!?’

The distance shrank as the attacks landed more frequently and cracks on the special Zodiac Beast deepened while void Energy destabilized.

Even Jacob felt it was on the verge of collapse, and that everything was going to be over.

A cold realization settled in Jacob’s mind as he thought, ‘If this creature fell, I would fall with it, and unlike Whiteness, there would be no escape as it didn’t have Whiteness’s talent of Void Autocrat…’

But all of a sudden, something changed as the special Zodiac Beast’s intent shifted from fear and desperation to hope!