Chapter 133: A Pause and the Discovery of a New Continent

Mud and rain splashed violently. The lion-like monstrosity was slammed into the ground, creating one crater after another.

"Boom..."
"Boom..."
"Boom..."

Garuru did not care if the creature was moving or dead; it swung the beast around tirelessly.

"Thwack!"

The monstrosity flew through the air, crashing into the ground two hundred meters away and sending up another spray of water and mud. Despite the heavy downpour, the mane of the Lion-Faced Vajra remained majestic and fluffy, unaffected by the elements. Garuru looked down at the severed tail in its hand as a command from Wu You echoed in its consciousness.

"Garuru, leave it be. It's already dead. Move on to the next sector."

...

In the center of the containment zone, a cluster of craters of various sizes lay side by side, one of them exceptionally large.

"Crackle... Crackle..."

A teeth-gritting sound resonated—the mournful screech of bones and muscles being crushed under immense pressure.

"Roar!"

A black, salamander-like monstrosity, over ten meters in length, writhed in agony. Its mouth, lined with sharp teeth, was clamped firmly onto Ao Guang’s belly. The creature’s fangs dug deep into the cyan scales, and as the Azure Dragon’s blood flowed into its maw, the monstrosity grew even more frenzied. However, its entire body was tightly coiled within the dragon’s grasp; every time it struggled, the constricting force tightened further.

Around the battlefield of the two silver-tier entities lay countless low-level monstrosities, their bodies charred or scorched.

"Woooo..."

After a low moan, the massive salamander’s body began to fade. Ao Guang sensed that it wasn't just the creature's visual image disappearing; its physical form was beginning to dissipate like flowing air, trying to slip out of the dragon's coils.

"Zzzzt... Zzzzt... Crackle..."

In an instant, the entire Azure Dragon transformed into a massive, dragon-shaped entity of pure light, with countless electrical arcs flickering across its surface.

"Wooooo~~~!"

The monstrosity was forced into visibility by the intense voltage, but this time, its positioning was worse than before. Desperate to escape the coils, it released its bite on the dragon's belly, thrusting its entire upper body out of the binding.

"Crackle... Crackle..."

The bones in the majority of its body were fractured from the immense pressure of the hold. As the monstrosity writhed violently, the Azure Dragon’s massive head loomed over it. The dragon opened its jaws, bristling with sharp barbs, each tooth wrapped in terrifying, high-intensity electrical arcs. Its amber dragon eyes fixed intently on the struggling head below, as if to say, "Now, it's my turn."

Within 0.1 seconds, the Azure Dragon’s jaws snapped shut like lightning over the salamander’s head, unleashing a massive surge of electricity simultaneously.

...

Several kilometers away, the Primordial Demon and Qiongqi had easily dispatched their opponent. It was a rare insectoid creature with sprawling, jointed armor plates, resembling a giant mutated spider nearly a hundred meters wide. However, Salasuo and Mo Ke were both masters of psychological manipulation; their combined assault left the monstrosity—whose weak point was its own psychic power—with its "soul" completely drained. Its exterior remained unscathed, still wearing a look of bewilderment, as if it had only just emerged from the meteorite.

Salasuo leaned against Qiongqi, chatting happily. As the primary beneficiary of this psychic extraction, it could clearly feel its power growing.

"Mo Ke, I think we really get along. You're much easier to deal with than the Lion King."

It then lifted the arm that had been resting on Qiongqi’s back, inspected it, and looked at Qiongqi with a serious expression.

"Has any person or beast ever told you that you're quite prickly?"

"Roar!"

Qiongqi snapped its jaws at the demon, but Salasuo dodged nimbly. The demon waved a hand dismissively.

"Can't you have a little sense of humor?"

What a character... Wu You felt speechless. Was the Primordial Demon's talent for mockery directed inward?

...

This high-intensity engagement lasted for several days. During this time, Wu You did not sleep for even an hour. He refused to risk losing a precious silver-tier alchemical creature just because he took a nap. Under the current circumstances, he chose to hoard his transcendent energy materials for the time being.

It was not because he found the monstrosities easy to handle after the meteor shower. On the contrary, Wu You felt the pressure. This time, he had caught them off guard; most of the monstrosities had been affected by the impact of their descent. Although their total numbers exceeded his alchemical creatures, he had maintained a firm grasp on local superiority.

But that was only because the monstrosities were, at most, silver-tier. What about next time? When high-level silver or even gold-tier entities appeared, surprise attacks would likely prove useless. Therefore, before the unknown threats emerged, he needed to produce gold-tier creatures of his own.

The oppressive feeling in the sky finally subsided as the endless stream of meteorites ceased. Although the meteor shower appeared denser than before, scattering across the vast lands outside the containment zone, the energy signatures of anything above silver-tier had essentially vanished. If any remained, there would be only one or two at most.

Had the meteorite tide ended just like that? If there was no third wave, he wouldn't have to worry about the Eastern Domain or his own backyard for the time being. At least, Wu You didn't believe the monstrosities carried walkie-talkies to broadcast into the cosmos: "Report, we have been ambushed, we have encountered natural predators, the entire army is wiped out, requesting reinforcements..."

However, given the initial blood-serpent and the metal fragments discovered, Wu You believed the "hostile forces" would not abandon their designs on the Eastern Domain. Eventually, some creature with a functioning brain would come to check if the vanguard had achieved anything. If he had to put a timeline on it, he hoped it would be at least a few years. He also hoped that by then, he would have enough strength to give the invaders a surprise so he wouldn't have to abandon the Eastern Domain.

If a third wave of meteorites were to occur, those concerns would be dealt with later. Under normal circumstances, without Wu You’s intervention, these waves of meteorites would have been enough to wipe out every living thing visible on the Eastern Domain.

The good news didn't stop there. The ruby and sapphire deposits he had been searching for were not absent from the Eastern Domain; it was just that in this world, the source of corundum was incredibly remote, located in the other hemisphere where there were no human inhabitants. That land was separated from the Divine Continent by a vast, trackless ocean with no land bridge. While there were ships, they were mostly used for fishing or coastal navigation; no "Columbus-like" figures had yet discovered the new continent.

A few demons had tracked several fast-flying creatures—only bronze-tier at best—for three full days. It wasn't until those insect-winged lizards were nearly exhausted that they finally killed them on that new continent. During the battle, the monstrosities had smashed through a rocky cliff, revealing several raw sapphire crystals. Fortunately, the entities sent to track them were humanoid demons; had it been the Mantis-kin, they likely would have ignored the shiny objects glittering in the sunlight.