Chapter 304: Bound for Doom
The golden horned behemoth, its body rendered completely transparent, was like an invisible phantom.
Silently, it bypassed layers of surveillance and descended onto solid ground.
It landed in the middle of a dense forest, far from any human settlements.
Once on the ground, its transparent form gradually became visible, though it continued to suppress its aura completely.
It glanced around briefly, quickly losing interest.
Then
It dug into the earth.
Or rather
It phased into the ground.
It extended its claws, plunged them into the soil, and sank downward effortlessly as if diving into water.
The video's perspective followed it underground, revealing the behemoth swimming through the earth with the grace of a fish in the ocean.
Its goal was obvious.
Livestream Chat Reactions
[Oh no!]
[That thing is heading straight for the planet's core!]
[It's over…]
[Once it reaches the core, it'll drain the planet just like it did to that plant covered world!]
[Douluo Star is doomed…]
[It's all over.]
One comment after another filled the livestream chat, viewers gripped by a deep sense of dread.
Drilling Toward the Core
The golden horned behemoth dove deeper and deeper, tearing through the earth's crust and rock layers as if they were nothing.
It raced downward like an arrow, heading straight for the planet's core.
After realizing that a direct battle was unwise, the behemoth switched tactics
Instead of fighting head on, it planned to stealthily absorb the planet's energy from within.
Little by little.
By the time the inhabitants of Douluo Star noticed, it would already be on the verge of evolving to its next stage.
At that point
What would it have to fear?
But just as it was about to reach the core
BAM!
The golden horned behemoth slammed into an invisible barrier!
The impact reverberated through the depths of the planet, yet it felt no pain
Only shock.
What the hell?
It examined the barrier closely.
To its surprise, it found that this forcefield
Though different in color, had the same energy signature as the planetary shield that had blocked its previous attack!
Which meant
Breaking through was impossible with its current strength.
Livestream Chat Explodes
[YES!!!]
[That must be a safeguard left by Lord Ye Cheng before he left!]
[Of course! Before he departed, he rewrote the planet's rules, broke the limitations on soul beasts, AND set up a planetary defense!]
[He really was a genius!]
[All hail the City Lord!]
[Haha, let's see what this beast does now!]
For the first time in a long while, the livestream viewers cheered watching the golden horned behemoth struggle was incredibly satisfying.
Foiled Again
The behemoth spent a long time analyzing the barrier
And ultimately
It gave up.
There was no way through.
Someone had long since reinforced the planet's core, preventing intrusions like this.
Its plan to absorb the core's energy had completely failed.
Annoyed, the behemoth scratched its head in a very human like manner.
Fine. No choice.
It turned around and headed back up.
Moving upward was just as effortless as moving down.
Within moments, it surfaced once more.
A New Encounter
As soon as it emerged, it felt something watching it.
It turned to see
A three meter long white tiger, its fur gleaming with soul power, crouched nearby.
Its fangs bared, eyes filled with predatory hunger.
Clearly
The tiger had mistaken the golden horned behemoth for prey.
The behemoth ignored it completely.
It had no interest in such a weak creature.
But the white tiger took its lack of response as a sign of weakness
It let out a fierce roar
And leaped forward, aiming to sink its fangs into the tiny, dog sized behemoth!
A One Sided Encounter
CRACK.
The tiger froze.
Its body suspended mid air, as if time itself had stopped.
Yet
The terror in its eyes remained.
It wasn't time manipulation
It was pure fear.
The golden horned behemoth suddenly turned its gaze toward the tiger.
Its dark golden eyes gleamed
A flash of light streaked from the tiger's forehead
Straight into the behemoth's skull.
Then
The tiger's body collapsed, lifeless.
Memory Extraction
That light
Was the tiger's soul.
More specifically
Its memories.
The tiger had lived for over a hundred years, and though its intelligence was limited, it still possessed knowledge of the world.
Absorbing this soul, the golden horned behemoth was no longer clueless about Douluo Star.
It now understood
What a soul beast was.
What a contract master was.
And much more.
"…Soul beasts… Contract Masters…"
The golden horned behemoth suddenly spoke fluently in the common tongue of Douluo Star.
A clear, intelligent voice.
"…Interesting."
"I need more memories…"
Its dark golden eyes gleamed with intelligence.
Even though the livestream audience knew it wasn't a mere wild beast, they were still shocked to hear it speak so clearly.
Livestream Chat in Panic
[WHAT?!]
[Why is it speaking our language?!]
[Wait… was that tiger's soul its "memories"?]
[No way… it can absorb memories by devouring souls?!]
[It's basically a demon!]
[It's not just strong it's SMART!]
[We are SO screwed.]
A deep sense of dread filled the chat.
The realization hit hard
A star devouring behemoth that could absorb memories to rapidly adapt and grow smarter…
Now lurking somewhere on their planet…
The implications were horrifying.
Douluo Star
Was doomed.
(End of Chapter)
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