Sports Center, open ground.
The ground began to tremble violently, as cracks spread frantically in all directions like a spider web.
The fissures grew wider and deeper, revealing the dark experimental hollow below.
"Rumble—!"
Accompanied by a deafening roar, a behemoth was about to burrow out from underground!
The first thing that caught the eye was a sharp, spiral single horn.
The horn was crystal clear, composed of pure crystal, with spiral patterns circling from the base to the tip, refracting brilliant light under the sun.
Next came a massive head.
The head's outline was similar to a Blue Whale, but it was covered in a natural layer of transparent crystal, as if draped in diamond armor.
Glazed vertical pupils slowly opened, reflecting complex patterns within as they scanned this unfamiliar world.
Finally, there was the streamlined body.
The sixty-meter-long body slowly rose from the ground, every inch of skin covered in crystals, shimmering in the sunlight like a divine beast from myth.
Lilith stood in place, tilting her head slightly, her crimson vertical pupils watching the giant beast emerge from the earth, a flash of surprise crossing her face.
A whale.
A Blue Whale encased in diamond crystals.
She really wanted to know how the other party did it—strengthening an ordinary creature to such an extent.
"I want to know,"
Lilith spoke, her youthful voice echoing across the open ruins.
"How did you get that layer of crystals on your body?"
She paused, her gaze falling on that crystal-clear armor.
"The crystals show no signs of life, yet they seem to be one with you. A very interesting design."
In the distance, that Crystal Blue Whale—Sato—floated quietly in the air, his glazed vertical pupils staring fixedly at the petite figure.
His heart sank to the bottom.
He was able to upload his consciousness into this mutated Blue Whale, so his Spirit and soul were naturally powerful.
But it was precisely because of this that he could clearly sense how terrifying the little girl before him was.
It was an indescribable sense of oppression.
It wasn't aura, nor was it killing intent; it was a pure crushing of life levels.
It was as if what stood before him was not a human, but a ferocious beast from a higher dimension.
"If I tell you,"
Sato spoke, his gruff voice slightly low and laced with gravity.
"Will you let me go?"
With her hands behind her head, Lilith tilted her head, a hint of laziness in her eyes.
Her petite, fragile body formed a sharp contrast with Sato's massive Blue Whale form.
But her stride, her posture, and that nonchalant expression made Sato feel an invisible pressure.
"Right now,"
Lilith spoke calmly, her voice youthful yet brooks no argument.
"You do not yet have the right to negotiate with me."
The corners of her mouth curled into a half-smile.
"But you can gamble—gamble that I'm in a good mood, gamble on my kindness, gamble that I might, perhaps, possibly let you go."
Her tone and demeanor were as if she were toying with an ant in her palm.
Behind her, the Alien Queen slowly raised its massive head, its dark gold vertical pupils watching the Crystal Blue Whale, its aura faintly restless.
At a single command from Lilith, it would immediately pounce and tear the opponent to shreds instantly.
On the other side, the Flesh and Blood Corpse King was also eager to move.
In its dark purple eyes filled with multiple pupils, a tyrannical light flickered, as if it were very hungry for this evenly matched battle.
Sato fell silent.
His eyes revealed an embarrassment that was hard to hide.
Originally, if given enough time, he could have grown completely and become a true SSS-rank existence.
By then, whether it was the Dragon Kingdom or America, he would fear none of them.
But now, he had only just been born and was already blocked at the doorstep.
He had no time to develop, no time to grow.
Currently, he could at most fight that Flesh and Blood Corpse King to a draw.
Neither that azure behemoth that looked like an Alien nor that mysterious, unknown little girl were things he could handle right now.
But he, Sato, was never willing to leave his life in the hands of others.
His gaze swept over the Alien Queen, then the Flesh and Blood Corpse King, and finally landed on Lilith.
His eyes darkened.
The aura on his body began to climb.
Just as the Flesh and Blood Corpse King was sharpening its blades, preparing for a grand battle—
The Crystal Blue Whale's massive body suddenly turned!
Its Speed was incredibly fast, as if completely unaffected by gravity!
It changed direction and shot out toward the distant sky!
Escape!
He had to escape!
Pull away, break the lock-on of these two behemoths, and then enter the Trading Platform!
As long as he entered the Main God Space, he would be safe.
By then, the sea would be wide enough for the fish to leap, and the sky high enough for the bird to fly.
Once he truly grew up, all grudges could be settled then!
However—
Imagination is beautiful.
Reality is cruel.
Sato's massive body had barely flown a hundred meters when a petite figure appeared directly in front of him as if teleporting!
Lilith floated in the air, her crimson vertical pupils calmly watching the oncoming giant beast.
She raised a foot—that slender right foot encased in a black combat boot, looking so thin it might break.
Gently, casually, she pressed it against the Crystal Blue Whale's forehead.
"Bang—!"
A dull, massive thud!
An irresistible, terrifying force transmitted from that tiny foot!
The Crystal Blue Whale's sixty-meter-long massive body was like it had been hit head-on by a meteor; it flew backward at an even faster Speed than it had come!
"Rumble—!!!"
Its body smashed into the ground, plowing a deep trench and collapsing several long-abandoned buildings!
Dust soared into the sky, debris scattered everywhere, and the entire Sports Center shook!
"You've gone too far—!!!"
A gruff roar tore through the sky full of dust!
An ice-blue beam of light suddenly shot from his horn, streaking toward Lilith!
That was an attack Sato launched by condensing all his power, containing all his rage and despair!
However—
Before the beam could hit Lilith, a massive azure claw descended from the sky, slamming hard onto the Crystal Blue Whale's head!
"Boom!!!"
The Alien Queen!
Its seventy-meter body dropped from the sky, pinning the Crystal Blue Whale firmly to the ground!
Next, another equally massive claw pinned down the Crystal Blue Whale's tail.
The Flesh and Blood Corpse King had also moved.
It came to the other side of the Crystal Blue Whale, its massive dragon claw pinning the body down so it couldn't move.
Two behemoths, one in front and one behind, suppressed the Crystal Blue Whale completely.
Sato struggled frantically, but the strength of those two giant beasts was far beyond his imagination.
No matter how he twisted or roared, he couldn't break free in the slightest.