Chapter 77 - World Eater Reveals Itself

A/N: I've seen quite a few comments talking about the second awakening so I'll just clarify it here. If some of you didn't know, this story is actually a God of Highschool and Soul Land crossover. MC is based off the Jade Emperor from GOH. It's just that I took some creative liberties with his powerset for my story. As for his martial spirit second awakening, you can go read up how the original Blade of Tathagata was crafted. It's not what'll exactly happen, but it's a hint as to what you should expect for the second awakening.

As all the Titled Douluos in the vicinity looked at the inky fog in the sea, they all kept quiet, preparing themselves in case the kraken decided to attack again.

The tension was so thick that it could be cut with a knife. Mu Ye clenched his fists wanting to attack again, but quickly relaxed them when the inky fog began to lift.

It was at this moment that an abrupt terrifying aura made itself known to the world. The seas began to rage and the sky began to shake under the weight of such a terrifying force.

The faces of all the Spirit Masters paled as they felt their blood essences tremble in fear.

Mu Ye's expression turned gloomy. "Everyone, I fear that an even more powerful Great Beast is coming. Everyone below the Titled Douluo stage, please retreat and all the esteemed Titled Douluos here, please lend me aid in taking care of this beast."

The faces of all the Spirit Masters in the vicinity turned into one of shock.

Standing on the ice floor, Huang Yu sighed before he instantly arrived next to Gu Yue.

"We have to go."

Without giving Gu Yue a chance to react, he picked her up in a princess carry, causing her to let out a squeak in surprise before he jumped back onto the ship.

Seeing Huang Yu's actions, other Spirit Masters began retreating as well. However, under the terrifying coercion, their movements were sluggish and slow.

Nevertheless, all the Spirit Masters on the ice floor managed to get out in time just as the terrifying aura reached its peak.

The moment it did so, a massive head, half the size of the ship, burst out of the seas and stretched out towards the sky, causing tsunamis in all directions.

Xiao Chen used her spirit ring ability. [Kaballah Merkava], creating a massive barrier around the ship, stopping the massive waves from damaging the hull of the ship further.

Every spirit master there managed to get a good look at the humongous spirit beast that had bursted out of the waters. There was a beard on below its chin as its yellow eyes seemed to pierce into any soul that dared to look into it.

'A snake?' Mu Ye thought with a frown on his face. 'There isn't any information about a Great Beast like this in the oceans, and from the looks of it, its power shouldn't be in the bottom half of the top ten either…''

Gu Yue was put down by Huang Yu at this moment, couldn't help but stare at the giant snake with a confused look in her eyes at this time. 'Snakes are supposed to be from the dragon family, yet why can't I feel any close bloodline connection towards it?'

'Not only that, it's clearly only a hundred-thousand-years old beast, albeit one not that far from the Great Beast level! Yet, why do I feel that even Di Tian may not be an opponent for this snake?'

Gu Yue took several glances towards Huang Yu only to see a smile on his face.

'Is this beast related to him?'

It was then that a heaven-shaking roar emerged from the giant snake. Every being had to mobilise a massive amount of spiritual energy to defend themselves from the shockwaves of the roar.

Seeing this, Huang Yu frowned as he sent a warning glance towards the giant snake. 'Jorm, you've had your meal, stop playing around. You're going to damage the ship.'

Jorm smiled bitterly as an apologetic look flashed in its eyes. 'Sorry master,' it apologised through the telepathic communication the two of them shared.'

Unfortunately, Mu Ye and the other Titled Douluos weren't privy to this little exchange. Hence, in their eyes, it looked as if Jorm was disdaining them and was going to devour them all in one bite.

Elder Cai gritted her teeth as her scepter shone with a bright ŀustre. That was stopped however as she noticed something that sent terrible waves in her heart.

"I, is that a tentacle at the corner of its mouth?" Elder Cai gasped out.

Having heard Elder Cai's sudden remark, everyone followed her line of sight in order to confirm her words.

Unfortunately, every Spirit Master there was only greeted with horror.

"That's impossible!"

"This beast just ate one of the Great Beasts and its minions in one bite?!"

"Something like this was hiding in the oceans all this time?!!"

A helpless expression appeared on Mu Ye's face. He was far stronger than the kraken thanks to his divine mecha and four-word battle armour, but not even he could defeat a Great Beast in one blow, even if it was badly injured!

How strong was this beast? To think that something like this was hiding right beneath their noses, it was frightening!

Could this be a prehistoric beast from ancient times? If that was the case, wouldn't that mean that there were even more of it within the depths of the ocean?

Facing Jorm, Mu Ye's expression shifted from one of helplessness into one of acceptance.

"Everyone, brace yourselves. I'll try to buy some time so that everyone here can escape."

Looks of surprise appeared on the faces of all the Titled Douluos before they nodded, respect towards Mu Ye etching itself into their hearts.

The next generation was far more important than they were. Mu Ye understood that and was about to take a stand to protect them.

Jorm looked at Mu Ye's bravery with a hint of humour in its eyes however. It felt as if it was a joke that Mu Ye thought that he could possibly delay it.

It was the spirit soul of its master, Huang Yu, a supreme hegemon that could squash all these insects in front of it like ants. As long as Huang Yu willed it, Jorm could easily devour the endless oceans by itself.

Nonetheless, its master's current orders were absolute. Hence, it merely snorted loudly, causing a mouthful of blood to spurt out from Mu Ye's mouth before it dove back into the oceans, deftly returning to Huang Yu when it was out of sight.

It was already rather satisfied today anyways. It had managed to devour that little octopus and its bunch of loons that dared to target its master.

As of this day, the Ten Great Beasts were down to Nine.

Watching Jormungandr leave, all the Titled Douluos heaved a sigh of relief. The Titled Douluos who weren't happy to see Jorm go however, were only Xiao Chen and Romario.

They were actually quite star-struck seeing their king's auspicious beast lay waste to those heretical spirit beasts that dared to attack their king.

It was only unfortunate that Xiao Chen had to act so that the ship's hull wasn't damaged.

A few minutes later, everyone managed to recover from the shock of seeing such a terrible beast. The Shrek Academy group reported for a headcount of passengers and casualties before leaving for their cabins.

"Huang Yu…" Gu Yue spoke with a complicated expression on her face as they walked side by side back to their cabins.

"Yes?"

"About that beast…"

Huang Yu imperceptibly stiffened up at those words. Nevertheless, he kept his cool and acted naturally. "Yeah, what about it?"

In his mind however, this one question was repeating in his mind.

'Does she know? It can't be right? Jorm has changed a lot since she last saw him.'

To be honest, Huang Yu didn't mind if Gu Yue found out about Jorm. However, he didn't want Gu Yue to find out about it herself since he wanted to tell her his secrets personally when they were both willing to share.

Gu Yue hmphed as she crossed her arms. "You took advantage of me just now didn't you?"

Hearing this, Huang Yu chuckled before he pulled her into his arms. "Does it matter? The rice has already been cooked so what does that little bit matter? I also haven't settled accounts for all your cheeky little actions back then."

A burning red blush appeared on Gu Yue's face as Huang Yu's words entered her ears. She beat on Huang Yu's ċhėst softly with her fists as the tips of her ears glowed bright red. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a very pure person and I've never done anything of that sort. You're clearly framing me."

Huang Yu's chuckles turned into a laugh. "Of course! Whatever you say."

A pout formed on Gu Yue's lips as she broke free from Huang Yu's embrace. She turned her head away from him. "You're sleeping on the couch tonight."

"Eh?"

The weight of those words hit Huang Yu like a truck as he hurriedly went to coax Gu Yue with sweet nothings.

Managing to coax Gu Yue with her in his arms again after a while, Huang Yu let out a soft whew.

'Mission success, crisis averted.'

Embracing Huang Yu with their heads touching after that, an amused voice came from Gu Yue's lips. "Heh, I've finally managed to get one over you after so long."

"Then I'll need to win one back won't I?" Huang Yu said amusedly as well. He dove in for a quick peck on the lips, there was a sudden cough that made both of them freeze.

Both of them turned their heads up, only to be greeted with Wu Zhangkong's cold face.

"Please don't show your PDA here. Get a room."