Chapter 143: Deep-Sea Giant Octopus, Bloodbath of the Injured Avatar (I)

Chapter 143: Deep-Sea Giant Octopus, Bloodbath of the Injured Avatar (I)

As the Sword Armored Fiery Beast continued to grow, both its strength and its feeding demands had grown alongside it. Now reaching over seventeen meters in length, it was starting to more and more resemble a colossal beast.

That night, hundreds of meters below the sea surface, the Fiery Beast moved through the deep ocean like a black shadow. Apart from the disturbance caused by its movement through the water, its immense size went largely unnoticed, thanks to concealing its aura.

This underwater landscape was characterized by a small mountain range with varying terrain. Several kilometers ahead lay a deep-sea trench, descending to depths of over a thousand meters. Rising from the seabed on the other side was a mountain peak, its highest point barely a hundred meters below the surface.

In such a complex environment, even the Fiery Beast had to proceed with caution, maximizing its perception and attentiveness to the movements of the surrounding water. After all, the depths below could potentially harbor lurking deep-sea colossal beasts.

However, this environment also offered abundant resources in the form of mutated marine life. Today alone, the Fiery Beast had already consumed several level 4 and 5 mutated creatures.

It had just traversed over the sea trench, and started to glide past the peak....

Boom!

A sudden explosion ruptured the mountain below, unleashing massive tentacles that surged forth from the rolling mud and sand and swooped toward the Fiery Beast like a net from all directions.

The Fiery Beast responded swiftly to this abrupt assault. Its terrifying power surged forth instantaneously, propelling its massive form skyward.

Boom!

A thunderous boom echoed as the sea erupted and the Fiery Beast launched itself dozens of meters into the air. Beneath it, a multitude of colossal tentacles gave chase.

Bang!

The Fiery Beast carved an arc through the air over a hundred meters before plummeting back into the sea with a resounding crash. Then, in a flash, it dove back to depths of dozens of meters, its gaze cold and unwavering.

Perched atop the mountain peak was a giant octopus, standing nineteen meters tall and bearing twelve tentacles, the longest of which exceeded twenty meters. Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

While the Fiery Beast had encountered mutated octopuses before and even devoured a few, this particular specimen exuded an unparalleled aura of terror.

Its immense stature, towering six stories high, was encased in thick, black keratin, adorned with densely-packed spikes that gleamed like metal. Eight robust secondary tentacles, also coated in black keratin, sported suction cups lined with teeth, and were capable of stirring up fierce currents with the slightest movement.

Meanwhile, its four primary tentacles, each over twenty meters in length, had undergone a unique mutation. While the inner portions remained flexible and supple, the ends had completely keratinized, resembling gigantic sickles with serrated edges.

This mutated octopus had evolved toward a path of slaughter, akin to a demonic entity. Its black-tinged power emanated a dreadful aura even more potent than that of the Single-horned Orca.

The Fiery Beast maneuvered adeptly, its robust and domineering body directly smashing through the vortex currents as it skillfully dodged the sweeping tentacles.

Suddenly, the Fiery Beast's mighty right claw swung out.

Boom!

Upon contact with the swinging tentacle, a terrifying force surged, causing the Fiery Beast's massive body to tremble and falter.

Yet, the tentacle suffered as well. Under the SFiery Beast's blow, its protective energy and scales were torn apart, leaving behind deep wounds over a meter long.

Although this strike hadn’t been enhanced with the Fiery Beast’s strength ability, it did reveal the octopus's formidable defense.

Just as the claw almost tore completely through the tentacle, causing it to pause momentarily, the remaining eleven tentacles suddenly whipped up and swept toward the Fiery Beast with towering waves.

By then, the beast’s image became a black blur, tearing through the waves of the surface and soaring hundreds of meters into the air in the blink of an eye to evade the onslaught.

Bang!

The mountain peak that had been behind the Fiery Beast bore the brunt of the attack. The tentacles, each dozens of meters in diameter, pulverized the mountain summit, reducing it to rubble. The mountain’s height dropped by over twenty meters in an instant, and the surrounding seawater became murky, filled with countless fragments of rock and sand.

Boom!

The sea surface exploded again as the octopus pursued its prey like a deep sea monster. Each massive tentacle churned the sea, angrily smashing waves and creating towering water sprays.

This type of creature is really annoying.

Not far away on the surface, the Fiery Beast watched the octopus's swirling tentacles with some concern.

Compared to this octopus, hunting down mutated marine creatures with just fins, a mouth, and one innate ability at the most was much easier.

This kind of multi-limbed creature posed a far greater challenge once it mutated. They boasted attack capabilities, innate abilities, and agility, all bundled into one formidable package. In such encounters, what determined the victor boiled down to sheer robustness and strength.

Those tentacles needed to be dealt with.

A fierce glint of determination flashed in the Fiery Beast's eyes. In an instant, an endless torrent of terrifying power erupted from its body, causing the water behind it to explode.

Boom!