Chapter 1588 1581: Ruled by Beasts (4)

Chapter 1588 Chapter 1581: Ruled by Beasts (4)

The vague winged shadow hurtled toward the rogue planet with ferocious momentum. The planet's sky layer was already thin, so the sheer force of its descent dispersed a large portion of its fragile protection from afar.

The entire planet rumbled after a blast of chaos mana pierced through previously rented portions of the sky layer, slamming into it at high speeds, and creating a thunderous flood of chaos mana, dispersing the Chill of the Dark Void upon a quarter of the planet's surface. All life in that region was subjected to its effects. Cries of agony, terror, and pain from the living creatures barely hanging on resounded for a brief period before ceasing altogether. It was tragic. T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m

The sound of pure suffering.

The bare-footed, silver-haired, loosely-robed figure stood upright as an observer, using his senses to hear the suffering, while his eyes focused on the approaching shadow stretched for tens of thousands of meters, its imposing wingspan was most of that.

From his spiritual sense, he keenly grasped the signs of living beings struggling to survive in the harsh environment barely sustained by the grace of the larger stars, albeit unable to find a new home in any of their orbits. All these living beings, just from the sounds of their heartbeats, it was easy to tell they were humans. Their cultivation bases, however, were pitifully low.

Suddenly, the vague shadow soon descended onto the planet, exposing its unearthly size and avian species. It had brown feathers, a sharp, curved golden beak with a strip black at its center, and its belly was a beige color. The talons were dull golden with tips of sanguine red, as if it was born of blood, and just glancing upon its monstrous size, one could feel within their very souls that its talons could grab mountains and lift planets.

It landed upon the earth, adding newfound claw marks that were chasms to normal mortal humans, digging hundreds of meters into the earth as if it were mere paper mache. It let loose a clarion cry that was far deeper than Bai Lin, sending shockwaves through the thin sky layer, dispersing any lingering clouds that dared to form.

After exerting its strength, the shine exuded from its bright, yellowish eyes illuminated the world as if it were replacing the moons and stars of the world.

From afar, stifled cries and muffled screams resounded as humans who have reached adulthood and have a little cultivation to their name grabbed their younger members from thousands of miles away. They knew that...

"RUN!RUN!!HIDE!!!"

Their survival instincts etched into their bones since birth kicked in, and some jumped into burrowed earthen holes that seemed to have been long prepared. They held their breaths and prayed to the heavens. This occurred across the planet. Entire settlements were abandoned. These settlements were very low-effort yet sufficient to house, clearly meant to be temporary. Just now, the vast majority of these settlements collapsed.

Those enveloped by the Chill of the Dark Void were littered with corpses of all ages, from infants to adults. There weren't any signs of any advanced members of a high age among the corpses, nor signs of any advanced development of technology, only faint signs of cultivation here and there. This included regions of unnaturally sparse astral essence.

"It let loose another clarion cry that shook the world and amusement flashed across its gaze as it waited. The planet's sky layer began to attempt a natural process of repair, while the beast would peck at its feathers and wings as if to scratch an itch, clearly exhibiting patience. After a solid hour, when the humans and other living beings have all hidden away, the bird of prey of monstrous size and unearthly strength unfurled its wings, sending twisters and tornadoes across the nearby regions.

The corpses of those long dead due to the Chill of the Dark Void were eviscerated in the blink of an eye, painting the sky a faint hue of bloody red. Then it leaped! It didn't fly, but jumped! With a single bound, what would normally be a bird taking a hop from one side of a branch to another for a few inches, brought this avian monstrosity from one point to hundreds of miles away.

A well-closed plot of earth was beneath its feet, its talons dug into the ground, and its sanguine tip pierced flesh and split bone. Yet the humans within didn't scream even in death. They didn't dare to.

The bird pecked downwards with the force of a meteor, and a large swathe of land was split. When it removed its mouth, like worms, dozens of humans of varying ages were in its mouth. With a gleeful smile in its eyes at its harvest, it lifted its head and allowed those inside its mouth to slide through its gut. At this point, holding it in was pointless as they screamed in horror.

Zuhei's gaze moved as a tiny-sized planet was split into two by two young Rocs with the strength of Timelords, pulling the planet apart using their talons. The Dark Void swiftly became littered with corpses of tens of thousands of humans, and he even spotted a few hybrid demons among them.

As they fought, younger Rocs flew toward those dead or dying humans and snatched them as if presented with a great opportunity. Those humans' cultivation bases ranged from the Qi Condensation Realm to the Sky Ruler Phase, the Second Stage of the Astral Core Realm. They couldn't resist even the younger ones out for the hunt or survive the inhospitable environment of the Dark Void.

Zuhei had found himself in the hunting or nurturing grounds for Rocs. When he verified this fact, his scarlet eyes glimmered with a savage, feral, and bloodthirsty light. He licked his lips as the aura of predation emanated from every fiber of his being, the aura of an apex predator!

Bearing his sharp canines, hunger overwhelmed his senses. Since they were hunting, by the logic of equality, they shouldn't mind being hunted!

"And if they did...

SO FUCKING WHAT!!!"

"AH-WOOO!" With a primal howl of the most primordial wolf, Zuhei's claws glinted with a sharp light as his legs pumped themselves with strength, his posture lowered to resemble that of a beast on the hunt, ready to pounce! His figure vanished.

BOOSH!!

The region he stood in sunk, forming a chasm that reached its molten planetary core. The Roc was in the middle of perking its head to gobble some more helpless humans. Suddenly, its pupils shrunk as a sensation of imminent danger enveloped its heart, and it instinctively tried to bat its wings to rush into the sky.

It sent signals from its brain to its body many times, thinking that it should already be back in the Dark Void, ready to assess what it had just felt, but the scenery only shifted once, and he seemed further away from the thin sky layer!

Zuhei held the head of the large Roc that he had just ripped off. With his fangs bared, he chomped into its skull, crushing bone and ripping apart its brain in a single bite. With hearty crunches that could bring a shiver to the soul, Zuhei relished the new flavor.

"So that's how Roc brain, bone, and flesh taste! HOW DELICIOUS!!"

Unfortunately, the humans that were in its stomach would die from its stomach acid or the crushing pressure within its body. However, in a way, if they wanted vengeance, they had received it.

After all, these hunting grounds meant for them were about to change.

Roc was now on the menu.

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Erdiul's Note: Now that's what I'm talking about.