Technically speaking, the Myriad-Headed Beast, Augosola, was not truly without the power to counter universe battlecruisers.
However, the material world was not its home ground, and if it wanted to unleash its full power, it first needed to adjust its life rhythm and achieve adaptive resonance with the material world of the Present.
Only then could it transform into a complete Myriad-Headed Beast.
This was precisely why it had been feigning death earlier.
It retracted all its extended limbs back into its main body, as if curling itself into a large flower bud, allowing the battlecruisers in the sky to relentlessly bombard it, yet it remained motionless.
Invisible spiritual energy, however, had slowly permeated into the earth, sensing the planet's leyline fluctuations, allowing its soul to gradually merge with the natural will of the entire planet.
A deep, solemn rumble echoed from the ground, and immediately after, the armor plates on the Myriad-Headed Beast's body seemed to be reborn, opening up once again.
The wounds that had been blasted into a bloody mess were recovering at a visible speed, and the shattered tentacles regenerated like a lizard's tail, but thousands of times faster than a lizard's.
From the Myriad-Headed Beast's main body, a dozen new tentacles rose again, but they resembled steel arm-like appendages formed from alloy.
Above the metallic sheen, the tips of the arm-like appendages slowly emerged, opening up to form grotesque mechanical maws.
Within the maws, beams of light seemed to be gathering.
In the night sky, the gathering halo shimmered with bright, sharp, yet cruel light, like the eyes of a sky-devouring behemoth.
At that moment, the maws opened by the tentacles were like opening gunports, and the rising snake-like bodies seemed to aim at the massive battlecruisers in the high sky.
The central petal-shaped main body had opened, and beneath the flesh and carapace, flickering lights and shadows shone.
Scorching energy flowed through the intertwining meridians, converging towards those steel-like tentacles.
For this colossal creature, whose size could truly be described as covering the sky and obscuring the sun, perhaps only the battlecruisers in the sky were worthy prey to be taken seriously.
Wanda witnessed the scene at the foot of the mountain.
“This is Augosola’s true strength!
The so-called Myriad-Headed Beast, each head represents one to hundreds of souls.
Countless souls, due to the nature of the Void Realm and its own life, are immortal.
But in reality, they are all prey that the Myriad-Headed Beast has devoured over thousands of years of its existence.
There are those from the Void Realm, and also from the material world.
It devours the life force of souls, and also their memories, cognition, characteristics, and adaptability.
Augosola can adapt to all environments, can switch between countless states, and can also find the most suitable combat mode from its memories… Now, it has adapted to the rhythm of this planet, and it is time for it to counterattack.”
Flores Wanda looked at Yu Lian, finally showing a satisfied expression of having the upper hand for the first time: “That battlecruisers was also arranged by you, wasn’t it?
Before Yu Lian could speak, he said with a confident tone: “But you are still too overconfident!
The firepower of a battlecruisers is not enough.
If you didn't deploy enough firepower to kill it from the start, orbital bombardment is meaningless.
You should at least deploy a detachment that can be used for fortress assaults!”
Yu Lian nodded: “Yes!
Super self-healing, cell division, spatial teleportation, dimensional fusion, high adaptability, and almost anti-physical mimicry abilities are all extraordinary powers that allow Augosola to exist in the Void Realm until now.
If it weren't for this guy's obvious intelligence shortcomings, with these characteristics alone, there should be a place for it in the sequence of the Void Realm Kings.
If we only talk about its raw strength, this tentacled monster, entrenched on a planet, could potentially contend with a battlecruisers.”
Yu Lian's reaction was too calm, so calm that it was as if he was discussing a technical problem with him.
Flores Wanda's heart tightened involuntarily.
The other party's reaction seemed to be different from what he had expected.
“But, obviously, you don't know much about the Void Realm, nor do you know much about these Void Realm Behemoths!” Yu Lian looked down at the other party with a condescending gaze, and said earnestly: “As an elder, if your knowledge level is not enough, doesn't that mean you've wasted most of your life?”
Flores Wanda was speechless, feeling a bit annoyed and embarrassed for a moment.
He was clearly the elder, he was clearly a spiritual energy user of the Five Rings, he was clearly the grand chief who had dominated the universe's underworld for decades, no matter how talented the other party was, he should only be a newcomer, but what was with that look?
However, his attitude was truly too confident, so confident that it was like stating an objective truth.
Flores Wanda was indeed not very familiar with the Void Realm.
After all, the leaders of various spiritual energy user organizations must have told their subordinates that within the Six Rings, one must speak of the Void Realm with reverence, and if no one leads you, you must never go and sacrifice yourself.
But, if I don't understand, do you understand?
…Too arrogant!
Youngster, a mere newly awakened junior, trying to fool someone by pretending to be a Void Realm expert here?
Flores Wanda disliked this attitude very much; every time the other party displayed this attitude, he would inevitably suffer greatly.
Fortunately, his worries did not last too long.
Just as the Void Realm Behemoth's expanded mechanized steel tentacles had not yet had time to attack, the battlecruisers in the high sky once again dropped a dense barrage of bombs.
This time, they did not use spatial shock bombs, but the most unpretentious and low-key high-energy incendiary bombs.
Before the bombs even landed, they directly exploded in mid-air, then transformed into high-temperature flames, soaring into the sky.
Half of the sky within sight was scorched red.
In a trance, the entire Myriad-Headed Beast, and most of Sero Ancient City, the ruined walls, the surrounding forests and mountains, were all enveloped in crimson flames.
This was a terrifying sight, as if purgatory had descended, the Myriad-Headed Beast's massive body was completely covered by an orange-red light curtain formed by light and heat.
This time, it didn't even scream.
Flores Wanda was puzzled.
One must know that even the previous few rounds of spatial shock bombs had not caused fatal damage to it, let alone high-temperature incendiary bombs?
Although the Myriad-Headed Beast looked indeed plump and juicy, it was actually more resistant to burning than most military materials specifically reinforced for heat insulation.
However, precisely because he was puzzled, Flores Wanda did not dare to be careless, but became even more cautious.
At this moment, Yu Lian explained: “You are right, if I wanted to eliminate it immediately, I should indeed use the firepower of a fortress assault… But if I really used that scale of orbital bombardment, would this planet still be salvageable?
This is a naturally formed living planet, with a complete ecological chain, and its own civilization has been born.
If such a planet were to suddenly lose its vitality, what kind of terrifying sorrow and despair would that be?
This Myriad-Headed Beast might even evolve in the midst of despair.
However, the desolate and scattered life force of the planet, as well as the deep despair and fear, would inevitably become nourishment for certain unspeakable evil demons and heretics.
Perhaps this is why you committed such evil deeds?”
At this point, Yu Lian was unsure whether he should feel sorrow or anger.
Even though it was already the era of the great universe, where one could travel among the stars, the cultists and their behind-the-scenes manipulators had still made no progress.
Or rather, precisely because they had made no progress, the scale of the disasters they created was getting larger and larger!
“Even if large-scale planetary environmental engineering is used afterwards, it would take at least three to five years to restore vitality, and what has been destroyed, what has passed away, what has perished, has already become a fait accompli.
Flores Wanda, I am not like you!
Such a precious natural planet, of course, must bear a greater historical responsibility, how can it be used as a sacrifice by someone like you who squanders natural resources… Wait, what’s with that expression?
Do you think that by showing a bewildered look and an innocent little expression, you can change the fact that you have already committed anti-civilization and anti-planet crimes?”
Flores Wanda, however, remained dazed for several seconds, his gaze somewhat flickering, but he still said sternly with an arrogant, or rather, overly arrogant tone: “Nonsense… There’s no such thing!
I’ve already said it, I’m here for Salwen’s legacy!
I admit I’m a terrorist, a rebel, and I profit by using cult organizations!
But I am actually a self-interested person with proper values, definitely not some crazy anti-civilization criminal!”
He did feel a bit wronged.
By the universe spirit, he, Flores Wanda, was truly just a bad person who harmed others for his own benefit, and definitely not an incurable madman.
And at this moment, the Void Realm Behemoth also took a stride, breaking free from the orange-red flames.
We all know that its true main body, at first glance, is a large mass of various flesh and shell armor forming a large flower stem, without legs or similar organs, and this time it was moving almost by drifting.
This guy could actually drag such a massive body to perform Field Shimmer, and surprisingly, it didn't even cause an earthquake or a typhoon, truly living up to its reputation as a planetary disaster-level Void Realm Behemoth.
The monster that shimmered out from the soaring flames did not immediately counterattack, appearing somewhat bewildered.
At this moment, its entire body was still enveloped in an ominous, fierce blaze; it wasn't that its body was on fire, but rather that the flames seemed to have condensed into chains of light, firmly binding its body.
These chains were actually formed by a highly hot substance called helium phosphorus, a terrifying combustible that is hotter than thermite, more toxic than phosphorus powder, and quite resistant to burning.
Just by hearing its characteristics, one can tell that it was developed entirely as a weapon.
Of course, this substance is indeed one of the true high-tech products in this universe.
At the moment the incendiary bombs exploded, countless helium phosphorus rained down, directly adhering to the Void Realm Behemoth's body, continuously emitting strong light and high heat.
“This, this…” Flores Wanda was surprised, but still found it hard to understand.
If he himself were sprinkled with helium phosphorus, even as a Five Rings spiritual energy user healer, he would probably be half-dead from the ordeal.
But he was human after all!
For the Myriad-Headed Beast, wasn't such damage equivalent to having two or three drops of boiling water splashed on it?
So what?
Flores Wanda wanted to laugh loudly at Yu Lian's lack of skill, but he couldn't laugh at all.
As a spiritual energy user of the magic and psychic type, he truly felt the obvious panic and fear of that Void Realm Behemoth.
It truly began to fear, hesitate, and even retreat.
“…This, this is impossible!
By the universe spirit, what did I just see?” Flores Wanda lamented.
He felt that if he could survive tonight, his knowledge structure would definitely be updated significantly.
“These monsters are products of the Void Realm, and their home ground is never in this material world.
Although it craves to devour everything in this world, it is also repelled by everything in this world.
It always returns to the Void Realm, a world far more cruel than ours, a world of absolute survival of the fittest.
If it suffers too much damage and expends too much energy and stamina in the main plane… wouldn't it, on the contrary, become prey for those true Void Realm Kings?
Helium phosphorus has limited damage to the Myriad-Headed Beast, but one of its characteristics is its firm adhesion to all organic matter.
If it burns for a longer period, or even penetrates its epidermis, it will be very troublesome to dispel.
In the Void Realm, wouldn't such a glowing substance be equivalent to throwing a half-roasted duck on a large grassland?”
“You used spatial shock bombs at first to break its spatial barrier, so you could sprinkle phosphorus powder on it?” Flores Wanda, finally not a slow-witted person, finally realized.
He couldn't wait for Yu Lian's answer, and actually rushed directly to the cliff edge, spread his arms, and leaped up in a flying motion, then his whole body, with a film formed by air, like a glider, directly glided towards the glowing behemoth.
Mr. Flores Wanda's reaction was truly too decisive, which surprised Yu Lian a little.
However, he quickly guessed the other party's thoughts, sneered, and simply stood still, but took out a poker-card-sized card made of an unknown material.
“Who told you… that a red Void Realm command can only be used once?
Mr. Flores Wanda, you also suffered from a lack of knowledge!”
The Myriad-Headed Beast seemed to finally feel pain, letting out a hoarse cry.
“It’s not a solution to keep wasting time like this!” The intelligence of this Void Realm Behemoth was only equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old human child, but it was enough to make the above judgment.
It gave up on counterattacking and moving, its body twitching, retracting all its extended spiritual energy, condensing it into an invisible cutting force, and decisively tearing open the void.
A wave-like vibration flashed across the night sky in an instant, then transformed into an irregular crack, gradually expanding into a huge dimensional gate.
“It’s escaping!” Autumn Mountain Yawata on the battlecruisers reminded.
However, he didn't need to remind; when the behemoth finally started twitching, Elinore had already issued the command.
“Units 7 and 8!
Kinetic penetrator missiles deployed!”
“Units 1 to 6!
Spatial shock bombs, final volley!”
Before the remaining spatial shock bombs on the Corsica had even left their gunports, two enhanced depleted uranium penetrators, trailing almost colorless exhaust, whistled towards the behemoth.
How magnificent, how vast was this final duel between heaven and enemy, sci-fi and mystery, future and wilderness.
In the chaotic and frenzied scene formed by light and heat, no one would naturally notice that something almost as large as a crow was breaking through the sky's barrier at near light speed.
It was a broken head, vaguely discernible as a young human female… or rather, an unknown creature very close to a human.
No one could see her.
Although she was moving at light speed, neither the naked eye nor radar could capture her trajectory at all.
“Is it escaping?” She looked at the Void Realm Behemoth, which was about to enter the dimensional gate, and let out an anxious, frantic roar: “Wait, don’t escape!”