Chapter 101: So You're a Flesh-and-Blood Life Form!

Amidst the attacks, Gunei unhurriedly released the Great Thunder Flame Curse and the Abyssal Erosion Blade.

Gunei saw it clearly.

When his Great Thunder Flame Curse landed on the massive earthworm beast, the creature showed no fear whatsoever.

His attacks were the same as others' divine-power-infused strikes.

The earthworm beast's defensive ability was astonishing.

After all, it was only at the Fourth Realm and lacked divine power.

Among the group, a few attacks were also at the Fourth Realm and carried divine power.

But such attacks posed no threat to this colossal earthworm beast.

"This earthworm beast's defense is formidable. Fortunately, we managed to trap it at the exit. Most of its body is still in the tunnel, with only a small part out."

"If it fully broke free from these restraints, we would all have to scatter and flee in an instant."

"Even without the tunnel's restriction, these bindings would hardly trouble it."

Through the attacks, Gunei had come to realize the terror of this massive Abyssal Earthworm Beast.

Even Gunei dared not withstand so many attacks, yet this earthworm beast could endure them.

Roar, roar, roar...

The earthworm beast, under assault, let out explosive roars.

The source force within a hundred kilometers trembled under the roar.

If an ordinary person were here, even a dozen kilometers away, they would be shaken to death by the roar.

Each roar caused some of the less powerful divine envoys to tremble slightly.

The soul shock waves were quite potent.

The madly struggling earthworm beast caused massive destruction with every writhing motion, so even experts skilled in close combat dared not approach too closely, resorting to ranged attacks.

If the earthworm beast could extend itself and swallow them with its massive maw, they would surely die.

Everyone felt the terror and might of the earthworm beast and attacked with all their strength.

Yet their attacks were not very effective.

The earthworm beast continued to slowly break free from the Strange Swamp.

Amidst the attacks, Gunei closely monitored the effects of his own.

"The Great Thunder Flame Curse isn't very effective; it barely causes damage, and its roar hasn't changed much. Its thick skin might be blocking the curse's penetrating attack."

"On the other hand, the Abyssal Erosion Blade can inflict some injury on the earthworm beast, even with my limited infusion of Essence."

"If I infuse enough Essence, the damage would be considerable."

"Alright, I'll use the Abyssal Erosion Blade."

After a series of attacks, Gunei quickly found a suitable method.

When he cast the Abyssal Erosion Blade again,

he loaded over one-fifth of his Dark Essence and Destruction Essence into it.

The Great Thunder Flame Curse could not effectively carry dense Essence.

But the Abyssal Erosion Blade was different; as an Essence scripture, it could perfectly unleash the power of these Essences.

"Buzz!"

A sharp, piercing sound shot out.

"Sss—"

This fully powered Abyssal Erosion Blade tore a meter-deep gash in the earthworm beast's outer defense, leaving a clear corrosive mark.

"Not bad." Gunei narrowed his eyes.

He then directed the Abyssal Erosion Blade to penetrate deeper through the wound.

Sss, sss, sss...

Each successive Abyssal Erosion Blade struck deeper into the existing wound.

After ten consecutive blades, when the eleventh pierced through,

"Roar~~~"

A furious, pained roar exploded.

Many of the powerful figures changed expression.

Even several divine envoys' auras faltered.

Seeing this, Gunei smiled slightly.

Earlier, Gunei had not sensed any blood flow within the massive beast.

But now, as his Abyssal Erosion Blade tore through its outer defense,

he immediately felt the surging blood within—thick and rich.

"So you're a flesh-and-blood creature too. That makes things easier."

With a thought, Gunei's body glowed with blood light.

A stream of blood as thick as a bowl gushed from near the earthworm beast's wound.

Then it flowed into the beast's body.

As soon as Gunei's Blood Sea blood entered, the earthworm beast sensed a great threat.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

It struggled violently and frantically.

Inside its body, the blood empowered by the Blood Sea began to spread wildly.

Large swaths of flesh near the wound were rapidly corroded like foam by Gunei's blood.

As the owner of the Blood Sea and a master of blood, Gunei's methods could greatly restrain such flesh-and-blood life forms.

As the surging blood rolled, the earthworm beast's own blood was quickly absorbed and converted by Gunei's blood.

This caused the blood Gunei had released to grow larger as it devoured.

In moments, it was churning inside the beast's body.

"After all, it's a Blood Sea that digested the flesh of a Dominator, and its master is a Cthulhu embryo. Dealing with a little bug like you is easy."

Having found a way to handle this formidable Abyssal creature, Gunei felt relieved.

"As luck would have it, this thing is a flesh-and-blood life form. Doesn't it know I specialize in countering all flesh-and-blood beings?" Gunei thought to himself.

Ordinary attacks indeed struggled to affect such a massive creature; even Gunei's Abyssal Erosion Blade only tore wounds and caused lacerations.

But with blood power surging inside, directly corroding and devouring the internal organs, the effect was immediate.

The increasingly dense blood power was terrifyingly lethal to the earthworm beast.

In less than half a minute, the earthworm beast's aura had already weakened significantly.

With severe internal injuries, external restraints, and most of its body still in the tunnel, it could not exert its full strength.

No matter how it struggled, under Gunei's blood devouring, it was heading toward death.

Gunei's restraint was too effective.

In less than three minutes, the massive earthworm beast had stopped struggling.

Its aura rapidly faded.

If the others could see, they would find that most of the beast's internal flesh had been eroded by the Blood Sea.

The group was somewhat at a loss.

The earthworm beast, which had been so ferocious moments ago that their attacks couldn't stop it, had weakened in just a short time?

It only lasted three minutes?

That shouldn't be!

Everyone stopped attacking, sensing that the earthworm beast was dying.

"There's movement inside it."

A voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

This startled everyone.

Could it be that a more powerful creature was gestating inside?

Had that creature devoured it from within?

When they focused their senses,

they found a surging Blood Sea inside the beast.

A torrent of blood power wildly churned, eroding the beast's internal flesh.

"This..."

"A surging Blood Sea?"

"What's going on?"

"Eilok, still not clear?" Someone laughed.

Eilok suddenly realized and looked toward Gunei not far away.