yasinovel Chapter 1048: Hotter Than a Summer BBQ (6)
Chapter 1048: Hotter Than a Summer BBQ (6)
Chapter 1048: Hotter Than a Summer BBQ (6)
The ship went toward the fog. Then it went through it.
As the vessel plunged into the scorching fog, Erik's world exploded into agony. The heat slammed into him with merciless intensity.
He couldn't hold back the scream that was keeping in his throat anymore. What came out was a sound of pure anguish.
"AAAAARGH!" But it was barely audible over the hissing steam and churning waves. His skin felt like it was melting off his bones, each second bringing a fresh wave of pain.
Erik channeled mana however he could. The Self-healing brain crystal power helped him survive and keep up through the fog, but he had to use it sparingly.
Blisters formed and popped in rapid succession across his exposed flesh. The smell of burning hair filled his nostrils as wisps of smoke rose from his scalp.
Erik's eyes watered, then his legs gave way to fatigue, and he collapsed to the deck, his body convulsing as the heat continued its assault.
Through the haze of agony, a small part of Erik's mind kept pushing what remained of his mana to heal his wounds. The ship kept moving.
The Shadowmaw Behemoth at that point had arrived, and it was challenging the Leviathan Serpent. It had to get out of its territory or it would face its wrath. But the Leviathan Serpent must have been a prideful creature, because it didn't care about the Behemoth's threat.
Through the thinning fog, Erik caught glimpses of two colossal shapes. The Leviathan Serpent's long body rose from the waves.
The Shadowmaw Behemoth did the same. The behemoth wasn't much different from the Leviathan Serpent in terms of size.
Like its contender, it was a mountain of flesh with tentacles that stretched out like trains in the sky. Despite the difference in shape, the beast was not by any means weaker than the Leviathan Serpent.
The two titanic creatures looked at each other for a moment. Then, with another earth- shattering roar, they charged, or rather swam, at full speed against the other.
The impact of their collision sent a shockwave through the water. The resulting waves nearly toppled the ship.
His consciousness flickered in and out as the cool and hot air rushed past him.
They watched from the sky as the ship continued its course, its automated systems keeping it on track even without a helmsman.
The vessel's hull glowed an angry red from the intense heat it had endured, steam rising in thick plumes where seawater met the super-heated metal.
But even the waters were hot because the Leviathan Serpent had been through there.
As the Chimaeric Demons focused on healing their master, a roar split the air.
The battle between the Leviathan Serpent and the Shadowmaw Behemoth was now in full swing.
The Leviathan Serpent struck first, its body surging forward. Its jaws clamped down on one of the Behemoth's writhing tentacles.
The surrounding water boiled from the heat of their bodies and churned because of their weight and size.
The Shadowmaw Behemoth didn't wait before retaliating. Its tentacles lashed out, wrapping around the Serpent's body. The two titans thrashed in the water, creating whirlpools that could have swallowed entire ships even from that distance.
The Chimaeric Demons observed in horror, because only now they understood how much they risked, and how scary the two creatures really were.
As the battle went on, waves formed. They grew larger by the second, fed by the chaos made by the warring monsters.
Soon, they towered over the fleeing ship, like mountains of water that threatened to crush the ship under their weight.
The first of these colossal waves crashed onto the vessel.
It looked like it would be swallowed whole by the deluge. But as the water touched the metal
of the hull, an explosion of steam erupted.
The ship emerged from the wall of vapor, listing dangerously but still on track.