Chapter 48: The Sun is Justice
The Black Goat Shab’s size was extremely massive, her entire body a dark purple-black, with hundreds of tentacles writhing, exuding a sense of terror mixed with majesty. After all, she was an ancient god, and one that had once been of an even higher rank.
Inside the giant cavern, Shab did not rely on her size advantage to pounce at Su Xiao. At this moment, Baha held five modified Apollos in his claws, while Su Xiao gripped one in his hand—the sense of crisis radiating from them was palpable.
The cavern fell into dead silence. Shab dared not act rashly, and Su Xiao had no intention of striking recklessly either. The air itself seemed ready to congeal.
A dark purple-black aura spread, eventually ‘colliding’ with a surge of blood energy. The two forces corroded each other, causing large cracks to spread across the surrounding rock walls.
For the Black Goat Shab at this moment, fleeing or pouncing at Su Xiao were both terrible choices. But confronting Su Xiao might still offer an opportunity.
Su Xiao roughly estimated the cavern’s diameter to be about 400 meters. Shab’s size was too large; she wouldn’t choose to hide in a narrow space—that would be asking for trouble. If she reverted to her original form and got stuck by the terrain, even if she could easily break free, it would inevitably leave an opening.
Taking advantage of the standoff between Su Xiao and the Black Goat Shab, Bubu Wang and Amu had already retreated behind Su Xiao, pressing close to the rock wall.
As the auras clashed, the Apollo in Su Xiao’s hand grew increasingly unstable, so he made a throwing motion.
Bang!
The Apollo tore through a layer of air, flying straight toward the Black Goat Shab.
The sense of crisis surged sharply. Shab’s tentacles writhed more violently, some even tangling together.
In this critical moment, the Black Goat Shab’s mass of tentacles surged, charging directly at Su Xiao—a remarkably wise decision.
The instant he threw the Apollo, Su Xiao leaped backward, and Baha also used his spatial ability to retreat.
Swoosh~
The Apollo traced a blazing red line, flying straight to Shab’s front.
The single eye between Shab’s tentacles widened. The incoming sense of crisis, while not fatal, would still peel off a layer of her skin. Unfortunately, her massive size meant her powerful survivability and regeneration came at a cost.
If he used a modified Apollo against the Dominator, it would be useless. The Dominator’s speed and spatial abilities ensured he wouldn’t be harmed by an Apollo, but Shab was different.
Boom!
A massive fireball, 300 meters in diameter, erupted, instantly engulfing Shab.
“ROAR!!”
Within the solar flames, Shab’s entire body convulsed, her tentacles flailing wildly as she rolled. Her screams sent layers of air rippling through the cavern.
Crack, crack, crack~
Su Xiao extended his arm forward, and a crystal layer spread before him, forming a wall. The next moment, a layer of ice climbed over the crystal wall, at least five meters thick on both sides. This was formed by Amu expending all his ice energy—dense and radiating cold.
With a thunderous crash, the shockwave struck the ‘Ice-Crystal Wall,’ a combined defensive ability from Su Xiao and Amu, used for the first time with excellent results.
As the impact hit, large cracks appeared on the outer layer of the ice wall, which was then seared by the solar flames’ high heat, evaporating steam.
Even outside the blast radius was like this, so one could imagine how miserable Shab was at the explosion’s epicenter.
Shab’s screams continued without end. She rolled within the solar flames, trying to extinguish the golden fire on her body, but it was utterly useless.
Su Xiao wasn’t sure if the Black Goat Shab was the strongest boss he had ever faced, but he could confirm she was definitely the one who screamed the most miserably and the loudest.
“Woof~”
Bubu Wang, hiding behind Su Xiao’s leg with only his dog head exposed, barked, meaning: “Master, ancient god smells really good when roasted.”
After the Black Goat Shab thrashed around for a while, the solar flames’ intensity weakened. After all, this wasn’t Hades, which excelled at sustained burning.
With a rumble, the Black Goat Shab collapsed to the ground, her body turning from dark purple-black to charred black. Sparks flickered at some of the burned-through spots.
“Truly tenacious.”
Su Xiao leaped atop the ice wall, aimed, crouched, and pulled his slightly bent right arm back. A transparent liquid dripped from between his fingers, and the Apollo in his hand was especially conspicuous, glowing blazing red.
Bang!
Another Apollo tore through the air, flying straight toward the Black Goat Shab.
Shab, who had been lying on the ground with black smoke swirling around her, suddenly leaped up, turned, and fled backward. This battle was unwinnable—no, it wasn’t a battle; it was the enemy’s one-sided trampling of her.
“Running pretty fast.”
Baha appeared abruptly, his claw swiping at the Apollo mid-air to correct its trajectory.
This Apollo, Su Xiao hadn’t even activated when he threw it, waiting for the Black Goat Shab to flee backward so Baha could make a second throw.
Boom!
The Black Goat Shab crashed into the mountain, sending large chunks of rock flying. The next moment, the Apollo flew behind her. Baha vanished instantly, using one spatial shift to distance himself and a second to appear behind Su Xiao—clearly, his mastery of spatial abilities was still rough.
When the second Apollo was thrown behind Shab, she began to despair. There were only four enemies: two with spatial abilities, one ice-type, and one who was elusive—sometimes detectable, sometimes completely gone.
Boom!
The explosion interrupted Shab’s thoughts about the battle.
Blazing white flames erupted. The temperature at the moment of the Apollo’s explosion was highest, and its lethality was most terrifying. When the solar flames’ color shifted from white to gold, that was the subsequent burning damage.
“ROAR~!”
This time, the Black Goat Shab’s scream was noticeably less loud—after all, she had already taken one Apollo. It was understandable.
The Black Goat Shab roared within the solar flames, but the next moment, she suddenly charged at Su Xiao.
Boom!
The third Apollo exploded, point-blank. This time, Shab didn’t scream; she had little strength left.
Golden flames blazed fiercely. Three connected circular craters appeared on the ground, their bottoms filled with glowing red magma.
The Black Goat Shab collapsed into the magma, letting the solar flames burn her body. She lay there as if dead, completely motionless.
“You know, playing dead is pretty convincing.”
Baha stood on the ice wall, fanning one wing. The cavern was unbearably hot; an ordinary person entering here would die within seconds.
Su Xiao shed his black leather coat. Even he felt the oppressive heat, let alone Baha with his feathers. As for Bubu Wang, that guy had already stuck his tongue out sideways, his expression gradually turning goofy as his idiot intelligence temporarily took over.
Glancing at the Black Goat Shab, who was playing dead, Su Xiao crushed the fourth glass vial. As the saying goes, a cornered beast will still fight. He would rather waste a few more Apollos than get close to the Black Goat Shab. If she counterattacked now, it would surely be a mutual-destruction move.
Just as Su Xiao prepared to throw the fourth Apollo, a pale arm reached out from Shab’s body, which was over 60% carbonized.
“Ku, Kukulin, it’s me, wait.”
A familiar voice came, and the figure emerging from the Black Goat Shab’s body was none other than Xia.
Su Xiao didn’t hesitate at all. He directly threw the Apollo in his hand. During his previous communication with Xia, he had subtly conveyed a message: the next time they met, she had to say a specific string of numbers first.