Chapter 724: Disparity

What? Big Mouth scrambled to its feet, stunned. It looked at its two claws, then up at the sky. A thin Water Element True Essence Shield had appeared in front of the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast. ‘Its claws couldn’t tear through that water shield?’

‘This is impossible! If it were an Earth Element True Essence Shield, Big Mouth might have accepted it. But Water Element? It was a Water Element True Essence Beast! How could it be blocked by water? How could water possibly stop it? It should have helped it, if anything!’ Big Mouth was a bit thick-headed. With another roar, it once again rode the clouds and mist, charging straight up. BANG…

Its thinking was a bit naive. Big Mouth slammed into the Water Element True Essence Shield once again. Its sharp claws only caused a momentary ripple before the counterforce from the Water Element Shield blasted it back to the ground. This time, it had charged more fiercely, so it crashed even harder…

Big Mouth clambered up and shook its head. ‘That’s not right. There’s no reason I can’t hit it. Could it be my attacking posture is wrong? That’s a possibility!’

The Nine-Eyed Headless Beast watched Big Mouth with ridicule. Normally, being mocked by two eyes was infuriating enough. Being mocked by nine eyes all at once…

Big Mouth was furious. ROAR! ‘This time, I’ll definitely use the correct posture!’

‘The move Old Horse taught me…’

Billowing Water Element True Yuan Power gathered around Big Mouth. A pillar of jade-green water shot into the sky, encircled by a Jade Wave Water Belt. Old Horse had said that as long as your posture was cool, killing demons was as easy as using a butcher’s knife on a chicken.

The things Old Horse taught the little ones were indeed good, but it was clear he had also filled their heads with some irresponsible and illogical nonsense.

This time, Big Mouth’s posture was indeed a little cool… but obviously not as cool as Old Horse had described. With a loud RUMBLE, Big Mouth shot along the jade-green water pillar, carrying the Jade Wave Water Belt in its attack on the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast, only to be slammed viciously to the ground once again.

Big Mouth scrambled up again, shaking its large head. ‘I was so close!’ ROAR! An even stronger Water Element True Yuan Power than before surged from Big Mouth’s body. The surrounding, even stronger, Water Element True Yuan Power gathered before it once again to form a skyward pillar of water. This time, the pillar’s color was deeper than before.

Wang Meng smiled. Unlike Little Flower and the others, Big Mouth was the type to grow more courageous with every setback—the type who wouldn’t turn back even after hitting a wall, but would instead try to knock the wall down. Big Mouth had originally been a bit timid, but during this time, Old Horse seemed to have spent more time instructing it than he had with Nine Discount and the others. As the saying goes, he who touches pitch shall be defiled. This had caused the already single-minded Big Mouth to fall completely into a demonic obsession with its own stubbornness, refusing to ever give up.

Big Mouth refused to believe it couldn’t land a hit. ‘Big Guy and Little Flower went on a killing spree inside the Divine Sealing Tower. There’s no reason I can’t do the same! This is only the first level I’ve faced. How can I lose face here?’

‘Absolutely not!’

‘Before I came out, I boasted to Nine Discount and Little Jia that I would clear all ten levels cleanly and efficiently. How can I be stumped on the very first one?’

‘So, this isn’t a setback!’

‘My posture for unleashing my ultimate move must have been wrong again.’

‘This time, it’ll definitely work…’

ROAR!

With a furious roar, Big Mouth charged up once more.

The Nine-Eyed Headless Beast watched Big Mouth coldly. ‘How many times are you going to use the same move? For the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast, the same move becomes completely ineffective after the second time. Its nine eyes weren’t just for show; insight was its most basic of basics.’

Having seen through Big Mouth’s technique, the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast made minute adjustments to its Water True Essence Shield to counter it. BOOM… The repulsive force was double what it was before!

Big Mouth crashed back to the ground even more miserably than before, almost smashing its mouth crooked.

ROAR!

‘Again!’

As long as its mouth wasn’t actually crooked, Big Mouth didn’t care. It shook its head, continuing to launch the move Old Horse had taught it, charging violently upward as if the fall didn’t hurt at all.

Even Wang Meng felt the pain for Big Mouth… However, although Old Horse had taught Big Mouth some crooked and Evil things, he had also taught it some excellent True Essence Beast combat techniques. Big Mouth’s movements were becoming faster and more practiced with each attempt.

And yet… BOOM!

Big Mouth crashed down once more.

‘Again!’

As if it would never tire, Big Mouth charged up again. The Water Element True Yuan Power it gathered was even more condensed and profound than the last time.

The Nine-Eyed Headless Beast was enraged. ‘Haven’t you had enough of a lesson yet?!’

ROAR! Its nine unusual pupils simultaneously shot out black light. A pitch-black pillar of water abruptly appeared in the air, a black water belt wrapped around it. It was a move identical to Big Mouth’s, and it was obvious that the black True Essence water pillar was emanating a much stronger True Essence aura.

Big Mouth froze for a moment. ‘The enemy is using the exact same move as me?’

‘So what if it’s the same? Using the same move, can you possibly be as cool as me?’

Big Mouth shook its head, concentrated its power, and summoned a blue water pillar. Riding the water belt and clouds, it shot into the sky once more. ‘Kill!’

The blue and black water pillars collided with a deafening CRASH. In an instant, the blue pillar was shattered into a torrential downpour, while the black pillar stood tall and imposing, completely unharmed.

BOOM! Big Mouth smashed a deep crater into the ground! In the center of the crater, a third of Big Mouth’s scales had been blasted off, and blood gushed from the wound like a spring.

The Nine-Eyed Headless Beast glanced arrogantly at the severely injured Big Mouth, but its gaze shifted to the group of primitive people. “ROAR…”

“Offer yourselves as sacrifices obediently! Did you think you could oppose me just by finding another subspecies piece of trash?”

A large number of the Primitive Tribe fell to their knees, staring fearfully at the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast in the sky…

Just then, Wang Meng watched the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast in the air with some surprise. Through his Divine Thought, he could sense that amidst the reverence and fear of the tribal people, a certain power within the beast’s body was growing at an illogically rapid and bizarre speed.

Master Wang fell into thought. ‘The race of these Primitive Tribe members doesn’t possess great power itself, but they have some special ability that can provide a mysterious power for the advancement of a True Essence Strange Beast.’

Wang Meng frowned. ‘If I let this Nine-Eyed Headless Beast’s power continue to grow, I’m afraid I’ll have to step in myself. Big Mouth needs a trial, not a suicide mission.’

However, just at that moment…

ROAR!

A roar interrupted the mysterious power the primitive people were bestowing upon the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast!

The people of the Primitive Tribe all turned their heads. They saw Big Mouth staggering out of the deep crater. It let out a furious roar at the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast, and with a loud CRASH, a pillar of water shot into the sky once again!

But it was obvious that Big Mouth had been seriously injured in the last clash. The pale blue water pillar didn’t look very reliable. However, Big Mouth paid this no mind and still courageously rode the pillar, charging fearlessly toward the sky once more. ‘Kill!’

At this moment, the power that had been surging within the Nine-Eyed Headless Monster, which was interrupted when Big Mouth broke the primitive people’s fear, instantly receded. In its shock and anger, it was actually struck by the severely injured Big Mouth!

With a great RUMBLE, the water pillar, like a Heaven-shattering club, smashed it brutally to the ground.

BANG!

Big Mouth landed heavily on the ground, panting heavily. But the confidence in its eyes had skyrocketed. ‘It wasn’t that I couldn’t hit it before, my posture just wasn’t cool enough!’

ROAR! After taking just two breaths, Big Mouth charged out again. A pillar of water shot skyward—the same move.

Wang Meng blinked. ‘The same move really won’t be very effective against the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast. The nine-eyed creature’s greatest strength is its ability to imitate its opponent’s moves, and its imitation is even more powerful than the original.’

The Nine-Eyed Headless Beast scrambled up from the ground. ‘Pain! I actually felt pain!’

ROAR!!!

All nine of its pupils burst with a furious, blood-red light. RUMBLE… With nine consecutive reports, nine black pillars of water shot into the sky one after another behind it!

‘I will make my opponent understand what a true gap in power looks like!’

Big Mouth, still single-minded, charged forward. ‘A gap in power? I don’t understand that. There’s only one thought in my head: crush the enemy!’

‘Only then will I have the face to speak in front of everyone. Only then can I snatch the biggest share of food with a clear conscience… Everyone knows I have a big mouth and a big stomach, so they always leave the largest portion for me. I may not say it, but I know it in my heart: the more you eat, the greater your responsibility. ROAR…’

‘This is the truth!’

At that moment, the eyes of the Primitive Tribe members still kneeling on the ground changed. Although their clan did not possess much power, they had an innate spiritual sensitivity to the emotions of True Essence Beasts…

They could feel Big Mouth’s determination…

Suddenly, the tribe’s chief leaped to his feet and began to beat a hide drum!

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP…

“Niwuka, Wusu…”

A Spell with a strange rhythm rang out melodiously from the tribe chief’s mouth.

The other members of the tribe hesitated at first, glancing at the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast, which was currently displaying its Divine Power… This monster hadn’t originally been so strong, but it was under their Spell that it had become so tyrannical… However, the protection they had hoped for never came; instead, they were persecuted.

But they sensed something different from Big Mouth, something unlike the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast.

An expression matching Big Mouth’s current determination appeared in their eyes!

Countless people stood up, swaying their bodies and following their chief in chanting the ancient Spell. This was not a Divine Art, nor was it Magic; it was something far more ancient and primitive, filled with the wildness and vitality of the world’s dawn. These two contradictory yet harmonious existences gave birth to a power that was both mighty and mystic.

At this moment, Big Mouth was once again sent flying by the Nine-Eyed Headless Beast’s Water Element True Essence Shield!

The nine-eyed creature stared coldly as Big Mouth climbed up again. The nine black pillars of water soaring into the sky suddenly merged into one enormous tornado water pillar. A power that could sweep through and shred everything was brewing. Water, most of the time, is gentle, cleansing, and healing. But when water rages, everything will be destroyed in its fury!

Big Mouth stared at the black water pillar in the sky, dumbfounded…

‘What a huge Water Tornado…’

But Big Mouth wasn’t scared by this. Instead, it thought, ‘How come this looks a bit like the second move Old Horse taught me?’

‘This is intolerable!’ Big Mouth was beside itself with fury!