931: Chapter 297: The Abomination that Evolves by Devouring (Part 2) 931: Chapter 297: The Abomination that Evolves by Devouring (Part 2) Descending slowly from the mountaintop was an exceptionally large Wicked Scythe.
Standing over five meters tall, it was much larger than the Abomination previously encountered on the hill.
Its forearm-like scythes reached a terrifying four meters in length and were angled steeply upwards from its head—gleaming with an eerie blue light.
These scythes were not just massive but also noticeably thicker and sharper at the edges.
A mere swipe could produce a hissing sound as they sliced through the air, indicating their tremendous offensive power.
Moreover, this Wicked Scythe’s body was clearly not as fragile as that of the average Wicked Scythe.
Its body surface was covered with a fine layer of keratin.
Although the Wicked Scythe moved slowly, its sturdy lower limbs, along with the aura that emanated from its body and Ye Yinzhu’s previous understanding of Wicked Scythes, suggested that it must be incredibly fast.
After all, it was much more powerful than an average Wicked Scythe.
Consequently, its speed and offensive power, as part of its survival instincts, should have evolved in tandem.
The Abomination coldly gazed at its opponent.
The green plague rapidly spread from its body, covering a nearly hundred square meters area around it.
The dense green fog interacted with the black rocks on the ground, producing a sizzling sound, and the corrosiveness clearly intensified with the Abomination’s evolution.
The Wicked Scythe had a pair of small, blue eyes, disproportionately small when pared to its enormous body.
Unless one looked closely, the eyes were nearly impossible to spot.
When its eyes caught sight of the protrusion on the Abomination’s shoulder, the glowing light within contracted slightly, and it halted its approach.
“Leave my territory,” the Wicked Scythe’s presence suddenly seemed less domineering than before.
Based on its size, Ye Yinzhu referred to it as the Lord of the Evil Scythe.
Ye Yinzhu did not reply through the Abomination, choosing instead to let actions convey his resolve to fight.
Shaking his body, he slowly advanced towards the Wicked Scythe, the green fog about him reaching its thickest concentration.
A large eye and a small eye both flickered with icy light, and his right hand casually waved the scythe, hissing through the air, while he lifted the big hook in his left hand to protect his chest.
As the Abomination closed to about thirty meters from the Wicked Scythe, the latter finally moved.
As Ye Yinzhu had predicted, this Wicked Scythe possessed speed that matched its level.
Its enormous scythes unfolded in a wide sweep, and its body surged forward, leaping behind the Abomination in a flash.
Both massive scythes came slashing down—one aiming for the Abomination’s neck and the other targeting the arm wielding the scythe.
Given the Abomination’s corpulence, it was obviously not as agile as the Wicked Scythe.
This Lord of the Evil Scythe clearly possessed a higher level of intelligence than the average Abyssal Creature.
If it were the pre-evolution Abomination facing this Lord of the Evil Scythe, victory would surely have been impossible; death under the opponent’s assault was inevitable.
But the Abomination of the moment had evolved, and moreover, it was controlled by the Zither Emperor, Ye Yinzhu, whose bat experience was extremely vast and who possessed the advanced intelligence of humans.
The Abomination’s bulky body did not turn around; after all, it was far too corpulent to spin swiftly enough to block the ing attack.
Under Ye Yinzhu’s guidance, its massive form lurched forward.
Only during the forward movement did it rotate its body.
Due to the momentum, it was impossible to stabilize itself, and it sat down abruptly, facing the direction of the Wicked Scythe.
Because of this, the two enormous scythes of the Wicked Scythe, slowed down after entering the range of the green fog, swept past the front of the Abomination without causing any harm.
Amidst clangs, both scythes plunged into the black rock.
The rock, which even Ye Yinzhu found surprisingly hard, was cleaved as if it were tofu, creating two massive gashes.
The Lord of the Evil Scythe, having launched a full-powered attack, temporarily stiffened as it struggled to withdraw its scythes from the stone.
At that moment, the toppled Abomination took advantage of the Wicked Scythe’s effort to retrieve its scythes and sprang up from the ground, charging at its opponent like a mountain of flesh.
The Scythe in his hand swung suddenly, heading straight for the torso of the Wicked Scythe, while the other hand’s Big Hook swung towards the base of one of Wicked Scythe’s own scythes.
With time pressing, Wicked Scythe could only draw one scythe; he did not possess the same defensive power as the Abomination to protect himself, so he hurriedly placed the huge scythe horizontally in front of his body.
The large and small scythes instantly collided.
With a booming sound, the scythe in the Abomination’s hand shattered, but the powerful force also sent the body of the Lord of the Evil Scythe flying out.
Since one of his scythes was still embedded in the rock, and its base was struck by the Big Hook wielded with the colossal power of the Abomination, although he had thwarted the Abomination’s killing blow, his other scythe’s base instantly broke, remaining in the rock.
Only with one scythe did his body fly out dozens of meters, crashing into the watching Abyssal Creatures before stopping.
The Abomination discarded the broken blade in his hand, stretched out his right hand, gripped the end of the Lord of the Evil Scythe’s scythe embedded in the ground, and pulled out the four-meter long giant scythe.
pared to the previous two-meter scythe, this one was more suited to his frame.
A faint blue light gleamed as the fearsome Abomination now looked like a butcher, glaring at the Lord of the Evil Scythe and slowly advancing towards him.
The battle had been decided in the first instant of bat; the dual-bladed Lord of the Evil Scythe had not even managed to injure the Abomination.
Now, owning the strength many times greater than his, the Abomination wielded his scythe, and the Lord now had only one remaining scythe left.
The battle held no more suspense.
Ye Yinzhu allowed the Abomination to use a simple horizontal slash technique to break the Lord of the Evil Scythe’s scythe and bisect his body.
The surrounding Abyssal Creatures did not move, merely watching in horror as the Abomination slowly devoured the body of the Lord of the Evil Scythe piece by piece.
For them, it was merely a change of ruler over the hill.
To describe these Abyssal Creatures with a human adage, ‘silent as cicadas in winter’ could not be more apt.
Unfortunately, Ye Yinzhu held no sympathy for these Abyssal Creatures.
Once the Abomination had fully devoured the Lord of the Evil Scythe’s body and spirit, leaving only the two huge scythes, he launched an unexpected slaughter-charge without warning.
As his spiritual power separated, Ye Yinzhu’s perception returned to his own body.
The battle over the hill no longer required his guidance.
With the evolution and possession of the Lord Scythe of the Wicked Scythe, if the Abomination couldn’t handle those lower-level Abyssal Creatures, he wouldn’t deserve the title of an evolved being.
With his formidable physical strength, the creatures of the hill in the Abyss could not possibly survive.
Ye Yinzhu merely disliked witnessing such bloody scenes, which is why he retracted his perception.
Simultaneously, he needed to ponder more carefully and thoroughly analyze his observations of the Abyssal Plane from these past several hours.
When Ye Yinzhu opened his eyes, he found the Little Dragon Lady watching him.
He immediately detailed his judgments about the Abyssal Creatures to her, hoping to hear her thoughts.
After listening to Ye Yinzhu’s account, the Little Dragon Lady pondered for a long time and then said, “If it’s as you say, and the evolution of Abyssal Creatures relies entirely on devouring, that matches my own estimation.
They invade our Continent not because the environment there is better than here, but to devour the life-endowed creatures of our realm to strengthen themselves.
If I’m not wrong, there must be some kind of restriction within this Abyssal Plane that prevents the Abyssal Creatures from endlessly devouring each other.
Even the higher beings of the Abyssal Plane wouldn’t want to see their underlings reach a level of power where they can threaten them by devouring a large number of Abyssal Creatures.
Moreover, how are the Abyssal Creatures born?
They evidently aren’t birthed through mothers, so there must be a special method.
Regardless of the method, its birth must consume a vast amount of energy, and this consumption might even increase during mutual devouring, failing to form a balanced cycle.
This would lead to a general weakness in the overall energy of the Abyssal Plane if devouring were monplace, which is why they aim to devour on our Continent, leading to the war that occurred ten thousand years ago.”
Ye Yinzhu nodded and said, “What you say makes sense, and while we can’t be certain yet, the possibility is quite high.
However, although many Abyssal Creatures died in that war ten thousand years ago, some must have survived and returned to the Abyssal Plane.
These Abyssal Creatures, having devoured many races from our Ryuzakinus Continent during the war with our plane, must have also evolved to some extent.
Hence, the Divine Dragon King’s judgment might not be entirely accurate, and the Abyssal Plane could well be more formidable than we imagine.
It’s possible that beings on the level of the Queen Demon Mother might have emerged from the evolution over these past ten thousand years.”
After thinking it over, the Little Dragon Lady said, “Speculating now is pointless; only with our own eyes can we truly understand.
What do you plan to do?
Will you let that ‘fatty’ continue his slaughter?”
Ye Yinzhu nodded and replied, “If your judgment is correct, such slaughtering will only disrupt the balance of the Abyssal Plane and weaken its overall strength, which can only benefit us.
Moreover, I want to see if such a blatant disruption of balance will attract something, or perhaps more powerful Abyssal Creatures will emerge.
Isn’t that much better than searching for them ourselves?” (To be continued.
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