CH : 230 Legendary Black Water Crab

At this moment, the gap between a spellcaster and a non-spellcaster became apparent. Even an intermediate spellcaster could learn Dimensional Door, allowing them to traverse various locations on the same plane. In contrast, many legendary professionals and sea beast overlords—if they encountered danger—were forced to travel purely by physical means.

The gray crab, still in pursuit, saw the demon dragon drawing closer, its wounds multiplying. Its tiny eyes flashed with uncontrollable excitement, failing to notice the subtle change in the demon dragon's demeanor.

Then, as the chase passed through a dark trench, the legendary gray crab sensed an approaching threat. Instinctively, it gathered its black water energy for defense.

But the incoming attack wasn't physical. Nor was it an elemental assault.

It was a curse—an innate talent spell.

Darkness!

The effect is to deprive the recipient of the five senses. The duration of the talent spell is basically proportional to the strength gap between the two parties.

Obviously, it was me who used darkness to attack. Although I'm not as strong as the real legendary black dragon, I have a dragon body, spiritual power, martial arts, magic, spells, and various abilities and spells. With the addition of so many skills with powerful actual combat effects, my overall strength is definitely beyond that of ordinary legendary professionals.

I didn't have much idea of how much more it would exceed. After all, I had never fought against a real legendary professional. However, what was certain was that Diaharut, whose strength was comparable to that of an ordinary legendary professional at level 20, was defeated fairly easily.

The legendary gray crab, which was instantly deprived of its five senses, panicked for a moment and realized that it might have been deceived by the dragon. The dragon's attack was a trap for it. But it soon calmed down, and its control was better. The black water, which was heavier than steel, surrounded itself to form a huge ball of black water. Then the massive magic power in its body surged, forcibly clearing the effect of the darkness.

It all happened in a split second.

From the outside, looking at the legendary gray crab that was instantly enveloped by the ball of black water, my red dragon eyes flashed with dignity, but the offensive did not stop for a moment.

When I got close, the dragon's tail and claws kept beating and grabbing hard on the ball of black water, causing it to ripple and deform, as if it was about to burst.

At the same time, the black light of the demonic eye that had been opened long ago flashed and bombarded the surface of the black water ball, and the acid dragon breath accumulated in my mouth also blasted forth.

Attacking together with the acid dragon breath was also a thick and terrifying abyss energy breath, which was Diaharut's counterattack.

Unlike before, when he showed weakness as bait to lure the crab deeper, after the arrival of his master, Diaharut unleashed his full strength.

Although the quality of Abyss Breath was not as good as legendary energy, it was vast in quantity.

The ball of black water, which was already unable to withstand my various violent attacks, was completely broken by the addition of the breath of the abyss. The ball of black water collapsed and exploded, revealing the gray crab inside.

At this moment, I also sensed that the gray crab was about to break the effect of the darkness spell. Without any hesitation, I used the six-tier teleportation technique. My huge dragon body appeared above the gray crab in the next moment, pressing down, and my ferocious dragon mouth aimed hard at the crab's slender eyeball and bit down.

No screams were heard because the gray crab's five senses were still deprived, preventing it from feeling pain.

But just a moment after the eyeball was bitten off, the gray crab broke the effect of the darkness spell and felt the severe pain in its eye. Only then was it horrified to find that it had lost its vision.

However, with its strong mental power, it could still perceive the surrounding scenes within a certain range, and it could also "see" the black dragon pressing on its back, as well as the oncoming breath of the abyss.

In an emergency, the gray crab subconsciously formed a shield of black water in front of it to block the powerful abyssal breath of the demon dragon. But then, it felt a strong tremor coming from the roots of its crab claws, which could not be ignored.

Pain.

After my ferocious mouth, full of sharp dragon teeth, bit off a pair of the gray crab's eyes, without a moment's hesitation, I continued to bite hard at the joints of the opponent's crab claws. The terrifying bite force exploded, and a clicking sound was heard. I forcefully bit off one of the gray crab's claws, which was as thick as an iron tower, from the root.

The severely injured gray crab suddenly became anxious. The remaining thick crab claws clamped hard on the black dragon behind it. At the same time, the black water condensed into heavy and huge black water spears and shot toward the black dragon's vital parts, attempting to force me off its back.

Even though I sensed a strong threat from the crab claws and the black water spear, I still did not flinch. My red dragon eyes flashed with a ruthless color, and my dragon tail fiercely struck the giant crab claws that were attacking. I dodged and blasted the black water spear that targeted my vital point into pieces. After that, I ignored the remaining black water spears and opened my left and right dragon claws, aiming at the injured eyeball and digging in hard.

Feeling the brain injury, the gray crab screamed, and its huge body struggled wildly. I also groaned as I was forcibly pierced by several thick black water spears. Those black water spears penetrated my dragon body and then collapsed. The black water remained in the wounds and turned into even smaller black water spikes, constantly expanding the damage from inside.

Feeling the black water energy running wildly inside my dragon body, I roared, and the spiritual energy I had accumulated for more than two years using the feast exploded completely. Neither my strong magic power nor my powerful dragon body could stop the raging black water energy. But under the exhaustion of extremely pure spiritual energy, it only lasted for a short while before being completely annihilated.

At the same time, my form also changed in a very short period, from a majestic dragon body of over sixty meters to a muscular dragon-man with a height of over eighty meters.

All the spiritual energy in my body converged on my tightly clenched dragon fist. Along with terrifying dragon power, my most powerful attack move was unleashed.

"Rolling Stone Strike!!"

With a low roar in my heart, after two years, my proficiency in the entry-level psychic martial arts had reached 31%, suddenly bursting forth on the extremely hard forehead of the giant gray crab.

Invisible and terrifying shockwaves swept around, and the sea, a thousand meters deep, formed a huge waterless airspace at that moment.

With a click, the gray crab's extremely hard shell, which protected its forehead, finally couldn't withstand the terrifying force and shattered suddenly, revealing its fresh internal organs and crab meat.

Sensing its imminent death, the legendary gray crab let out a reluctant, piercing low cry and tried its best to unleash one final blow. A large amount of heavy black water condensed into a three-edged energy form, attempting to pierce me at a speed I could not avoid.

Diaharut's dragon eyes, which had difficulty interfering in the battle, flashed, and two purple light spiritual attacks hit the gray crab, causing its mind to be in a trance for a very brief moment. This weakened its control over the three-sided black water spines, allowing me to escape in a thrilling manner.

And my thick dragon tail, which had been charging for a long time, did not miss this golden opportunity. The black shadow flashed, and the gray crab's brain, now unprotected by its shell, was struck and exploded.

During its struggle, this nearly 1,900-year-old legendary black water crab, the overlord of the sea, fell into eternal darkness. As the struggle didn't even last more than a minute.

A stream of fluid black air flew out from the gray crab's corpse—this was the materialized legendary soul.

I, who was well prepared, directly controlled the black jar made of my own dragon scales and stored it away.

Legendary souls are extremely precious materials. Moreover, my feast can also devour souls, and I may gain great benefits from them.

If a living creature's soul does not believe in gods, then it can naturally be captured as long as there is a method to do so.

If there is a god of faith, then at the moment of death, the soul will be led into the Kingdom of God, and ordinary existences cannot stop this process. Even if it could be stopped, it would be marked by the wrath of the gods. Some narrow-minded gods could definitely stare at one until death.

Even if one hides in the material plane and cannot come out, their soul will be forcibly taken away by them after their death. In this case, if one does not believe in gods or if the gods one believes in are not strong enough, the end will undoubtedly be quite miserable.

Obviously, this legendary black water weed does not believe in gods, so I can take his soul. This is also good luck.

After all, the more ignorant and weak a being is, the more likely they are to believe in and be loyal to gods.

In the star realm, only spellcasters and some creatures with strong bloodlines generally do not believe in gods.

Such beings include dragons, titans, gods, and ancient starry beasts.

The above creatures are all powerful beings who are born with knowledge. From the day they are born, such existences have a very deep understanding that gods are just extremely powerful life forms. They themselves have opportunities and, as they grow, even become inevitable. Once they gain access to this level, it is naturally difficult for them to worship and believe in gods.

After dealing with the legendary black water crab, I finally had time to assess my injuries.

I lowered my head and looked at the several large flesh-and-blood holes pierced by the black water spears on my body, as well as the numerous hidden wounds caused by the black water energy in various parts of my dragon body. I slowly exhaled, a lingering fear in my heart.

This black water energy is a serious legendary energy. In terms of quality, it is at least dozens of times purer than my magic power. Even the pure spiritual energy born from the feast's belief is not as refined as it.

However, the gap between the feast's spiritual energy and the black water energy is not that huge. In the end, relying on the feast's spiritual energy accumulated over more than two years, combined with my powerful dragon body and immense magic power, I was still able to expel the black water energy that had invaded my body. The energy was forcibly extinguished—at least when there was only a small amount. If too much black water energy invaded my body, I would be in real danger.

The reason why legendary energy is so difficult to deal with is that, upon promotion to legend, the energy level undergoes a massive transformation. Additionally, there is the true meaning of legend that one comprehends.

The power unleashed by combining legendary energy with legendary truth is terrifying.

Although the true meaning of the legend that this black water crab has grasped during its promotion to legend did not seem to manifest throughout the battle, it could still be roughly confirmed from my fierce clash with him.

That is—[Heaviness of Water].

The condensed black water spear, or even the uncondensed black water energy, is extremely heavy. A drop of black water is heavier than an equal volume of gold.

Otherwise, it would not have been able to penetrate my powerful dragon body so easily.

The black water spear, which seemed light and weightless, actually weighed an estimated hundreds of tons. With its terrifying speed, the impact it unleashed was devastating.

"Master, are you okay?"

Diaharut approached, looked at the hideous, bloody wounds on my body, and asked cautiously.

After all, throughout the battle, he seemed to be fishing in troubled waters.

But I couldn't blame him. The fierce battle between me and the legendary black water crab seemed long, but in reality, it was very short. As an abyss dragon, Diaharut excelled in hand-to-hand combat, and when he was unable to intervene in close combat, he could only find the right opportunity to interfere with the black water crab.

For example, his purple light spiritual attack was highly effective against legendary creatures, but it could only have a weak interfering effect on the legendary black water worm, whose soul had been materialized.

I glanced at him and shook my head. "It's fine. If such small wounds were enough to take me out, I would have died a thousand times by now."

I didn't blame Diaharut. After all, in this level of close combat, sometimes interfering could have the opposite effect, especially since Diaharut was much weaker than this black water crab. Legendary creatures of the same level are far more ferocious and tenacious than minor legendary professionals like humans and orcs. Hunting a black water crab without the sincere cooperation of two or more legendary warriors who can work well together is basically a joke.

And it wasn't as if Diaharut played no role. He interfered with the black water crab at a critical moment, allowing me to narrowly avoid the opponent's desperate attack. Otherwise, I would have been seriously injured.

During our conversation, the terrifying blood holes on my body shrank in size. My flesh, muscle, and dragon scales regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, my magic power was being consumed at a terrifying rate.

"I'll head back first, while you and Fitz go deal with the territory of this legendary black water crab. If you can, subdue the crabs. If not, then keep them in captivity and use them as food reserves for the Black Wing Lair."

After I gave my instructions, I stored the huge corpse of the black water crab in my spell storage space, then stepped through a portal and returned to Black Castle.

Although my current injuries were not severe, the fierce life-and-death battle had consumed a lot of my energy, so I needed to return to my lair quickly to recover.

Finally, I waited for the cooldown of the feast to finish so I could devour the legendary black water crab.

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Five days later, I had recovered from my injuries and returned to my peak state.

This was somewhat beyond my expectations. I had originally thought that my injuries would heal in half a day. After all, the alienation talent of super-speed recovery is quite powerful.

The reason why the effect was not as good as I expected was because I had underestimated the difficulty of the legendary energy invading my body.

"If it were an ordinary seventeenth-level dragon, just the legendary energy invading its body would have been enough to kill it," I sighed.

Unfortunately, I'm cheating.

After recovering from my injuries, I studied spell runes for a few days until the cooldown for the feast had ended.

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Dragon Pond.

I took out two black jars and retrieved the body of the legendary black water crab from my storage spell space.

One jar contained the soul of a giant murloc, which I suspected to be a defective product from last time, and the other contained the soul of the legendary black water crab.

The reason I hadn't immediately consumed this suspected giant murloc soul with the feast was because I still wanted to find out what it actually was. But now, the growing pressure from the Crimson Mother left me no choice. I couldn't afford to hesitate anymore.

Just eat and be done with it.

Afraid?

Even the evil eye sarcoma related to the evil god was devoured and completely digested by the feast. Would I really be afraid of a mere defective legendary fish-man's legacy?

Even if a powerful figure was behind this defective legendary fish-man, so what?

A being who behaves so secretly and is even afraid of my magic eye's mental attack cannot be much stronger than an ordinary legend.

As I mulled over these thoughts, an idea came to mind, and the feast began.

The gluttonous beast greedily devoured everything before it.

In the land of endless feasting and nothingness, my sixty-meter-long dragon body grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. Subtle, essential changes were still occurring in places undetectable to the naked eye.

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