Orion's body swelled to an enormous size.
The surging power coursing through him turned his battle lust savage.
Whoosh!
Like a falling teor, Orion plunged straight down, aiming directly at the broodmother evolution on the sea's surface.
The broodmother evolution was not about to surrender, either—four unbelievably thick tentacles whipped toward Orion with different angles of attack.
The strikes arrived in a split second. Yet despite being in this enlarged form, Orion kept his wits, opting not to clash with the broodmother evolution's direct assault. With a sudden blur of motion, he darted in with Instant Impact, appearing beside the broodmother evolution and activating Swift Charge.
Boom!
Two colossal fighters collided, producing a heavy, muffled crash. Even the seawater was blasted apart, rippling from the point of impact and quickly spreading. Monts later, the ripples beca towering waves, rolling into the distance.
Orion roared, his feet planted on the ocean's surface as he reached out with both hands to grab a pair of massive octopus tentacles. He hauled the enormous creature from the water as if it weighed nothing.
With a thunderous crash, Orion flung the massive octopus into the sky. Then, at a gesture, his trident appeared in his grasp. He shot straight upward like a rocket, hurtling toward his airborne foe.
Midair, the broodmother evolution—transford into the massive octopus—had not suffered much from being flung aside. The bulk of the impact had been absorbed by the sea. Rather than dodging Orion's attack, the massive octopus stretched every tentacle wide, completely shrouding the space around it.
Darkness descended. Like a vast fishing net, the massive octopus descended, capturing Orion within its snare and fully enveloping him.
Splash!
They both slamd into the water, sinking into the sli molds layer together.
...
Down south, at Giant Beast Mountain.
"What do we do now?"
Leonidas frowned, his foreclaws raking the ground in evident worry.
"Don't rush."
"If Hulk still isn't using the blade aura the commander gave him, that ans he's not yet at a dead end," Deputy Commander Edward replied, sounding utterly composed.
"That move we just witnessed—he might not only stand firm against an lower arch lord, but could even hold his own against a mid-level arch lord."
"Hulk is far stronger than I expected, once again impressing ."
Leonidas felt most of his anxiety dissipate at Edward's calm assessnt, and he began running comntary on the battle between Orion and the broodmother evolution.
At that mont, however, a deafening boom echoed across the distant sea. Both Leonidas and Edward heard it clearly, as did Gustalon, Rendall, Grulbane, Dace, and the others.
Even in the far reaches of the deep sea, Kraken—resting inside a Nest to recover his injuries—abruptly opened his eyes, sensing the powerful shockwave.
"This power feels like an arch lord's!"
"Could Hulk be fighting that broodmother evolution now?"
"Should I go take a look?"
Kraken hesitated. His injuries were still severe, much of his body having been lopped off by the broodmother evolution during their last fight.
What Kraken did not realize was that the biomass taken from his severed flesh had enabled the broodmother evolution to develop its second form—directly boosting its power and causing a much bigger headache for Orion.
...
Back out at sea, at the heart of the conflict.
In the aftermath of a trendous explosion, Orion—having returned to his original size—burst through the water's surface (and the sli molds layer) holding what looked like a person in one hand.
"Spare ! I'm willing to serve you as my master!"
The figure Orion gripped was an exceptionally beautiful woman. Strictly speaking, of course, it was a sli molds broodmother.
She possessed a strange sort of allure: her upper body was bare, while her lower half was covered in sli molds, as if wrapped in a floor-length gown. Her iridescent eyes flickered with srizing colors, and one could easily beco lost in their hypnotic glow. Her hair was long, rging seamlessly with the slimy "skirt" around her legs.
Faced with this vision of almost impossible beauty—especially with a lovely, pleading voice—Orion paused for a mont. He even began lifting his hand, ready to seal a contract with this sli molds broodmother.
"Kill her," ca Deputy Commander Edward's voice in Orion's ear, solemn and earnest. "Fungal creatures have ways to sabotage a contract sigil; they won't be bound by it."
Orion extended his senses but could not locate Edward. At once, Orion understood that such was the power of a demigod. There was no way Deputy Commander Edward wouldn't be watching this trendous commotion in the Valkorath Realm.
Splat!
Orion's raised hand, poised for a contract, suddenly moved to grip and crushed the broodmother's head—along with her breasts—without warning.
The sli molds broodmother dropped three items: a Survivor's treasure chest, a lump of life essence, and a bottle of mysterious potion.
Orion gathered them, then turned away and launched himself toward the mainland.
...
"The battle is over; Hulk won," the storm avatar said, gazing toward the southern sea. Admiration glead in his eyes.
"Sigh… Squiddy's still a good deal weaker than Orion," Leonidas lanted regretfully, thinking of Kraken. But his disappointnt soon gave way to excitent.
Though Orion remained at the peak of Legendary level, he already wielded arch lord–level power.
"The Valkorath Realm shouldn't face any major troubles now. I'll guard this place, so you can carry on however you see fit."
Leaving these words behind, the storm avatar transford into a raging wind that spiraled into the sky and disappeared into the south.
...
Survivor's Platform, on the Champions Alliance public channel:
Leonidas: "Squiddy, that broodmother evolution is dead."
He gave no elaboration, rely stating the outco and giving Kraken the facts.
Kraken: "It seems Hulk is even more powerful than I imagined."
Leonidas: "Keep it up—reach arch lord level soon so I can bring you to see the wider world."
Edward: "In this competition, Hulk has erged victorious. The Legendary tier of gear is his!"
With that brief comnt, Deputy Commander Edward said no more. The entire channel went quiet.
...
Sowhere deep beneath the sea, in a certain Nest.
Kraken's giant form trembled faintly, betrayed by a trace of dejection. Losing to Orion despite both being at the peak of Legendary level did not discourage him; he simply regretted missing out on a legendary tier of equipnt.
From Kraken's earliest awakening until now, he had yet to see what such legendary gear might look like.
"If Hulk's strength improves further after getting legendary equipnt," Kraken reflected, "the gap between us will only widen."
"I need to work harder…I have to catch up!"
"…"
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