Beast Taming: Abyssal Descent
Chapter 557 - 403: Bombardment from the Wolf King
This towering tree that emerged from the ground exuded an extremely terrifying aura, making him feel a chill down his spine even by looking directly at it.
And yet, the boss wants to bring this thing back. Aren’t they afraid that the entire Yanhuang Academy would be destroyed by it?
"Tch, this thing is just Monarch-level; bringing it back would only mean Dragon Dean can easily suppress it."
Although I haven’t really seen the dean in action, I have felt his presence before, and he’s definitely at least an Epic King-level Beastmaster!
This implies that Dragon Dean has at least one Epic King-level Guardian Beast.
The gap between Tier Nine and Super Tier Nine Monarch-level might seem only a difference of one great realm, but it’s actually a qualitative gap in combat strength.
And the gap between Monarch-level and Epic-level is even more significant.
"Boss, the skull on the tree canopy seems to be a consumable. How about we bombard it a few times first to drastically deplete its internal energy?"
Grey Wolf kept replaying the footage of the Devouring Demon Tree breaking through the earth.
Especially during its time in the underground laboratory, in order to break out of its cage, it kept dissolving the skull on the tree canopy, thereby acquiring stronger power.
"Alright, as long as you don’t kill it with the bombing."
Nodding, Mo Qingchen agreed with Grey Wolf’s suggestion and then watched as Grey Wolf’s claws blurred into countless afterimages as they danced across the control panel of the Wolf King.
In almost an instant, the Wolf King began to transform.
Originally, the Wolf King was just an air-cargo truck, still a civilian transport version.
But after various upgrades and modifications by Grey Wolf, it transformed directly into a battle vehicle, and further into a Transformer.
Today, the Wolf King revealed its transformed state for the first time.
It wasn’t a true humanoid form, but a mecha form, towering at a height of a hundred meters, with over a dozen types of weapons appearing all over its body.
The turret mouths almost instantly switched to a charging mode.
A pale blue light flickered in the mouth of the turrets, and the next moment, more than a dozen blue energy light pillars poured out from the turrets, precisely striking the Devouring Demon Tree!
However, this big tree is not to be underestimated, though its roots are restrained by sunlight and rapidly lose their life force, it still can’t withstand the developmental roots of this tree.
Just as the blue energy light pillars were about to spew out, this entity’s roots shot up into the sky, wrapping its canopy in a barrier of roots.
At the same time, a silver glow appeared from these roots, transforming into a silver energy shield.
The energy beams and the energy shield collided almost instantly.
Waves rippled and two energies clashed continuously, emanating waves of energy that swept out in all directions.
"Its energy shield can dissipate most of the energy impacts it receives; it seems the Tier Seven energy cannon attack can’t break its defense."
Grey Wolf’s paws began to move again, becoming afterimages as they danced over the control panel.
The next moment, the firing of the Wolf King halted its output, and then the arms and turrets began to transform again.
A dozen turrets began to interlock and merge with each other, forming two enormous turrets fixed onto the arms.
A massive energy source began charging the turrets, blue energy outlined numerous runes, which were then compressed and concentrated at the turret mouth.
This time, the charging time wasn’t instantaneous, taking a full three seconds to complete the charge.
The next moment, two sturdy dark blue energy light pillars descended from above, blasting toward the Devouring Demon Tree.
The frenzied energy light pillars once again struck the energy shield of the opponent.
Compared to the first time, when the energy was mostly dissipated, this time the energy was more concentrated.
With the double bombardment from left and right, the energy shield began to tremble violently. The dissipated energy formed a terrifying wave of energy that swept across, raising countless dust and debris.
And the energy shield began to distort and deform under the powerful energy impact, with one crack after another appearing.
"The shield has a strength at the Tier Eight peak, able to dissipate about thirty percent of the Tier Eight energy attack. If the output continues, the defense should break in twenty seconds."
Grey Wolf, looking at the test results shown by the Wolf King, nodded and began operating again with his paws.
The continuous energy cannon barrage ended its energy output in the next second, ceasing fire.
However, the arms of the Wolf King started transforming once again.
The left and right turrets, along with the arms, merged, directly connecting seamlessly with the chest, transforming into a massive turret over thirty meters long.
The turret mouth alone was five meters wide!
The next moment, dark blue energy slowly filled the turret, lighting up countless densely packed runes.
Massive energy was gathered and then extremely compressed, finally condensing near the turret mouth.
With a full thirty seconds of charging, the energy within the colossal turret erupted.
The mighty energy light pillar, which had turned from dark blue to a pale purple, generated a spatial ripple.
Perhaps sensing a slight threat, the Devouring Demon Tree underground transformed the roots covering its body into a massive root ball. At the same time, the silver energy on the roots grew fuller and repaired all cracks in the shield earlier bombarded by energy.
In the booming explosion, the pale purple energy light pillar twisted the energy shield with brutal force, tearing it apart after a second.
The formidable energy blasted onto the spherical root ball.
The wooden roots shattered into powder under the terrifying energy assault, disintegrating and collapsing into dust, finally reduced to ashes and void.
The continuous energy light pillar attack shattered the root ball in one hit, with the remaining energy bombarding the silver trunk.
Despite the Devouring Demon Tree constantly generating roots, colliding with the energy light beam to deplete its strength, it still couldn’t prevent this energy from hitting the trunk.
However, when the skulls on the tree canopy simultaneously howled sharply, a semi-transparent spirit shield formed directly on the trunk’s surface.
"Two layers of shields, the first is wood element, the second is telekinesis, enduring Tier Nine Peak energy attacks. This shield is formidable."
Shaking his head, Grey Wolf squinted his eyes, then began operating once again with his claws swiftly moving.
Cutting off energy supply and halting continuous output, in the next moment, the massive turret began to charge again!
"Overload mode activated, grant permission?"
The voice of the Wolf King sounded directly in the cockpit.
"Activate!"
Grey Wolf’s voice rang out, and his hand did not cease operating.
"Overload charging activated, choose overload energy multiple? One time, two times, three times?"
"Maximum overload! Three times!"
In truck form, the Wolf King can unleash an attack at the Tier Nine Peak with its strongest energy cannon.
While in Transformer mode, it can unleash an attack beyond Tier Nine Peak, though overall output damage hasn’t reached the Super Tier Nine level, it closely approaches Monarch-level attack.
But under overload, one time can reach Monarch-level attack, two times can approximately reach Monarch mid-stage attack strength, three times can achieve a full force blow at the Monarch late-stage.
However, under this overload mode, only one shot can be fired before it needs to cool down.
Otherwise, the entire turret would be destroyed by the overloaded energy, resulting in energy self-destruction.
Currently, Grey Wolf has been testing the strength of this Devouring Demon Tree from the start using the Wolf King’s attacks.
Undoubtedly, its combat strength is Monarch-level, but its defensive power is uncertain.
Now, from the test, the protection capability of this tree can at least withstand attacks at the Tier Nine Peak.
Since that’s the case, let’s max out the energy and give it a fierce strike to see just how strong this tree is.