Published at 23rd of September 2024 6:02 pm

Chapter 1786: Surviving In The Arid Deserts

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[A giant swarm of [Azure Sand Scavengers (Rank 10+)] have detected your presence! Because you're flying over the large territory of their colonies, they have decided to eliminate you

swiftly to protect their homes.]

[Careful! The more you kill the Azure Sand Scavengers, the more of them will emerge as their dead bodies produce special pheromones that enrage them and leave you marked!]

As a giant swarm of Scavengers started chasing us down from behind and then another appeared from above, I grew tired of just running or evading them.

I was going to just blast em' good!

"Hah! Fucking bastards, get off my way!"

I quickly summoned all nine of my heads, as I opened my jaws after charging my throats with divine energy and unleashed nine breath attacks at once.

A colorful spectacle of rainbow colors was unleashed, as these glistening beams reached the bugs one after another.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

Once a beam reached them, they were blown away and quickly burned with rainbow flames that both burned and froze them.

This was my latest "normal" breath, a combination of every element I possess. It cost almost no energy, and it has tremendous power on its own.

"That should be it for that swarm-"

BBZZZTTTT!

However, as the smoke dissipated, only around a tenth of the swarm died... the rest remained alive.

"Dad! They're not dead yet!" Benladra panicked.

"Only... a few dozen died," said Kate, gasping. "They're very strong, papa!"

"That didn't do it?!" Benladann was left equally shocked.

"Hardy cockroaches!" Miranda roared.

"Cowkcoaches!" Drakda imitated his mother.

Ding!

[Remember! The Difficulty of foes within the trial is equal to the strongest member of the party!]

[All foes will have between 70% to 100% of the same Stats as you when you entered the Trial depending on their Level of Power.]

Are all these damn bugs as strong as I am?!

Does that mean that the fucking weakest ones have 70% of my Stats?

Are you kidding me? I'm a damn venerable!

I assumed it would only be just the Ranks but...

I was sorely mistaken!

"SHYAAAAGHHH!"

The insects roared even more angrily than before, as they rushed towards us from the front and behind.

[The two swarms of [Azure Sand Scavengers (Rank 10+)] have grown furious after you've slain some of their brethren! More of them have begun to emerge from their nests!]

Clouds of these things started surging from al the cacti below us, more, more, and more.

And with how hardy they were, we would be stuck all day here trying to kill them all. "Drake! We can't just stop here to kill them; we'll lose the train! It might be something important!" said Benladann.

"I know! Let's break through them! Everyone! Ready your Divine Auras, Skills, Divine Abilities, and the Living Domains!" I roared. "Nebula! Storm! Come and surround us! Enhance our power and defenses!"

FLAAASH!

FLUOSH!

Both Living Domains emerged within mere seconds after I called them, a giant, expansive nebula of stars of many colors materialized, followed by an endlessly spinning tornado of emerald winds.

At the same time, Benladann and Miranda's Umbra was summoned, spreading a domain resembling a sea of black sludge and purple ice, Benladra's Starry surged, resembling Nebula but brighter, and then Kate's Silvy appeared, its spherical bubble-like body beginning to expand.

"Everyone, I'll move as quickly as possible, all of you attack as we move through! The Domains will stay together and create a barrier combined with my Divine Aura!"

"ALRIGHT!"

My entire family cheered, as I quickly imbued Divine Power into all Domains, their bodies temporarily merging into a giant bubble-like barrier of stars, metal, darkness, winds, and light.

BBBZZZTTTT!!!

The swarm approached as I quickly moved forward, summoning a giant white sword into my right hand, and imbuing it with her Ascendancy Law Essence.

"Celestia!"

"I'll help!"

FLAAASH!

As fast as I could, I flew forwards. The scavengers were tremendously fast as well, following us rapidly. And those that were in front of us quickly gathered strange light energies of blue

color, resembling lightning!

TRUUM! TRUUM! TRUUM!

They didn't even try to engage on close combat, as they started shooting thunderbolts from their hands. These aliens are fucking cracked, what did they even eat to be this strong?

My family responded to all attacks, dozens of these insectoids attacked from the left, but Benladann got them, her black axe and her titan powers converging with her chaotic energies and the power of her Living Domain.

"{Abyssal Chaos Axe Arts): {Chaotic Storm}!"

SLAAASH!

A storm of black chaos energies was unleashed, engulfing several of the insectoid aliens and pushing them away, but out of a dozen, only one or two ended dying, the rest surviving.

"I'll also be doing my part!"

Miranda's entire body twisted and transformed, resembling a giant eldritch monstrosity. Countless red eyes opened, firing beams against the aliens, at the same time as countless of her tentacles attacked them, shapeshifting into all kinds of monster limbs we've eaten before, including demons too.

ВААМ! ВААМ! ВААМ! ВААМ!

Her attacks also kept some of the aliens at bay, pushing them away and dealing damage, yet she only managed to kill three and ate two, although she complained.

"Ugh, these shits taste worse than garbage! But I can feel their power within me a little bit

now!"

Suddenly, Miranda replicated the Scavengers body parts, unleashing the same thunderbolts

they could release against them.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

That bought us enough time for my daughters and my son to attack as well at the same time

as I confronted hundreds of these things all over my giant body.

Their sharp mandibles were able to pierce through my scale armor, which I was forced to constantly regenerate within this small timeframe.

Fuck off! I'm not your damn buffet!

"[Divine Celestial Venerable Swordsmanship]: [Celestial Horizon Cleave]!"

.

I swung Celestia horizontally with all my strength, as a giant slash of pure white and silver

light was released at once, as huge as a kilometer, it reached the insectoids and then...

SLAAAASH!

It slashed right through them!

Yes, it worked!

Although they might have similar stats, my power is still superior with my equipment.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Hundreds of these critters died at once, but the bastards swarming the rest of my body had yet

to die!

"Kids, take care of these!"

"Yeah!"

The train was about to leave, I'll have to leave the rear to my kids while I slash the front!

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