Chapter 500: Battling the Legendary-Level Broodmother
"ROAR!"
Saint Xi, transformed into a massive Holy Giant Dragon, unleashed a devastatingly powerful Holy Dragon Breath from her mouth.
The golden Holy Dragon Breath became a cone of fire that swept across the enormous black Star Worm Nest from south to north, from west to east.
The black nest quickly crumbled under the scorching Holy Dragon Breath. Residual golden Holy Fire clung to the Star Worm Nest, continuously burning and purifying it from the world.
The power of Saint Xi’s Holy Dragon Breath was absolutely astonishing.
A single attack had practically paralyzed the entire Star Worm Nest.
The warrior Star Worms that had been pouring out ceaselessly were now reduced to a mere trickle. The entire Star Worm Nest was ablaze with Holy Fire.
Li Wei continued to use his Spiritual Perception to track the Star Worm Queen’s movements inside the Star Worm Nest.
The moment Saint Xi launched her attack, he sensed the Star Worm Queen’s aura surge in intensity.
It seemed the Star Worm Queen had also realized a powerful enemy had appeared and was strengthening itself by any means necessary.
Saint Xi continued to spew her Dragon Breath for five minutes, stopping only after she had burned the entire surface of the Star Worm Nest to a cinder.
"Too easy. These bugs are too weak."
Saint Xi said with a triumphant laugh.
Li Wei gazed down at the burning Star Worm Nest below, his expression grave.
He warned her cautiously, "Don’t let your guard down. It seems the Star Worm Queen isn’t injured. It’s still alive and well."
Hearing this, Saint Xi’s Dragon Eye narrowed. Her gaze seemed to pierce through the Star Worm Nest, locking onto the Star Worm Queen hidden deep within.
"Holy Dragon Light Bomb!"
Saint Xi chanted a Dragon Language Curse, and Holy Power coalesced in her mouth, forming a massive Holy Dragon Light Bomb.
WHOOSH!
The Holy Dragon Light Bomb shot toward the Star Worm Nest below.
SQUELCH! It instantly pierced the charred surface of the Star Worm Nest, plowing through all obstructions in its path to strike the Star Worm Queen hidden in the depths of the nest.
BOOM!
The Holy Dragon Light Bomb detonated violently upon hitting the Star Worm Queen.
The entire Star Worm Nest bulged outward, and a massive gout of fire erupted from the opening, illuminating the dim world.
Li Wei felt the Star Worm Queen’s aura weaken slightly.
It was injured.
SWOOSH!
A black shadow shot out from the flames, flying toward the two of them in the air like a sharp arrow.
Li Wei’s Spiritual Perception had already captured its movements.
He immediately sent a warning to Saint Xi.
"Watch out!"
Their minds were linked, so Saint Xi reacted instantly as well.
She lunged forward, twisting her body to whip her tail.
BAM!
Her thick dragon tail, carrying immense Power, smashed into the approaching enemy.
The enemy was slammed down onto the nest, creating a huge crater. The impact of the landing pushed the entire nest back several dozen meters.
Saint Xi beat her wings, hovering in mid-air as she stared down at the fallen enemy.
Li Wei also looked down, his gaze focused.
Illuminated by the surrounding, still-burning Holy Fire, Li Wei got a clear look at the enemy.
The Star Worm Queen stood upright, its body covered in a blue-black carapace. Its upper body had huge, scythe-like claws like a mantis, eight of them in total.
Below its neck was what looked like long, human-like hair. Upon closer inspection, one could see that this "hair" was actually a mass of thin tentacles, each tipped with a circular mouth full of sharp teeth.
On its back were four pairs of long, transparent wings, similar to those of a dragonfly.
Its lower body consisted of massive, reverse-jointed hind legs like a locust’s, giving it extremely powerful jumping ability.
It could reach several times the speed of sound the instant it leaped.
Standing amidst the Holy Fire, the Star Worm Queen was not burned by the flames.
Li Wei keenly sensed that the Star Worm Queen might have evolved a resistance to the Holy Fire.
After taking a powerful tail swipe from Saint Xi, cracks appeared on the Star Worm Queen’s blue-black carapace, and there were signs of dark green blood seeping from its chest.
However, these injuries repaired themselves in just a few short seconds.
The Star Worm Queen’s carapace grew thicker as it evolved greater Power. Its eight scythe-arms fused into four, its limbs becoming sturdier and its Power even greater.
Li Wei now had a rough understanding of the Star Worm Queen’s strength.
This was a Legendary Level Star Worm Queen.
It was capable of adaptive evolution to resist the abilities of a Holy Giant Dragon, another Legendary Level creature.
In other words, they couldn’t give it any more chances to continue evolving and adapting. They had to end this fight quickly.
Li Wei’s thoughts were transmitted to Saint Xi, who reacted immediately.
She dove violently toward the Star Worm Queen below.
BAM!
Saint Xi tackled the Star Worm Queen. The queen’s four scythe-arms stabbed viciously at Saint Xi, but their sharp edges were deflected by her incredibly tough Dragon Scales.
When its first attack failed, the Star Worm Queen evolved even sharper and more powerful weapons, gradually managing to leave wounds on Saint Xi’s body.
Saint Xi pinned the Star Worm Queen and opened her great maw, blasting it with Dragon Breath at point-blank range.
Faced with a Holy Dragon Breath blast to the face, the Star Worm Queen had no way to dodge.
Its body began to disintegrate rapidly under the Holy Dragon Breath’s assault.
The Star Worm Queen let out a deafening screech. The sound made Saint Xi’s head spin, forcing her to stop her Holy Dragon Breath.
GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE!
When Saint Xi came to her senses, she heard a strange noise and felt a piercing pain in her body.
She looked down to see that the Star Worm Queen, half its body incinerated by the Holy Dragon Breath, had extended slender tentacles from its back and plunged them into her wounds.
These incredibly fine tentacles looked harmless, but they were able to pierce Saint Xi’s tough Dragon Hide, gnaw on her flesh, and devour her Dragon Blood.
Devouring Saint Xi’s flesh and blood, the Star Worm Queen rapidly evolved new abilities.
After abandoning its burned half, the Star Worm Queen’s body shrank to less than six meters, but its Power had become even greater.
Patterns resembling Dragon Scales appeared on the Star Worm Queen’s body, and faint golden stripes emerged on its back and chest.
It had obtained the Power of a Holy Giant Dragon.
Realizing the Star Worm Queen was stealing her bloodline’s power, Saint Xi flew into a rage.
She lunged at the smaller Star Worm Queen, intending to tear it to shreds.
BAM! BAM!
For once, Saint Xi was at a disadvantage in a collision of Power. She was knocked back several steps before regaining her footing.
The Star Worm Queen, in contrast, had only retreated a single step in the clash despite its smaller size.
Its Power had increased.
The Star Worm Queen revealed an expression of immense excitement. It realized that if it could just devour the enemy before it, it would obtain even greater Power and complete a more perfect evolution.
After losing the exchange of Power, Saint Xi immediately spat out a mouthful of Holy Dragon Breath.
SZZZZZ!
The Holy Dragon Breath, which had previously been able to easily incinerate the Star Worm Queen’s body, now only managed to cause some scorching damage.
The golden stripes on the Star Worm Queen’s body gradually grew brighter.
It seemed to be further adapting to the damage caused by the Holy Power.
This was the Legendary Extraordinary Trait possessed by the Star Worm Queen—Super Evolution.
It could even adapt to damage from a Legendary Level being and evolve corresponding abilities.
Just then, an inconspicuous ball of light struck the Star Worm Queen.
The power contained within the ball of light wasn’t strong and was quickly absorbed and adapted to by the Star Worm Queen.
But soon, a strange phenomenon occurred within the Star Worm Queen’s body.