Chapter 158

Chapter 158: What Kind of Trilobite Would It Be Without Armor!? 2/7

As Miss Valaharl activated the "Inverse World Nail" to assist Trilobite in battle, his spawn weren’t idle.

"Cough cough…"

"Urk…"

Though pinned like a dead fish under the terrifying chaos deity Momo’s foot, Sulya remained unharmed.

The shell inherited from Trilobite still protected her.

Trilobite believed that being a trilobite meant wearing armor.

What good was a trilobite without armor?

Even when forging an "unimagined path," armor stayed essential!

Evolution might shift, but armor remained constant!

Yet armor remaining constant didn’t mean clinging to the Ancestors’ Laws.

Why not forge armor uniquely suited to trilobites?

Armor wasn’t like Coca-Cola—it didn’t need to taste the same everywhere.

Coleopterans had wing-cases as armor; crocodiles and ankylosaurs bore osteoderms; turtles fused vertebrae and ventral ribs into shells; armadillos sported hardened keratin scales!

So when Trilobite enhanced Sulya with a "backplate," she gained both a chitinous shell like beetles and kept the original trilobite armor.

Using his system, Trilobite engineered this armor to be hollow and porous—lightening its weight while boosting strength!

Thanks to this dual-layered defense, Sulya endured the crushing pressure without mortal danger.

"I can’t just wait—I must act."

"I need something inconspicuous… a helper striking from unexpected angles."

"For instance…"

"Loseta. That’s your name, right?"

Sulya sent a tentative query through the Soul Network to another node.

"Yes."

A cool, toneless reply echoed in her mind.

"Position secured."

"Awaiting orders."

Loseta had pursued Sulya the moment she was captured.

Her second body moved with startling agility. "Magic fibers" spun resilient threads that let her swing between Giant God’s Towers like a specter.

Powerful limbs granted explosive jumps, while enhancement magic boosted her capability—letting her vault across the dense forest of towers.

With preternatural leaps and unbreakable silk, Loseta navigated vertically as if flying through air!

This mobility brought her barely later than Trilobite.

And her petite second body let her hide unnoticed among the surrounding Giant God’s Towers.

That white coating blended perfectly with the "Giant God’s Tower," making it much harder to detect.

So far, the two chaos deities hadn’t taken this tiny being seriously at all.

Now, it was time for them to pay for their carelessness!

"Good."

Sulya nodded to herself.

"I’m pressed tight against the ground and can feel the Giant God’s movements."

"Wait for my command, then coordinate fully with the Giant God!"

Sure enough, before long…

"Boom—rumble—rumble—!"

The earth suddenly shook violently!

"Zii—!"

A loud, strange screech echoed!

"Whoosh…"

The colossal Chaos Demon God stirred!

He seemed determined to investigate the disturbance!

"Loseta!"

"Now!"

The instant Sulya gave the order—

"Whoosh—!"

A tiny "jumping spider" leaped from the "Giant Pillar"!

"Thud…"

She landed right on the demon god Momo’s head, yet the chaos deity remained completely unaware!

"Great is the Giant God."

Loseta prayed, driving her specialized pincers—sharpened into venomous fangs—stabbing down hard!

—-

Almost simultaneously, within the cluster of "large mushrooms."

Abraham practically ran into a ghost!

As he pushed aside a cluster of smaller, still-growing "Inverse World Nails."

"Roar—!"

A gaping, blood-red maw appeared right before his eyes!

Then…

"Whoosh…"

The gigantic skull rushed out from that large cluster of "mushrooms," revealing a big mouth!

"Ah—oooh—!"

"No—!"

Abraham screamed in fear.

He instinctively shrank his body, folded his predatory limbs, and used their back as a shield in front of him.

"Bang—!"

That was the sound of the upper and lower jaws colliding.

The attacker missed the bite!

But this strike had an effect.

Those terrifying "fangs," like a guillotine, along with rows of sharp teeth that glinted like daggers, dazzled Abraham’s eyes.

"Whoosh—!"

The upper and lower jaws closed, generating powerful airflow that blew the "golden balls of light" through the air and pressed heavily down on Abraham!

The golden balls of light carried an aura that disgusted Abraham and was even toxic, and they also held the bloody scent that filled him with fear.

This shock cleared the thoughts of the chaos deity, turning him into a captive of fear.

—-

"Zii—!"

"Ga—!"

As he watched the Titan Chirper emit an embarrassing cry and turn to flee, Trilobite scoffed.

"Hmph…"

"If it had been a fair fight, the Titan Chirper might not have been my match, but it definitely would not have lacked any ability to resist."

"But if you started by putting yourself in the prey position, knowing nothing but to run, then nothing could be done."

"Besides…"

"Run?"

"Could you really get away!?"

Trilobite’s short but powerful hind limbs suddenly exploded with force!

"Boom—!"

His streamlined body lifted off the ground and pounced on the Titan Chirper, which had just spread its wings and bent its third set of limbs, building up potential energy for a jump!

Although the "Titan Chirper" had wings, if it had truly taken to the air, the "Peter Foot Salamander" would not have mattered at all.

But this depended on whether it could take off in time.

"Titan Chirper!"

"Your massive body might have given you the strength to prey on vertebrates in the tree canopy, but it also made you unbearably heavy!"

The bigger the creature, the heavier it inevitably became.

In Earth’s history, there had been creatures that mastered the contradiction of being large yet light, heavy yet soaring—like the vertebrate sky’s first ruler, the pterosaur!

But unfortunately, the Titan Chirper was no pterosaur.

Though he possessed powerful "hind legs" capable of leaping airborne, his cumbersome, massive frame prevented it.

Then…

"Whoosh—!"

The sound of something slicing through the air came from behind Abraham!

"Ah!?"

Abraham turned his head in terror.

At that instant, he had just unfurled his wings; his "hind legs" had just thrust his bulky body off the ground.

But it was already too late.

In his eyes, enormous claws drew nearer!

Finally…

"Snap—!"

Sharp Claws ripped through Abraham’s thin chitin neck armor, shattering his entire "thorax" with a sickening crack.

The Chaos Demon God tumbled helplessly several times before crashing into a cluster of "mushrooms" with a thud.

His entire body buried itself, leaving only one limb protruding, twitching uncontrollably.

"Ugh…"

Abraham strained to rise but felt only excruciating pain.

Immense force had already broken his body.

He tried using magic to swiftly mend his severely damaged divine form.

But…

"Buzz—!"

Magical interference struck precisely!

This time, fiercer and more savage!

"What!?

"I can’t muster even a wisp of magic!?"

"Damn it… no—!"

Abraham emitted a desperate shriek.

For…

"Thud… thud… thud…"

Heavy footsteps echoed from directly ahead!