Chapter 355

Chapter 355: The Fool Who Roared Before Hunting Actually Exists

“Ah?”

Trilobite tilted his head.

Postosuchus raised an eyebrow.

“What kind of confusing behavior is this?”

After taking a bite out of the fast crocodile, Trilobite did not continue the hunt.

The fast crocodile, with one leg already useless, posed no threat.

Such a large open wound would surely get infected and inflamed, basically beyond saving; left in the wild, it was doomed.

When the Komodo Dragon hunted much larger prey like water buffalo, it created open wounds that caused the prey to bleed heavily, infected them with bacteria that lived in its teeth, and waited for the prey to weaken and die.

Although some studies said Komodo Dragons had venom glands, the venom in these so-called glands was very weak; it neither clotted blood nor affected the nervous system, acting like a stronger digestive enzyme.

It was the kind of venom that wouldn’t even kill a naked ape.

It was unclear whether it helped with eating or hunting.

“Though I don’t have venom,”

“My teeth aren’t exactly clean either.”

While Trilobite’s oral hygiene wasn’t as bad as that of a Komodo Dragon, he was still a wild animal.

Could his mouth be free of bacteria?

Even if some bacteria couldn’t cause serious infections, he still had saber teeth!

Just then, Trilobite not only tore off the gastrocnemius of the fast crocodile, causing a terrible open wound, but also left two deep wounds on its upper leg!

“Will I not get tetanus from this?”

“In any case, that fast crocodile was doomed, incurable, just waiting to die.”

“But I can’t show that.”

Right then, he had to act indecisive to lure out the beasts lurking on his flank!

However, the injured fast crocodile showed very confusing behavior.

It actually ran over and stood next to a lonely sapling, occasionally roaring rhythmically at Trilobite.

Very puzzling, he had no idea what it meant…

“Could it be wanting to chew on the tree to heal?”

“Does the tree I casually planted have that power?”

“But what does it mean to roar at me for no reason?”

“I just can’t understand…”

“Hmm…”

“Anyway, I still have to perform.”

“Put on a show of hesitation, uncertainty, and wavering!”

For Trilobite, acting was too easy.

Because acting required control of expressions, and the most important part was the "drama" in the eyes.

But Trilobite had no eyes.

The emotions in his calcite compound eyes depended entirely on the atmosphere and what the viewer imagined.

So whatever he portrayed was exactly what it appeared to be.

He just had to control himself not to turn his head toward the direction where the Beast was lying in ambush.

“I need to lure out the fellow hiding nearby!”

Sure enough…

“Swish…”

A faint sound of footsteps emerged.

—-

Amon was also very anxious then.

And he was in a lot of pain.

“It hurts—!”

“It really hurts!”

“Ugh…”

Having a chunk of flesh torn off was definitely not a good experience, especially since that piece was on his leg, nearly reducing him from four legs to three.

Of course, unlike Trilobite’s understanding,

The divine body of a deity wasn’t like a wild animal; it held a lot of magic power that could be used to heal bad injuries.

However, Amon found that this trick didn’t work anymore!

“Damn it, a nasty magic power is stuck on the wound.”

“As soon as my magic power touches it, it vanishes!”

“No way to heal this!”

“I can only hope…”

With that thought, he pushed through the pain, built up his strength, and roared at the scary Giant God: “Hey!”

“Don’t move from there!”

“Or else, I’ll destroy her!”

“Saraph matters to you, right?”

“She’s in my hands now!”

“Hahahaha…”

Amon’s roar, with the chaotic twist of the “Primordial Voice,” could be understood by any soul born in the “Chaos Swamp Realm.”

So he wasn’t worried about talking problems!

Sure enough, the effect was remarkable.

The Giant God truly halted its hunt, standing motionless with its head tilted.

It seemed to hesitate, to waver, even to falter!

But without doubt…

"Now, the Giant God’s full attention is upon me!"

"Samikina!"

"The moment has come!"

—-

"Good!"

"The plan succeeded!"

Samikina watched the Giant God’s "wavering" and "hesitation" with elation.

"Indeed, both Saraph and that carefully nurtured tree matter greatly to the Giant God."

"Now that Amon threatens it with the ‘Tree of Reversal,’ it behaves meekly and indecisively."

"All its focus now centers on Amon and that tree’s direction!"

"It remains utterly unguarded against me!"

"Then…"

Samikina initially considered hurling a forbidden spell.

After all, what distinguishes a demon god from a giant beast are intelligence and mastery of magic.

"But that won’t work."

"Past battles show the Giant God scarcely fears magical assaults."

"Walifer was a demon god supremely skilled in magic, yet the Giant God slew him—proof of its formidable magic resistance."

"A forbidden spell might neither destroy it nor inflict serious harm."

"Light wounds would only draw its notice, placing us at greater disadvantage."

"So…"

"Roar—!"

She unleashed a thunderous cry and charged the Giant God!

This represented the standard divine combat protocol when gods fought with their bodies.

Yet Trilobite’s assessment of such tactics remained…

"Damn it, idiots."

—-

So often in films, predators roar before charging their prey.

It appears intimidating.

But usually, this was nonsense.

Predators approached their prey quietly and then launched a surprise attack, catching them off guard.

Roaring loudly from afar wasted energy for running or fighting and alerted the prey early, needlessly raising the hunt’s cost.

Only when facing their own kind or other predators did predators roar at each other.

But this roaring was either to intimidate from a distance and mark territory, like a "public announcement," or during close fights, to scare enemies and relieve stress, like "battle cries."

No one roared before ambushing prey.

Predators could be fierce and cruel, but they weren’t foolish.

If this one did that…

Trilobite quickly turned around, facing the enemy!

He prepared to counterattack.

But one thing surprised Trilobite—this enemy’s speed was unbelievably fast!

As soon as he turned, the enemy was almost upon him!

—-

Trilobite was a bit surprised, but Samikina was even more shocked!

Facing a "Giant God" with super magic resistance, offensive magic wouldn’t work; but what if she used magic to boost herself?

Giant Strength!

Resilience!

Agility!

Speed!

Steel Skin!

Hardening!

…

Buffs piled up on Samikina’s Divine Body.

A deity cast enhancement spells on themselves without long chants like mortals; it happened almost instantly.

With the magic boost, Samikina’s speed was nearly faster than magical flight!

In an instant, she dashed to the Giant God.

But what surprised her was that the Giant God seemed calm!

A bad feeling rose in her heart.

“Is his reaction so fast?”

“Did he know about my presence since earlier…?”

“No, maybe he knew even before?”

“So…”

Samikina’s heart dropped with a thud, and she felt as if her heart had stopped.

She felt like a fool, her mind full of schemes, only to be outsmarted by someone else!

“No!”

“It can’t be!”

“This is unreasonable!”

“Because that Tree of Reversal was extremely important to the Giant God.”

“If he predicted my plan, why didn’t he focus on protecting the ‘Tree of Reversal’ and let us get Saraph and the ‘Tree of Reversal’ in our grasp!?”

“It’s just that this fellow had sharp senses and quick reactions!”

Thinking this, her inner turmoil eased a bit.

…

However, in battle, one should charge with full focus.

Especially when facing an opponent of equal strength!

The core councilor of chaos had fought easy wins for too long, either scheming or backstabbing colleagues.

Samikina, a powerful demon god, while still strong, had forgotten how to handle foes of similar or greater power.

Muddled thoughts in the heat of the moment slowed her down and made her attacks hesitant.

Her attempt to bite turned into a bump.

So…

“Boom—!”

Two massive demon gods crashed hard into each other!

“Bang—!”

“Ugh…”

The Giant God half-rose, using his front claws to press down hard on Chaos Demon God’s huge head.

Samikina grunted as the violent impact shook her head and even rocked her Soul.

“Zii—!”

But thanks to the big push from her Colossal Divine Body, she still shoved the Giant God forward!

His legs kept moving as he stepped back, leaving two long trenches in the soft ground!

The crash of the huge gods shook the earth!

For a moment, Samikina and the Giant God seemed evenly matched.

But was it really even?

“Boom—!”

The Giant God’s back foot stomped down hard, steadying himself and stopping his hind legs.

“Hey—!”

“Boom—!”

His body pushed with sudden force, shoving the demon before him aside.

“Roar—!”

Samikina roared as she stumbled back and fell; the shock to her Soul still left her unable to grasp the situation.

She shook her head, trying to figure things out.

But Trilobite wouldn’t give her that chance!

“Your weak and pointless attack ends here.”

“Now, it’s my turn!”

“Roar—!”

Trilobite roared fiercely, using his battle cries to scare the enemy.

His blood-red jaws opened wide, showing two long saber teeth!

Facing him, his foe also had two sword-like fangs!