Chapter 376: Chapter 42: The Giant Dragon Reappears, a Bizarre Plot Development

"This guy... he doesn’t look any weaker than the Blood God was, does he?"

"No, stronger! The Blood God didn’t have this kind of immense Power of Space."

When the Giant Serpent ’slowly’ slithered its terrifying body into the Crimson World, the first to grow tense were undoubtedly the five Main Gods among the Thirteen Blood Ancestors.

After all, they were currently responsible for guarding the Crimson World.

"What’s the situation now? Do we need to fight?"

"Fight? What’s the point of fighting this thing?"

"Let’s retreat as far as we can. The Chief should have noticed the situation here."

"From here on out, we need to accept our roles as spectators."

"Still, losing three Deities before the battle has even started... I have a feeling this is going on our record."

Not the Tea Monarch’s expression was also quite grim at the moment.

However, they weren’t the only ones looking grim; the Storm Main God and the Ocean Current Main God looked the same.

Main Gods, the leaders of all Deities, had failed to save three New Gods of Weak Divine Power. It was truly an unacceptable outcome.

But all of this was because the Giant Serpent God’s appearance was simply too overwhelming.

Nearly all the Deities were stunned by his aura, momentarily unable to react.

By the time they came to their senses, the three unlucky souls had already been sucked away by the turbulent currents of Subspace.

The only silver lining was...

After all, these Deities all possessed Divine Kingdoms in either the Karte World or the Oakland World.

Therefore, even if they died, they could quickly resurrect in their Divine Kingdoms, so it wasn’t a catastrophic loss.

Of course, it was still quite the loss of face.

The coiled form of the Giant Serpent God Kukudar was comparable to a planet. As a serpent, his Body Type wasn’t particularly thick, but his length was terrifying.

His sprawling body stretched for nearly 140,000 kilometers.

An ordinary deity, without the aid of their Divinity, couldn’t even see him from head to tail in a single glance.

One can only imagine the shock such a terrifying behemoth would cause.

Of course, Lince, who had been watching the Deities’ actions the entire time through the eyes of Brother Cheng Takes Off, was already aware of everything.

’This is a bit different from what I expected.’

’Since he isn’t actually in a deep sleep, there’s no need for any preliminaries.’

「On the surface of the Sun.」

The terrifying Giant Dragon opened his eyes.

At that very same moment, rhythmic, water-like ripples began to emanate from his body.

The ripples spread as the Giant Dragon rose.

In an instant, the entire Giant Dragon seemed to enter a world filled with flowing light.

Crossing the chaos and storms of Subspace, his surroundings blurred past him in a mere moment.

「Now, in the Crimson World.」

A colossal Flame Giant Dragon had appeared in the distant Star Sea.

The Flame Giant Dragon’s entire body was covered in crystalline scales that rippled with the power of Space. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The flames rising from these scales weren’t simply burning; like miniature stellar surfaces, each one was undergoing a continuous nuclear fusion reaction.

If not for the Power of Space covering his scales, the passive heat and waves of fire he radiated would have been enough to double the temperature of the entire starry sky.

The Giant Dragon gazed at the distant Giant Serpent in the Star Sea.

His wings slowly unfurled, casting a shadow with a diameter large enough to cover at least 120,000 kilometers.

Moreover, his wings no longer looked solid, but rather as if they were woven from pure Energy and gravitational fields.

The fire flowing within them resembled the luminous bands of a spiral galaxy’s arms. Each slight tremble of his wings sent ripples through Space, disturbing all surrounding matter.

Although the Flame Giant Dragon’s body length was less than his wingspan, measuring just under 50,000 kilometers...

...his build far surpassed that of the Giant Serpent.

The feeling was akin to comparing a nearly five-meter-long elephant from an ordinary world to a fourteen-meter-long giant python.

Next to the Flame Giant Dragon, the Giant Serpent truly paled in comparison.

In fact, when the Giant Serpent saw the Giant Dragon that had suddenly appeared behind him, his entire being froze for a moment in stunned disbelief.

The Giant Serpent God Kukudar was shocked and astonished.

But following the shock and astonishment was a strange sense of excitement.

’So, in the vast Dark Star Sea, there’s actually an existence even larger and more powerful than me?’

The moment he saw Lince appear...

The Giant Serpent God Kukudar felt no fear or panic. He actually felt incredibly thrilled!

He himself no longer knew how many ages he had drifted and slumbered in the Star Sea.

But he had never before seen a giant life-form with a body as terrifying as his own.

Although, he was aware that in the boundless Star Sea, he couldn’t possibly be the only giant life-form in existence.

But a guess was just a guess.

Seeing it become a reality, he couldn’t help but feel excited.

How could one describe this feeling?

Although Lince’s species was different from the Giant Serpent God Kukudar’s...

...at this moment, Kukudar didn’t care about any of that.

He only knew that he might finally no longer be alone.

Because, after everything he had experienced on his home planet and after learning the knowledge of the "small ones" in the Square World, he had finally understood a principle.

Only beings of equal, or at least comparable, strength could truly establish a stable and lasting relationship.

There were too many internal obstacles in the interactions between a Strong Person and a weaker one.

First was the unequal exchange of value and the feeling of being a burden. When a Strong Person interacts with a weaker one, the former is often the one who gives constantly, but even so, it might not be appreciated.

This is because the weaker party, in their interactions with the stronger one, often struggles to maintain a healthy mindset. They tend to accumulate a great deal of pressure and feelings of inferiority, which can ultimately lead to the two sides becoming enemies.