Chapter 328: The Red Sea
[On The Way To Staten Island.]
[On The Back Of The Red Dragon.]
The journey across the fractured skies of New York was a display of absolute dominance. The massive Red Dragon, whose wingspan cast a shadow over the ruined boroughs below, cut through the ash-choked clouds with ease. The heat radiating from its crimson scales created a localized pressure zone, repelling the lesser flying monsters that dared to look up.
"Hey, how come you are afraid of the Centipede, but not the gatekeeper?" Cupcake asked, casually turning her head to Vespina. Despite her small size, she sat near the front of the dragon’s broad neck, firmly holding her position as the eldest.
"I think that Gatekeeper is already a King Stage cultivator." She added, her eyes narrowing as she tried to calculate the massive power discrepancy they had just witnessed.
"No... The gatekeeper is a peak stage Great Celestial Cultivator." Vespina said, correcting the assumption, and turned to Cupcake. Her crimson hair whipped in the high-altitude wind:
"The reason I can fight that dragon is because my tentacles bypass all defenses, and directly attack vitality." She pointed a delicate, pale finger down at the Centipede; who Mirabella named Toxin. The creature was rapidly slithering across the ruined highways far below them, his massive chitinous legs tearing up the asphalt.
"I am not scared of Toxin down there. Although it’s one stage above me, if we fight, It won’t be able to kill me... But I will surely suffer from his toxic. As a demon who feeds on Vitality, such an enemy whose attack affects his and others vitality is my bane." She explained, her face twisting in genuine revulsion. Her evolution relied on the pure consumption of life force; corrupting that food source was the ultimate blasphemy to her.
"Oh, so you’re scared of this toxic." Cupcake asked, her ears twitching as she digested the matchup.
"Yes, Big Sister... I hate anything that taint vitality. It makes me disgusted." She added, shuddering slightly at the thought of consuming acidic, necrotic energy.
Cupcake slowly nodded her head, staring at the chaotic expanse of the Red Sea ahead. The water below them had been heavily contaminated by blood, turning a deep, violently churning crimson, acting as a treacherous natural border separating the two boroughs.
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