Chapter 433: Boiling Cauldron
The water churned like a boiling cauldron, waves rising and crashing. In the center of it, the silhouette of the Bake-kujira began to emerge. Massive, skeletal, and ominous, its form loomed like a dark god. The air around the lake was thick with the stench of decay and an unnatural pressure made it difficult to breathe.
The fishermen that had been sent to scout were trying to get away and dying—until Kazi cast a long-range Ultra Magic Barrier around them. He did not have to be close, his eyes found them, he reached out with fist and squeezed to protect them properly. "Alley-oop!"
He jerked his arm back and sent them flying back. In a matter of seconds, every single fisherman on a boat was saved and hurled back to shore in balls of blue light.
Kazi’s left eye deepened with energy. The sea or the mist, he could see through it like glass. He stood on what seemed like glass too. He was a whole kilometer away too.
"Well, you’re as ugly as they said you’d be," Kazi muttered, crossing his arms and taking in the scene. He levitated and observed.
The monstrous entity wasn’t fully awake yet, but its presence alone was enough to summon swarms of lesser creatures. Around the boiling cauldron in the middle of the lake rose birds with grotesque, mutated features. From the water, shadowy shapes writhed, some breaking the surface to reveal malformed, fish-like creatures with jagged teeth.
’Compared to before, these monsters are less defined. Strength-wise, they appear about the same. Slightly weaker, maybe.’
Kazi didn’t hesitate. Drawing his weapon—a finely forged katana imbued with faint traces of mana—he dropped down to the water and dashed. A countless number of screeching bird creatures dove toward him, talons outstretched and eyes glowing red.
"Ignis Serpens."
Markings appeared along the katana. Fire rushed up.
Kazi slashed upward, cleaving every creature to crisp with two giant fire serpents. Bodies disintegrating mid-air, leaving only puffs of dark mist behind. His grip tightened on the hilt of his sword.