CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 190: KING OF MONSTERS, SKULL ISLAND (REQUESTING MONTHLY PASS)_3

What just happened?

Suddenly, Qin Shou felt his heart seize as if gripped by something, snapping his gaze toward the rushing water behind him.

"Roar..."

Amidst the faint and distant howl of a colossal beast, a streak of brilliant blue light appeared in the underground river.

"Gurgle..."

The blue light grew ever brighter, and the currents of the dark river became increasingly turbulent.

Could it be...

A glowing cluster of moving coral reefs!

No, it wasn’t coral reefs, it was...

Godzilla!

A giant beast far larger than the low-budget versions of Godzilla!

The reason the underground river had become increasingly scalding was due to the atomic energy escaping from within Godzilla’s body.

Qin Shou’s eyes widened as his heart involuntarily raced, his blood feeling like it was about to boil.

The fabled King of Monsters?

Meanwhile, the Muto, already on the brink of death, sensed Godzilla’s presence and began struggling violently as if given a second wind.

The Manda Dragon Beast roared incessantly toward the blue light, its cries a mixture of threat, trepidation, and panic.

"Hum!!"

Suddenly, the dazzling blue light in the dark river flickered rapidly, and deep rumbling echoed through the entire waterway.

"That sound..."

Qin Shou felt a foreboding sense of doom and quickly reverted to his true form, activating the Emperor Armor to cover his body.

"Boom!!!"

In an instant, the underground river’s temperature spiked, the water turned to steam, and an unimaginably powerful blue beam cut across the river, heading directly toward the Manda Dragon Beast and the Muto Monster.

The Atomic Breath’s energy burst through, stirring the river water and boiling it, while simultaneously triggering raging undercurrents from the riverbed.

Unable to escape in time, Qin Shou felt the world spinning. No matter how he tried to control the armor’s balancing mechanism, he couldn’t break free from the turbulent currents’ grip.

"Roar..."

"Shriek..."

Swept along by the chaotic currents, Qin Shou could hear two piercingly wretched roars of beasts nearby as terrifying atomic energy erupted in the underground river.

"Boom..."

At the explosion’s center, the river water was displaced by the monstrous energy, forming a temporary waterless zone.

The displaced water rushed back as violent undercurrents, dragging everything in its path toward unknown depths.

Within the chaos, Qin Shou’s Emperor Armor collided and scraped against countless rocks, leaving its surface marred with dense scratches.

Qin Shou grew dizzy, completely unable to control his body, left with no choice but to surrender to the currents’ mercy.

...

It was unclear how much time had passed, but eventually, Qin Shou sensed the raging currents subsiding.

Forcing himself past the nausea, Qin Shou opened his eyes to find himself lying still at the bottom of a tranquil pool, his body buried beneath layers of sediment, while a large mudskipper was attempting to wriggle into the crevices of his armor.

"Damn, where do you think you’re going?"

Qin Shou glared at the mudskipper and reached out to shoo it away, but the startled creature retaliated with a powerful tail slap aimed right at Qin Shou’s head.

"Buzz..."

The Emperor Armor’s crimson visor instantly fired a blast of energy, reducing the mudskipper to shreds, its remains quickly devoured by the surrounding fish.

"Gurgle..."

Waving away the nearby fish, Qin Shou activated the armor’s energy propulsion system, shaking off the layers of mud and propelling himself toward the water’s surface, which shimmered with white light.

"Splash splash..."

The calm surface of the water erupted as the Emperor Armor soared skyward, coming to hover in mid-air.

Beneath a blue sky adorned with white clouds and a blazing sun, Qin Shou saw wetlands stretching as far as the eye could see, surrounded by towering mountains.

Qin Shou frowned, gazing at the sky above—it had clouds and even a sun.

This couldn’t possibly be the underground space!

Could a single burst of current really carry someone to the surface?

Checking the time, only about an hour had passed. No matter how violent the current was, it shouldn’t be able to transport him to the surface in just one hour.

Unless... there was a space channel hidden in the underground river!

"Splash splash splash..."

Just as he was thinking, the wetland’s waters surged as a massive tentacle of a giant octopus emerged, shooting toward Qin Shou.

"Shriek!!"

Shimmering radiance erupted as the Aurora Sword appeared in his grasp, and with a swift motion, blinding streaks of sword light cut through, severing the giant octopus’s tentacle into pieces.

"Hiss..."

From beneath the wetland’s surface came a chilling roar, a creature resembling both squid and octopus slowly emerged—the Swamp Giant Squid.

Its tentacles, lined with suction cups, hadn’t even had the chance to strike Qin Shou before the Aurora Sword transformed into a meteor, hurtling down onto its forehead.

"Boom..."

Golden energy exploded as Qin Shou flipped onto the shore, the Aurora Sword flying back into his grip before slicing a Skeleton Giant Lizard emerging from a nearby cave into two halves with a single strike.

"Moo..."

Not far away in the wetlands, a colossal bull, over five meters tall and covered in swamp foliage, appeared, bellowing in alarm.

"Swamp Giant Squid, Skeleton Giant Lizard, Solitary Reef Bull Demon... Could this place be Skull Island?"

Qin Shou’s heart skipped a beat.