CHAPTER 369: CHAPTER 225: FACING RUTH, THE ULTIMATE WEAPON—THE FINAL BATTLE OF WHALE COURT

——The crystal fragments are reorganizing in mid-air, combining with terrifying efficiency! At this rate, in less than five seconds, it will be as good as new!

Even if the fragments are swallowed, the Crystal Cube will swiftly restore itself inside the shark’s belly, then release a beam of light, disemboweling Yaguba.

Thinking of this, Yaguba still opened its massive maw at this moment, like a martyr.

It roared with world-shaking might, unleashing the "Dark Fang" in a roar as furious as a monarch’s, instantly coating its metallic sharp teeth with a layer of utter darkness. Yaguba caught all the slowly falling fragments with its mouth.

Just like an ultimate oversized meat grinder, it thoroughly ground the crystal fragments into powder with its jaws!

According to the "Dark Fang" skill effect, the damage it causes will never be restored — this means the Crystal Cube will completely lose its ability to reconstruct!

Then, Yaguba’s mouth swelled more than twice its size at this moment, like a highly attractive black hole, forcefully pulling in all the crystal cube’s fragments.

It finally closed its mouth with force.

After a moment of deathly silence, a series of dark blue panels popped up in front of it. It finally felt at ease.

[You have devoured 1 "extremely special" generational-level Anecdote Fragment, triggering the exclusive nurture system’s "Anecdote Glutton" effect, your true size increases by 100 meters.]

[Third Body — Eternal Abyss Shark "Yaguba" size change: 201 meters→301 meters.]

[Ability acquired — "Death Reconstruction" (when your body experiences fragmentation, it will rapidly restructure) (note: this ability will only trigger "once", disappearing after activation)]

The entire world gradually quieted down, with a blood-red dusk casting over everyone’s face. The Royal Court Army members on the suspended steps stared dumbly at the massive shark in the sky. It stood like a ruler atop the food chain, with beastly eyes in shadows equally observing every human surviving the calamity.

As if a deity was lowering its eyes overlooking the earth.

At this moment, the members of the White Crow Travel Brigade had already returned to land, a large crowd descending separately from the backs of the Paper Dragon and Celestial Wolf.

"Oh come on, this is freaking exaggerated..." Andrew scratched his head, squinting his eyes. The sniper rifle, which had just fired a ’Embers Gun’ shot from his arms, was still hot. "If that shark were our enemy, we’d be in deep trouble."

"Can’t beat it, but can’t we run?" said the hacker on the phone.

"It’s just big; slicing it is no problem," Jack the Ripper said.

"Could you not say things that aren’t conducive to unity? I seriously don’t want to see these monsters anymore," Tong Zizhu sighed. "I just handed the scepter to that white-haired kid. If they suddenly turn on us, I’ll bash that little white-haired head of his with the scepter, even if it kills me."

She paused: "Besides, that shark just called me ’Mom,’ how could it suddenly turn against us?"

"Why is everyone calling you ’Mom’? Don’t you reflect on your own reasons?" the hacker asked disdainfully.

"Who knows?" Tong Zizhu mumbled, hugging her shoulders and shivering, "First it was the Black Cocoon, then it was Xia Pingzhou, and now it’s that shark... It’s freakishly bizarre!"

"In any case... we’re done."

Xia Pingzhou nonchalantly mentioned.

"Take the cable car..." the kimono girl whispered, gently tugging Xia Pingzhou’s sleeve from behind.

"Oh, if it’s all done, let’s go. We still need to wrap things up at the Imperial Palace."

Xia Pingzhou said, also tugging her kimono sleeve and flicking it up, like two kids playing.

"With this much commotion, Bergen won’t have cable cars for you to take," the hacker said. "I bet the residents at the harbor have already noticed the whale by now. Tomorrow, this big news will shake the Earth."

"That’s where you come in then," Xia Pingzhou said. "Hack into the cable car system, help us get it started or something."

"You really see me as an electronic pet?"

"Pay up."

"It’s not impossible."

Andrew bit onto a cigarette, lit it with a lighter, and sat on the beach with the sniper rifle, teasing softly: "The kid’s workload just got huge, having to tuck a whole country’s treasures into his database."

On the phone, the hacker said with disgust: "Can you not say it so grossly?"

Bai Tanlang returned to human form, wrapped in fur, approached, and asked in a deep voice: "Where’s the captain?"

"Haven’t seen him," Bloodline said, crossing his arms and looking around. "He’s probably already in the vault checking the spoils?"

"The captain is in the Imperial Palace," Tong Zizhu came over. "He’s playing with the two princes, though it should be over by now, right?"

She lifted her head, looking at Yaguba in the sky.

It had shrunk to a two-meter form, wagging its tail towards the members on the island, then headed for the palace, carrying Cezar without looking back.

....

....

Five minutes later, the Imperial Palace, inside the magnificent hall.

At this very moment, in front of the vast bronze throne, three figures were kneeling abruptly, clearly the Empress, the Great Prince, and the Second Prince. They were entirely chained, bound to the base of the throne, eyes vacant, faces pale.

Torches flickered in the grooves on both sides of the palace, with the huge columns covered in patterns of dragons, snakes, and ghostly images.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps approaching, and looking up, they saw a young man in a black long coat.

"Are you going to kill us?" Lorenzo raised his head, scoffing, "Congratulations... you band of thieves succeeded, this country is yours."

Urushibara Osamu’s deep eyes lifted, expressionless, gazing at them as if looking at insects.

"Unfortunately... someone else will deal with you."

He said softly, then backed away several steps, hands clasped behind him.

Instead, the palace doors were "banged" open, and a white-haired, green-eyed youth stepped over the threshold inside.

In the absolute silence, his footsteps were so clear, falling distinctly into the trio’s ears.

They all looked up bewilderedly at this unexpected guest, seeing Cezar with his back to the sunlight, slowly stopping in front of the throne.

The white-haired youth’s gloomy, indifferent face was shrouded in shadow.

After a moment, he lowered his green eyes, staring down at the three.