Chapter 44

, Five Emperors

The souls of the six monsters swirled and intertwined in the black mist, their fragmented dark energies merging together. A continuous, terrifying pressure spread through the air, causing the remaining ruins to crumble in the invisible aura.

The thick black mist slowly dispersed to both sides, and a massive, mutated behemoth stepped out—the very same Five Emperors born from the fusion of six monsters. (If four people call it a three-person team, calling it Five Emperors with six monsters isn't an exaggeration, is it?)

Its head follows the heavy and hard rock skull of Golza, with the forehead and sides extending with the sharp curves that are the hallmark of Melba, and the surface of the rock is shrouded in a faint black mist.

The two arms are completely different in structure. The right arm has a large, round eyeball protruding from it, which is the core organ of the eye Q. The left arm is a giant pincer covered with serrated teeth, with a cold glint of sharp blades.

His back was covered with countless jagged bone spurs, while his entire torso abandoned the conventional body of the Five Emperors, instead possessing the thick, dark purple-red scales of the Oubmeng King. The surface of the scales was covered with cracks of varying depths, and wisps of black smoke kept drifting out from the cracks. The hybrid body exuded a strange and fierce sense of oppression.

High above, Xiao Mian stood frozen, cradling the dull red ball in his arms, his gaze fixed on the giant monster below. He murmured unconsciously, "Is that a combination of the enemies of Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia?"

Risa, who had been calm and composed, was also stunned. The smile on her face vanished, and she stood there, her body tense and silent, her face filled with shock at the sudden darkness.

Lying on the ruins, Sirius was equally shocked. No one had touched the red ball to make a wish, but now an unknown dark current had captured the souls of all the defeated monsters in advance, forcibly merging the six monsters' souls into one.

During the battle, King Orb had exhausted most of Sirius's energy. The red light of the timer on his chest was still flashing rapidly. His body was covered in injuries from electric shocks and beam burns. He tried repeatedly to stand up, but he was unable to do so.

A deep sense of despair crept into his heart. It was already a miracle that he could defeat King Orb, but now a King Five, who had gathered the powers of six monsters, had suddenly appeared.

Even if he were at full energy right now, defeating this mutated Five Emperors would be an impossible task, let alone now that he is at a disadvantage due to depleted energy.

Before Sirius could even struggle to his feet from the rubble, the overwhelming resentment accumulated from the deaths of the six monsters at his hands spurred the Five Emperors to launch an attack.

The giant beast's head instantly gathered red and blue intertwined energy, and the Golmud Baganon beam instantly took shape. The extremely destructive beam of light tore through the air and rushed straight towards Sirius at an extremely fast speed.

Sirius was already unable to get up, so he didn't have time to dodge. The beam of light hit his body squarely, and his massive body was thrown away by the impact, leaving a long trench in the ground.

The terrifyingly high temperature of the light scorched his body, leaving large patches of charred marks on Sirius's skin.

Seeing Sirius's disheveled and wounded state, the Five Emperors, having avenged their great grudge, let out a deep, mocking roar, as if they were wantonly taunting their defeated opponent.

As Sirius gritted his teeth and tried to get up again, the eyeball of the Five Emperors' right arm, Eye Q, lit up with an eerie purple light. The Eye Q beam, which had an automatic tracking effect and a continuous burning effect, shot out and accurately wrapped around Sirius. The intense pain from the burning continuously eroded his remaining strength.

He possessed the strength to instantly kill Sirius, but clearly he didn't want to do so. He wanted to torture Sirius severely before finally killing him.

Xiao Mian from the high ground could no longer bear to watch. Despite how small he was in front of such a behemoth, he still mustered all his strength and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Stop!"

The childish voice pierced through the billowing dust, unexpectedly drawing the attention of the five emperors to the high ground.

In the eyes of the enormous monster, humans were as insignificant as ants on the ground. It casually raised its right arm, condensed a jet-black destructive light bullet, and fired it. The light bullet landed next to Xiao Mian in an instant and exploded with a bang. Thick smoke instantly engulfed the entire highland.

  

Watching helplessly as Xiao Mian was trapped in the thick smoke of the explosion, while he was too injured to go and rescue her, Sirius clenched his fists tightly, his palms filled with fine dirt and pebbles.

Extreme anger erupted within him as a strange power surged forth. He gritted his teeth, forced himself to his feet from the ruins, and ran toward the Five Emperors.

While running, he crossed his arms and assumed a charging stance, unleashing a torrent of Sirius photon rays.

Normally, this ultimate move has a huge recoil, making it difficult to release steadily while charging. But now, the inexplicably surging power perfectly offsets the recoil, allowing him to advance rapidly while steadily outputting beams of light.

Just as the azure beam of light was about to strike the Five Emperors, the giant beast remained calm and composed, raising its right arm, which was embedded with an eye Q. Its enormous eyeball opened instantly, forcefully absorbing the entire beam of light into its body.

In a brief moment, the eyeball, having absorbed the energy, shone brightly again, and the reflected beam, now twice as powerful, sped back towards Sirius.

Sirius reacted extremely quickly, immediately cutting off the light and leaping into the air, barely managing to dodge the reflected light to the side.

He had planned to take off and fly high into the sky to create distance and find a new opening to attack, but as soon as he turned around, the Five Emperors had already silently advanced to his front.

With a whooshing sound, Reichubas's giant pincers slashed horizontally from his left arm, the hard and sharp pincers slamming solidly into Sirius's chest and abdomen. The immense force directly pierced through Sirius's body, spraying out a large amount of light particles.

Sirius lost his balance and fell heavily from the sky like a boulder with a broken string, crashing into the depths of the ruins, sending rubble and dust flying everywhere.

Meanwhile, on the distant high ground, the smoke from the exploding light bombs slowly dissipated.

Xiao Mian's figure slowly emerged, and apart from a little dust on his face due to the damage to the surrounding environment, he was completely unharmed.

Even Risa, who was standing nearby, and Kashima, who was unconscious, were both unharmed.

Seemingly sensing something, he subconsciously reached into his pocket and took out his blue awl.

At this moment, the sapphire cone was shining brightly, radiating a dazzling light.

It was this invisible power of light that silently protected the entire high ground and blocked the fatal blow.

Upon seeing Sirius in danger, without much hesitation, almost instinctively, Xiao Mian tucked the Sapphire Cone to her waist, then raised it high and shouted with all her might.

"Gaia!"