NIP Chapter 249 The Three Continental Royal Families
Chapter 249 The Three Continental Royal Families
Meanwhile, Tokyo Bay.
In the old days, this place was a city with a population of 30 million.
The glass curtain walls of skyscrapers reflect the sunrise over the sea, the harbor is full of giant ships, and the highways are always jammed with endless traffic.
But now, there is no trace of human beings in this city.
Decades ago, the sea submerged most of the city, and the ruins left after the foundations sank protruded from the water.
The broken viaduct juts out of the water at an angle, covered with dark black algae and barnacles, its surface pitted and uneven from the sea breeze.
Several former landmark buildings are now just steel beams and skeletons, covered with layers of dried seaweed.
On the shore, an old-fashioned giant cargo ship lies capsized in the shallow water, its hull covered with dents left by a giant beast. The largest dent is big enough to fit an entire villa.
A crooked tree grew out of the cargo ship's smokestack, and several half-meter-long seabirds perched on it, their blood-red eyes warily watching the water below.
In the center of these ruins, the strange beasts are holding an unprecedented grand gathering.
A circular body of water, several kilometers in diameter, has been cleared from the deep waters of Tokyo Bay.
A dozen or so deep-sea behemoths, hundreds of meters long, lurked underwater, with only their jagged bony plates on their backs and their enormous nostrils occasionally surfacing to breathe. Each breath created a wave on the surface of the water.
They are all members of the whale clan. The shortest adult whale is 600 meters long, and the longest is over 1,000 meters.
Each of them was covered with battle scars and barnacle shells on its back. These giant beasts floated quietly underwater, forming a living wall.
Above the water, a platform formed from spiritual energy floats in mid-air, with a diameter of over three hundred meters.
At the very center of the platform, three colossal beasts each occupy one side.
On the far left is a giant python covered in dark gold scales, over 1,200 meters long, coiled on the platform like a spiral metal mountain.
Each of its scales was the size of a car, with edges as sharp as knives. Its head rested on the top ring of snakes, and eerie green flames danced in its vertical pupils.
This is the patriarch of the Abyss Python Clan, one of the three great royal clans on land, the Abyss Python King.
Behind it were six abyssal pythons, slightly smaller in size, but each over 800 meters long, with scales ranging in color from dark gold to jet black, and their vertical pupils burning with eerie green flames.
On the far right lies a huge fox-shaped beast, nearly a hundred meters long, covered in silvery-white fur.
The most eye-catching feature is its tail, which consists of nine tails, each tens of meters long, gracefully swaying in the air.
Its pupils do not have vertical pupils, but rather round pupils like those of a human.
The Nine-Tailed Fox King lowered his head slightly, his nine tails swaying slowly behind him, as if he were attending an ordinary banquet.
Behind it stood a nine-tailed fox with four heads and six tails, half the size of its predecessor.
A giant bird sits in the very center, its wings folded, and it stands more than 500 meters tall.
Its entire body is covered with dark blue feathers, and its beak is curved like a hook and is over a hundred meters long.
The most terrifying thing was its claws. Three huge hooks extended from its feet, each tens of meters long, deeply embedded in the platform's spiritual structure.
The Golden-Winged Roc King turned its neck, its amber eagle eyes sweeping over all the beasts present. Wherever its gaze fell, the lower-level beasts all lowered their heads.
Behind it stood four golden-winged rocs, slightly smaller in size, but each with a wingspan exceeding six hundred meters.
All the land royal families, except for the Ice Demons, were present.
Dozens of peak fifth-tier beasts of various shapes and sizes were scattered around them, each with the potential to break through to the sixth tier.
There are giant wolves from the snowfields of Siberia, ancient crocodiles brought out from the depths of the Southeast Asian rainforest, and sand scorpion kings that migrated from the deserts of Central Asia.
Unlike the three royal families, they were not at ease; some swished their tails uneasily, while others repeatedly pawed at the platform beneath their feet.
Any one of the beasts present would be a powerful beast king in its own right, but in this context, they were merely supporting characters.
The conference was hosted by a giant whale.
It slowly rose from the water's surface, its length exceeding 1,500 meters.
It is Jingyi, a direct descendant of the Giant Whale King and the deputy patriarch of the Giant Whale Clan. It was Jingyi who organized the ambush and killing of Song Chen on Yunbo Island.
"Everyone," Whale Yi spoke, his voice deep and resonant, in the Great Xia language, but with a strong fishy smell of the ocean.
"It took quite a bit of time to summon you all from your respective territories. On behalf of the Whale King and the Sea Dragon King, I thank you all for coming."
The Golden-Winged Roc King let out a short cry: "Forget the pleasantries. What did the Whale King and the Sea Dragon King say in their statement? They demanded that Great Xia stop its extermination campaign against the land-dwelling beasts. Now that the statement has been issued, what is humanity's response?"
Jingyi glanced at it: "Take a look."
It slightly opened its mouth, and a curtain of water rose from the surface, unfolding into a huge water mirror above the platform.
The water mirror began to flash back to the battlefield footage.
On Cangwu Mountain, the Iron Bone Python was pierced through both eyes with a single slash, its corpse dragged out of the cave, and its crystal core was casually tossed into its storage space.
At Eagle's Beak Cliff, two rock-armored lizards charged side by side, then a flash of blade energy, and the two corpses fell simultaneously, the dull thud of their bodies hitting the ground echoing through the mine tunnel.
Then came more scenes, flashing across the water like flowing water on a mirror, each frame showing Song Chen wielding a knife, each frame showing the death of a strange beast.
These images come from the mental communication network of the alien beasts. The last mental energy fluctuations they emitted before their death were received and preserved by their kin in the distance.
At this moment, Jingyi has compiled it into a complete record.
Then the scene shifted to the border of Nanjiang.
The golden-eyed black dragon's head was cleaved through by a single blade, and the golden patterns in its vertical pupils flashed one last time.
The last image on the water mirror is Song Chen walking out of the valley, his armor spotless, and not a single intact corpse remaining in the valley behind him.
The water curtain dissipated, leaving the platform deathly silent.
Several peak fifth-tier alien beasts shifted their bodies restlessly.
An ancient crocodile from Southeast Asia lowered its head, scratched the scales on its neck with its claws, and let out a suppressed growl.
Whale Steed retracted the water mirror, his deep blue eyes slowly sweeping over all the strange beasts present: "In the Southern River Province of Great Xia, within five days, all the beast kings in the province have been killed."
It continued, its voice growing lower and lower.
"After the death of the Sirius King, the land beasts were leaderless."
"For the past fifty years, you have each guarded your own territory, and none of you have submitted to or listened to the other."
"When the Great Xia army advanced, one beast king couldn't stop them, and neither could a group of beast kings."
"Because you have never been a whole, never a disorganized mess. If you acted together, with someone in command, the situation would be completely different."
"And the Great Xia is just the beginning. After the Great Xia people have dealt with the alien beasts on their own territory, they will definitely go to support other human countries."
"At that time, not a single beast king on the entire land will survive."
"You are all adults, and I believe you can all tell that I am not joking."