Chapter 138: The True Power of Hoolay~
They could grant the user the power of Destruction for a short time, though afterward, they would turn into Void Rangers. But… they no longer cared about that!
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"Awoo--!"
Two wolf howls rang out one after the other, an unrestrained aura of destruction wantonly spreading, forming a gauzy, cloth-like material around them.
"The aura of the Antimatter Legion? You're still in contact with the Antimatter Legion?"
Feixiao's eyes narrowed.
That dense aura of destruction was glaringly obvious to someone like her, long seasoned by battle.
The next second, the two of them charged toward Hoolay, the Eclipse Pack Head's eyes fixed straight on Feixiao.
"Lord Hoolay, please leave, we'll hold them off here!"
Hearing this, instead of preparing to fight, Hoolay put away his battle stance.
His aura retracted, concealing his emotions, but anyone could feel the fury burning within him at this moment.
"What is the meaning of this aura?" Hoolay asked in a deep voice.
Hearing the heavy tone in Hoolay's voice, the two immediately felt something was wrong and answered instinctively:
"We once found the Antimatter Legion and formed a cooperation with them. They wanted to see the Xianzhou thrown into chaos, destruction descending, so..."
"So, you abandoned the honor of the Borisin and swallowed this poison?!"
Hoolay's eyes widened in rage, and he let out a roar to the heavens.
In the next instant, both his fists slammed down heavily. Bang! The two Borisins' concealment was instantly shattered!
"Weak and pathetic power, this is what you rely on?"
As he spoke, several beads containing the power of destruction rolled out, their murky gray color an eyesore in Hoolay's eyes.
He raised his foot.
Bang!
The aura of destruction spread wildly, with much of the gray mist trying to invade Hoolay's body, yet all of it was blocked outside and dissipated in an instant.
Hoolay refused this power that enraged him!
He exhaled lightly, his gaze lowered, looking at the two people who had been thrown into confusion by his single blow.
Hoolay was disappointed, deeply disappointed. He had already been disappointed enough. He was angry that the Borisin had lost their former glory, but he could understand it: without a warlord to lead them, with strong enemies outside, the decline of the Borisin was inevitable.
Under pursuit by the Xianzhou Alliance, fleeing in disgrace and hiding in their comfort zone, this also angered him, but it wasn't enough to push him over the edge.
Because he knew such behavior was useless. The debts of the Borisin should be repaid with boiling-hot blood.
But seeing them drink this poison, Hoolay could no longer suppress the fury in his heart.
The Antimatter Legion and the Borisin were not the same kind at all.
They had fought each other before, and most encounters in the cosmos ended in battle. But now, what did he see?
The Borisin, for the sake of some faint hope, were willing to join hands with a former enemy like the Antimatter Legion.
If it were simply to add manpower, Hoolay would have been relieved.
The Borisin were still cunning, they would rope in allies, even ones with past grudges.
Even for the Borisin, facing a huge threat, uniting all available forces was still a form of strength.
But they hadn't done that. They swallowed the poison the Antimatter Legion had prepared for them, a poison that would soon turn them into walking corpses, pawns under the Legion's command for invading worlds.
No, pawns would be giving them too much credit. They would be nothing more than expendable foot soldiers, ones whose lives didn't even matter.
Hoolay had completely lost hope in the current Borisin Pack's.
Even if he went back, the Borisin could no longer grow strong. They were no longer worthy!
"Is it really appropriate to be so ruthless toward your own subordinates?" Feixiao smiled at this dog-eat-dog scene.
However...
"This matter also bears the fingerprints of the Antimatter Legion. Looks like those guys still haven't forgotten about tripping up the Xianzhou."
Feixiao thought to herself about finding a time to sweep away the Antimatter Legion.
The Antimatter Legion was not limited to just the Lord Ravager's direct forces.
They roamed throughout the cosmos, bringing destruction to countless worlds.
This was why the Antimatter Legion had become a power feared and dreaded by so many worlds.
No one knew whether their own star system had an antimatter legion wandering nearby, ready to extend its claws of destruction toward their home at any time.
But Feixiao didn't care about that.
The Antimatter Legion was frightening, yes, but as long as someone on the level of the Lord Ravager didn't enter the Xianzhou's territory and openly clash head-on, the Xianzhou had nothing to fear!
What's more, those wandering legions made for a fine target.
The scene fell into a strange silence.
Hoolay lifted his head and looked straight at Feixiao.
"Feixiao..."
"What?"
Feixiao frowned slightly, instinct telling her this guy was up to no good.
Hoolay's lips curled, sharp fangs bared in a display of menace, his massive claws flexing.
He swung them down heavily!
In one move, he tore apart the two Borisin who were about to be transformed into Void Rangers!
Without hesitation, he ripped them to shreds.
Hoolay slowly straightened up. Feixiao suddenly felt his figure seemed a little hunched, unlike the vigorous one from moments ago.
"Kill me, or be killed by me, this is the fate destined for you and me today!"
Roaring, Hoolay charged toward Feixiao, his eyes seeing only her!
No matter how Dan Heng attacked from the side, he paid no heed. Even when his trajectory was knocked off, he corrected it immediately. Even when struck in the chest, he didn't care in the slightest.
Very soon, Dan Heng was forced to retreat and dodge.
Then came the fierce clash between Feixiao and Hoolay!
This time, Hoolay's attacks were even faster, their power immense. Likewise, he abandoned all defense, striking with overwhelming force!
It didn't matter if he missed Feixiao, he would shatter the nearby trees. It didn't matter if his attack was blocked, he would tear the trees apart!
Anything that stood between him and Feixiao's battle would be obliterated by him!
At this moment, Hoolay was worthy of his title, The Last Warlord!
"Something's off about him… This is completely a fight to the death. But even if he's fighting with his life, this is still the Xianzhou, there's no way he can escape. So why is he doing this?"
Lingsha frowned slightly. Something wasn't right, very wrong, in fact.
With the intuition of someone who had dragged countless sneaky escapees back to their wards, she keenly sensed a problem.
"Hoolay is betting his life, and the purpose of this gamble… is to force General Feixiao into some sort of action. But what on earth is going on?" Lingsha couldn't understand.
From her brief understanding, Hoolay was without a doubt the last hope for the Borisin's rise.
If he died here, who could save the Borisin? Could it be because of those two Borisin who wielded destructive power? There was too little information; Lingsha could only guess like this.
…
"Feixiao! You are a beast! A beast born for battle, and destined to die in battle!"
"You and I are the same! The same blood runs through our veins!" Hoolay roared, steel-like claws swinging fiercely, the cutting wind slicing trees apart.
"Heh, maybe you're right. So what? Are you planning to die here?"
Feixiao blocked Hoolay's assaults, occasionally countering with heavy blows that tore into Hoolay.
But Hoolay didn't care at all about his wounds. With his regenerative power, he truly had nothing to fear for the moment. Yet as time went on, the final outcome would inevitably be his capture once again.
Why was he doing this? To vent his rage?
No.
The more she fought him, the more Feixiao understood her opponent. The Xianzhou's reports on Hoolay were simple: this cunning beast must have his own goal.
The faster his attacks came, the clearer Feixiao's mind became.
"Remember what I told you? The Borisin ancestor once brought a Immortal Herb to the Borisin pack!"
More wounds appeared on Hoolay's body, with glimpses of white bone flashing for an instant before being forcefully suppressed by his powerful regeneration, disappearing shortly after.
"That power of the Immortal Herb has been passed down until today. Every new Warlord defeats the previous one, rips out their heart, and replaces it with their own! From that moment on, they begin the Borisin's campaign among the stars!"
"There's no difference between the Foxians and the Borisin, your blood also flows with Borisin blood!"
"What are you trying to say?!"
With a furious shout, Feixiao seized an opening and carved two deep, bone-revealing gashes across Hoolay's chest.
Hoolay laughed, wildly, without restraint!
His body could no longer withstand such an intense battle. After all, it had been seven hundred years since he last rested. Facing the Vanquishing General in his current state was simply beyond his strength.
But he didn't care.
Foxians ? Borisin? Merely outsiders' labels.
There was no difference between them, in Hoolay's eyes, only warriors strong enough could be called Borisin. As for Foxians? They were merely weak livestock.
Likewise, if any Borisin became that weak, Hoolay would regard them as livestock too.
In his eyes, there was only slaughter!
Because only the strong could survive in this vast world! Being too weak was a sin against the tribe, and Hoolay would never allow his kind to become something so fragile!
He pressed forward, neither dodging nor defending!
Feixiao frowned tightly, Hoolay had completely abandoned defense. From this angle, she only needed to,
Slash!
Her blade cut open Hoolay's chest, and a huge, pounding heart came into view before her eyes.
Slash!
Another sound of tearing flesh, but this time, it was from Hoolay's claws.
Without the slightest hesitation, he ripped out his own "heart," his blood-red eyes locking onto Feixiao.
"This is the secret carried by every Warlord through the generations, the very power your Foxians dream of! Swallow this, and the Moon Rage, that life-and-death crisis for your kind, will be nothing to you! You will truly shed that frail body!"
Hoolay spoke of Feixiao's Foxians body. Feixiao's strength was immense, Hoolay admitted that.
But her body was not as sturdy as that of the Borisin, and that was fact.
For Foxians, the deadly Moon Rage was nothing more than a curse granted by the Borisin, but in return they would also gain surging power under its influence!
And now, the chance to cast off the limits of her body lay before her eyes.
However, Hoolay knew, these words alone would not persuade Feixiao. He did not doubt a general's will, but still…
…
"When this power runs rampant, all Foxians will become killing machines! No matter what method you use to contain it, you cannot stop it! Only if you swallow it and inherit the Warlord's position can you save everything!"
Hoolay knew that if the Xianzhou learned of the power of the Immortal Herb's existence, they would surely seal it away.
But he was not worried it would vanish.
As long as there were Foxians tormented by Moon Rage, as long as there were those on the Xianzhou who hungered for power, they would inevitably set their sights on this power of the Immortal Herb!
His voice did not weaken, he even deliberately raised it so that those far away could clearly hear.
This was an open scheme!
He was certain that the two Vidyadhara would spread this news.
As for whether they would be killed for his actions… heh, the Xianzhou had always been lenient toward such people. And as for the Vidyadhara's rebirth, every hardship had its solution. He would still be who he was.
This is his intuition as a Borisin Warlord!
Feixiao's expression was dark; the words spoken by Hoolay were matters of life and death.
No matter what, as long as they sealed away the Crimson Moon, as long as even a single person got to know about it, a storm would inevitably be stirred!
To capture Hoolay seven hundred years ago, the Xianzhou paid too great a price. That battle is still preserved in the Xianzhou's record archives; anyone who saw it would tremble.
Entire Legions were killed until only a few remained.
As long as there are people in the Xianzhou who pursue strength, this Crimson Moon will spark unrest within it.
"Accept it, or let it become the source of the Xianzhou's turmoil, everything is in your hands..."
"Boom!!"
Before Hoolay could finish speaking, the sea suddenly surged into monstrous waves. Wave after wave of sound roared in every direction, the immense resonance causing even the strongest present to feel their eardrums ache and swell.
Hoolay's movements were interrupted, and his beastly instinct told him, danger was coming! An irresistible danger was coming!
The next second, the sea churned, waves rolled, and a massive shadow beneath the surface grew larger with the swelling water.
Until...
"ROAR-!!!"
The sound waves rippled outward, churning the sea and forming rings of waves, scattering clouds, bowing trees, and shaking every instrument nearby.
Everyone's eyes gathered on the colossal figure, its might too overwhelming to look at directly.
A heavy aura seemed capable of crushing everything! A pitch-black mountain rose from the depths, its dangerous gaze locked on its target.
Godzilla stood upon the sea. Just standing there, the aura he released made countless hearts tremble.
"Monster!" The word flashed in Hoolay's mind.
In the past, only others had called him a monster, and those people usually ended up as food beneath his fangs and claws, or corpses slain by his hand.
But when seeing this mountain-like figure with his own eyes, he finally understood what a true monster was.
The title once placed upon him felt utterly ironic.
Godzilla lowered his head slightly, looking at Feixiao, then shifted his gaze toward Hoolay, The one who started it all.
Finally, Godzilla's eyes fixed on the Crimson Moon in Hoolay's hand.
"His target is the Crimson Moon?"
Godzilla's gaze was utterly unhidden. Hoolay, upon realizing this, was shaken in mind and heart.
Would a being capable of such overwhelming might really need the Crimson Moon?
The Immortal Herb was forged by Duran. To Hoolay, who bore the will of successive Warlords within it, it held no special attachment.
In fact, if there were a Borisin cub who could defeat him and proudly carve the Crimson Moon out of his chest, he would even feel gratified.
Before this, he was certain that the Crimson Moon was a treasure capable of igniting war across the entire universe.
But before Godzilla, Hoolay abandoned that thought.
Because, he saw rage in Godzilla's eyes!
"Whoosh!"
Without the slightest warning, a steel-whip-like tail tore through the air, striking before the sound even reached him, and then,
"Bang!"
Already exhausted, Hoolay was driven directly into the ground by that single tail strike.
The earth cracked, and seawater sprayed into the air.
"So fast! Such strong power!" Feixiao's eyes lit up, the strength Godzilla displayed was visibly greater.
...Or perhaps not. It felt to her that this tail strike was no different from before. After all, when dealing with Zephyro, Godzilla's tail hadn't seemed to play a decisive role.
According to Jing Yuan, Yanqing often sparred with Godzilla, and Godzilla's chosen sparring weapon was his own tail.
Unfortunately, she had never seen it with her own eyes,
Until now. And it even far surpassed Godzilla's sparring matches with Yanqing.
But more than that, Feixiao was now concerned about Hoolay.
The tail slowly lifted, revealing Hoolay beneath it.
At this moment, Hoolay's breath was faint, his body gravely injured. Even without a heart, the vitality within that body could still be felt.
"In the end, I'm still no match for you." Hoolay spoke.
He didn't know who Godzilla truly was, but judging from this, Godzilla clearly had ties to the Xianzhou.
And it was not a simple matter of domestication, after all, no one could tame such a beast!
Godzilla's eyes remained fixed on the Crimson Moon.
The aura it emitted greatly displeased him.
The Crimson Moon's power could turn Foxians into beasts that knew only slaughter; in some sense, it also had a certain corrupting influence.
Godzilla did not restrict killing; within his territory, one could cause chaos as long as it did not provoke him.
But this kind of vile thing, he loathed it.
As the protector of the ecological balance, Godzilla instinctively despised that heart in Hoolay's hand.