Chapter 38

At this moment, just as Chuck manipulated the Jaeger to raise its blade, about to stab the giant worm on the ground, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the worm's wide-open mouthparts, the sound wave kicking up a gale that even made the ground tremble.

The worm's colossal body suddenly began to writhe violently, as if something was surging wildly inside it.

One could see a huge bulge on its body rapidly swelling upward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bang! A massive flesh ball actually sprayed out from the worm's mouth, its speed unbelievable; in the blink of an eye it had already flown right in front of the Eureka Striker.

"What is this thing?!" Chuck's eyes went stark wide, his gaze locked tightly on the rapidly approaching flesh ball.

Despite being filled with doubt, years of combat instinct still made him subconsciously manipulate the Eureka Striker, swinging the blade in hand, slashing fiercely toward the rapidly approaching flesh ball.

"Pfft!"

The sharp bayonet blade cut open the flesh ball's surface, emitting a teeth-grating sound. Chuck originally thought this strike would be enough to cleave this disgusting thing in two.

However, contrary to his expectations, the moment the blade cut open the flesh ball, a stream of corrosive liquid suddenly sprayed out from the wound, instantly drenching the Eureka Striker's right arm.

In an instant, wisps of green smoke rose from the Eureka Striker's metal shell, visibly being corroded and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"What?!"

Right at the moment Chuck was stunned, simultaneously, a massive octopus-shaped Kaiju emerged from the shattered flesh ball, flying toward the Eureka Striker.

Countless thick tentacles extended from the Zhangyu Kaiju's body, and in the blink of an eye they entangled the Eureka Striker's fists and arms, rapidly beginning to contract and tighten.

"Damn it!" Chuck clenched his fist, blue veins bulging on his forehead. He violently shook his arm, trying to break free of the Kaiju's binding, but the tentacles didn't budge, instead tightening even more.

At this time, on the screen, all kinds of data were jumping wildly, the entire cockpit trembling violently, as if it would be torn to pieces at any moment.

"Double Event! My calculation wasn't wrong! It really is a Double Event!" At this moment Doctor Herman waved his cane with an excited face.

However, when he looked around, he discovered everyone was looking at him with a strange gaze, not a trace of joy on their faces.

General Stark frowned tightly, glancing coldly at Herman; Herman's excited expression gradually faded, his face full of embarrassment.

Seeing the Eureka Striker entangled by the tentacle Kaiju, Uchiha Fugaku's face instantly darkened.

"Damnable!" He gritted his teeth, Sharingan spinning wildly in both eyes, instantly charging straight toward the Eureka Striker.

Just at this moment, a heaven-shaking roar came from the side.

Immediately after, a colossus rushed onto the battlefield like a shell, blocking Susanoo's path. It was precisely that giant worm! Hiss! The giant worm let out a piercing scream, accompanied by waves of nauseating stench. It opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, biting toward Susanoo.

Fugaku's pupil shrank, he violently manipulated chakra, Susanoo swiftly sidestepping, barely dodging this fatal strike.

"Damn it! Get out of the way!" He shouted sternly, Susanoo raising its right arm high, the Ame-no-Nuboko drawing a sharp arc in the air, smashing heavily toward the giant worm's head.

Boom—!

Green blood instantly splattered, but the Kaiju seemed to feel no pain, crazily blocking Fugaku.

And at this moment inside the cockpit, Heka and Chuck were experiencing the most terrifying moment of their lives.

Dense cold sweat oozed on Heka's forehead, both hands death-gripping the control lever, knuckles white from excessive force.

"Chuck, launch chest missiles!" he roared at his son beside him.

Chuck quickly pressed the launch button; accompanied by the rumble of machinery operating, the Eureka Striker's chest armor slowly opened, two awe-inspiring missiles slowly rising.

Just at the instant the missiles were about to lock on target, a thick tentacle suddenly struck, fiercely wrapping around the Eureka Striker's head; Chuck and Heka instantly lost their vision.

"Damn it!" Heka let out a low roar, desperately manipulating the Jaeger to struggle, trying to break free of the tentacles' binding. However, more tentacles surged forward like a tide, surrounding the Eureka Striker completely.

Simultaneously, the ends of the tentacles wrapped around the mecha's various parts suddenly split, extending dense bone spikes, instantly piercing into the Jaeger's armor, emitting a piercing grinding sound.

Under the blue paint, shattered metal skeleton and circuits were exposed outside, continuously bursting with blinding sparks.

"Crunch!" Another piercing snapping sound rang out.

With a heaven-shaking boom, the Jaeger's right arm along with half its shoulder was torn off alive, blue hydraulic fluid spraying out like blood.

Just at this moment, a bone spike took advantage of the opening, stabbing fiercely into the cockpit! "Pfft!" The bone spike instantly pierced through the cockpit's protective glass, stabbing toward the main pilot; countless sharp fragments flew in all directions under the powerful impact.

"Father! Watch out!" Chuck screamed at the top of his lungs.

That bone spike pierced through Heka's body in the blink of an eye, blood splashing onto Chuck's face.

"Ah!" Chuck let out a miserable shriek, as if that bone spike had simultaneously pierced through his own body as well.

The Drift connection kept their consciousness tightly linked; whether physical or mental sensations, all could be clearly transmitted to the other.

Agony surged like a tide; Chuck felt his five viscera and six bowels as if stirred into a ball, every nerve clamoring in pain.

Next second the bone spike rapidly retracted, taking Heka's corpse away into the darkness outside the cockpit.

Having lost the pilot's support, the Eureka Striker crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Seeing this, the Zhangyu Kaiju quickly changed direction, charging toward Uchiha Fugaku.

Its massive body dragged across the ground, countless thick tentacles sweeping behind it; wherever it passed, a stretch of ruins.

Uchiha Fugaku looked at the Zhangyu Kaiju charging at him, his face instantly becoming incomparably gloomy.

Facing just one giant worm was already this difficult; now another Zhangyu Kaiju actually popped up, simply making things worse.

He gritted his teeth, both eyes blood-red, black chakra surging around Susanoo.

Uchiha Fugaku roared, manipulated chakra, controlled Susanoo to swing the Ame-no-Nuboko, smashing fiercely toward the giant worm's head.

"Boom!"

The giant worm's colossal body swayed under this strike, foul-smelling green fresh blood spraying from the wound.

Uchiha Fugaku did not stop there. He immediately followed with another staff strike; this time, the Ame-no-Nuboko heavily smashed onto the giant worm's back, smashing out a deep depression.

Accompanied by a huge boom, the giant worm's colossal body was knocked flying by this strike, heavily crashing into the ruins, kicking up a ground of dust.

However Fugaku had not the slightest breathing room; the Zhangyu Kaiju had already closed in before his eyes.

Tentacles smashed toward Susanoo like raindrops, each strike carrying irresistible force.

Fugaku gritted his teeth, both eyes crimson, Susanoo raising the Ame-no-Nuboko high, blocking the octopus's attacks with all his might.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The Ame-no-Nuboko swung like a giant shield, forcibly taking the octopus's attacks, but every impact made Susanoo's arm faintly tremble.

Fugaku only felt a massive force travel along his arm through his whole body, his five viscera and six bowels churning, as if they would be shattered by the shock at any moment.

(Chapter End)