Hungry.
Starving.
If I had to describe it, I'd say I was super invincibly hungry!
For the first time after his Deification Transformation was complete, Huai Shi felt such an urgent and intense hunger, as if he hadn't eaten for ten years.
He could indeed eat stones, iron ore, and drink molten iron without issue, but could that nutritionless gruel compare to roasted meat?
At this moment, someone kept roasting whole sheep, whole oxen, kidney skewers, large intestines, and squid tentacles right in front of him...
Although it lacked a bit of cumin, it already had the right flavor!
Smelling the charred aroma wafting from the distance, Huai Shi's drool had long since flown from his mouth. He was impatient. Watching Phoenix reap so many heads, the desire to fight in his blood didn't surface; instead, a profound admiration arose!
Someone actually set up a barbecue grill for me!
What am I waiting for then!
Charge, charge, charge!
The canteen is serving food!!!
Huai Shi sprinted forward, gesticulating wildly, ignoring the black tide surging towards him, and ran straight for the colossal shadow in the gray tide—an Erosion Species that resembled a huge wild boar.
It was as if what he saw wasn't an enemy, but a hot dog with four legs. What appeared on his face wasn't ferocity or killing intent, but an appetite so intense it made even the Erosion Species shiver!
Seeing Huai Shi rushing towards it, tongue lolling and drool flying, the giant wild boar faltered, instinctively wanting to turn back.
But the surging gray tide pushed it forward, making escape impossible.
And Huai Shi was getting closer, and closer...
When it looked back again, its ferocity and hunger had vanished, replaced by a profound despair in its eyes.
Stay away!
And then Huai Shi arrived. Trampling the gray tide underfoot, he bent down, snatched up the enormous beast—as large as a small hill—lifted it, and tossed it into the air.
Then he opened his mouth wide and, with a GULP, snapped it shut.
It was the perfect mouthful!
Feeling the delicious juices burst in his mouth, the fatty, sweet pork, complemented by the molten lava sauce, erupted with an astonishingly delightful flavor.
Huai Shi was almost moved to tears.
When he looked down again, he found that the gray Erosion Species swarm, which had been ubiquitous like a sea tide, had suddenly parted before him, creating a huge gap.
As if encountering some invisible barrier, the moment they saw Huai Shi, they scattered wildly to either side, only to converge again behind him and rush onward.
They wanted nothing to do with him.
"Now what?" Huai Shi stood dumbfounded. "I think I've been isolated."
None of his allies spoke; they couldn't be bothered with him anymore.
"Too scared to play, huh!"
Huai Shi was furious. On his armor-covered back, countless giant cannons stood proudly erect in his rage, aiming in all directions.
"—Battalion Commander, fire!"
"I'll say it again, I'm not your damn Battalion Commander..."
A terrifying torrent of electricity suddenly surged from the high tower, clawing at the air before coalescing into the vague silhouette of a thundercloud; it was Taurus, now in its energy form.
Then, a wicked smile spread across the thundercloud. "However, I have no objections to firing!"
At that instant, the ground beneath Huai Shi's feet shook violently. He was slammed tens of meters down by the enormous Recoil, the earth cracking as his four huge claws dug deep into the soil.
Tens of millions of streaks of light erupted with the frenzied Thunder, like stars rising and falling in a celestial shower.
Source Substance transformed into heavy metal, instantly and wildly accelerated within tens of millions of electromagnetic fields, reaching a terrifying speed invisible to the naked eye.
The moment they left the barrels, their monstrous forms began to rapidly vaporize, leaving glaring trails of metallic steam in their wake. The sharp shells penetrated the tide of enemies, exploding in all directions, leaving radial scars that instantly extended hundreds of kilometers into the gray tide.
Erosion Species struck at close range were instantly vaporized, without even a chance to cry out. Those at mid-range exploded into showers of blood, torn apart by the fierce wind, forming a crimson mist within the gleaming metallic vapor.
And the unluckiest ones at the farthest distances had massive holes punched through them in an instant. Then, the metal shrapnel embedded in their wounds would detonate thunderously, disintegrating into the purest metal mist, instantly charring most of their bodies and sending them crashing to the ground.
Huai Shi stepped forward, roaring at the heavens.
Scorching lightning rose again, pouring incessantly into the high tower. Under Taurus's control, it was evenly and rapidly distributed to every preheated giant cannon.
One-third cooling, one-third preparing, one-third preheating.
It was almost a perfect reproduction of the three-rank volley fire from the age of line infantry. Supported by seemingly infinite Firepower, the mobile Artillery Positions thundered forward.
Step by step, he moved beyond the lava's range, venturing deep into the gray tide.
When Huai Shi felt tired, he would breathe, voraciously consuming the sediment from the Abyss; when thirsty, he would open his mouth, catching the continuous rain of blood from the sky.
An Abyssal aura, potent enough to make even the Owner of the Great Mob pale in comparison, emanated from him, almost making one mistake him for one of their kind. But now, the biggest "Second Fifth" of this Witch Night was preparing to turn on his own!
On his back, the artillery platform constantly shifted its aim, utterly ignoring the small fry around, and began to systematically target the major threats within the gray tide.
The effect was phenomenal!