The Dragon Race also did not immediately launch an attack. Dragon members continued to fly in rapidly from the distant horizon.
This was the calm before the storm, everyone waiting for the imminent great battle!
The flying creatures in the sky grew more and more numerous, so dense that they obscured the sunlight.
The sea also began to churn again. However, unlike when the gray-black dragons had appeared before, this time there were no whirlpools in the sea. Instead, it started to boil – the entire sea began to boil, and countless hot vapors rose into the high sky, creating a misty fog all around.
The faint red light that had been deep beneath the seabed finally began to move, growing larger rapidly.
Xiao Xun stared at the red light in the sea and gritted his teeth, saying, "It's finally here!"
Unsurprisingly, it was the King of Greed!
Almost everyone's gaze was fixed on that streak of red.
Borgard and Perl had already resumed their dragon forms, maintaining their optimal combat stances in mid-air, waiting for the battle with the King of Greed.
The massive red figure beneath the sea grew larger and larger. As countless amounts of seawater came into contact with the King of Greed, they were instantly vaporized.
With a deafening explosion, a colossal humanoid monster emerged from the seabed. Its face was a void of darkness and nothingness, its sleeves and lower body covered in countless tentacles. Its sheer size was almost twice that of Borgard!
Borgard and Perl were both surprised by the King of Greed's size; it was far larger than they remembered.
"The power within this guy has grown stronger," Xiao Xun said with a cold smile.
"Sven... we meet again," the King of Greed's voice boomed like rolling thunder.
However, the tone was laced with mockery.
Xiao Xun did not reply. As soon as the King of Greed appeared, he took out the piercing war lance he had prepared, aimed at the King of Greed's indescribable void, and pulled the trigger.
A massive energy beam, laced with electrical sparks, shot out directly. The immense recoil sent Xiao Xun flying backward, and if not for his nanotech bodysuit, his shoulder blade would have shattered.
The colossal King of Greed did not evade or resist. It simply allowed the purple beam to strike its head.
"Is this guy's defense that strong?" Xiao Xun couldn't help but be surprised.
He was well aware of the power of this anti-materiel heavy sniper rifle. As a groundbreaking weapon, it could easily penetrate five hundred meters of high-hardness steel.
"You insignificant crawling creatures all deserve to die!" The King of Greed's roar echoed from the rolling waves.
The gray-black dragons in the sky immediately let out earth-shattering roars and then charged towards the dragons ahead.
The great battle finally erupted!
Terrifying roars echoed incessantly, dragon breath filled the entire sky, and tattered dragon scales and blood occasionally rained down from above. Some heavily wounded dragons fell from the sky like massive stones, crashing into the sea and stirring up huge waves.
"Borgard..."
Xiao Xun called out to his mount, leaped onto Borgard, drew the King's Star, and joined the fray.
With just the King's Star, he could easily cleave through the tough dragon scales, even severing a dragon's wing or neck with a single strike.
However, after he had successively killed four or five gray-black dragons, a massive tentacle shot up from behind him. Clearly, the King of Greed had noticed him and recognized his identity.
"It's you, you despicable human!"
The colossal tentacle whipped through the air. Xiao Xun did not attempt to block it head-on but had Borgard evade along the edge.
However, a gray-black dragon that had been by his side was struck by the tentacle, and before it could even cry out, it was slammed into the sea. The immense waves, carrying bright red blood, surged towards the people on the sea defense line.
Undeterred by missing its target, the King of Greed immediately swept its massive tentacle towards Xiao Xun again. Along its path, many dragons that were engaged in combat were struck by the tentacle indiscriminately, practically meeting their demise on the spot.
Xiao Xun leaped, swung his sword, and used the momentum to propel himself further away.
A very noticeable jagged scar now adorned the King of Greed's tentacle – a mark left by the King's Star!
Nearby, Perl caught the rapidly descending Xiao Xun on her back.
As the battle continued, more and more aerial units joined the fray, the most numerous being Xiao Xun's fighter jets and magical helicopters.
These were now produced on assembly lines, their cost far lower than the gray-black dragons cultivated by Demon God Nero. They required no development time, and as long as there were enough materials, they could be produced in any quantity.
After the first wave of attacks, numerous wreckage of fighter jets and magical helicopters plummeted into the sea. However, the gray-black dragons fared no better, with dragon blood splattering and severed limbs and claws raining down into the ocean.
The initial clash resulted in nearly half of each side's forces being lost!
The dragons in the sky were astonished as the wreckage of the fallen rained down.
At this moment, the King of Greed was in a state of extreme frustration and anger. The dragon swarm he had painstakingly brought from Demon God Nero had suffered heavy losses, with only sparse gray-black figures remaining in the sky.
Although he had also destroyed a large number of fighter jets and magical helicopters while attacking Perl and Xiao Xun, fighter jets and magical helicopters continued to fly into the sea area from the distant sky, seemingly endless.
The battle was nearing its end, yet it could also be said that it had just begun.
The gray-black dragons were dwindling, but the King of Greed had sustained no significant damage.
Many dragons began to join in the siege of the King of Greed.
However, the damage that ordinary dragons could inflict on the King of Greed was almost negligible.
Xiao Xun, relying on the sharpness of the King's Star, could only manage to slash through some of the yellow robes, failing to cause any substantial damage to the King of Greed itself.
Currently, the real main force was Perl, and she could only deal damage to the King of Greed through close combat.
Conversely, the King of Greed's tentacles could inflict immense damage on them – the defensive capabilities of the two sides were on completely different levels.
The Phoenix army below could only watch anxiously, unable to help. Fire against water was a significant disadvantage, and they were not fighting in the sea. Many submarines were swept ashore by the giant waves. Moreover, once any of the other dragons were struck by the King of Greed, they were essentially killed on the spot.
The gray-black dragons had been almost completely annihilated. His plan was to use fighter jets and magical helicopters to wear down the King of Greed's strength, thereby weakening this mad entity as much as possible.
Xiao Xun was also not at ease. In addition to fending off the King of Greed's attacks, he was also secretly wary of Poseidon.
The merfolk were actually a main force of the deep-sea legion, but they had not appeared at all this time.
"Demon God Nero wouldn't just let the King of Greed fight alone, would he..." Xiao Xun dodged a whip-like strike from the King of Greed, his confusion deepening.