Chapter 258: Steel door?

The black shadow, like an endless mountain range, lay peacefully beneath the deep sea.

Gandalf and Kalen were as tiny as two ants before it, not even counting as dust.

Its enormous body brought an unparalleled sense of oppression; merely looking at it filled one with awe and made it almost impossible to breathe.

Kalen looked up, and for the first time, a dazed expression appeared on his dark face.

His Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he spoke with difficulty.

“What... what is this thing?”

Zhou Huai’s consciousness, residing within Gandalf, was equally stunned by the sight before him.

He shook his head, a hint of solemnity in his voice.

“Unclear, it’s likely a deep-sea exotic beast.”

“Exotic beast?”

Kalen’s voice changed pitch.

“Isn’t it a bit too big?”

“I’ve never seen an exotic beast of such enormous size!”

Zhou Huai nodded in agreement.

It was indeed too big.

Half of its body was even buried in the sand below.

This made it impossible for Zhou Huai to discern what the exotic beast actually looked like.

From the exposed outline, he could only vaguely sense it resembled a giant whale.

However, the exotic beast remained motionless throughout.

The System panel also did not display any relevant information.

“You think, is this exotic beast already dead?”

Kalen looked at the lifeless behemoth and boldly speculated.

“This is just the exotic beast’s corpse.”

He smacked his lips, his tone filled with amazement.

“But judging by its size and residual Qi, when it was alive, it was definitely a Hell-level BOSS.”

“And its Rank was at least above 80; who knows how long it’s been dead.”

Hearing this, Zhou Huai’s heart also skipped a beat.

He still didn’t know what a Rank 80 Hell-level BOSS entailed.

If they encountered one, perhaps only the top powerhouses from various countries outside the ruins, working together, could barely cope.

Forget Rank 80.

If a Rank 50 Hell-level BOSS suddenly appeared here, it would be enough to put everyone present on high alert.

With a sense of reverence, the two slowly approached the giant exotic beast’s corpse.

Yet, they still hadn’t seen Thor and the other three.

Kalen frowned and cursed under his breath.

“Damn it, where did those guys go?”

He looked around; besides the enormous corpse, there was nothing else.

“Could it be... they went inside the exotic beast’s {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} body?”

Zhou Huai nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

“Very likely.”

“You think, could the 【pendulum of life】 be inside this giant exotic beast?”

Hearing this speculation, Kalen’s mouth dropped open, speechless for a long time.

But now, it seemed this was the only plausible theory.

Soon, the two arrived before the giant exotic beast’s corpse.

The closer they got, the more they felt the overwhelming grandeur and desolation.

This corpse had been dormant here for countless years, yet there were no signs of decay.

Its dark skin, illuminated by the surrounding bioluminescence, reflected a warm luster like black jade.

It was covered in various seaweeds and corals, having become a mobile underwater ecological park.

Kalen looked at the “mountain of flesh” before him, which resembled a city wall, and his curiosity was thoroughly piqued.

He reached out and touched the cold skin; it felt hard, like steel.

He stepped back a few paces, and a golden flash appeared in his dark eyes!

“【Spear of Ra】!”

He let out a low cry, and a sharp spear, entirely condensed from golden light, appeared in his hand out of thin air!

He fiercely hurled the spear!

Whoosh—!

The golden spear cut through the air, with a piercing whooshing sound, and fiercely, it plunged into the massive corpse!

“Ding!”

A crisp sound!

The 【Spear of Ra】, capable of easily piercing through a hundred meters of steel plate, was directly bounced off the moment it touched the corpse’s skin!

It failed to leave even a shallow mark!

Kalen was dumbfounded by this scene.

He instinctively blurted out a curse.

“That’s outrageous! The skin of a dead corpse is so hard?!”

Zhou Huai nodded silently.

He felt that this exotic beast’s corpse was definitely top-grade Materials for forging.

If he could bring it back and give it to Ouyezi, perhaps thousands of legendary-Rank equipment could be crafted.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t take it with him at all.

His spatial ring couldn’t hold it either.

So, the question arose.

Since they couldn’t create a wound, how were they supposed to get in?

Zhou Huai looked down, through the light orb Kalen had created.

He saw a few scattered footprints of varying depths in the fine white sand on the ground.

Clearly, Thor and those guys had already been here.

“If we follow their footprints, we might find the entrance.”

Kalen’s eyes lit up at the suggestion.

He quickly lowered his head and followed the intermittent footprints forward.

Soon, the two discovered a pitch-black hole beneath the massive corpse.

The hole had a radius of several tens of meters, half on the ground and half underground.

The edges of the hole were covered with strange, wrinkled patterns, which didn’t look like a wound.

“This should be something like the exotic beast’s nose or mouth.”

Zhou Huai speculated.

“Let’s go in and take a look; we need to hurry and not let Thor and those guys get too far ahead.”

Kalen nodded at the suggestion.

This time, he was smarter and didn’t rush in.

Instead, he cautiously poked his head into the dark hole and glanced inside.

However, just one glance.

He recoiled his head sharply, as if he had received an electric shock!

He leaned against a large coral reef nearby, bent over, and let out a series of violent dry heaves.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai’s face showed a surprised expression.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

Kalen’s face was so dark it almost dripped ink, and his expression was as uncomfortable as could be.

“It’s... it’s too smelly!”

He spoke intermittently while dry heaving.

“The moment I went in, I almost thought I’d fallen into a pile of shit!”

He looked up, staring at Zhou Huai with an extremely suspicious gaze.

“Are you sure this is a nostril?”

“How come I feel like this is the exotic beast’s damn anus?”