CHAPTER 525: CHAPTER 324: CONTEST, SHASHA HEADBUTT, PERFORMANCE

"Yaguba, you must definitely not eat Mr. Ghost Bell!" Cezar shouted.

"Idiot, you must definitely eat Mr. Ghost Bell!" Black Cocoon also shouted.

Although there were little people stirring up trouble in the basement, Yaguba knew that lives were at stake, so it obediently closed its abyss-like giant mouth.

It lowered its head, its hundred-meter form wrapped in black tides, and pounced towards Gu Zhuo Case, then head straight forward, creating a fierce wind crash towards Gu Zhuo Case!

"Take my Shark Headbutt!" it growled lowly.

Gu Zhuo Case knitted his brows, and to avoid affecting the tea table and Su Wei, he suddenly leapt forward, making a thrusting step, then bent his knees, raised his arm, twisted his body to gain strength, and punched!

In an instant, his mercury-colored fist blasted forward, colliding with the massive shark head! The violent airflow centered at the contact point between the man and shark, surged outward fiercely, rampaging through the air in all directions.

"Boom——!"

Within the howl of the fierce wind was mixed the deep growl of the giant creature, and also the reverberating boom of sound waves!

Black Cocoon watched this scene from afar, silently with arms crossed.

Actually, he wasn’t worried that Yaguba would cripple Ghost Bell, or that Ghost Bell would punch Yaguba into brain damage.

Because he knew the strengths of both sides inside out, he even directly predicted who would win this round of "who is more brute" competition.

For example, any Anecdote Envoy releasing a large Generational-level Anecdote Fragment, like "Titanic," "Red Dragon Wales"—the impact caused by these monstrous entities, was far beyond what an A-Class strength Quasi-Catastrophe-level Superpower User could bear with bare hands.

If using strength attributes to estimate, the impact caused by a creation the size of "Titanic," when advancing at full speed, far exceeds the realm of S-Class strength.

That is to say, even if Ghost Bell’s physical strength had reached S++ level, second only to Mythical Level, standing at the pinnacle of Catastrophe-level, bearing Yaguba’s charge head-on was still difficult—after all, Yaguba was a body capable of going head-to-head with the Titanic.

Fortunately, Yaguba wasn’t in its complete form, only one-third of its full form; besides, the Legendary Whale inside its belly needed another half month to be fully digested, so Gu Zhuo Case barely had the strength to resist.

At this moment, Gu Zhuo Case’s strength was naturally presented below! The massive impact forced his body to retreat. Enduring the pressure of a hundred-meter giant, his foot etched a hollow pit into the ground, deeply embedded into the earth!

He growled lowly, the clock chimes in the air becoming more resonant, his fist pounding atop the giant shark like a steadfast reef amidst a storm.

During his retreat, Gu Zhuo Case’s feet almost sparked, literally plowing out two black furrows on the ground! Only after retreating over ten meters did he slowly halt his stance.

Gu Zhuo Case took a deep breath, slowly raised his head, panting while looking at the shark floating mid-air.

Yaguba was at ease, flicked its tail to stir up a gale, even letting out a hoarse chuckle. The shark’s laughter echoed in the vast basement.

"Just as recorded in the books, a genuine Eternal Abyss Shark, how did my grandson end up knowing such peculiar folks?" Su Wei thought, casting a sidelong glance at Black Cocoon.

Black Cocoon at this moment was crossing his arms, enjoying Gu Zhuo Case’s retreat, while Cezar clutched his chest, relieved that Yaguba hadn’t caused trouble.

"You ungracious, ill-mannered Horror Bell Tower Man, you’ve finally learned the might of Shark Shark, haven’t you?"

Yaguba reverted to its original form, landing on Cezar’s shoulder with an expression of smugness, "If I were full form, you’d already be a crippled Bell Tower Man from the collision, better hurry and thank Shark Shark for not crashing into you!"

"How big can you grow?" Gu Zhuo Case wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Three hundred meters."

"Not bad." Gu Zhuo Case said coldly, seldom giving an affirmative reply.

"And what about me?" Black Cocoon pointed to himself, "I inherited your Clock Tower, the noble Time Series superpower, surely more deserving of a higher appraisal than this useless shark, right?"

"Shut up."

Gu Zhuo Case said expressionlessly, looking down at the furrow he plowed into the ground, lifted his foot from it, and went back to sit beside the tea table.

"Now I understand." Black Cocoon rested his hand on his chin, shaking his head, "Compared to Time Series, you prefer to recognize your brute strength, hence why you appreciate things with similar traits, like this mindless shark."

"Big flappy moth, try saying that one more time?" Yaguba glanced at him, "If you want some shark headbutt just say so, no need to beat around the bush, Shark Shark will gladly oblige!"

"Alright, you all stop arguing." Cezar laughed, "Isn’t it my turn to showcase myself next?"

"How do you intend to showcase?" Black Cocoon asked.

"How about I also take on Mr. Ghost Bell?"

Cezar said, slightly curling his lips, pulling out a Generational-level Fragment from his Anecdote Atlas, turning towards Su Wei and Gu Zhuo Case.

This card, glowing with orange light patterns on its back, was the "Christmas Sled," the first Generational-level Anecdote Cezar acquired, and also his proudest Anecdote.

"This thing is really gonna cripple Mr. Ghost Bell, isn’t it?" Black Cocoon squinted his eyes.

"Better not then." Su Wei glanced at the fragment, smiled slightly, and returned to drinking tea, "We’ve never seen an Eternal Abyss Shark, but haven’t we seen a Generational-level Anecdote? You don’t need to prove anything to us."

Gu Zhuo Case was silent for a moment and shook his head, "No, father-in-law, I haven’t interacted much with the Anecdote Envoys in recent years, so I haven’t seen the so-called ’Generational-level Anecdote Fragment’.

In fact, he was mainly worried about the child, fearing that Cezar might get injured in this battle; if Cezar always wore a mask, Gu Zhuo Case wouldn’t have any objections to him.

How lame, dad, I’ve even seen Mythical-level anecdotes, thought Black Cocoon.

"Your experience is still lacking. When I used to work with Lake Hunting, I often had to liaise with the Anecdote Envoys from the Whale Court," Su Wei recounted slowly, "At that time, I had some dealings with the previous generation of the Royal Court Team."

As he spoke, he blew on the hot tea, "I’ve also seen the new generation of the Royal Court Team. Unfortunately, their strength is far inferior to the previous generation."

"Mr. Su Wei, you’re not allowed to say that about Li Qingping," Cezar murmured.

"Li Qingping is?" Su Wei looked up at him.

"The vice-captain of the new generation Royal Court Team," Cezar said, "He’s very powerful."

"You’re not allowed to talk about the Red Dragon like that," Yaguba also belatedly raised his fin, pointing at Su Wei.

It thought for a moment, then put down its fin with a sigh, "Forget it, a lesser fish is a lesser fish, Li Qingping is indeed not as strong as the previous generation Royal Court Team."

Li Qingping... Gu Zhuo Case murmured in his heart, for some reason feeling that this name was familiar, like he has heard it somewhere before.

Su Wei smiled, "That kid you call ’Red Dragon’, it’s not like I haven’t seen him. The old king of the Terrarium gave him high praise, speaking in glowing terms, claiming him to be a genius seen once in hundreds of years. I accompanied him to the arena back then, and only then realized this kid was about the same age as my grandson and had a similar stubborn expression on his face. What could be dangerous about a little stubborn boy?"

As he said this, he took a sip of tea and slightly restrained his expression, "Times have changed, now because of the struggle for kingship, the old king is also dead, and the Whale Court has disappeared, Cezar, it must be tough for you, right?"

Cezar was stunned for a moment, slightly nodded, and remained silent.

Yaguba raised his fin, wiping away the tears, "The Legendary Whale is so pitiful, how...how did it just disappear like that?"

"Oh, by the way... Mr. Su Wei, I forgot to tell you something," Black Cocoon suddenly interjected.

"What is it?" Su Wei looked up at him, "Just say it."

"Uh, the Whale Court you were just discussing is actually inside the belly of this shark," Black Cocoon said softly.

Su Wei was silent, and Gu Zhuo Case was also silent.

Both of them simultaneously looked up at Black Cocoon, then turned to look at the innocuous little shark on Cezar’s shoulder.

"Why are you looking at Sharkshark? Never seen a shark noble before?!" the little shark waved its fin at them.

After a moment of silence, Su Wei finally spoke up.

"Black Cocoon, my little friend...how did you come to know the Third Prince, and his little pet?" His tone suddenly turned slightly serious, first casually pouring a cup of tea for Gu Zhuo Case, then turning to ask Black Cocoon.

He did not expect that the culprit causing the disappearance of the Whale Terrarium had always been by their side.

Recently, this event had indeed shocked the whole world, and both Rainbow Wings and Lake Hunting had somewhat heard about it.

Black Cocoon hugged his shoulders, scratching his chin, "That’s a long story, in short, I got to know the Red Dragon. Then by coincidence I met His Highness the Third Prince. This Eternal Abyss Shark was a birthday gift from the old king to him."

"Sharkshark is not a birthday gift," Yaguba said.

"Mr. Black Cocoon helped us," Cezar said, "If it weren’t for him, Yaguba and I would have died in the Terrarium, he is our savior."

"I see, as expected of my good exter..." Su Wei chuckled, but suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

"Exter...what?" Gu Zhuo Case asked in confusion, not understanding why Su Wei suddenly stopped speaking.

Su Wei lifted his head, glancing at Black Cocoon humming a song in the distance, then waved his hand and said to Gu Zhuo Case:

"It’s nothing, just a slip of the tongue."

He changed the subject, "Since you all think so highly of the Red Dragon, was he on your side during the Royal Court’s internal conflict?"

"Yes." Cezar nodded, speaking softly, "It’s all my fault for implicating him."

"Actually, I only met the Red Dragon once," Black Cocoon thought to himself, "Now there’s a Red Dragon residing in my mind."

Thinking of this, he leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and entered the inner world he hadn’t visited for a long time.

The setting sun was red, casting a slanting light into the corner of the library, shining upon the Red Dragon wearing oversized reading glasses. It was prostrate on the ground, deeply asleep.

Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow; he hadn’t entered the Spirit space for a long time. Recently, he was always so busy that he slept as soon as he hit the pillow, completely forgetting this place, and the Red Dragon Wales also hadn’t uttered a word.

A moment later, the Red Dragon Wales opened its golden dragon eyes and looked at the young boy in hospital clothes.

"Kid, you finally remembered me?" it asked.