Chapter 431 Who's talking to you about martial ethics?

Just when everyone thought that Jing Bai would use the same method to deal with the remaining seven heads one by one.

The mutation occurred again.

The remaining seven snake heads suddenly gave up all resistance.

Their enormous bodies began to shrink and merge towards the central trunk in a bizarre way!

What is it going to do?

In the command center, everyone stared wide-eyed.

On the sea, the enormous serpentine body resembled a melted wax figure, with flesh, scales, and bones twisting and reassembling.

A larger, more distorted, and more indescribable outline is slowly taking shape within that mass of blood and flesh.

An evil aura, ten times stronger than before—no, a hundred times stronger—soared into the sky.

Zhou Jue, who had been standing calmly high in the sky, frowned slightly the moment he sensed this aura.

She reached out and placed her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist. "So you're finally willing to reveal your true form?"

"Energy readings... are still soaring!" The technician's voice rang out in the command center.

The red alert number on the screen jumped up like crazy, each jump like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's heart.

"This...this is going to switch to its final form?" Chen Jianguo stared intently at the screen, his throat dry.

He had read countless novels and watched countless movies where the villains would transform in dire straits, suddenly gaining immense power, and the protagonists would be caught in a fierce battle – this was almost a fixed plot.

"Jingbai! Stop it!" he shouted instinctively, but his voice couldn't reach the battlefield at all.

"roar?"

On the battlefield, Jingbai, now a white tiger, tilted its head as it looked at the increasingly disgusting mass of flesh and blood below, a hint of impatience flashing in its golden pupils.

It could sense that the other party's aura was getting stronger, and the energy in its flesh and blood was becoming more "delicious".

But... it's so noisy.

The spiritual roar emanating from that mass of flesh made its ears ring.

Jingbai let out a low growl of annoyance.

While billions of viewers around the world held their breath, waiting for an earth-shattering final battle in the ultimate form.

Jingbai moved, but it hadn't accumulated any energy or prepared any earth-shattering move.

Its figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

The next second, it appeared directly above the violently writhing mass of flesh that was not yet fully formed.

"Your transformation is too slow!" Jingbai complained, then raised his right claw.

A blinding white light gathered at its claw tip, condensing into a huge energy claw several meters long, which slammed down fiercely towards the core of the mass of flesh below.

There is no martial virtue.

There was no waiting.

He didn't even have the slightest bit of the demeanor of a strong person.

Only the most primal hunting instincts, from top predators—strike while the iron is hot and kill it!

Pfft—!

The enormous energy claws pierced through the reconstructing mass of flesh and blood without hindrance, precisely striking the most unstable core within it.

Time seemed to have been paused at that moment.

The writhing of that mass of flesh stopped.

The escalating evil aura abruptly ceased.

The energy readings, which were just jumping wildly, began to drop rapidly.

Then.

Boom!

The massive mass of flesh crashed down, plunging into the seawater behind it.

It all happened in no more than ten seconds.

The Yamata no Orochi, which had just been so powerful that it made the whole world tremble, was gone without even having a chance to show its final form to the world.

Jingbai flicked its paws as if it had just swatted a fly. Seeing that the giant snake was about to fall into the water, it immediately rushed down in one direction, and with a swift movement of its paws, pulled out the demon core from the snake's body.

Then, carrying the demon core, it flew back to Zhou Jue's side, transformed back into the harmless 'little kitten,' landed contentedly on Zhou Jue's shoulder, and happily licked the black 'demon core' while holding it in its paws.

Zhou Jue casually collected the corpse of the Yamata no Orochi; it was also material, which he would use for alchemy and weapon crafting later.

The whole world was silent.

Everyone watching in front of their screens—whether it was the command center in China, the Pentagon in the US, the refugees in Japan, or…

Everyone stared, their mouths agape, their minds blank.

it's over?

That's it?

What happened to the promised final form?

What happened to the epic, world-destroying final battle?

What... what is this?

The silence lasted for a good ten seconds.

Then, after a brief downtime, the online comments section in China exploded with an explosive surge of activity.

Holy crap!!!

That's it? That's all? ???

"I've already taken my pants off, and this is what you show me??? No, I just made a bowl of noodles!"

[Hahahaha! I'm dying of laughter! My heart was pounding, I thought I was going to have a fierce battle! But... it was over in seconds?!]

[Upstairs, look closely, that's called a sneak attack! Taking advantage of someone's transformation to attack them from behind! That's not sportsmanship!]

[What kind of martial ethics are you talking about! Do you think this is an animated film? Are you expecting the villain to finish their lines, strike a pose, transform, and then just walk up and get themselves killed?]

That's right! This is real combat! It's about striking while the iron is hot! Catching you completely off guard! No more beating around the bush!

[This white tiger mythical beast is so insightful! I'm a fan now!]

[Awesome! So awesome! This is the way China does things! If we can take action, we won't waste words! If we can solve it in one move, we won't use a second one!]

[Yamata no Orochi: I really... I just wanted to transform, what did I do wrong? This is so hard for me... Waaaaah...]

[Decisive and ruthless! This is the true method of immortals! I love it!]

Inside the command center, Chen Jianguo's mouth was agape, and he couldn't close it for a long time.

He looked at the barrage of comments on the screen, then glanced at Sun Jiuchou beside him, and finally managed to utter a sentence.

"Jiuchou...you...did you already guess this?"

Sun Jiuchou slowly took a sip of tea and put down the teacup: "I only know that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit."

He smiled and looked at the kitten licking the demon core on the screen: "Moreover, Jingbai is a demon beast from the cultivation world, and it won't be foolish enough to wait for the enemy to advance before starting the fight."

On the other side, the Pentagon.

"Smack!"

The defense minister's cigar fell onto the expensive carpet without him noticing.

The generals behind him were all ashen-faced and had empty eyes.

“It’s over…” a general muttered absentmindedly to himself.

"What kind of beings are we fighting against?"

No one could answer him.

On the screen, that clean, decisive, and effortless kill completely shattered the last shred of hope they had.

This is not a battle on one dimension.

The land of cherry blossoms.

The survivors emerged from their shelters and, upon seeing the now calm sea on the screen, erupted in thunderous cheers.

Immediately afterwards, the cheers turned into wailing.

We won.

They... were saved.

The price, however, is the future of the entire nation.

On the sea, Zhou Jue glanced at the satisfied Jing Bai: "Finished eating?"

"Mmm!" Jingbai licked her lips and let out a burp: "Sister, this tastes good, but it's a bit pungent."

"Let's go." Zhou Jue didn't say anything more, turned around, and tore open the space.

The man and the tiger vanished from the world's sight, as if they had never existed.