They all call me an Outer God.

"I will offer you a self-destruction."

He said, "Of course, my level of self-destruction is not enough to shake you, but you should think carefully. The mentor is still on the sea. Once I self-destruct, the sect's attention will be focused on this place through his body. I can't say what will happen then."

Coercion and inducement.

It was clearly a case of coercion and enticement.

Ria had mastered this tactic, and he dared to do it even when facing mythical creatures many times stronger than himself, and he wouldn't die even if he self-destructed.

As long as the divine essence remains, he will not die.

"There's no need to worry about this or that. If no one is willing to do business with me, I'll force them until they are."

This is the essence of the master of trade.

The strange movements on the ground continued, and soon, an enormous beast appeared above Ria's head.

He looked up and saw a giant whale.

Moreover, this giant whale was not a living creature.

Whales are enormous mammals whose body structure dictates that they need to circulate beneath the surface of the ocean and frequently swim to the surface to breathe.

Now, a whale has appeared on the seabed in the deep sea.

Its entire body was rotting, and the exposed flesh was being eaten by fish and shrimp. After being soaked in seawater, it became bloated and pale, with countless parasites wriggling on the surface of its rotting flesh, eating with relish.

This is a whale fall.

The first word that came to mind for Lia was whale fall. The phenomenon of whales returning to the seabed after death is called whale fall. One whale fall brings life to all things. Whale meat can feed countless marine creatures.

Logically speaking, this giant whale should be dead, but in fact, it has become a supernatural being, so the question of whether it is dead or not is irrelevant.

"It seems you have some complaints about my proposal?"

So confident? Perhaps they don't have enough leverage?

Ria's eyes narrowed slightly, but her hands continued to move.

"Hooooo——"

The giant whale opened its rotting mouth and charged towards Ria. The pressure emanating from this extraordinary whale was no less than that of a meme-3 superhuman.

Faced with such a threat, a direct confrontation was not a good idea. Ria put a layer of protection on his "property" and then turned around and waved his hand.

A giant tentacle that emerged from the shadows cleaved the whale's body in two like a whip, causing countless internal organs and parasites to fall off, yet the whale remained able to move.

In this situation, Ria simply used her tentacles to tear the opponent into more pieces, just like she would with an earthworm.

If you cut an earthworm in two, it can still move and may even continue to grow into two completely new individuals.

So, what if we just slice the earthworms like we slice a cucumber?

Yes, they will die a horrible death.

But superhuman beings are superhuman beings after all. Even though Ria broke it down into palm-sized pieces of flesh, they could still move around at will and even combine to attack.

Before long, Ria saw with her own eyes that these pieces of flesh had combined into a mixture of rotting flesh, internal organs, and bones, and then they continued to attack Ria.

"Boom!!!" Their attacks were dodged by Ria and directly struck the seabed. In an instant, the cracks grew larger and larger, and crimson light seeped out from them again.

It's better to guide than to block. It's difficult to plug the cracks in the ground with just tentacles. Once the magma erupts, Ria estimates that his body will quickly turn to ash, and it may take some time to recover.

The power of natural laws is also beyond human capabilities.

Moreover, rescuing the city from the lava would take considerable effort, so Ria chose to leave the area temporarily. He transformed into a bunch of tentacles, like a giant squid, and dragged the whale's mass of flesh away from its original location. Strong acid seeped from the surface of those tentacles, quickly corroding the prey's surface into a layer of charcoal.

But soon, the parasites rushed out of the surface of the minced meat, trying to burrow into the inside of the tentacles, only to be forcefully flung away by the tentacles.

Ria transformed back into human form, staring at the surface of her skin where many white, noodle-like parasites were trying to burrow into it.

These parasites have sharp, serrated teeth on their heads, and their appearance is very similar to that of lampreys.

However, this was not the end. After Ria landed, she discovered that the previous aggregate of flesh and blood had undergone a new mutation. They were spread out on the seabed, and clumps of fleshy growths appeared on them, eventually transforming into humanoid creatures.

Those creatures were still aggregates of carrion, only they were shaped like humans, without eyes, and only mouths filled with teeth like those of lampreys.

This scene made Ria feel disgusted and nauseous again. He ripped the parasite that had burrowed into his flesh out along with the flesh: "Although I know that no one can see what you look like on the seabed, and you can just grow however you want, this is going too far."

"Ho...ho..."

The strange creatures swarmed towards Ria, who tried to dodge using the magician's abilities, only to find that his leg had been pierced by a bunch of parasites.

Their tails were attached to the ground, like chains that held Ria in place, and the humanoid creatures pounced on Ria one after another, reassembling into the shape of a whale.

Then, it suddenly began to convulse, its body rapidly inflating like an inflated balloon—

"BOOM!!!!!!!!!"

In an instant, the corpse exploded.

Chunks of rotting flesh, blood mist, and fragments of parasite bodies were blasted everywhere.

It seems like everything is over.

The seabed remains cold and dark, and no one will ever know what happened there.

Ria lay there on the seabed, mutilated and clearly severely injured. Numerous parasites burrowed into his body, preventing him from healing easily.

When the level of a superhuman is similar to that of an ordinary superhuman, the superhuman can easily crush an ordinary superhuman of the same level.

This is due to their innate, extraordinary affinity and adaptability.

Lia had to admit that this extraordinary creature was quite powerful, and its fighting methods were not foolish.

This shows that it possesses wisdom.

Moreover, even though it was he who proposed the self-destruction first, the opponent used it first...

"Looks like I've lost—"

Ria closed her eyes. All around was quiet, except for some noisy murmurs that seemed to be someone talking.

This is not the real R'lyeh.

[R'lyeh has perished; the Old City was built upon the ruins of the true R'lyeh.]

Only through annihilation can one return to the embrace of the deep sea.

Praise be to the Lord of R'lyeh!

[Homage to the Lord of R'lyeh, our slumbering god—Cthulhu Futan]

"You will eventually awaken."

The last sentence was spoken by Ria.

(End of this chapter)