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Chapter 324. The Handsome Guy from Skull Island and the Reptiles of Skull Island

When talking about the Behemoth Universe, one cannot help but mention Monarch, the human organization that connects all the plot structures within it.

The founder of Monarch was William Bill Landa. He personally experienced the attack on the USS Oldton by Titans in 1943, and founded Monarch in 1946 with the intention of investigating the Titans that were hiding outside the human world, the true masters of this world.

The Monarchy organization initially operated with extreme brutality, believing humanity to be the masters of the world. This is evident in their very name. It was precisely because of this that, in the storyline of Kong: Skull Island, Bill Landa landed on Skull Island in 1973. To map the island's geological environment using seismic waves, they didn't hesitate to drop bunker buster bombs, ultimately provoking retaliation from the Skull Island ghouls. Bill Landa himself was devoured and killed by another mysterious creature, the "Skull Lizard," during his escape.

Since then, Monarch has changed its style of operation, shifting from a radical approach to one more akin to the Hunter's Guild. However, while the Hunter's Guild's mission and philosophy are to maintain the balance between humanity and nature and the ecosystem, Monarch primarily focuses on maintaining the balance between humans and behemoths.

A very long time has passed since Billanda's death, and the year is now 2024 in the Behemoth Universe. With Apex Technology's new energy experiment underway, Godzilla begins a series of frequent attacks on the company's locations. Apex claims this is because the behemoths are inherently ferocious and cannot coexist with humans. Furthermore, each behemoth appearance causes billions of dollars in damage, naturally leading to a collective aversion among humanity towards behemoths, including Godzilla.

But until now, everything has been alright. Then, within a year, the previously dormant behemoths began to escalate into ferocity and madness. Especially at Monarch's Skull Island outpost, the Skull Lizard, which had been killed by Young King Kong in 1973, unexpectedly resurrected. Filthy flesh sprouted from its broken bones. Contrary to Monarch's records, the resurrected Skull Lizard was more terrifying, more powerful, and inspired genuine loathing.

Previous records show that people feared giant beasts. But not like now, where their mere presence evoked intense anger, hatred, and repulsion, as if the reborn creature wasn't a giant skeletal lizard, but rather an enemy of the world in skeletal lizard's shell. Not only humans, but even the native creatures of Skull Island wished for their annihilation.

Unfortunately, the reborn Skull Lizard displayed extraordinary destructive power, vitality, and the ability to devour and digest. Initially, even King Kong, now in his prime, could easily overpower the Skull Lizard. However, as the Skull Lizard consumed more and more, and with its unimaginable regenerative speed, even King Kong found it extremely difficult to fight it.

Especially now, as King Kong's injuries continue to worsen, the Skull Lizard remains completely unaffected...

"Damn it!" Eileen, the former head of the Skull Island outpost of the Monarch organization and a Doctor of Behemoths, gritted her teeth and said, "The storm near Skull Island has dissipated! Go to the nearest mountain and see if we can make contact with the outside army! We need reinforcements immediately!!"

No wonder Eileen was so nervous.

With the rebirth of the Skull Giant Lizard, the entire Skull Island underwent a dramatic transformation. The most obvious change was that the ring-shaped storm that had perpetually surrounded Skull Island due to the Earth's magnetic field suddenly stopped and disappeared for some unknown reason.

Logically, this should be a good thing, as it means that Monarch can send a large number of people to Skull Island to create a better habitat for King Kong, and it also makes it easier for human behemoth scholars to better understand the ecology of behemoths, so as to prevent unnecessary conflicts from occurring.

Unfortunately, the resurrected Skull Lizards immediately attacked the Skull Island outpost, forcing only a small number of members to manage a difficult evacuation to the Skull Island native settlement under King Kong's protection. Initially, the group attempted to contact the outside world using the transferred communication devices, but they were unable to establish connections with other base stations, leaving Skull Island completely cut off from the outside world.

Before, things were alright; King Kong could still overpower the Skeleton Giant Lizard. But now, with the Skeleton Giant Lizard constantly feeding, its length has reached nearly 150 meters, making it an enormous creature even among behemoths. Coupled with its powerful vitality, even King Kong can only barely hold its own with the help of Monarch's combat machines.

Just like now, with King Kong letting out a roar that shook the mountains, the Skull Giant Lizard burst forth from the mountain. Although called a giant lizard, it resembled more of a giant python with the forelimbs of a giant lizard. However, unlike ordinary pythons, the Skull Giant Lizard's head was surrounded by a hard white exoskeleton. And with an unknown power, its body was now covered with sharp bone spurs.

Looking at King Kong, the six eyes in the eye sockets of his skull exoskeleton emitted a scarlet halo. His massive mouth opened, and a piercing roar accompanied by a foul, fishy stench swept in.

hiss! ! !

The roar that rushed towards her made Eileen's ears sting, and she covered them. But what terrified her even more was the foul-smelling saliva that spurted from the skull-like reptile's mouth along with the roar. The clear saliva contained some undigested solids, which seemed ordinary, but they sizzled and crackled the moment they hit the rocks and trees, clearly possessing strong corrosive properties.

It evolved?!

Eileen felt a heavy weight in her heart. Because in Monarch's records of the Skull Lizard, there was no mention of such a highly corrosive bodily fluid. Similarly, there was no record of such a massive size!

The hatred between King Kong and the Skull Lizards is not simply a matter of life and death. King Kong, as the only giant ape on Skull Island, wasn't born from a spiritual stone like Sun Wukong, who absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. He was born and raised by parents. However, King Kong's parents were killed by the Skull Lizards when he was very young. It can be said that from a very young age, an irreconcilable feud between King Kong and the Skull Lizards existed, stemming from their parents' deaths.

The Skull Lizard was also brutally killed by the adult King Kong. The deep-seated hatred between the two Titans was irreconcilable even without the contamination of the World Virus.

As things stand now, the global viral contamination only intensifies this hatred.

Now, enemies meeting are filled with intense hatred.

Standing in the mountain hollow, King Kong coldly stared at the skeletal giant lizard that was emitting a piercing roar. The relationship between giant beasts is purer than that between humans, and there is no such thing as verbal communication. Feeling the burning pain of the other's saliva falling on his body, King Kong also let out a low growl, and then charged like a wild gorilla, sideways with his hands on the ground.

Its enormous body resembled a moving mountain, its needle-like, sharp fur gleaming with a jet-black luster in the sunlight. Seeing King Kong charging towards it, the Skull Lizard slightly bent its body, then its massive form shot out like a spring, baring its sharp teeth and claws, and pounced towards King Kong.

Like two mountains colliding, a dull thud echoed across the land. With a roar, King Kong lifted the skeletal giant lizard high by the neck, his other arm lashing out like a cannon. The heavy iron fists struck the lizard's facial exoskeleton with cracking sounds and fine fissures, but the lizard was not to be outdone. Its python-like lower limbs coiled tightly around King Kong's body, the numerous bone spurs proliferating and sinking into King Kong's flesh as the limbs tightened.

Meanwhile, the giant lizard's claws and sharp teeth were not idle. Although the lizard was unable to launch agile attacks because King Kong's hand was gripping its neck, its claws easily tore open the wounds on King Kong's chest that had not yet scabbed over.

Pain agonized King Kong, but he felt no fear, only rage.

Completely ignoring the bone spikes piercing flesh and the tearing claws, King Kong's fists continued to pound on the giant lizard's body. Then, enduring excruciating pain, he forcefully pulled the lizard off his body—before the bone spikes were completely embedded in his flesh—and then lifted it high and slammed it viciously against the nearby mountain peak.

At the same time, accompanied by the noise of propellers, Monarch's combat transport planes rapidly took off, bypassing King Kong, and with blazing tongues of fire, heavy bullets rained down on the Skeleton Lizard. These bullets, enhanced by the scholars, were powerful enough to tear apart the Skeleton Lizard's flesh, splattering countless fragments of flesh and blood as they landed on it.

While the Behemoth Universe tells the story of behemoths, the destructive power of humanity should not be underestimated. For example, through continuous technological advancements, Monarch's combat transports can easily kill the smaller Titans commonly found on Skull Island, such as the Reef Minotaur and the Bamboo Spider. Even now, these bullets landing on the Skull Lizard leave craters as thick as an adult's thigh with each impact.

However, it was clear that for the Skeleton Giant Lizard, these were merely superficial wounds that couldn't penetrate its defenses. Letting out a piercing roar, and then, to everyone's surprise, the Skeleton Giant Lizard suddenly turned its back upwards, seemingly to shield itself from bullets with its broad back. At the same time, numerous thick bone spurs sprouted from its body, standing upright in rows, pointing towards the sky, much like a porcupine.

This intense sense of déjà vu caused the pilot of the combat transport plane to narrow his eyes. Accompanied by a terrified scream, the flesh on the back of the giant skeletal lizard contracted and then relaxed, sending bone spikes flying through the air.

With a series of whooshing sounds, pale white skeletons pierced the fuselage of the combat transport planes like heavy crossbow bolts. Amidst the distant flashes of fire, two of the three combat transport planes were instantly destroyed, crashing into a nearby mountainside with out-of-control spins and wailing screams. A burst of flame engulfed the pilots in the inferno before they even had time to parachute.

Seeing this, a look of despair appeared in Eileen's eyes.

It's only been two weeks at most, just two weeks since we last saw it. The Skull Giant Lizard has already evolved the ability to produce highly corrosive bodily fluids and shoot bone spikes. As a gimmickologist, Eileen knows very well that this has already exceeded the limits of what gimmickology can explain.

Even Titans were part of the food chain. However, to maintain their enormous size, they primarily relied on absorbing radiant energy for recycling. Therefore, while fossil studies suggest that Titans underwent an evolutionary process, the time span of this evolution is astonishing.

And now, in less than two weeks, it has evolved from a critically injured and dying creature into two physiological abilities that would be considered essential for survival for other giant beasts... Has God abandoned this world? Is this the end of the world? Otherwise, what explanation is there?!

Seeing this scene, even though he had an extreme blood feud with the Skull Giant Lizard, King Kong couldn't help but reveal a solemn expression in his eyes.

Despite their anger, King Kong was not a mad beast that had lost its mind. In fact, the reason why the King Kong race could be considered the most powerful among the Titans was due to their intelligence, which far surpassed that of ordinary Titans, and their ability to utilize tools and the environment.

King Kong knew very well that the reason he had been able to repel the Skeleton Giant Lizard several times before was largely due to the help of humans, which gave King Kong enough time to catch his breath and then relentlessly pursue the Skeleton Giant Lizard when it was at its weakest.

but now……

With only one of the three combat transport planes still operational, King Kong stepped forward and growled, signaling for him to fight. At that moment, the Skull Lizard growled again, and black, mud-like substance gushed from the gaps in its exoskeleton, previously shattered by King Kong. As this substance writhed, the wounds on the Skull Lizard's body rapidly regenerated. Through the scars of flesh, twisted tendrils of flesh squeezed out from the broken muscle fibers and grew rapidly, a gruesome and grotesque sight.

Just when everyone thought the Skull Lizard was recovering its strength and wouldn't be able to launch an effective attack for a while, it suddenly lunged at King Kong again. Its head tilted to one side, its gaping maw like open scissors, ready to tear at King Kong's throat!

The sudden attack made King Kong's eyes narrow sharply. He tried to defend himself, but even Eileen could clearly see it was too late. He thought it was all over. But in that instant, a whooshing sound came from the horizon!

Air Blade Slash!

(End of this chapter)