Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods

At the boundary between the volcanic region and the plains, wartdog puppies frolic and cross the freely flowing crimson rivers.

Sometimes they would burrow into the skeletons of giant beasts thousands of meters long, and sometimes they would leap across long snake bones, completely ignoring the scorching air around them and the flocks of pterosaurs circling in the sky.

"Scandium...clang..."

The sound of metal clashing echoed from deep within the volcano, carrying far and wide against the heatwave, even reaching the edge of the plain.

The towering volcano, almost touching the other continent overhead, resonated and spewed out scorching lava, which fell like fireworks across the sky and crashed down on the two continents.

Flames erupted in the air, and the chaotic air currents generated by the clash of metal swept across the land, forming fiery tornadoes that stretched for hundreds of meters and raged across the brown earth.

However, all of this was commonplace in the eyes of the giant beasts that inhabited this area.

Many creatures know that this volcanic region is occupied by a Titan at the top of the food chain, which occasionally emits muffled thunder-like sounds.

For the wartdogs, this period was more comfortable than any they had ever experienced before. Even with their low intelligence, they had to be thankful that following Lombard to scavenge for scraps was the right choice.

One of the round, wartted dogs, missing a leg, lay on the ground, yawned, glanced around warily, and then began gnawing on the skull of a war bat.

This is the carcass of the only war bat that was killed. As they were at the bottom of the food chain, even in that situation, they were unable to kill the other two intact war bats.

As the temperature in the Earth's core approached its peak, the sounds that should have been continuous disappeared, startling all the creatures in the area, who turned to look into the depths of the volcano.

Over time, they have become accustomed to the muffled thunderous sound and are able to detect the surrounding movements and receive information from their own kind during the intervals between the sounds.

But now that the sound has stopped, instead of making them feel comfortable, it has made them uneasy.

In modern terms, it would be like a classroom that was just whispering suddenly falling silent without warning.

The wartdog puppy, which was pinning its brother to the ground and tearing him apart, froze, looking up in the direction from which the sound should have come.

In the crimson world that came into view, towering humanoid titans, as massive as mountains, stood tall, their bone armor gleaming, unharmed even in the face of death, their black hair swaying and fluttering in the distorted heat.

"Finally finished."

Longbo stood at the edge of the lava waterfall, letting the splashing lava fall on him. He raised his hand and lifted the all-metal spear, which was nearly 150 meters long, while the square heavy warhammer was casually placed at his feet.

Several years passed after he obtained the reference point, and Longbo finally forged a weapon that satisfied him in this volcano.

The spear is made entirely of metal, with a straight and long metal shaft and a blade that is a typical sharp blade. It is pitch black, but it faintly emits an unnatural glow.

The warhammer beneath his feet was similar, its surface covered with disordered and chaotic energy patterns. It was made earlier and had a very long handle. The warhead was a square cuboid, made entirely of metal, and weighed over 10,000 tons.

They are all made of special metals from the inner Earth, and like Mechagodzilla and the King Kong Axe, they possess the ability to absorb and release their breath and the energy of the inner Earth, which can cause great destruction once released.

Longbo, carrying his weapons, left the edge of the lava waterfall and returned to the border between the volcano and the grassland, where he was warmly welcomed by the new generation of wartdogs.

Those who have experienced wilderness survival tend to be more aloof, and even if they are nearby, they rarely act like the younger generation who fawn over them.

However, Longbo completely ignored them, picked up the animal hides and sinews he had prepared beforehand, wrapped them around the handles of his spear and warhammer, and prepared to leave.

Seeing that the weapon was complete, Longbo did not intend to stay here for long.

The inner Earth is vast, and we have probably explored far less than 10% of it so far.

He secured the spear to his back and stored the heavy warhammer and the skeleton of the sea king into the Rainbow Realm of Time and Space.

After doing all this, Longbo put on the cloak made from the cloth he had obtained from the giant ship in the pirate world, and started to leave the volcanic area where he had lingered for so long.

Seeing this, the wartdogs that had been gathering around Longbo did not hesitate and followed him, then left.

...

Longbo traversed the mountains of the inner world and waded through icy rivers, wandering through this world that seemed far larger than the inner world should be.

During this long journey, he encountered many creatures he had never seen before. He also saw some dinosaurs that should have perished in the impact of a meteorite in the lower layers of the earth.

Those creatures on Earth tens or even hundreds of millions of years ago experienced a dramatic increase in size in the unique environment of the inner Earth, reaching an astonishing level.

Among them, the best were in no way inferior to many of the creatures that Longbo had seen.

Longbo vaguely remembered that when he passed a glacier, he saw the skeleton of a super-large Baryonyx, whose skull was missing a tooth.

It died curled up, protecting the tiny skeleton of a creature—a weasel—holding a short knife made of teeth in its hand.

The combination looked somewhat familiar to Longbo, but he couldn't quite recall where he had seen it before.

But what impressed Longbo the most was one of the advanced predators in the inner world, among which the best were extremely powerful, even comparable to the Titans.

Giant ape.

These powerful and intelligent primates understand the ways of survival and development better than other creatures.

They not only possess powerful physiques, but also accumulated experience and knowledge over the years, using their abundant spoils to create weapons that can be used by almost anyone with the ability to grasp.

The weapons made from the bones of various giant beasts, trees, and boulders are their true reliance in competing with the Titans, who are at the top of the Earth's food chain.

Of course, in most cases, weapons only give them the opportunity to fight; once the fight starts, they will still be taken down by the Titans.

It can only be said that only a few can truly defeat Titans, such as the giant gorilla that drove young Godzilla out of its territory, King Kong, and the orangutan.

If they didn't also have the life cycle of ordinary creatures, then calling them Titans would be entirely fitting.

The ape races in the inner world also have many differences, such as the silverback gorillas like King Kong, the red gibbons like Scarface, and the chimpanzees enslaved by him.

Then there were the giant apes that Lungbo encountered. They were a group of giant baboons, each as big as a mountain. Despite their ferocious nature, they were surprisingly intelligent.

Judging from their abysmal use of weapons and their tactical abyss, they are perhaps the least intelligent of all.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, Longbo remembered these ferocious beasts and gave them a resounding name.

Xingxing.