I'm not just human!

The ground that had trapped it was smashed to pieces by its fierce struggle, sending soil and rocks flying, and a black shadow, also a hundred meters in size, leaped out of the ground!

Like a giant whale leaping out of the sea, the gale swept across the entire wasteland, carrying sand and dust with it.

The crowd finally saw the legendary monster clearly.

It was a ferocious beast like a king. When all the giant jaw beasts were burned to death by the extreme heat of the earth and turned into bones, it survived and was completely unharmed.

Its four pillar-like limbs supported the ground, and its massive head, like that of a steel warship, pointed towards the sky.

Roar--!

Another roar erupted, twisted and hoarse, yet carrying the inviolable dignity of an emperor.

Its small, dark eyes gleamed with a vicious light, and its muscles were taut, as if it were gathering strength!

This king of giant jawed beasts seems unwilling to sit idly by and wait for its demise.

It wants to soar into the sky and deliberately smash the sun!

boom!

The moment it leaped up, it created a huge crater in the ground beneath its feet.

One can imagine just how heavy its massive body must be, and how terrifying the force of its leap must be.

Like a monstrous dragon soaring into the sky, it approached the enormous fireball that was descending at incredible speed.

Under the firelight, everyone could see clearly that, unlike ordinary giant jaw beasts, its body was covered with fine, jet-black scales!

It was these scales that helped it withstand the flames that erupted from the ground during the initial upgrade of the Ghost Realm, which devoured all flesh and blood!

Everyone's hearts were in their throats. After all, this was a whale-level monster, and if it took another step forward, it would be a demigod-level monster.

A demigod-level being, capable of easily destroying a city!

Needless to say, this is not just an ordinary whale-level monster, but the monarch of the Jawbeasts, the King of Jawbeasts!

boom!!!!!

The enormous fireball, as big as the sun, finally collided with the king of the giant jawed beasts, which was hundreds of meters long.

The heavens and earth shook, and extremely destructive waves radiated outwards in concentric circles of intense orange-red heat.

Anything swept by the wave, whether it be bones on the ground, mushroom trees spewing sparks, or even cracked earth, was instantly shattered and annihilated!

The wasteland suddenly dimmed, and the sun-like fireball dissipated.

Everyone looked up at the sky with trepidation.

The seemingly unshakeable body of the King of Jaw Beasts was slowly landing, appearing completely unharmed, with only slight charring on its surface.

Just as everyone was stunned, suddenly, its lower abdomen lit up from the inside! A loud sizzling sound rang out, and a burnt smell immediately filled the air.

The next moment, a large hole was burned through its abdomen, and a red-hot iron ball the size of a water tank, covered with fragments of internal organs and black blood, rolled out.

With a loud bang, the red-hot iron ball landed first, melting the surrounding parched earth as it continued to fall straight into the ground, like an iron bead falling into pulp.

Bang-!

With a heavy thud, the King of Jawed Beasts also landed.

This whale-sized monster didn't even have time to let out a cry before its massive head tilted helplessly to one side, and it perished completely.

All of this happened so fast that no one even had time to react to what was going on.

In particular, where did that huge, red-hot iron ball come from?

"Kid, you've got real combat talent! Who taught you?"

Suddenly, Lieutenant General Bedivet's rough and cheerful voice rang out from the military telegraph machine.

This military demigod, at this moment, actually looked at Xia Fa with some newfound respect:

"You secretly hid an iron ball inside that fireball... using the power of the element of the Etheric Source, the Secret Gold?"

Reminded by this extremely experienced demigod, Glenn was the first to react. He clapped his hands, quite pleased as if he had figured something out:

"No wonder! I was wondering why Xia Fa's fireball was falling so fast, unlike the speed of a normal fireball. It turns out it was to cover the iron ball hidden inside!"

Ethan also sighed softly and said:

"For a beast-like creature like the King of Jawed Beasts, which possesses a substantial physical body, this is a fatal blow! Even if it withstands the fireball, it cannot withstand the impact of a red-hot iron ball falling from a hundred meters in the air!"

The gold-based secret, or rather, the alchemical metals generated from the gold element within the ethereal secret source secret, all possess extremely high-temperature resistance.

Even so, the iron ball was heated to a bright red, which shows just how terrifyingly high the temperature inside it was.

Fensne looked at Xiafa in surprise. Even though she had witnessed Xiafa's earth-shattering slash at the snow demon that had gone out of control twice, Xiafa's performance this time still made her feel extremely incredible.

After all, this time, Shafa didn't have the Baal Warblade, that sacred artifact, in his hands!

"Xia Fa, how...how did you manage to create such a huge fireball?"

Xia Fa had already returned to his group; the fireball, which was a hundred meters in diameter, had almost drained the burning sensation from his body.

He had already prepared an answer to the inevitable question.

But just as he was about to answer,

Suddenly, the intertwined vines and human heads in the air turned towards Xia Fa.

That was Axo de Augustus.

Archbishop Glenn's uncle.

A powerful demigod who is a cardinal of the Church of Nature and an elder of the Augustus family!

At this moment, Axel, who had previously thought Xia Fa was just a commoner seeking fame, spoke as if he had discovered a treasure:

"Shafa, do you know just how rare your talent is? Haha, the heavens are truly blessing the Augustus family!"

Chapter 53 Elemental Inflation

"What do you mean by 'God blesses your Augustus family'?"

Tyrene's strange question showed no mercy to his old friend.

It must be said that the three demigods are all cunning old foxes, and Tyrene was the first to realize the deeper meaning hidden in Axor's words.

Something's not right!

That Yaxor, he's got wolfish ambitions!

The vine-entwined head coughed twice in a very vivid way:

"Ahem, it's nothing, I just said it offhand."

His head, which looked like it was intricately woven from vines, turned towards Xiafa in mid-air, and a hint of kindness appeared on his face:

"Xia Fa, your father... was he a handsome, tall man with blond hair and captivating blue eyes? And then, he ran away after you were born, leaving behind a large sum of money, so you've never met him?"

Xia Fa paused slightly, then shook his head:

"No, my father was just a dockworker, rather short, a bit fat, and balding. One night he got drunk and then disappeared."

He was telling the truth; it was from fragments of his memory.

"hiss--"

Axel was clearly taken aback by this answer. He seemed silent for a moment before suddenly, as if struck by a flash of inspiration, he asked excitedly through the vine-headed figure:

"So... is your mother someone who, although she looks like an ordinary woman, is very elegant in her behavior, exuding an air of nobility from a well-educated family that has inherited a fine tradition, and whose simple clothes are always clean and tidy, and whose words are very philosophical, only occasionally sitting alone by the window and sighing?"

Xiafa: ...

What is all this nonsense?!

“No, my mother was born in a small town. She was a hardworking and simple woman. Not long after my father disappeared, she also disappeared.”

Glenn finally couldn't hold back any longer:

"Uncle, I've told you before, stop reading those clichéd stories in the newspapers about noble ladies running away to marry commoners..."

Despite his complaints, he couldn't hide his smugness.

Because the uncle's reaction proved that his previous choice to win over Xia Fa was absolutely correct!

Even my eldest uncle, a family elder and a demigod, is now tempted!

If it weren't for the fact that his uncle had always treated him well, and that it was in front of his uncle's two old friends, he would have already asked his uncle a couple of questions, asking him why he had questioned his efforts to win over Xia Fa.

Axor's voice came from the vine-headed creature, sounding somewhat disappointed, but still unwilling to give up:

“I was just asking, it won’t affect anything. Besides, Glenn, apart from your unreliable father, there is another member of our family who ran away from an arranged marriage more than 20 years ago. She is your aunt.”

Tyrene finally couldn't hold back any longer and interrupted him:

"Really? How come I didn't know about this?"

The vine-headed figure glared at the eyeball in the air:

"Terrey, why do you seem to be saying things with hidden meanings today, old man?"

Lieutenant General Bedivet's rough laughter rang out from the military telegraph machine:

"Haha, tell me why. If I were in your shoes, I'd have to argue with you too."

Chestnut suddenly spoke up:

"Grandpa, there are two other adults here, so what exactly is Xia Fa's awakened talent?"

Clearly, among everyone, she was the one who cared most about Xia Fa.

From within the tangled vines of the human heads, Axo's voice suddenly became distant:

"I'm afraid only I know about this. These two old guys couldn't possibly know, because it's recorded in the family letters of our Augustus family."

No one spoke, letting him continue.

"That was our Augustus family's ancestor. In the first ten thousand years of the universe's birth, he traveled through the starry sky with the giant beast Baal, exploring various abandoned ruins and barren planets inhabited by life."

"Back then, Baal was not yet insane. The two of them had gone through many battles together, and he had personally witnessed Baal's incredible extraordinary talents."

"The talent that impressed him the most was called [Elemental Inflation]!"

The mere mention of "elemental inflation" immediately brought to mind the enormous fireball, hundreds of meters in diameter and comparable to the sun, that Xia Fa unleashed.