sbdcsierra Chapter 266 Ancient Artifacts Beneath the Antarctic Ice
Chapter 266 Ancient Artifacts Beneath the Antarctic Ice
Antarctica, the coldest and most desolate continent on Earth.
This area is covered by ice sheets thousands of meters thick year-round, with temperatures dropping to minus 80 or 90 degrees Celsius and howling winds, making it a veritable no-man's land.
However, at this moment, on this white wasteland, two figures are flying low at an incredible speed.
It was Ares and Aiolia who had donned their divine armor and entered their strongest battle form.
"Damn, it's so cold in here!"
Ares grumbled as he flew. Although his dark red holy armor could block out most of the cold, the bone-chilling cold in the air still made his naturally fiery temper feel increasingly uneasy.
"Shut up, Ares." Aiolia's voice was as cold as ever. "Concentrate, we're almost there."
His gaze was fixed intently on what lay ahead.
In his perception, a malevolent, chaotic, and aggressive energy fluctuation was emanating from beneath a massive iceberg not far ahead.
That energy originated from the same source as the energy fluctuations of the "Star Beast" that the master had shown them.
But it also seems that something else is mixed in.
Soon, the two arrived above the iceberg.
"It's right down there." Aiolia stopped, his golden eyes flashing with electricity.
Ares looked down and saw that the ice surface below was flat and no different from the surrounding scenery.
"I'll clear the way!"
He didn't bother to think further and simply raised the war spear in his hand.
The tip of the spear instantly ignited into a dark red flame, seemingly capable of burning everything in its path.
"drink!"
With a roar, he hurled the spear in his hand fiercely towards the ice below!
"boom--!"
The spear struck the ice like a meteorite, unleashing terrifying energy the instant it hit the ice!
The ancient ice layer, thousands of meters thick, is as fragile as a sheet of paper in the face of this force.
With a deafening roar, a massive, bottomless hole, over a kilometer in diameter, instantly appeared on the ice field!
The melting ice and snow turned into steam that filled the sky, enveloping everything in a white mist.
"Walk!"
Ares took the lead and jumped directly into the still steaming hole.
Aiolia followed closely behind.
The two continued to fall, passing through thick ice, and finally landed on a solid, dark rocky ground.
They arrived beneath the ice cap of Antarctica.
The sight here made both of them pause for a moment, slightly taken aback.
Beneath the ice cap, there is not only desolation.
Instead, it was a gigantic, ancient underground cavity.
The hollow dome was inlaid with countless unknown crystals that emitted a ghostly blue light, illuminating the entire underground world as bright as day.
In the center of the void stood something that surprised both Ares and Aiolia.
That was a... spaceship.
A colossal, monstrous, and malevolent biological spaceship!
The spaceship's shape resembles a giant deep-sea worm magnified billions of times, covered in bone spurs and tentacles.
Its outer shell is not metal, but a kind of black biological tissue similar to a carapace, covered with strange, constantly writhing blood-red patterns.
The entire spaceship reeked of a nauseating, corrupt, and decadent atmosphere.
The malevolent energy fluctuations belonging to the "Star Beast" emanated from inside the spaceship.
"This is..." Aiolia's brows furrowed deeply. "A Leviathan-class bio-warship of the Zerg?"
As someone who had once followed Athena and participated in countless divine wars, he recognized the origin of the spaceship at a glance.
The Zerg, one of the most notorious predator civilizations in the universe.
Like the Star Beasts, they are "locusts" in the universe, leaving nothing but desolation wherever they go.
"It seems that this warship crashed here a long time ago," Ares said, stroking his chin. "And then it was parasitized by the 'beacon' of that stellar behemoth."
"Sir is right. Creatures infected by the beacon can no longer be considered life." A hint of murderous intent flashed in Aiolia's eyes. "They are merely puppets and tools of the behemoths."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Ares grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth, and the spear in his hand blazed with renewed fury. "Why don't we just take it apart?"
Before he finished speaking, he transformed into a dark red streak of light and charged toward the enormous biological warship!
However, just as he was about to approach the warship...
An anomaly has occurred!
"Ugh—!"
The biological warship, which had been silent for countless millennia, suddenly let out a piercing cry, like the simultaneous screeching of billions of insects!
Immediately afterwards, countless tumor-like hatches on the warship's ugly hull opened simultaneously!
"Buzzing—!"
A massive, black swarm of insects, like a flood bursting its banks, poured out of the hatch!
Those were flying alien insects, comparable in size to hounds, with sharp limbs and huge mouthparts.
Their numbers are well over ten million!
In an instant, it filled the entire underground cavity!
The eyes of these alien insects were all scarlet, filled with madness and bloodlust.
The moment they appeared, they locked onto the unstoppable Ares.
Then, fearless of death, they pounced on him!
"Well done!"
Upon seeing this, Ares showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he burst into excited laughter.
What he likes most is this feeling of being surrounded by thousands of troops!
"Wrath of the God of War!"
He roared and swung his spear forward with a fierce motion!
A crescent-shaped, dark red energy shockwave erupted instantly!
The tens of thousands of alien insects at the forefront were cut in half the moment they came into contact with the shockwave, just like wheat that had been cut down!
Green blood and severed limbs fell from the sky like rain.
However, these alien insects have no idea what fear is.
As soon as one of their companions died, another immediately took their place.
They surged forward one after another, layer upon layer, like a black tide, determined to completely engulf Ares!
"Hahaha! That felt great! That felt great!"
Ares's fighting spirit soared, and he transformed into a tireless meat grinder.
With each swing of his spear, he could take the lives of thousands upon thousands of alien insects.
The dark red divine armor was soon stained with green insect blood.
He single-handedly withstood the entire swarm's frenzied attack!
Aiolia did not rush to make a move.
He hovered in mid-air, his golden gaze piercing through the endless swarm of insects, locking onto the main body of the biological warship.
He knew that these ordinary alien insects were just cannon fodder.
The real threat lies inside that warship.
really.
Just as Ares was getting into the swing of things.
On the top of the warship, a huge, chrysanthemum-like mouth slowly opened.
Immediately afterwards, a gigantic, terrifying figure, hundreds of times larger than an ordinary alien insect, slowly crawled out from its mouthparts.
It was a giant alien insect, over a hundred meters tall, covered in thick bone armor, and with a pair of enormous, scythe-like forelimbs!
Thunder Beast!
The top-tier heavy unit in the Zerg ground forces!
This thunder beast is somewhat different from ordinary thunder beasts.
Its body was covered with scarlet lines that undulated like blood vessels.
On its head, an enormous, scarlet single eye grew out, exactly like the eyes on the far side of the moon!
"roar--!"
The Thunder Beast let out a deafening roar, its single, scarlet eye fixed on Ares, who was wreaking havoc among the swarm of insects.
A powerful mental shock, filled with chaos and destructive intent, instantly blasted towards Ares!
Ares, who was in the middle of the battle, suddenly jolted, and his movements froze for a moment.
That momentary pause can be fatal!
The thunder beast, with its enormous body, charged towards Ares in an instant at an astonishing speed completely disproportionate to its size!
Its enormous, scythe-shaped forelimbs, capable of easily slicing through the armor of a starship, crossed and with an aura of tearing everything apart, fiercely slashed towards Ares's neck!
"not good!"
Aiolia, who was in the distance, changed his expression and was about to rush to the rescue.
However, it was too late.
"clang--!"
A resounding clang, like metal clashing, echoed throughout the entire underground world, and exploded with a deafening roar!