Kapitel 173: Leviathan

If he hadn't saw it now, he might have forgotten about it. When he had first entered the rift to traverse to the normal universe, he had seen a massive amount of lifeforce in a nebula that appeared in the rift.

It had disappeared as fast as it appeared. Broly now only needed to kill whatever lurked in the space and time cracks.

Without hesitation he speeded towards the massive lifeforce. Like in the past it was shrouded in a nebula of some sorts. He dashed into the nebula and after flying for a few seconds at full throttle, he arrived.

He saw gigantic whale like creatures with what seemed like a cross-shaped halos above each of them. Most of them were a kilometer in size but the biggest in the group was very different to the others, it was another lifeform.

It was a few tens of kilometers big and had 6 long tentacles with spiky ends. Its many teeth were long and intimidating. It was a mixture of an eastern dragon mixed with sea dinosaur and other monster of horror. It looked like it that was out to devour anything that came near it. A destroyer of worlds.

It was the very embodiment of a deep underwater monster and this leviathan's strength wasn't something to trifle with, at least for normal beings.

Broly watched as the whales released a fog that was added to the nebula around them. Of course, Broly had already noticed the magic particles in the nebula and directly avoided whatever effects it had by making a thin but impenetrable barrier around himself.

The whales opened their mouths from time to time as they sucked in the energy between the space cracks.

Be it magic, lifeforce or ki, they absorbed it all. The leviathan, however, took it one step further as it directly devoured space and time cracks, only leaving behind a scar. Broly knew that these cracks had enormous amount of energy inside it as it needed to pierce through space and time itself.

That's why it was rather common that they were created when stars or planets exploded.

The high energy rips a tear inside the fabric of the universe and through the remaining energy it is able to stay open.

This was probably also the reason why the leviathan was still around as Perditus was surrounded by chaotic space that had a lot of remaining energy which wasn't surprising as the whole planet was originally from another universe.

Either way, the space cracks would eventually cease to exist. The problem now was that the energy would have returned to the universe but now it was being devoured by a monster.

Broly wasn't out to save the universe's energy by any means, but the people he would send to the island would be in danger if this thing decided to come around for a quick snack.

He couldn't contain himself any longer and was about to head into a killing spree but before he could do so a large shadow rushed through the nebula. Broly raised an eyebrow as he heard the deep roar coming out of a hungry beast that has seen its prey.

In the next second Broly saw Kulaan rush out of the nebula and dive right at one of the whales. He directly pierced into its flesh with his claws and ripped big pieces of meat out of it. Sometimes he would roast a piece of meat with a fire breath or directly wolf it down.

Did no one feed him? After this thought ran through his mind, he realized that he didn't feed him after he had imprisoned him. There were ways to replenish one's nutrition's with energy but did this childlike dragon know how to do that?

Probably not. It was only reasonable that Kulaan would be starved and go on a rampage after seeing these fatty whales.

Kulaan's action, of course, had been noticed by the leviathan and it wasn't happy that the whales that hid its presence was being killed. Broly had felt the same otherworldly aura that he felt coming from the lion Aslan and the human like guardian golems.

Broly could tell that the leviathan was another creation of Pera, and it was a strong one at that. He could also sense a form of intelligent, not on the level that he could negotiate with it but on the level that it knew to not rashly enter the universe and hide between the cracks.

It was impressive enough that it kept these whales around him as they felt like normal creature of this universe and wouldn't necessarily get any attention by the gods and angles. It had to be said that Pera was an ingenious civilization.

The normal beasts that didn't had strong capabilities or were offspring of the imitations like Kulaan. They always felt like they belonged to the universe they resided in. This was also why Broly only felt the aura coming from the strongest and original imitations.

Broly had some confidence that no one beside Zeno would be able to detect the differences of these creatures. His confidence wasn't something that came out of thin air. He had a vision coming from a multiversal civilization that far surpassed that of normal individuals.

In fact, he still didn't know why he could see the way he did, there wasn't a clue about it in the information he absorbed, and the guards didn't have an idea either.

The leviathan struck at Kulaan with one of its tentacles at incredible speed considering its size. Kulaan saw this and prepared an attack. His mouth was overflowing with black flames. Before the tentacle reached Kulaan, he fired his scorching hot breath.

The moment the black flame touched the tentacle, the fire expanded rapidly, covering a huge ground almost instantaneously. It quickly devoured the tip of the tentacle and left nothing behind in its stead.

The leviathan roared out in agony that shook the space around them. Broly even felt like his inner organs were slightly trembling because of the roar. If he was slightly affected the same couldn't be said about Kulaan. He was convulsing and his black face even looked pale, although it was only Broly's imagination.

Broly quickly shielded Kulaan from the roar's effects. As soon as Kulaan was better he directly dug into the whale that Kulaan had killed and ate its flesh. Kulaan became energized by the whale's meat and surprisingly even looked stronger and taller than before.

Broly didn't bother with Kulaan' feast anymore as he had turned his attention towards the leviathan that was warily starring at him. He could see the hesitation in its eyes. Broly couldn't help but grin as he now had the opportunity to test his strength but more importantly that of the sword. His ki suddenly flooded outside, creating a storm that swept numerous whales inside its whirl.

His body grew to 2.5 meters and his hair grew longer. He had turned into his third legendary state, however, unlike before his power wasn't only oppressive, but it now had an ethereal feel to it. He was using his ki coupled with his improved soul power. Broly unsheathed his sword form his back and the aura of absolute power assaulted everyone's senses.

He looked at the leviathan while raising his sword. Whales were uncontrollably flung around Broly and seemingly calling out to the leviathan. The leviathan had sensed the danger coming from Broly and fear could be seen in its horrific eyes.

It panicked and started to charge its attack. Its whole skeleton got visible for outsiders to see as it began to glow in a blue electrical light. The leviathan shot out a beam of purely destructive force that devastated everything in its path. Some unlucky whales were caught inside the attack and were directly disintegrated.

Broly calmly observed the situation. His hand flashed as it slashed downwards. The attack suddenly split in half, opening a clear view towards the leviathan.

The leviathan froze and due to its grand size, it took a while until one was able to see that the leviathan was heavily bleeding in a line that divided this humongous being in two. Broly didn't bother with the leviathan anymore as he looked at the triangle on the back of his palm.

The three sections that filled the triangle were glowing slightly with the red section being the brightest.

As he wondered what this might suggest, he felt his body getting stronger with a pure lifeforce being supplied. He instantly knew what just happened as he looked at the split leviathan that was withering away at a visible speed.

With his vision of truth, he saw that some of the dissipating lifeforce, magic and soul was being absorbed by the sword and into the tattoo.

Much was lost in the process, but every bit was additional strength to which he wouldn't say no to. Broly was ecstatic as he knew that with this sword, he could erase a being almost completely and absorb it into his own strength.

After killing the leviathan Broly took the whales with him. He told Kulaan to make them his subordinate. After a few weeks he may be able to command them and place them between the island and the rift for a safe passage that the elites would need to traverse.

He discussed some things with the others and experimented with his newly gained advantages before he entered back inside his universe. He figured out that the tattoo was actually invisible to the others and the sword seemed to have a similar effect, even though it wasn't as perfect.

Broly thought about how he could take the sword with him without leaking its presence to others. After the thought arose, the sword disappeared in a flash. He felt the tattoo tickle slightly, so he looked at it and saw a mini version of his sword inside the triangle right in the middle.

It was covered by the three colors and Broly guessed that it was being covered by the energies inside his body. After confirming with the others that nothing different could be felt from him, they took the elites and once again returned to their universe.