Ben runs very fast in the cave to the surface while he is in Light Mode. He doesn't want to fight Grossalia in the underground room because it's her territory. He also needs to replenish his MP, so he needs sunlight.
The way to the surface is very far and he hasn't reached it even after 5 minutes of running with Light Mode. His body also starts to ache again because of the poison that he got from Grossalia.
Suddenly, Ben feels an earthquake that makes him stumble & fall. It's a very bad time for an earthquake to appear. But then Ben realizes that it's not a normal earthquake.
"SHIT!" says Ben in surprise while looking down.
Ben gets into a defensive position and suddenly Grossalia's massive Metepede's head comes out from the ground. Grossalia's human body is gone from her Metepede's head, but it's not the problem now.
Grossalia's head hits Ben and she keeps moving up, destroying the earth above. Ben is pushed by Grossalia and breaks through the soil & rocks. She tries to crush Ben's body using the hard ground.
They keep moving to the surface with Ben holding the brunt of breaking the earth. He uses more MP on his Light Mode to protect his body. Light Mode isn't ideal for defense, but he can't change into another mode now.
Grossalia moves fast and it makes Ben feel very pained. The forces from his front & back are very strong. Blood starts to trickle from his mouth & nose, but Ben keeps trying to hold his magic and protect his body.
It doesn't take long for them to reach the surface. Grossalia keeps moving up and Ben is sent flying to the sky. He flies quite high, but finally, he is free from the crushing attack.
"GAHK!" Ben finally can spit the blood that he holds in his mouth.
Ben's Light Mode disappears as he flies to the sky. He has used almost all of his MP to be used on his Light Mode just now. If he holds back even a little of his MP, his body might get crushed to pieces.
"SCREECH!" screams Grossalia to the sky in rage.
Grossalia's front body raise to the sky and easily tower over the trees on the island. She is very massive and tall that the island looks very small because of her. She is even bigger than when she was in the underground room because she has eaten her children just now.
Her current length is around 100 meters and she can stand at 50 meters. Her width is around 10 meters with her legs at 5 meters each. She has grown 2 times from her previous size and she is the biggest creature that Ben saw.
Grossalia's massive body can also be seen from the battleship that patrols around the island. Everyone on the ship widens their eyes in disbelief. They have never seen a creature as big as Grossalia before.
"W-What is that thing? Is that a Centipede?" asks a soldier with shaky eyes.
"If Centipedes are as big as that thing, then no human will be alive now. That must be a magical creature," says another soldier with the same shaky eyes.
Bella, Marc, & the ship's Captain also look at Grossalia in disbelief. They think they're hallucinating, but then they realize that it's real. Never appear in their mind that they'll see such a gigantic creature.
"Damn, the only thing that's bigger than that thing must be Dragons & Gods. If that thing leaves the island, it will surely be a disaster. I don't know if we can even stop it if it gets on the mainland," says the ship's Captain with a shaky voice.
"Dragon? Ben!?" says Bella in surprise.
Bella suddenly remembers that Ben should be fighting that giant. She flies panicky to the island because she thinks something bad has happened for the giant Centipede to appear.
"BEN! BEN!" screams Bella in panic.
"BELLA, NO!" screams Marc as he catches Bella right on time.
"B-but Ben," says Bella with worried eyes.
"He will be fine, he is strong, right? If you go there, Ben won't be able to fight freely and it will be dangerous. So just stay here and wait for his win, alright? Don't you believe him?" says Marc to calm Bella.
Bella gets silent before she nods and says, "Bella believes Ben. Ben is the strongest. Ben won't lose."
"That's right, you need to believe him. So just stay here and wait, alright?" asks Marc.
Bella nods and stays in her place again. She looks to the island worriedly, but she knows she can't do anything now. Marc & the ship's Captain also feel helpless. They can only hope that Ben can defeat that thing.
Ben is still high in the sky now. He gets flung very high, so it will take time for him to land again. It is quite a problem because he never falls from such altitude without any help like a parachute.
"I can think about that later. This is a very good chance because I'm high on the sky," says Ben while looking up.
Ben sees the sun that is right above him. It's mid-day now, a very good time for him to replenish his MP. The sun is at its peak at this time, so he will get a lot of energy by eating the sunlight.
Ben opens his mouth and starts to eat the sunlight. He eats like someone who hasn't eaten anything for a week. Ben keeps eating as he falls and his MP gets filled fast.
Grossalia watches as Ben falls from the sky and prepares her attack. Her human body also has come out from her Metepede's head and it can be seen clearly now.
Her human body is composed of the upper half from waist to head. She is quite gorgeous by human standards. Her bazoongas are big too and she has purple hair, just like her carapace.
However, her eyes are like purple beads without any white because she's basically a bug. Her teeth are sharp and her hands are like blades without any finger. Also, she is naked.
Grossalia arches her Metepede body to the back. Then she points a lot of her legs at the falling Ben. Her legs get covered in dark magic and big dark purple magic circles appear on those legs.
"DIE, HUMAN!" shouts Grossalia.
Grossalia shoots multiple dark magic spears from her legs toward Ben. Each spear is 1 meter long and they're rather thick. She keeps shooting those spears even though the first spear hasn't hit Ben yet.
Ben senses the incoming attack and spins his body to look down. A lot of dark spears are flying to him and will surely hit him. But he doesn't panic and instead, he grins.
"Your attack is rather late. I've filled my MP to its full capacity. Besides, this is my territory now, so I can rampage to my heart content here," says Ben with a big grin plastered on his face.
Ben claps his hands and closes his eyes for a moment. Then he opens his eyes widely and says, "Sun Mode: Ultimate Human Form!"
After he said that, a very bright & hot golden flame starts to engulf Ben's body. The golden flame is very hot and bright because it is the sun's power itself. This is Ben's current best transformation mode that combines all his elements with an almost perfect ratio.
Every creature on the island closes their eyes because of the brightness when Ben enter his Sun Mode, even Grossalia. The ones on the ship also need to cover their eyes.
"What's that?" asks the ship's Captain while covering his eyes.
"BEN!" says Bella excitedly while jumping around.
"That's Ben's magic? Phew, so he's fine. I'm relieved now," says Marc with a tone of relief.
They are relieved now and forget that Ben still needs to face the darks spears. Ben put his hands in front of him and spread his palms. Then a very big golden magic circle appears in front of him.
"Sun Dragon's Solar Shield!"
The golden magic circle gets engulfed in golden flame and form a 5 meters round shield. Then the dark spears start to hit the golden shield one by one. But each one of them gets burnt & destroyed upon contact with the shield.
Grossalia widens her eyes when she sees her attacks don't work. "Where did he get his magic power? How can he suddenly get so strong now?"
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