Chapter 2416

2416 - Each in Their Own Way

Middle Sector 105—Savage Galaxy

"Hmm hmm hmm~" Jabba strutted through the thickets as if it were his own backyard.

Here, the Beast Garden, one of the most dangerous places in the entire universe, the stronghold of most Law Dominator-rank beasts in the cosmos, and certainly the most powerful among them.

Yet Jabba moved with a smile as if nothing concerned him.

*Rumble*

"Oop!" Jabba stopped when he felt an earthquake, then the ground began to rise beneath him.

But he quickly realized what was happening, then patted beneath his feet, "It's alright, turtle, it's me."

Then, "Hop!" He leaped sideways hundreds of meters to the ground, then looked up and waved, "Farewell, I'll come visit again."

At that moment, Jabba was looking at the head of a colossal turtle that blocked out the sun—its neck alone reached a towering height that embraced the clouds.

Still, that beast replied with, "Ooooom~~~" then moved its massive neck away, searching for other prey.

"Good turtle." Jabba nodded then continued walking, "I'll need its blood again soon; it was extremely useful."

*Silence*

At that moment, Jabba sensed a strange presence and looked to his side, then waved with a big smile but a sweaty forehead, "Good morning, Wolfie."

At that moment, there was a colossal eye the size of a house staring open at him, its appearance impossible to describe as it gleamed from behind the trees—Jabba himself nearly wet his trousers when he first saw it.

"…." The beast stared at Jabba for a moment, then closed its eye once more.

"Phew…" Jabba placed his hand over his chest, then continued walking. "These missions take years off your life…"

Jabba continued these encounters and greetings until he reached a massive swamp.

Then he sat down.

Afterward, he called out, "I know there's a beast here watching me right now. Come out—this swamp is the next one on my path."

*Silence*

*S i l e n c e*

*BOOOOOOOM*

At that moment, the surface of the water exploded and a giant anaconda emerged.

Its lunge wasn't toward Jabba, but upward, flaunting its size and strength.

In an instant, its head was above the clouds, and its massive torso blocked any view ahead of Jabba, as if the endless Beast Garden had vanished entirely.

Even so, he remained seated, sweat soaking his back but his expression steady.

"WAAAAAAAHHHHHH—"

*WHOOSH*

The anaconda let out a powerful roar that shook the region and silenced all other sounds, then began to descend gradually, coiling its enormous body around itself, until finally it brought its terrifying head close to Jabba.

His head was the size of an entire village, with numerous tentacles descending from it that looked like a massive green beard, clinging to which were several other beasts. Just the breath of the python was lethal...

But it didn't attack him directly. The python began to examine him, sniffing him... puzzled that he had made it to this place alive.

Jabba swallowed his saliva, but he tried to maintain a steady outward composure, then smiled, "You are strong, Lord Serpent, stronger than Wolfy. Your blood will make excellent test subjects."

"Raaaaaahhh—"

The python heard the word blood and immediately prepared to attack.

Wretched dwarves came every so often to bind him and steal a quantity of blood from him, and that would not happen today—not at the hands of that weakling!!

"Here we go."

Jabba's pupils began to spin, and numbers and symbols appeared on them, and soon the Cosmic Identity Card materialized.

But strangely enough, it wasn't the Savage's information that appeared—it was Jabba's own.

And not his core, essential information like his name, history, and so on, but rather simple details such as: Human, Danger, Food.

That was Jabba's Identity in the eyes of the giant python.

"Hmph!" Jabba quickly swiped and deleted one entry—deleted: Danger.

And replaced it with Friend.

Then he pulled a massive beast's thigh from his Ring and tossed it toward the python. "Eat up, my friend, and fill your belly!"

“…?!”

The beast halted mid-attack.

It took fractions of a second trying to grasp what had changed, what had just happened… but it understood nothing.

Then *chomp* the python seized the massive thigh and swallowed it in one gulp.

Then slowly it descended and coiled around Jabba with affection!

But Jabba didn’t seem ready to return that same affection…

“Blllurgh–” Jabba vomited and clutched his head tightly, his eye spinning wildly and unsteadily, his energy scattered everywhere like an infant trying to control something far greater than himself.

“Hssss–” the python let out a quiet, worried hiss, wanting to help her friend but not knowing how.

“Cough, c-cough” Jabba raised his head and shouted, “I’m fine… I’m fine…” then began panting and exhaling rapidly, though at a steadier pace, “Damn it, I reached level 20 a while ago and I’m about to break into 21, yet this process is still brutal!”

“Hooo~” Jabba sighed, then turned to his side, “Buddy, can you protect me for a bit until I regain my balance?”

“Hsss–” the serpent replied with a calm, assured sound… he doesn’t gain a new friend out of nowhere every day!

*Glow* *Glow*

“Hmm?” Jabba turned toward the ringing ring, “What do we have today?” Then he extended his soul sense into it and closed his eye.

After a few seconds, Jabba slowly opened it, then flopped backward *thud* and stared up at the sky.

The time it took was unknown until finally he opened his mouth, "You did it, Shaddad, and you became a Nexus State using the Path you created yourself... What an achievement." A look of unavoidable envy appeared on his face, "The Master must be proud of you."

"....." Jabba remained in that position for a few more seconds before forcing himself to sit up, "Hoop!"

Then he pulled out a massive book from his void Ring and an epic pen, "Alright, so it's a competition then, let's see which of us will help the Master more!"

Jabba opened the book titled [Explanations and Origins of the Master Law of Identity: First Level]

Then he opened a new page past the middle of the book, and began writing voraciously in protection of the origin.