I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 123: Dots (end)

Collision was close by and to turn this move into a reliable reality, the first step had to be put into motion even though the anxiety that was coming with it, spiked up more than usual by a mountain's scale.

The first portion of the entire move was successful once he pushed the tail as forward as he could, and at the same time forming a curl with it that reached towards the stomach.

This managed to make everything by a tad bit more nerve wrecking, be it for Timothy or the enemy on the other side, especially since head-to-head collision was just a single second away!

Second things second, he had to sacrifice the comfort of stability to push the move towards advancement. Meaning, he allowed the tail to push forward even more which in exchange managed to turn half of the body upside down - that and everything was moving towards such direction.

Since the fins can't do much the more he synced to being upside down, stability had to be kissed goodbye.

The barracuda was almost sure that collision would be heavily avoided this way, so she just continued swimming forward with a plan to attack faster by the time she managed to turn around.

But little did she know, the young stingray was close to finishing off the move who was put on a test drive for the first time ever!

With the tip of the barb pushing more forward than ever, the first portion of admirable collison rooted on the enemy's chin, well close to it at least.

Paired up with the momentum that he got from sacrificing balance, the tip of the stinger pushed further in a narrow way, and blood became evident amongst the waters ~ but at the same time managed to cover up the scene where the tail had bashed through the entire enemy's head, and was sticking out in the other side.

[Great barracuda killed. 40 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Total system points = 518]

It felt bizarre for such a move to work at a pace this great but at the same time it made a lot of sense. This attack had most likely severed the brain, a weak spot for most marine life.

"I'm really becoming rich." Tim thought, joy had managed to capture half of his conscious although his little body was covered with the enemy's blood.

[Forget about becoming rich, you're an insanely gifted strategist. I have never seen a move like that before in my 16 hundred years of work!]

Yet we can't ignore that the system points have piled up quite a lot but it will likely only buy just 4 upgrades. And worse yet, the chances of bashing into another option limiter are higher than ever now.

But it wasn't the time to think about points now, the battle wasn't over yet. So Tim pushed away the compliment and gave a peek to the other barracudas and noticed just how unaware they were of the situation. 3 of their friends were destroyed in battle and the kill streak won't stop there for sure.

Lunging towards the 2 enemies at full speed, he first targeted the one that was the closest by distance and easily managed to forge a plan.

The enemy in front of him was a good 1.4 meters long, perhaps the biggest in this group so it would surely take some power to take it down. What acted as an advantage were the plentiful wounds on this fish, likely caused by the shrimp army ~ this will help slaughtering the blue bastard a bit quicker.

Avoiding to go for the head because of the anxiety the past kill had given despite the success, he went right for the tail instead.

Using the powerful level 3 jaws, he took a strong bite against the tail's bone and flesh - a crack sounded out right after and the enemy moved left and right, becoming scarce with the focus towards the big battle and focusing who had caused the damage on the rear.

It was a pale attempt, he turned around only to notice that nothing was there. As for Timothy, he had moved towards the next enemy and dealt the exact same damage.

With the distraction caused, the white-legged menaces dragged the enemies closer towards battle and began landing one bite after the other.

Noticing that the battle was progressing towards the end, he got back to the next barracuda, lunged over its back and dug those jaws to grab a hold of it.

Then, his barb began propelling in all directions and one stab after the other contributed into putting this menace down for good.

[Great barracuda killed. 40 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Since this body is bigger compared to the others in this environment, 25 more system points have been given to you as a bonus.]

[Total system points = 583]

As he was feeling happy about the results, it took one peek towards the one and only remaining enemy to figure out that the battle was close from over. The shrimp have dragged the barracuda towards the ground and were feeding on it too even though it was still alive.

Highly unwilling to give up those points, Timmy separated from the carcass and dashed towards the dying enemy.

With the efforts required to push the tail entirely forward, he nailed against the enemy's head but was this time formed into a straighter position rather than curled ~ in reality, it felt as if he was a bumble bee.

[Great barracuda killed. 40 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Since this body is bigger compared to others in the area, you get an additional 10 points.]

[Total system points = 633]

"I take back everything bad I've said about you, system." He celebrated as that number felt abnormally large for his standards.

A few more points and he would likely be able to buy 6 upgrades once they unlock! But the system wasn't done there, a second later it notified.

[Congratulations, your body length and width have increased by a single centimeter each.]

[Now you're 16 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide.]