I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 131: The brown death (3)

It wasn't even necessary to put in all of his power to the bite in order to snap through the leg he had clung on. This attack definitely wasn't enough to kill the large enemy but the shout grumbling with pain and agony was like a melody to the blue dotted menace's ears.

They crashed to the ground together as the hero didn't have any time to escape after landing the vicious bite. But thankfully the crash wasn't strong enough to cause any true damage that the system would bother to notify about.

As the lobster king was bobbing his head left and right in pain, the stingray inched away towards the tail of the enemy with a half intent of avoiding the head.

He quickly swam towards the last leg in line and didn't hesitate to land a bite on this one as well, right in the middle where the leg bends.

It only took a few seconds to snap this one off although in width it was almost the size of Tim's body. Fairly, he had taken a few bites before successfully biting the leg off.

Now the enemy had 2 legs less to work for him when a leap would be planned. It didn't make a massive difference especially since the king still had 8 functioning ones but it was still progress.

Through the rush of a second, he noticed the enemy's massive tail that spread much like a hand-fan people use in hot summer days.

This made the boy think, "Oh so that's what's helping you jump so high?"

And of course the new aim was to damage that tail so this massive king is grounded and therefore easier to attack. But... in a blink of a second, that same tail lunged forward and caused a commotion strong enough in the waters, to push the little stingray away.

The mouthful of meat he had taken from the leg, had been force swallowed thanks to that commotion, well at least a single bite will keep the hunger bar from reaching 0.

This flinging tail on the other hand, managed to ruin his plans so he swam away for a meter or so to avoid a strike be it from the tail or the enemy's big mouth.

A lot of damage had already been done and the crowd on either side were roaring be it in anger, disbelief or joy. It was easy to determine which side felt what because of this progression towards battle.

Planning a move, the young boy asked. "System, how much venom do I have on my tail right now?"

[Barb venom = 1/5]

"That's too little." He complained and felt convinced so once taking a peek of the enemy who still had a motive to charge forward regardless of the venom inflicted in his body and the lack of 2 legs.

[Before you plan anything, note that venom alone won't bring this abomination down. It would take a day before your venom actually kills him.]

After Timmy lunged out of the big lobster's way, allowing it to continue charging forward, he asked once more. "What else does the venom do then?"

[Your venom has been different from the start since you have a system.]

[This venom manages to slow down the enemy in time because of the bloodclot and nerve damage caused in their bodies.]

[Not to mention, it takes a lot of energy to suppress the burning sensation that venom leaves on the skin. To an enemy, it feels as if boiling water has been tossed on their wounds.]

"All of this from a level 1 venom?" He questioned and then took a sharp turn to charge towards the enemy.

[Yes]

His confidence had fairly restored by at least a third so this battle felt like it was already in the bag. As he finally reached the enemy lobster whom was yet to turn around and face the battlefield, his jaws sunk right on the roof of the enemy's tail.

He kept a fair distance for the sake of not getting tail slapped, simply because this tail looks powerful and takes a third of this brown creature's whole body.

He took a bite and then another against where he thought the spine of this enemy was located. It was hard to make a brief assumption, because the surface seemed all familiar and even. There was no line in the middle that signified a spine being naturally implanted in it.

After each bite he took, the lobster king became only more pissed and jiggled around stronger for the sake of pushing the little yellow stingray away.

It was a poor effort as his mouth couldn't reach behind enough and the tail had been damaged enough to be prevented from flinging back too much.

He finally let go of the tail and asked the system for a specific statistic, of which it answered. [Barb venom = 2/5]

Feeling a bit more confident about what damage could be inflicted now, he charged directly towards the enemy's other end and ignored the risks of being bitten beyond healing.

He kissed balance goodbye by allowing the tail to move forward, afterwards came the procedure of straightening his body for the sake of building up momentum.

And at the end, he managed to puncture through the back of this enemy's head, allowing the whole tail to sink all the way in which was easy because the barb's strength had been upgraded before as well.

Pushing instinct away this time, he unleashed the entire venom that had been piled up in his tail, making the aftermath of a burning sensation a bit stronger compared to earlier.

With an almost panicking attempt, he slid away from the enemy's head with several strong fin flaps and just now realised how much he had been pushing through to win this battle and even going far enough to use a risky move such as the bee-sting formation.

The young boy felt tired and hungry yet was pushing through those types of natural barricades for the sake of winning this battle, ultimately for the sake of the reef.

After swimming away for a couple of meters, he saw how the lobster king still had the motive to turn around and continue the battle.