Chapter 921: Wriggly-Ugly (2/2)

Krune continued to paddle as he glanced over at the side, watching the figure of the massive shadow being illuminated by the sunlight.

It was shaped like a whale, spanning a length of 25 meters and a width of 8 meters. Followed by a massive flap of its tail, it exited the ocean above and fell into the ocean below, causing a massive splash of water that displaced some of it into the ocean above.

Krune frantically paddled with his limbs, struggling to move as he noticed his body was being pulled backward at an alarming pace, ”No…no...nooooo!”

The humongous whale-like creature had opened its mouth, revealing a massive jaw filled with jagged teeth. Wriggling inside were tentacles that emerged from its throat, acting as feelers for the prey it would have caught.

It had crashed into the waters right next to the school of fish it had been chasing. At the very moment it opened its massive mouth, it created a vortex as the water gushed right into it like a flood.

The currents it created were so strong it pulled in all the fishes swimming away from it, including Krune that was ten meters away from it. Even though he tried to swim away with all his might, the vortex didn't seem to end.

After all, the whale-like fish seemed to have evolved in such a way that it was able to filter out all the water instantly and eject it immediately, causing it to be able to maintain the vortex without its body bulging.

This turned it into a disastrous predator that could hunt for prey like an unending vacuum cleaner that searched for dirt.

It seemed that the whale-like fish had considered Krune as its snack as well, moving a bit closer towards him. The increase in suction pulled in Krune, sending him flying into its mouth.

Krune had no other choice but to comply, pulling his hands backward as he grabbed hold of his two long weapons. The current in the water was too powerful, preventing him from even reacting as he was sent in helplessly.

While moving over it, Krune defended himself with the two long weapons, crouching as he defended his body, reducing the area of contact. Even then, he scraped himself a bit against its teeth. The force behind the currents even crushed the two long bones that he was depending on to defend himself. The whale-like fish's teeth were even stronger than the worm-like fish's bones.

In any case, he managed to survive. As for the other fishes that were pulled in along with him, all of them were on death's door after being cut by the whale-like fish's sharp teeth. Krune slammed into the back of its throat, grabbing hold of a tentacle within to prevent himself from being sent further inward.

After sucking in all the fishes in the surroundings, the whale-like fish noticed the float and the boat Krune had created. They were made from fish, so in its eyes, it was food as well. It sucked in both of them, closing its mouth when it was done as it continued to swim away.

”Ugh.” Krune jumped and landed on the floor of the whale-like fish's mouth, dodging the boat that flew towards him. The water levels swiftly reduced until there was none within the chamber as Krune emitted light from his body, using it to look around.

He noticed the injured fishes that were twitching on the floor, bleeding while suffocating. Without any water, they couldn't live for long. Moreover, the blood they shed was instantly absorbed by the surface.

Krune grunted, bleeding all over as he was also injured by the whale-like creature's teeth. The two long bones he had created had been destroyed into pieces. At the very least, they protected his life. He then looked to his side, noticing one of the fish twitch before turning still.

It had suffered a gash on its stomach, one that almost severed it into two. Unsurprisingly, it swiftly died. Though, when Krune intended to pick it up to eat, a tentacle shot forth, latching onto it before pulling it into the throat.

One after another, the tentacles picked up the dead fishes and sent them inside the throat. Moreover, thanks to the neon light he emitted, Krune noticed the tentacles acting weirdly before a couple of them spat out tiny spheres.

When he noticed what they were, Krune almost vomited out of disgust. Thankfully for him, his experience in the sea allowed him to build up a lot of resistance against the gore and wriggly-ugly.

The spheres grew more than twenty legs each as they moved towards the fishes that were still alive and hadn't been injured at all. Upon reaching them, they revealed mouths that expanded greater than the width of their bodies, clamping on the fishes to kill them.

It seemed to be an internal defense mechanism of the whale-like fish to kill all the prey it ate. And, upon seeing the alive Krune, they began to charge towards him.