Chapter 922: Recovering His Cunning (2/2)

Krune continued with this tactic of first blinding the spherical creatures momentarily, stuffing their mouths with the fish, plunging an attack on their backs with the knife, and using it to throw them towards the row of teeth with greater speeds.

A couple of the spherical creatures slammed right dead center into the whale-like fish's sharp teeth, getting impaled there as their bodies twitched. They were unable to free themselves while their blood continued to drip out.

Krune didn't relent on his attacks. All he did was look around in a hurry to react. In the meantime, Little Krune processed everything he saw and thought of ideas to use. Thanks to their shared thoughts, Krune was able to implement it instantly.

It was basically two minds working at once. As long as his body was able to move, he was able to execute whatever he thought without any errors. This was because as their thoughts clashed, they came up with new ideas and methods to make use of their advantage.

The prime advantage was the fact Krune was able to radiate with light when needed. The spherical creatures, on the other hand, were those that had evolved to work in the dark since they only operated in the whale-like creature's mouth.

With that, their sight had regressed accordingly, unable to tolerate bright light. Just that was enough for Krune to abuse, taking advantage of this fact to kill them off one by one.

It seemed that the whale-like fish had sensed his actions as the tentacles in its throat flashed, lashing out on him like whips. Some of them attacked while others tried to constrict his movements and capture him.

While dodging one of their attacks, Krune swiped with his knife, noticing that the muscle mass forming each tentacle was ridiculously tough. He immediately attributed it to the whale-like creature's humongous body.

With a body of such size, its muscles had to be accordingly tough to withstand the sheer pressure and weight active within it. Unsurprisingly, they were tremendously tough. Krune had to hack them at least 15-20 times before he managed to sever one tentacle. And this was just one of the many that lashed out.

It seemed to be a nigh-impossible feat to escape from when Little Krune finished analyzing the scene. When a spherical creature jumped at him, Krune decided to attack using the knives from the side, piercing into it.

This way, he prevented it from biting him. Krune immediately twisted one of the knives a little, causing the spherical fish to open its mouth wide. He faced it towards a lashing tentacle, twisting the knife back to normal, watching the spherical fish clamp its mouth shut with its usual force.

He smiled upon seeing his plan work, watching the tentacle get severed into two. When he had attacked the spherical creatures till now, Little Krune had collated all their reactions, thus determining the place to attack that would cause them to behave in such a manner.

Using this, he obtained a tool to use against the tentacles. Just like how the saying went, the antidote grew right next to the poison. The creatures the tentacles produced were able to injure them.

When another tentacle lashed out, Krune used the spherical fish to sever it as well. But as it had tanked two impacts, the spherical fish died. The piercing wound he had created on its sides at the start had now turned into long gashes.

Without feeling any regret, Krune did the same to another spherical creature, using it to attack the tentacles. All along, he was constantly flashing about, using everything as his shield. The moment he came across a live fish, he threw it towards the throat, causing the tentacles to move and swat it away.

The attention of the spherical creatures was also diverted to the alive fish for a moment. It seemed like they didn't have a brain to operate but acted like reflex muscles. It also seemed like they communicated through pheromones.

As they weren't intelligent, Krune made use of it to save himself during moments of crisis. Moreover, at times when the tentacles lashed out on him, he dodged, watching them be impaled on the row of teeth.

Thanks to the force behind their lash and the sharpness of the teeth, they were fully pierced through, most of the time, getting severed. Moreover, he cunningly placed himself before the teeth where the spherical creatures were stuck during his earlier attacks. And when he dodged, the tentacles lashed onto the spherical creatures, severing their bodies into two using the teeth as a wedge.

This way, he used his two opponents against one another, easily dwindling their numbers, changing an impossible-to-win situation to something manageable. Though, it was all thanks to Little Krune.

If Krune was all on his own, he wouldn't have been able to think and plan so much. There was a good chance he would commit mistakes. Moreover, he wouldn't even be able to enact such an elaborate scheme.

”Phew.” Krune let out a breath in relief upon killing the last of the spherical creatures, wiping off his sweat.