Chapter 933: Suffocating Tablet (2/2)

Krune had no other choice but to keep running, trying to sense for any areas that he could use as traps. Despite everything, he continued to run, feeling that his lungs were on fire. He saw that the Mutant Monster Gecko was closing in on him, now almost within arm's reach.

Using all the momentum he had accrued, he jumped, landing on a bone tree, storing all the momentum built up from his run into his leg muscles.

Then, his entire body radiated with intense light, akin to day, lighting up the entire area with a hundred-meter radius, highlighting the face of the Mutant Monster Gecko that was in proximity.

It could stop its run, but the intense light blinded it momentarily. The rapid increase in brightness overwhelmed its optic nerves. After all, it was using its eyes to see all along, the only difference being that it was able to perceive the heat signatures during the dark using its eyes.

Having understood their behavior and having tested it on his previous prey, Krune knew that his Neon Radiance was effective on them. A moment after unleashing his Neon Radiance to the limit, he jumped to the side, watching the Mutant Monster Gecko crash head-on into the bone tree.

Unlike before when it rammed through them, it was defenseless now, tumbling down as it broke the bone tree, having lost balance as its head spun. The intense light had short-circuited its optic nerves, causing its head to spin.

The moment he landed on the floor, Krune unleashed all his power in his legs, bolting forward once again as he approached the Mutant Monster Gecko, holding a dagger in each hand as he lunged forward, slashing with all his might as he attacked its palms.

At the same time he attacked, he wasn't even able to evade, having no choice but to double-tap his glabella, summoning his tablet as he tanked the backhanded swing from the Mutant Monster Gecko using its fishing rod.

The impact sent him flying for almost ten meters, cracking his bones, causing him numerous injuries as he crashed into a bone tree before stopping. His left hand was a mess, while he was barely able to exert strength in his right.

Quickly, his hand trembled while taking out a vial, bringing it close to his mouth as he swallowed the Water Essence, immediately feeling something cool circulate through his body, starting from his stomach.

Sadly, the effect wasn't as fast as he had hoped for, noticing the Mutant Monster Gecko shake its head before slowly getting up. It was currently bleeding a lot. Lodged in its feet were the two daggers, making it unable to even stand up properly.

On top of that, the worst thing was the bone branch that was lodged in its stomach. Surprisingly, the Mutant Monster Gecko wasn't bleeding. Rather, all its blood was being absorbed by the bone tree branch that voraciously drank all the blood it came in contact with while swiftly growing, turning from a branch to a stem almost within a couple of seconds as it began to grow branches, even sprouting a couple of leaves.

Krune dragged himself forward a couple of steps, sliding on the floor as the pain made him wish to close his eyes and faint. Of course, he knew that leaning on a bone tree was a death sentence. So, he had no other choice but to do this.

Thankfully for him, the Water Essence he had swallowed was healing him bit by bit.

As for the Mutant Monster Gecko, it was stunned for a moment before pulling out the two daggers from its feet, unable to get up due to the blood loss and the severe pain. It then saw Krune crawling forward, swiftly throwing the fishing rod in its hands, knocking him away from the impact, causing him to slide a fair distance away.

It then placed its hands on the bone tree stem growing out of its stomach, grunting as it tried to pull it out, slowly doing that as it could feel its strength was waning rapidly. A sense of exhaustion stemmed forth throughout its body as its blood was being sucked at a rapid rate.

Alarmed, it used all its remaining strength, pulling out the bone tree branch, all to its dismay seeing that it had already rooted itself within its body to a fair extent. So, when it pulled it out, a lot of its internal organs were also pulled out as a result. After all, the roots of the bone tree had seeped into them.

The Mutant Monster Gecko barely managed to drop the bone tree branch nearby as it lost all its strength, plopping on the ground, facing upward as its eyes felt heavy. But, it hadn't died yet, displaying its tremendous lifeforce.

A lot of time passed in such a fashion before it could hear the sounds of footsteps. A weary Krune arrived before it, inching his trembling right hand to his glabella before double-tapping, summoning the tablet that he dropped onto its face. He then sat on it, suffocating the other party until a row of words flashed on the tablet.