Chapter 948: Low Success Rate (1/2)

”Cough!” Krune coughed out blood as he felt difficulty in breathing. The impact was way too powerful for him to handle. On top of that, when he crashed into a couple of bone trees, some of the sharper objects managed to penetrate his defenses, lodging into his body.

Gritting his teeth in pain, Krune hurriedly pulled out all the bone tree fragments in his body, quickly inspecting himself as he soon heaved a sigh in relief. He had pulled all of them out in time. Though, when he looked at a piece of the bone tree fragment, noticing the roots that had formed on it, he shuddered in fear.

If he had been a couple of seconds late, the bone tree fragment would have lodged itself in his body. The only way to remove it would have been to cut a part of his body out and hope he would survive long enough until he finished healing.

Ocean Heart!

Krune activated his healing ability, barely managing to stabilize himself as he picked up his Whale Tooth Sword and sprinted towards the battlefield once more, unleashing his Neon Radiance at maximum intensity.

He kept it activated, preventing the Monster Gecko Kings from being able to see. If they opened their eyes, they would be affected. Though, upon hearing the sounds of his footsteps again, they began to flail their fishing rods, intending to keep him at bay.

Even though he failed to attack them, he kept one of their hands busy, only leaving them one hand to pull out the bone tree sprouts. This caused them to waste time and allowed the sprouts to grow faster as they finally took root.

The moment this happened, the sheer pain caused them to let go of their attacks and focus entirely on their legs. Krune took this opportunity and attacked with all his might, slashing the hand of one of the Monster Gecko Kings.

Unfortunately, to his dismay, he noticed that his slash didn't even manage to sever its arm. It only managed to reach halfway through it, stopping after hitting the bone. The Monster Gecko King flailed its attacked arm, sending Krune flying away once again.

After all, Krune was a bit above two meters in height. But as for the Monster Gecko Kings, they were both five meters in height. The sheer difference in their muscular power caused each of their attacks to prove devastating to him.

Coughing out blood, Krune got up, flinching at the pain as he could feel a lot of his bones had cracked. The pain was unbearable. But, he hadn't completed his task yet.

With his every move, crunching sounds emanated from his body as Krune continued to move, delaying the Monster Gecko Kings from treating themselves as he hacked on another arm, this time retracting the Whale Tooth Sword before it managed to retaliate.

This way, Krune kept up with his attacks, being sent flying at times. He barely managed to defend against the attacks, preventing himself from dying. A single mistake was enough for him to lose his life, especially against opponents who were way stronger than him.

”Aargh!” Followed by a bellow, Krune slashed with the sword once more, severing the right arm of a Monster Gecko King. He then traced around, attacking the nearby Monster Gecko King, severing its arm as well.

Unsurprisingly, the loss of an arm caused them to panic. They had to remove the bone tree sprouts from their legs while defending against his attacks. With one hand, it wasn't possible. Besides, the roots of some bone tree sprouts were slowly creeping up their legs, intending to burrow into their entire body.

And just as they thought of that, Krune jumped up with all his might, bringing his sword slashing down, hacking off the second arm of the Monster Gecko King from the first village, incapacitating it first.

Hearing its roars of pain and loss, the second Monster Gecko King pulled out the bone tree sprouts from its legs in a hurry, not caring about losing its flesh and foot bones in the process. Though, having figured its plans, Krune lunged forth with a thrust, piercing the sword through a cut he had caused before.

Inserting his sword into the cut, Krune lodged it deep into its arm, slashing down with all his strength as he severed it, mentally heaving a sigh of relief for a moment. Then again, before he could relax, the second Monster Gecko King turned around and opened its jaws wide, clamping on his right leg before grounding it into a pulp.

”Aaargh!” Krune screamed in pain, plunging his sword into his ground leg, severing it right as the Monster Gecko King pulled its head backward. It planned to use its upper body to slam him into the ground and smash him into pulp.

Thankfully, Krune acted decisively, severing his right leg. He then limped back as he watched the bone tree sprout in its legs, beginning to grow into a tree. The Monster Gecko King gazed at him and smirked derisively, causing Krune to scowl in response.