Chapter 425: Close (1/2)

Gravis used one trump card after another. Yet, the fight was still going on. On top of that, his body had also already been injured with several broken bones, destroyed scales, and damaged organs. In comparison, both of his opponents were still quite healthy. The lizard had some broken bones, but it could still fight. Meanwhile, the ape remained nearly uninjured.

Gravis had to find a solution to this, or he would die. His Lightning Form was too slow to flee from these beasts. On top of that, with his injured body, he would probably fall back into the Initial Unity Realm if he transformed into lightning now. Then, his death would be inevitable.

Right now, the lizard was still far away, but it would reach them in no time. Gravis needed to gain as big of an advantage as possible during that timeframe. He had been on the defensive the whole fight, and he needed to change the flow of the battle into his favor.

Gravis charged forward directly and slammed his saber forward at the ape's incoming fist.

CRRK!

The saber broke, but it managed to cut off an already injured finger. Gravis had been prepared for the punch and had slashed at the fist while it was above him. Like this, he didn't need to retreat. Yet, the ape was also ready. The trunk quickly slammed down on Gravis.

Whoosh!

Since about half of the trunk was missing, Gravis was able to evade the attack. Right now, the ape was completely open, and Gravis summoned another saber. Then, he summoned a powerful Lightning Bomb and infused it into the saber. Without waiting another second, he slashed forward.

BANG!

The lizard returned at just the right time and slapped the ape away with its tail. The lizard had seen the power of Gravis' last attack, and he couldn't risk losing his companion to that attack. The ape flew away while its arm broke from the tail-slam.

Yet, no explosion came. Instead, Gravis only grinned. He had only fainted using an attack since he knew that the lizard would save his companion. Instead, Gravis summoned some kind of sphere. Then, Gravis infused some of his remaining lightning into it.

BANG!

The sphere exploded. Yet, this wasn't an explosion that dealt damage, but an explosion that converted nearly all power into light and shockwaves. Gravis had been ready for the explosion, but the lizard hadn't been. Because of that, the incredibly bright ball of light completely blinded it.

Luckily, the beasts still had their awareness. Yet, for some reason, the surroundings felt distorted to the lizard. This was the second use of the device. Gravis had created it so that it shook the surrounding space and distorted it while blinding the receiver. Gravis wouldn't forget something as fundamental as a beast's awareness.

Like this, the lizard had been completely blinded. Gravis had waited for the lizard to return precisely for this reason. They would surely drop their guard when they thought that they blocked Gravis' most powerful attack. If they were prepared, the beasts would have been able to deal with this explosion.

Gravis used the perfect moment, which was why this explosion was so effective. Right now, Gravis couldn't use his Spirit to see the surroundings, but he could use his eyes. Eyes were generally seen as an inferior version of a beast's awareness, but if the awareness failed, the eyes would become their primary sense again.

Sadly, the explosion had also blinded the lizard. Because of that, it lost the use of both of its primary senses.

The lizard knew that something was about to happen, so it released some of its acid-breath in front of it while retreating. It had to get away from Gravis until the surroundings calmed down again.

BOOOOOM!

Suddenly, the lizard felt an incredible power hit its back. A gigantic explosion made of lightning tore half of its back off. Gravis had decided to immediately fly upward and then shot his Lightning Crescent at the lizard from above.

The explosion quickly vanished, and a lot of singed bones were exposed on the lizard's back. Gravis hadn't been able to put all of his power into the Lightning Crescent since he still needed to keep some of it.

The lizard realized that it was still alive and wanted to retreat further in panic, but it quickly felt something cutting into its back again.

Gravis knew that this Lightning Crescent wasn't enough, so he immediately charged at the lizard while it was still recovering from the Lightning Crescent. Then, he started summoning another saber and wildly cut into the lizard's back with two sabers.

SSSSHHHH!

A storm of blood and meat flew away from the lizard's back. Gravis had basically become a living meat-grinder as he spun wildly with his sabers inside the lizard's body. Its scales had been its most powerful defense, but the Lightning Crescent had completely decimated that defense. Now, only the relatively weak meat remained.

The lizard screamed in panic, fear, and pain as it felt Gravis dig through its entire body. Meanwhile, Gravis' eyes were bloodshot, and he also screamed in fury. He only had 10% of all of his power remaining. He needed to kill the lizard now, or he wouldn't be able to survive.

The ape immediately came back and saw what was going on. With determined eyes, he looked at the lizard. ”Sorry, friend,” he said.

BOOOOM!

Then, the mighty tree-trunk slammed down onto the lizard's back. Its back broke, and a lot of its organs exploded. Yet, the lizard was still alive, barely.

The lizard screamed in pain, but the ape only stared at it. ”Is he dead?” he asked.

The lizard still screamed, but the ape felt no more movement coming from inside the lizard. On top of that, no more blood and meat shot out of the lizard. The attack with the tree trunk must have squashed Gravis.

Some more minutes passed, and the lizard became increasingly weaker. By now, it had calmed down a little and only waited for its death. ”I don't want to die,” it said weakly.

”I know,” the ape answered. ”No one wants to die. I'm sorry, it was my fault. I shouldn't have taken him lightly in the beginning.” Then, the ape gnashed his teeth. ”The Commander was right. This is really my biggest weakness.”

The ape waited until the lizard took its last breath. When the lizard died, the ape released a bitter sigh. ”This is my fault,” he said to himself in a quiet voice.