Chapter 389: High-Paced Battle (1/2)

The Rigordile rode the waves, using its streamlined form to its advantage. The Steel Porcupine sat on its back, hissing as they neared the Lava Turtles. The Lava Turtles were busy resisting the waves, preventing themselves from tumbling and rolling over like a piece of log.

The Hunter Clams shaped their jelly-like tentacles into paddles of all shapes to row the water and balance the Lava Turtles. Even then, the River Whale's repeated churning of the waves disrupted them each time.

Now, without any extra burden to carry, the River Whale could move at its usual speed, revolving faster and faster as the height of the tides increased, reaching as high as four metres. The currents in them grew stronger while faint wind accompanied them.

The rumbling sound they produced soon become as loud as the sea waves on a beach, making it resemble nature's might slowly but steadily. Jyorta felt his vision spin due to the motions, using his psychic energy to maintain his inertia and keep his senses wired in order.

The commotion garnered the attention of the other Lava Turtles that gazed at the River Whale and shot geysers at it. The geysers travelled more than 40 metres before slamming into the River Whale, disrupting it, preventing it from affecting the water on the surface any longer.

If it still persisted in continuing with its efforts, then it would be swatted to the ground. Jyorta controlled its actions, making it fly towards the attackers. He watched three geysers fly his way; the River Whale consumed a greater portion of its psychic energy, activating its Trait to the limit.

The geysers bent in the air, curving away from it. The River Whale was unaffected, moving forth as the attacks were slightly redirected.

Kuoong!

The River Whale let out a long, powerful shout as it arrived above a Lava Turtle was still trying to regain its balance. Without any delays, it moved over the Lava Turtle's head, making its film of water overlap it.

It allowed the Lava Turtle's head to move into the film of water before constricting around it. The water held the Lava Turtle, moving down its neck as it seeped into the gaps in its shell. Everything happened in the short window the River Whale passed above it.

The water pulled the Lava Turtle along s the River Whale groaned in pain, feeling a lot of strain throughout its body. Lava Turtles were heavier than the Rigordiles. Adding onto the additional weight they carried on their backs, they were bulky targets to pick up.

Jyorta was controlling the River Whale's actions, making it thing and use something it hadn't ever tried. the Lava Turtle let out a thin roar, most of its shout absorbed by the film of water; ripples formed as a result, showing the intensity of the shout.

The Hunter Clams on its back tried their best to hack and slash at the water to rip it off thew River Whale's control. But for some reason, the water behaved like a live body part, moving and coiling around the Lava Turtle, retaining its connection through numerous coils and windings.

The Lava Turtle felt a lot of strain in its neck, for it was all the River Whale was trying to lift. The Hunter Clams coiled their tentacles around its neck and held the shell, reducing the strain it felt.

The River Whale struggled, hiccupping in its flight as it pulled up the Lava Turtle, steadily increasing in altitude. The Lava Turtle tried to break free, slamming its legs onto the film of water, unable to enter it.

The Hunter Clams slammed at the film of water, spilling out parts of it while causing its entirety to ripple. The ripples were becoming bigger and bigger. Jyorta felt the currents within the ripples slam into his psychic arm barrier, cracking it under the pressure.

He expended more psychic energy to mend it while commanding the River Whale to take action. The River Whale took curved manoeuvres in the air, beginning to spin, adding the centrifugal force into the Lava Turtle.

Its psychic energy was expended at a massive rate while the film of water surrounding it began to thin out. The Hunter Clams tried their best to keep the Lava Turtle's neck attached to its body while the Lava Turtle could only shout in pain.

The River Whale moved forward while revolving; Jyorta calculated based on the spin and their forward motion, calculating all the forces into play before deriving a point of target based on his instinctual reasoning.