Chapter 48: Fighting The Queen Jawfiend (1/2)
”ROARRR!!!” Arion let out another hair-raising roar, making one wonder if he was roaring out of excitement for gaining a new ability or because he was still hungry.
He jumped down from the walls and continued his frenzied onslaught, this time with even more vigor, power, and speed.
His Enhanced Balance ability was helping him accomplish this with ease without letting him lose his balance while jumping between walls.
The wounds he was suffering from their bites were less severe this time since his defense stats had gone up while his increased agility stats helped him to quickly move one from spot to another before more Jawfiends could crowd over his body.
If the cave was illuminated, one could see Jawfiends flying here and there, each time they were sent flying as Arion leaped from one place to another.
Of course, one could even see dark red blood spraying here and there under the dim light of the pink stones embedded on the walls.
The ground was mostly dyed with the blood of the Jawfiends, and Arion's bites were now truly lethal. Even if he didn't properly crush a Jawfiend's head with his jaws, a single scratch from his sharp teeth was enough to poison them to death within seconds.
Arion's venom was not exactly the same as Jawfiend's venom since his bloodline was different, and he possessed the Darkness Aspect.
*Kreee!! Kreee!!”
The screeches of the Jawfiends began to sound more despairing and painful since their numbers were dwindling so fast that it would only be a matter of time before every single one of them died to Arion.
They even tried calling their Queen Jawfiend for help, but it instead seemed in a deeper state of hibernation, oblivious to what was happening around it.
Within just a matter of minutes, only ten Jawfiends remained, and Arion's huge jaws were completely smeared with dark red blood, his eyes still burning like embers.
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Strength: 5.5 -> 6
Defense: 2.2 -> 2.5
Agility: 5.5 -> 6
Defity: Prana Binding Stage [10th Cycle - 800,000 / 1,048,576 ]
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By this time, the Queen Jawfiend suddenly opened its multiple eyes, only to see its children being slaughtered left and right like bugs.
It got up feeling completely enraged and was about to let out a screech when it felt an unnerving aura from a ten feet tall lizard-like monster, clawing through its children and tearing them apart like paper.
Its eyes almost bulged out when it felt that it had lost connection to almost all the Jawfiends nearby and the only ones left were dying at a fast pace to Arion.
It was completely shocked to see the monster with ember eyes since it didn't feel that Arion was this powerful just a while ago.
It thought its children could handle him till it woke up. But now, the aura radiating from Arion made it feel like its own blood was suffocating it.
By the time it was able to process the situation happening around it, only three Jawfiends had remained, and within just a couple of seconds, the last three Jawfiends got shredded into different pieces by Arion's razor-sharp claws.
”Grrrrrr…” Grunts were continuously escaping from Arion's mouth as he finally came to a stop upon noticing that there weren't any more Jawfiends to eat.
He had been fighting like an unkillable machine, without getting tired at all since he was continuously gaining energy to fight by eating the Jawfiends.
It was all thanks to his innate ability—-Ingestion Empowerment that kept him going without losing any of his original vigor and strength.
Even the horrendous wounds he suffered right after his transformation had entirely healed by now due to yet another one of his innate abilities—Gluttonous Healing.
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Strength: 6 -> 6.1
Defense: 2.5
Agility: 6 -> 6.1
Defity: Prana Binding Stage [10th Cycle - 1,000,000 / 1,048,576 ]
Gluttonous Healing [Lvl. 2] : Heal wounds by ingesting pranic items. Rate of healing improves with each level