Chapter 48: Fighting The Queen Jawfiend (2/2)

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By now, he had almost reached the zenith of the Prana Binding Stage with only 48,000 rounds left to ascend this stage.

Not only that, but his Gluttonous Healing ability had leveled up, allowing him to heal a bit faster than before.

If previously it took him a second for his blood to clot, then now it would take him around 3/4th of that.

However, from his ember eyes and his grunts, one could see that Arion was still not 'conscious' and instead, a feral mind was occupying his mind.

It also seemed that his thirst for blood hadn't lessened a bit since his gaze had already fallen upon the vigilant Queen Jawfiend.

Arion didn't charge at it immediately since it seemed as if he could sense that the Queen Jawfiend was different and more powerful, unlike its children.

And from how a small part of its blood was dripping from its abdomen because of the injury Arion had inflicted it before, Arion was able to smell its blood and thus sense that it had the Darkness Aspect just like him!

If he was 'conscious', he would have put together some pieces of puzzle inside his head and realized why the Queen Jawfiend was saving him for a good meal.

But now, he was looking at the Queen Jawfiend with killing intent, not at all intimidated at how huge or how strong it was.

”GRRRR....” Letting out growls, Arion began to approach the Queen Jawfiend, that was one meter taller than him

His chest was still shimmering on and about in ember color, along with the rhythm of his heartbeat.

The Queen Jawfiend's instincts were telling it to avoid fighting Arion, but its senses were telling it that Arion was weaker than itself, thus fueled its anger and motivation to kill Arion for killing all its children.

Now that almost all its children were wiped out, it would have to spend a lot of time to breed another horde of Jawfiends and thus take more time to strengthen itself and hunt for more food.

*KREEEEEE!!*

This fact completely incited the flames of rage within it, making it let out an ear-rendering screech.

However, Arion seemed unfazed, and instead, he expanded his chest and let out a blood-curdling roar, completely feeling provoked.

”ROAAARRRRRR!!!!*

Arion's roar echoed throughout the whole region, and all the vermin in that region even immediately left their homes, feeling the worst threat from that roar.

They felt as if it was the roar of a higher evolved being that they should absolutely not stay nearby.

*KREEEEE!!*

The Queen Jawfiend got intimidated by Arion's roar for a second, but then it recovered itself and scurried towards Arion, feeling confident of the fact that it was more powerful than Arion.

Not only that, but it was also now interested in 'eating' Arion since it sensed that Arion's Darkness Aspect was even more profound than before, making it think that his pranic heart should be even more delicious and provide innumerous benefits to it.

”ROARR!!*

Arion also charged towards the Queen Jawfiend at a frightening speed and leaped towards its upper body to claw at its face.

However, the Queen Jawfiend, who had a better experience in hunting and fighting, quickly moved all its eight legs towards the side and kicked Arion's back, sending him crashing down the wall.

”ROARRR!” Arion let out an angry roar as his back heavily crashed against the wall, making him drop down to the ground.

Because of the speed at which he had lept towards the Queen Jawfiend coupled with the full force the Queen Jawfiend had hit him made him suffer quite a blow to his back when he crashed against the rocky walls as even his skin got pierced and blood oozed out.

Because his defense was relatively low, some fractures formed on his back, not allowing him to jump to his feet instantly.

But his Enhanced Healing triggered, and his bleeding already stopped, and his bones were starting to heal slowly.

If he had eaten a Jawfiend at this moment, he would have healed rapidly. But Arion still struggled himself to get up since his bestial instincts were telling him that this was not the time to collapse on the ground.

The Queen Jawfiend was surprised that Arion managed to recover from such a heavy blow so quickly when it was sure that it had used all its strength to strike Arion before.

Because of this, it couldn't follow up on its attack and again came to a stare-off against Arion, expecting him to make a move like he did before.

But this only proved that the Queen Jawfiend was not at all serious when it fought Arion in his human form. Otherwise, with the strength that it struck Arion just before, his human spine would have broken into two or even worse!