Chapter 4 Battle Between Beasts (2/2)

The crocodile was turning around aimlessly, as if unable to see the position of its ene from bush to bush around it

After a fewverses, the shadow rushed towards the big crocodile and jumped on its back

The ed to have a clear view of the beast

It was a panther like ani thin ears that floated in the air alth frohed at least 300kg The pitch black fur, which fully absorbed the ht, was co it very hard to see clearly

Daniel couldn't recognize the beast, yet many in the past feared it The beast's name was Shadow Tracker, and it was an evolved form of panther, at the peak of the third rank Its habit was to slowly follow its prey and attack during a moment of distraction

The panther's interest had been picked when it noticed the large crocodile on abeast to hunt one of its peers, especially when considering that beasts evolved when consuh ranked beast to attack another at first sight, in a place where highly ranked beasts were almost impossible to be found, it was to be expected

Thepaws of the panther landed on the crocodile's back, it pounced directly at the back of its head Its teeth sunk inbetween the crocodile's scales and dug deeply as the panther tried to tighten its jaw

The crocodile wasn't any less fierce than the panther Without giving the panther enough time tear at its flesh, the crocodile pushed its frontal and rear left legs heavily against the ground, and rolled its entire body, crushi+ng the panther underneath its ht

As the crocodile moved away, in order to assume a position that could allow it to rush and bite at its enemy, the panther claws hooked at the crocodile's belly scales, ripping them off The crocodile hissed loudly as it stepped away, its spiked tail swinged left and right until it hit the leg of the panther, leaving it with a bloody gash

The two ani injury upon injury on one another Their strength was comparable, and Daniel couldn't say which beast held the upper hand, since both were covered in cuts, and were visibly tired Daniel's uold light at the bottohter than it was before

The fight between the ranked beasts had coiven back in full, no ence had reached the limits of the third rank, which paired with their instincts, erous beasts

The crocodile had a bite mark on the back of its neck, injury that it had earned at the beginning of the fight, its side had various scales , and a few that had penetrated its own flesh, one of its legs was broken, its tail had a large chunk of , ripped by the Shadow Tracker's sharp teeth, and lastly, one of its eyes was gone

The panther's injuries were more difficult to see Two patches of shi+ny black fur were drenched in blood, and stuck tightly against the hidden twin injury that it had suffered to both sides of its chest, when it had been viciously bitten by the crocodile Its leg also had a visible gush froht raw flesh could be seen

The crocodile often retorted to the panther's atte it underneath its weight, while the panther used the fact that it took time for the crocodile to turn into a suitable position to to dash and bite, and hooked the crocodile's scales with its claws, ripping the at its flesh

Aside from the various wounds, the two ani injury each The crocodile's skin was covered in cuts and a good part of its scales weredeadly levels One of its legs was also broken, which ht, a very painful experience

On the other hand, while the panther could resist its fleshy wounds, its breath was visibly slowed In fact, if one had been able to clearly see the panther's condition, they would have noticed that it had a broken rib, which had punctured one of its lungs

Daniel was sure that the battle was about to coerous than ever- beasts, he thought about how huht on par with thehts were interrupted by loud hisses and roars The panther, which until noas staring at the crocodile while growling deeply, circled around the long body of the massive reptile Before the crocodile could turn around and face the panther openly, its neck had already been bitten through

The crocodile reacted rapidly by pushi+ng its weight with its fore, and broken hind leg His body rolled on itself, forcing the panther to back away rapidly or be crushed again, but unexpectedly, that wasn't the crocodile's main attack

When the crocodile cos, without wasting apanther, hitting it squarely in the thorax

The panther flew for a few e tree trunk which broke its spine in half, killing it on the spot

The Shadow Tracker had died