It’s raining.
Come to think of it, that man... didn’t have an umbrella or anything, did he?
Since it had already been raining for a while, I guess I really should have killed him there.
Following the scent of seafood, I arrived here, where a damp, gloomy atmosphere hung in the air.
The smell of blood was everywhere.
The inside of the shelter was filled with crying and voices full of despair.
Probably because all the strong humans had been knocked down.
The sound of children crying.
The sound of adults lamenting.
...Ah.
Crk.
This feeling is definitely very unfamiliar to me.
A feeling like something red and hot might burst out of me at any moment.
Rising emotion.
This is clearly different from before.
But it isn’t completely new, either.
It was definitely the feeling I used to direct at myself.
Contempt? Self-reproach?
No. Different.
Something more intense, more emotional.
When I realized I was too weak.
When I almost killed a human again.
I had hurled this feeling at myself over and over.
I had whipped myself, again and again.
Yeah.
I get it now.
This is....
“...I’ll kill you.”
It’s rage.
I’m truly angry at someone else, not at myself.
This is definitely... yes. My first time.
I’ve probably been irritated or excited plenty of times before.
Dammit, but this is the first time I’ve felt rage.
“Heh. Still got a mouth on you?”
Shut up.
Don’t open that filthy mouth.
I glare at him with all the killing intent I can muster.
I bare my teeth.
Letting out a growl I had never made before.
“...Not bad eyes. But eyes alone aren’t enough, are they?”
With the heart mark stuck on his nipple and the fact that he’s wearing nothing but underwear, he looks pretty damn perverted.
The cape and crown he wears as if he were some kind of king.
His appearance is mostly human, but with enough fish mixed in to make him look strange.
The Sea King.
“Then~ die!”
A fist comes flying at me.
Intense power and speed.
Overwhelming.
Probably above me in strength, defense, and stamina.
Speed... maybe I have the edge there by a little.
Just from this punch alone, he’s easily the strongest opponent I’ve faced below Demon level.
But so what?
When had that ever stopped me?
More than anything....
[Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist]
- Water Flowing Formation
With a punch like that, there’s no way I’d be scared.
I let his fist slide past and drive into the ground, then rush in.
Another fist comes flying right away.
Predictable.
[Snake Bite Fist]
I twist my whole body.
I spin.
Bending and curving like a snake, I slip over his fist and ride up along his arm.
To his defenseless, ugly face.
One hit.
Thwack—BOOOOM!!
“Ghh?!?”
The space between his eyes caves in completely.
I rush toward him as he staggers backward from the impact.
Surprised?
This is just the beginning.
I hook his leg and make his wavering balance even worse.
He doesn’t fall, but this is enough for now.
[Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist]
Arrange—
- Leg Trip
Imagining a cascading waterfall, I make him slip.
And right after that, as he’s lifted into the air....
“...Tch.”
I jump back, widening the distance, and dodge the fist flying straight at me.
I missed a good chance.
KWA-KWA-KWAAAAANG!!!
“...Y-you piece of trashhhhh!!!!”
Through the mushroom cloud kicked up by his heavy punch smashing into the floor, I catch sight of his face twisted with rage and killing intent.
Good.
I’m pissed off too.
The enraged bastard moves behind me in an instant and throws a punch.
I immediately kick backward, sending his fist into the ground while stepping on it at the same time.
I spring up.
At a speed unlike before, a fast strike comes flying in.
This time, I don’t deflect it.
Instead, I twist its direction the other way.
Softly, but with force.
And send it back with several times the power.
KUKWA-KWA-KWA-KWANG!!!
“Eek?!“
The bastard staggers again after smashing his own face with his own fist.
This time, I won’t miss.
I drive a flying kick into the empty gut beneath his guard.
Thwack—BOOM!!
“Buhk...!”
The impact is shallow.
But his durability is weaker than the subterranean general’s.
Then I just need to hit him more.
I crouch and reach him in an instant.
[Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist]
Arrange—
- Rock-Smashing Rapid Strikes
TATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!!!!!
“KRAAAAAAAAH!!!!”
1 hit.
2 hits.
10 hits.
30 hits.
50 hits.
I rain them down, intending to turn his abdomen and chest into rags.
With killing intent in every single blow.
KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA!!!
“Grrrrrrrrr~!! You little bastaaaard!!”
“........!”
BOOM!!
Just as I was about to land the finishing blow, a dizzying shock slams into my abdomen and my body is forced backward.
I didn’t get hit cleanly.
Even so, it was enough.
At least one internal organ has burst.
As for him....
“I’ll kiiiillllll youuuuu!!!!”
His face twists even more like a fish.
Unfairly enough.
He regenerates the damage quickly.
He charges straight in.
The moment he reaches me before I can do anything, I leap and throw a fast uppercut.
He takes the uppercut head-on.
His body, several times larger than mine, is launched six meters into the air.
But he immediately counterattacks.
He raises both arms high and comes crashing down toward me.
I focus on those killing-intent arms as they swing down, trying to crush me flat.
My right hand to his left arm.
My left hand to his right arm.
I place them there with a smooth, flowing motion.
And gently twist both sides outward.
BOOM!
KWA-BOOM!!
Ignoring the explosions on both sides, I rush straight at him.
His mouth opens wide, and a second mouth bursts out from inside.
Instead, I grab that thing, wrap it around my fist, and yank it out in one pull.
But while I’m distracted, I take his strike head-on.
BWAH!!
“Kgh...?!“
I hastily harden my body, but it shatters instantly.
No, that’s not all.
One punch crushes every rib in my body and cracks my spine too.
With a crash, my body slams into the shelter wall, and he rushes in with a cruel smile.
KWA-AAAAAANG!!!
“........!!!”
I’m sent flying through the shelter wall.
He grabs my tail and starts slamming me all over the shelter’s outer wall.
I keep trying to minimize the damage with hardening and body transformation, but overwhelming violence washes over my whole body to the point of meaninglessness.
I’m not going to just take this.
I move my body, creaking with pain, cut off my tail, and at the same time stomp his face down with my leg.
BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!!!
I drive a punch into his gut as he crashes down, smashing through the outer wall.
I try to follow up immediately, but his headbutt caves in my abdomen.
Still, I land a side kick to his face at the same time, and a mutual cross counter filled with killing intent is formed between us.
BOOM!!!
KWAANG!
“Kgh...!”
KWA-KWA-KWANG!!!
“Grrrrrrrrk!!!”
Both of us roll and fly several meters before being slammed into opposite walls of the shelter.
Because we both took such huge hits, we’re unable to move for a few seconds.
Then the sensation of rocks and dust trickling down and tickling my eyes.
That snaps me awake again, and I force my body up.
“........”
I moved my body by brute force, even though nearly every bone in it was shattered.
While rapidly regenerating, I stare at the bastard as he gets back up on the other side.
“Grrrrrrrr...! Damn lizard bastardaaaaa~!!!!”
So the damage is minor?
Most of his face is smashed in, but the fact that he’s still moving normally makes it look like a light injury.
Even so, it must hurt, because he glares at me with killing intent packed tight with hatred.
Of course, I probably have the same look in my eyes.
Good.
Let’s do this. Come on, then.
And so I charge again.
He leaps.
I leap high as well.
We rush at each other in midair.
And exchange fists overflowing with hatred, along with explosive blasts.
We stain each other’s faces with blood.
That was how the fight began to continue.
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