Chapter 53 - Another Apex Predator!
Blood flowed like waterfalls from the force of the collision as the Bull shark's head directly cracked open. Its eyes glazed over; its body convulsed in place like whips of electricity were snaking through its body.
The hammerhead skill of the Hammerhead shark dealt damage of epic proportions to the poor Bull shark in one blow.
From the pure physical damage and force of the blow, it could easily be deduced that this Hammerhead shark put all its cards in the Physical magic organ to augment its physical battling prowess.
The heavy Hammerhead shark had a vicious expression on its face. Seeing the outcome of its skill, it roared victoriously before going for the bite.
Just a few inches away, the remaining 2 Bull sharks saw everything that happened to their sibling. And like they were not even there; the Hammerhead shark was now boldly going to finish the job.
Their eyes turned bloodshot immediately, anger emanated from them in waves. Without even thinking, their tail fins flapped hard at the water as they rushed at the Hammerhead shark.
Crunch!
The Hammerhead shark bit hard on the incapacitated Bull shark, but the remaining 2 Bull sharks also bit hard at its side before pulling chunks of flesh out.
Its body flared with the color of a magic defense augmentation. Its own was different from the conventional magic shield, it was more like it directly turned its skin into a bulwark defense armor.
It had fierce skin defense also, but despite this, the rows of teeth lining the 2 revenge-driven Bull shark's maws broke through its defense repeatedly.
Even though it was receiving damage also, the Hammerhead shark shrugged it all away as it remained faithful to its goal of killing its prey and getting the sweet experience before attending to the others.
Seeing everything that was happening before him, Sebastian's eyes rapidly flickered. Without hesitation, he decided to take advantage of these fellows' brainless brawl.
Activating his dash skill and shredding bite skill again, he rushed at the Bull shark who was already hovering at the point of death under the jaws of the Hammerhead shark.
Crunch!
[You have empowered your Shredding Bite Skill with your magic power.]
[You have dealt -31 Damage to your opponent.]
Ignoring the glares of rage from the other 2 Bull sharks, he did the magical act of shaking his body roughly and vigorously to dissect the flesh of the prey.
The Bull shark twitched under the 2-pronged attack; its eyes dilated as the remaining whiffs of life started being snuffed out of it. Despite all this, it still struggled with all its remaining strength.
When Sebastian determined that the Bull shark was at the point of death, he pulled back, took careful aim before shooting his teeth at the Hammerhead shark.
[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth.]
[You have dealt -4 damage to your opponent.]
[You have blinded one of your opponent's eyes- Additional -7 damage has been dealt.]
Sharks' eyes roll up when they are battling with prey to protect them from the shockwaves and other vices, but they can occasionally open up in rare scenarios if the shark wants it.
Immediately as Sebastian's sharp teeth dug into the Hammerhead shark's eyes that briefly opened for a moment, it reeled back in pain and shock, removing its teeth grip from the almost dead prey completely.
Sebastian bit down without hesitation with all his might.
Crunch.
[You have killed a mature Bull Shark- Level 13: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 16 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
[Congratulations: You have reached the limits of the 2nd level cap; you can proceed to attempt a breakthrough. Your chances of success are 65%.]
Sebastian almost wanted to jump for joy on hearing this, but he knew that he could not as he could feel the anger-filled eyes of the 3 sharks now collectively glaring at him with unrestrained hatred.
Before they could rush at him, he rushed away first.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.] historical
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
The 3 sharks stirred at the same time as they all rushed at him at a mind-blowing speed, all of them had the urge to tear him to pieces with their sharp teeth.
This time, instead of escaping to where he would have unrestricted access to swim as fast as possible, after the first experience, he already learned his lesson and was now swimming towards the boiling boulder.
Once again, another pursuit race started and all 3 sharks were rapidly closing the distance towards him.
As he swam upwards, his eyes were focused on the slowly heaving rocky body of the boiling boulder. When the distance became super close, he suddenly activated his best skill before dodging to the side.
[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: Flaming Sword.]
The flaming sword rapidly materialized as usual and under his control, it stabbed into the boiling hot boulder, creating an opening under it.
At the bottom of the boulder, an opening was revealed and super-hot lava was poured out as the fire rapidly spread to the surroundings.
The 3 sharks' eyes widened in shock but they could not dodge completely despite their fast reactions. The lava poured at their skin, scorching them and dealing astronomical damages.
This time, even the Hammerhead shark screamed in pain.
[You have been hit by boiling Lava: You have been inflicted with -23 [×2] damage.]
Sebastian hissed in pain.
Despite escaping ahead of time, the lava that spilled to the side still dealt such damage to him. He did not dare imagine how much damage was dealt to the 3 sharks.
Before he could heave a sigh of relief at his vastly successful plan, he stiffened in shock as he felt another predator rapidly swimming in his direction through his electroreceptor skill.
"Another shark!"
Despite lamenting in horror and trying to dodge on time, the enormous predator still slammed at his body from the side and this was enough to deal significant damage to him.
[You have been hit by a skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have been inflicted with staggering damage: -53 Damage.]
Sebastian got a taste of his own medicine, his own skill.
The large predator did not stop after colliding with him, the water shifted under its control as it continued its rapid swimming towards the other 3 sharks. It collided with them loudly.
Boom!