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Hiss…!!!
From the high-pitched tone of the hiss, it slowly began to die down to a low tone as the Devouring Cobra struggled for its life. The last bite by the great white shark completely incapacitated it.
Its elongated skin now had numerous injuries of varying degrees; its originally thick skin was now lacerated on every part.
Its skin heaved up and down like it was a beating heart about to die. The prey was still stuck in its throat, and this was what brought its current doom.
Its originally sharp eyes slowly glazed over, now all it could see was a dizzy red. The prey still struggling in its belly did not help matters either as it already suffered from staggering internal damages.
The water surrounding their battlefield was already dyed completely with blood, the dark red blood already blended with the surrounding water to form a scene of pure carnage.
In a bid to ditch out its last struggle, the Devouring Cobra pooled all its remaining strength together and still tried its twisting and turning strategy to tire out its opponent.
Crunch!
Without hesitation, Sebastian bit in retaliation.
Just like its counterpart, he was already feeling completely exhausted. He was now hovering at that point dividing life and death, the green glow in his eyes threatened to be extinguished at any moment.
Though the Devouring Cobra suffered more outwards damage, inwardly, he suffered more. Due to the toxins that the Cobra already injected into his body, and the pressure exerted on his body, his body was already compressed by a lot.
At this moment, he felt like his body was in a circle shape from all the squeezing and compressing. Now, he felt like a newly bought FIFA ball.
Squelch!
The Devouring Cobra released a bubbling liquid-like foam from its mouth as it tried to fight against the invading power of death. Despite its efforts, its lifeforce kept on draining.
From the original white, its eyes slowly turned orange before turning pure red, then it finally went limp.
[You have killed a teenage Devouring Cobra- level 15: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 32 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
[You have leveled up once.]
[You are currently out of battle: Unique talent- Adrenaline Surge has been deactivated.]
Immediately after these series of notifications came out, Sebastian did not have the luxury of heaving a sigh of relief as the weakness that was temporarily suppressed by the adrenaline surge came back with full force.
He tried to move his body but he could not, he felt like he was being dragged down by a dozen boulders attached to his body through an iron chain.
He even tried to open his mouth but the most familiar part of his body suddenly felt strange to him now, he felt like he was in another man's body and so was severely restrained.
Suddenly, the system lit up again with a notification, but this time the words were in an ominous scarlet color.
[You are currently under the near-death state: Your health points have gone below 10%.]
[You are currently under the heavily poisoned state: Your health points are being depleted in an extremely fast manner.]
[You need to take a bite from your prey immediately to replenish your health.]
[You have 20 seconds to take a bite off your prey.]
[Your time starts now: 19, 18, 17…]
Hearing this, Sebastian's head reacted immediately as he tried to rouse himself up but his body was still refusing to cooperate.
At this moment of desperation, he finally understood the meaning of the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Though the Devouring Cobra was already dead, its enormous body was still curled around him due to the cramped nature of the tunnel. This added weight made him feel even weaker.
[You have less than 15 seconds remaining: 13, 12, 11, 10…]
Sebastian was stimulated even more when he saw this. Death was something that is associated with you, even the dry bones shall rise again just for that desperate struggle to survive.
Despite feeling like his brain was on fire, he pumped all his brainpower into the now herculean effort of taking a bite of the food before him.
[You have less than 8 seconds remaining.]
[Your magic organ has recovered 2% of your mana points.]
Without hesitation, as soon as he saw this, Sebastian drew the power of the almighty magic organ again.
His dimming eyes glowed a green color again as he forcefully drew closer to the nearest skin of the dead Cobra, then he bit down with all his might.
Crunch!
[You have less than…]
He didn't hear what the system said again, as soon as he bit on the Cobra's meat he finally fainted. He didn't even confirm if he swallowed it, he left every other thing to fate.
…
Blink!
After an unknown number of hours, Sebastian's eyes finally regained focus. His eyes didn't actually blink as he could not, they just regathered lucidity and focus.
Immediately after his eyes opened, the first thing that presented itself before him was the dead remains of the Devouring Cobra.
Seeing this, all the memories of what transpired finally came rushing back. Then, the system spammed him with notifications as usual.
[You have eaten the meat of the Devouring Cobra: You have unlocked the basic profile information of the Devouring Cobra family.]
[You have assimilated part of the Cobra's magic essence: All negative effects such as poison, and weakening toxins have been purged.]
[You are still in a critically damaged state and your health points are now below 5%: Devour the meat of the Devouring Cobra to regain your health points.]
As soon as he read this, Sebastian began to feel…
"Damn! I'm hungry!"
He immediately shrank back in pain as the injuries that he sustained aggravated due to his actions. Feeling more modest now, he quickly swam closer to the meat before him to fill his empty stomach.
Crunch!
Without hesitation, he started eating away at the Cobra's meat.
He could not finish it in one go. After eating for a few minutes, he felt the dizzy feeling again, and before he could react his eyes started dropping close.
He fell asleep again.
Blink!
A few hours later, Sebastian's eyes regained their focus once again. Immediately after he focused, he felt the difference.
The feeling of dizziness like he was in a washing machine was gone, the feeling of exhaustion like he just ran a marathon was gone, and the feeling of weakness like he received 20 consecutive doses of the covid- 19 were gone too.
He knew it, Sebastian the great white shark was back.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
Through his electroreceptors, he immediately surveyed the surroundings. He was still in the tunnel where he suffered the ambush, and the Devouring Cobra's remaining meat was still there.
What left him depressed was the fact that his injuries were still there though they already healed a bit. He could still feel the pain coming from all over his body, which was irritating.
[You have recovered 42% of your health points: Devour the remaining meat of the Devouring Cobra to regain more health points.]
[Devour the remaining magic essence of the Devouring Cobra to recover from your injuries.]
As soon as the system revealed this, Sebastian saw something that surprised him. 3 small eels were currently hovering around the meat of the Devouring Cobra, still in the dilemma of if they should eat or not.
"My food!"
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
[You have dealt -27 damage to your prey.]
[You have killed a grey Eel- Level 7: You have gained Experience.]
Seeing the shark which they thought was dead suddenly erupt to feast on their friend, the remaining 2 eels were spooked.
Without even thinking, they turned around and rapidly started swimming back in the direction of their city like their life depended on it.
Sebastian did not pursue the 2 eels that escaped, he had too many things in his head to spare attention to such prey. With quick movements of his maws, his sharp teeth munched on the eel and he soon finished eating it.
He did not stop after this though, he followed the system's guidance and immediately started feasting on the meat of the Devouring Cobra.
Unlike the eel, he couldn't finish the Cobra's meat immediately. He had to munch repeatedly for a few dozen times. A few minutes later, he finally finished the remaining meat left by the dead Cobra.
After he finished eating, he didn't rush to leave immediately.
He was already a sizeable distance away from the city of eels, now he wanted to find some rest while analyzing everything that transpired in his life for the past few hours to a day.
The fact that he almost just died still felt like a movie to him.
After resting against the walls of the tunnel, he finally started observing the numerous injuries that he sustained from his consecutive battles.
At this moment, almost all the injuries that he sustained in his battle with the eels of the city of eels already healed. The only one still there was the one inflicted by the giant bolt of lightning.
Thinking of that 15-meter-long eel still left him shuddering in fear. If not for his fast reactions to materialize the magic bow and arrow, he had no doubts that the eels would have probably feasted on his flesh.
During his escape from the city, he still felt like there were eels even stronger than the 15-meter-long eel. Pairing this with the fact that the 10-meter-long eels did not attack him, he came to a conjecture.
Perhaps, the city of eels already had a clash with a shark family before, and they no longer wanted to antagonize one, that was why the heavy hitters did not emerge to finish him up.
Though this was just his conjecture, he felt that he was correct.
One thing that he learned from his encounter with the eels was that it was better to live as a family. As a family, life was much easier here in Oceania.
As a creature going solo, it was easy for you to be killed by a stronger opponent. After the numerous dangers that he already experienced in this world, he started feeling a yearning to reunite with his family.
The only problem was that he had no idea where they were.
"I still can't believe that my parents heartlessly left me to fend for myself".
Consoling himself, he finally diverted his attention to his battle with the Devouring Cobra.
The thought alone left all his muscles and nerves tense, his battle with the Devouring Cobra was undoubtedly his closest to death since he transmigrated into this world.
The Devouring Cobra was a prime example of the difference between species of Oceania creatures that Leroy emphasized to him.
Like him, this Cobra was an anomaly. Despite being just level 15, it exerted such power against him like he's not felt from any other opponent since he started his conquest for survival in this world.
At that moment in time, he really thought that he was dying. The timely intervention of the Adrenaline Surge and Blood Vampire effects were what saved his sorry ass.
The poison and negative effects fluids secreted by the Cobra after it started swallowing him alone were enough to place it at the very top of the food chain.
This time, his system was to take all the credits for his survival. Once again, he felt how useful the system was since his reincarnation.
"I'm sorry, I promise not to say filthy things to you again".
Despite how close he was to death at that moment, and the pain, he still felt happy now as his gains completely offset the pains that he had to go through.
Not only was he Level 10 now, but unlocking the active ability of the Vampire Teeth adaptation was his best gain from the battle.
With the Blood Vampire effect, he now had another trump card to complement his Water Transmutation unique skill.
Another thing was that he seemed to have learned another rule governing this magical world of Oceania. The system told him to devour the magic essence of the Cobra to recover, and this was evidently tied to its meat.
Before, he has always been puzzled about how his injuries healed, but the knowledge of the magic essence seemed to have answered him.
He guessed that every creature in Oceania had this magic essence, and eating them enables you to assimilate this essence. He also guessed that experience points were gotten from the prey's magic essence after killing it.
Through his electroreceptors, he could currently see the flesh under his injuries squirming slightly as they slowly healed.
Once again, he learned another rule governing Oceania.
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After confirming again that he wasn't leaving any loose ends behind, Sebastian finally got prepared to leave this abyssal plain for good. He already courted death enough here, now was the time to save his life.
But before deciding to navigate his way back to the outside expanse of water, he first decided to check something vital.
Perhaps, back on earth, he wasn't specific about it, but now, he already forged a new anatomist rule for himself. And he was pretty sure that he would be forming others as time went on.
Sebastian Laws of Anatomy:
1. Thou shalt not leave after killing a powerful opponent without checking its basic profile information provided by the system.
2. Thou shalt not, pending…
Knowing your enemy is equivalent to half victory in battle, Sebastian could not agree more with this famous statement now that he was reincarnated in Oceania.
After the ambush that he suffered from the Devouring Cobra, he learned the hard way to respect this statement.
From the bizarre attack methods of the Devouring Cobra, he was pretty sure that without his system, he would have probably become dead swallowed Sebastian the great white shark already.
He already had the experience so he would be on guard against it in the future but if he was able to add the knowledge from the system to it, he was pretty sure that he could confidently clash with an even bigger Devouring Cobra.
"System, throw me the damn information".
[Congratulations! You have eaten the meat of a predator high in the food chain: Devouring Cobra- Level 15. Basic profile information of the Devouring Cobra has been unlocked.]
[The Devouring Cobra is a venomous snake species of elapids. It is one of the deadliest snakes in all of Oceania, only below the few snake species who unlocked a part of their Primordial bloodline.]
[As a mutated snake, it already has the power to use magic but most Devouring snakes take the physical magic organ to augment their skin, poison, and other bodily fluids to make them more deadly and effective against prey.]
[Its method of attack is to wrap up and swallow its prey while secreting the deadly fluids in its body.]
[Adult Devouring Cobras have so many different types of poison and fluids that they can virtually replicate any effect imaginable to immobilize their prey.]
[In Oceania, they are the king of ambush among snakes.]
[Note: They are among the few species of Cobras who have a chance of mutating in their adult phase to become like one of their most famous ancestors, the King Cobra.]
"Holy Moly! That's detailed for a basic profile".
Sebastian was pleasantly surprised after going through the information that was just shown to him by the system, this was far more detailed than he thought it to be.
From this alone, he already had a basic understanding of the Devouring Cobra and knew to be cautious towards this filthy assassin in the dark.
"Wait…, this can also be seen as a form of anatomy, right?"
He suddenly felt funny. Perhaps, the system knew his tendencies and what he loved that was why everything seemed to be so perfectly made just for him.
Due to not having access to his dissecting equipment in this world, he was already feeling worried about how he was to fulfill his dream of dissecting all the animals here, but the system just allayed his worries.
From the current standpoint of things, all he needed to do was to kill and eat the creatures and the system would do the dirty work for him.
All he needed was to sit like a king and go through the report of his servant, who was now the system.
"F*ck, Sebastian. Be modest, the system can't be your servant, it's far weird and strong than anything you knew before".
Quickly reprimanding himself, he finally focused on another important point in his mind. Apart from the laws of anatomy that he already drafted; he also drafted another set of laws for himself.
Sebastian Laws to being a great white Shark:
1. Thou shalt not focus too much on what shouldn't be focused on, i.e, your current number of di…, no claspers.
2. Thou shalt not feel too full of yourself to remain cautious of your surroundings, that is just the perfect recipe for courting death.
3. Thou shalt remember that this is Oceania and not earth, and that even a worm may have the power to kill a Dragon here, so like the 2nd law always remain modest.
4. Thou shalt not act without having a contingency plan.
5. Thou shalt, pending…
Despite the thick skin currently in his face both physically and psychologically, going through the 1st law again left Sebastian's face slightly burning.
As an Anatomist, this was general knowledge about sharks that he never felt awkward about before. But watching it from the standpoint of a human was vastly different than being the shark himself.
After living with one pee-pee for 25 years, suddenly getting the knowledge that he now had 2 of those things left him horrified.
"Do sharks even develop romance?"
"The heck, Sebastian. Focus on getting strong, who wants to court a weird female shark? I still prefer the beautiful finely chiseled ladies back on earth".
Quickly setting his priorities straight and pulling himself out of that embarrassing law, he finally came before the wide junction again- power.
He needed more power to kill and eat, he needed more power to survive, he needed more power to dissect, he literally needed power for everything here in Oceania.
Now, he was already a level 10 shark, only a few more experience and he would get to that important junction of his next evolution.
Though the more he grew, the more experience he needed to level up, he knew that he was already close to that zenith so he was not too anxious about it.
Right now, all he needed to do was cautiously navigate his way out of this dreadful abyssal plain, go outside then find easy prey to slowly level up.
After he crossed that boundary of evolution, that is when he would find the courage to make more complicated plans.
"Now, move that body Sebastian, and get the hell out of this place".
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Despite motivating himself to pick up his ass and leave, Sebastian still remembered his 2nd and 3rd shark rule to always remain modest. He no longer dared underestimate any creature in this world.
He decided to play it cautious and cool, one step at a time.
Thinking of this, he felt funny again after recalling something from his previous life, precisely his native language.
"Wayum Wayum Bijegedi".
This was a saying that his old man always emphasized to him when he was still alive. It meant that slow and steady, that is the fastest and easiest way to victory.
With that at the back of his mind, he finally made his move.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
With the magical power of his electroreceptors spreading the omniscient electromagnetic waves to detect any ambush, and with his clear and alert eyes, he felt a lot more secure.
The main reason why the Devouring Cobra ambushed him so easily was that he was exhausted and starving, a repeat was not likely to happen.
Moving through the tight pathway of this tunnel, he was able to notice the slightest vibrations in the water and all the small organisms crawling across the rocky walls and beneath the rocks.
In such an atmosphere, he was able to experience a sense of natural tranquility that he's not felt in a long time. The only thing missing from the background was a cluster of plants or even weed to beautify the environment.
Without knowing it, he slipped into the peaceful vibe of undiluted nature.
"If industrial activities were not so bad, perhaps earth would be as peaceful and tranquil as this. But I enjoyed the benefits of industrialization though".
Keeping his mind occupied with that, he came before a sharp turn in the tunnel. Here, from the dominant grey color of the old rocks, reddish- and yellowish-brown rocks started presenting themselves to him.
Before he could even make the turn around the tunnel, his electroreceptors already alerted him of the prey shifting around at the other side.
Tracing the black and white lines in his vision, an image was immediately formed in his mind.
"Clownfish? What are these guys doing here?"
He was stunned seeing the 3 clown fishes swimming leisurely in such a confident manner like this was their home. He was about to ridicule them when he quickly remembered his laws.
But he couldn't help but become curious. "Nemo, is that you?"
He knew that he was being ridiculous which was why he didn't ask that out loud, but he was still curious as there was no sea anemone here indicating the territory of these clownfishes.
Well, it was not his right to ask, what was his right was that food was placed before him and he had to eat to stay alive.
"Sorry, Nemo".
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth.]
Pu! Pu!
Hearing the sound and the rapid stir of the water, the alarmed clown fishes immediately turned in tandem like a group of specially trained commandos, making Sebastian feel apprehensive for a moment.
His apprehensiveness did not stop his flying teeth. In a moment, they quickly arrived before the 3 clownfish.
Ptui!
Repeated sounds of something sharp stabbing into flesh sounded, then the water became tranquil again after a few twitching movements from the fishes.
[You have killed a Clownfish- Level 7: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 1 Skill point and 2 Adaptation points.]
[You have killed a Clownfish- Level 6: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained…]
[You have killed a Clownfish- Level 7: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained…]
"…"
For a few seconds, Sebastian was left speechless, still in the animation phase to start a few new shots of his magic teeth.
"You guys are actually so weak, damn!"
He didn't know if he should cry or laugh. When he overestimated them, they became as easy to kill as beans but when he underestimated them, his prey would become as touch as a rock.
"This world is really perverted, and they even turned so professionally, making me feel like I was facing a battalion of Commandos".
Cursing under his breath, he quickly swam closer before feasting in the flesh of the 3 new prey who suffered to the tyranny of his prowess.
He only needed a few seconds before he gulped down the meat from the 3 clownfish. The basic profile of the Clownfish was unlocked for him by the system.
After quickly skimming through it, he continued his return journey upwards.
As soon as he left the position where he encountered the 3 clownfish, it did not take him long again before he emerged out of the tiny tunnel where he was swimming through.
As soon as he popped out of the tunnel, he arrived before another tunnel but this was far bigger, just like the path he used to scale down the abyssal plain for the first time.
Despite the resemblance, he keenly noticed that this was another pathway.
And just like the previous pathway where he scaled-down, he noticed other small tunnels just like the one he emerged from attached to this big tunnel to form something like a downward spiraling staircase.
Feeling a sense of familiarity from it, he flapped his tail fin cheerfully as he finally started scaling back to the outside expanse.
During his journey to the outside expanse, he met 3 eels in the process who were sleeping as this was still night. Without hesitation, he killed and ate them as he was not one to waste free food.
He met another eel, but this one was awake. Seeing him, the eel's eyes widened in horror like it just saw a ghost and immediately swam away before he could react.
For that, this was exactly how Sebastian felt.
"…"
"Am I so infamous in that city already? Well, that's kind of awesome".
Propping his ego with that, he continued his swim. It didn't take him long again before he arrived back at the familiar trench entrance.
Seeing the subdued but familiar green magic light illuminating the surrounding water spanning kilometers, he felt like yelling at the waters.
"I'm back baby!"
Seeing the boundless water without any confines of a tunnel, the colorful weeds and plants growing from the seabed, and the towering Seamounts in the distance, Sebastian confirmed again that he was back.
He was finally back to the normality expected of an ocean fantasy world.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
Without hesitation, he immediately started swimming from the position of the trench which had a depression leading down to the abyssal plain below it.
He still remembered how he was attacked by the Barracuda fish, staying in an inconspicuous place like this was just courting death in front of the many predators looking for food in these waters.
Quickly swimming from the trench, he randomly decided on a direction to swim towards. Despite this, he did not rashly start freely swimming into the wilder parts of the Ocean, he had to observe first.
Now, he wanted to find a good location where he could observe evenly in all directions with a lower chance of being discovered by predators.
This was when his intelligence as a former human came to play. Observing and analyzing the layout of his surrounding, he quickly arrived at the best possible location to act as a spy shark.
As he swam closer to the slight protrusion in the sea bed that was covered and well-hidden by a cluster of seaweed, he noticed a flower in the middle of these seaweeds.
It had many colors making it seem like a rainbow flower, but its 2 most dominant colors were green and yellow. It looked so attractive to the eye that Sebastian immediately wanted to sleep on top of it.
Subconsciously, his tail fin flapped left and right and he started swimming closer to this beautiful flower hidden amid a cluster of weeds.
[A skill has been used on you: Seduction!]
Sebastian didn't pay attention to the system's notification at first as all his attention was on the flower, but he suddenly stopped as his brain seemed to have clicked back into its right order.
His eyes became clear all of a sudden, he seemed to have woken up from a dream that felt so much like reality.
Thinking of his previous state and the notification of the system, he shuddered as he finally recognized what this wolf in sheep clothing was.
"A f*cking Sea Urchin!"
"Damn, system, who told you I was seduced?"
Feeling a painful pang of embarrassment slap hard at his ego, he felt an urge for revenge. Even in his previous life, he was a great resistor to female seductions, so what did this urchin mean?
As his emotions became riled up, he finally noticed the extremely beautiful and attractive form of the flower rapidly fading from the flower.
It finally presented itself in its normal Sea Urchin form.
Sebastian was stunned. "Was that an illusion? You can do that too?"
He felt a surge of enlightenment but this did not push him away from his intention to make this urchin pay for its blasphemous act.
He wanted to rush forward and bite it to shreds immediately, but remembering the potent poison that a Sea Urchin had in his previous life, he wisely decided to use a more ingenious strategy.
His 2 ranged options appeared before him, either his Magic Teeth skill or his Water Transmutation unique skill.
When he weighed his options, he quickly decided on his more badass skill. He wanted this Sea Urchin to pay for its act, and he wanted it to be squashed completely to meat paste.
Slashing it with a sword would not do this time, so he started an experiment. He formed an image in his mind and pumped his mana into it.
[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]
[You have created a new magic manifestation: War Hammer!]
Almost at the same time as the notification sounded, Sebastian looked and saw a pitch-black enormous hammer hovering in the water before him. It had complicated patterns all over its streamlined body.
"I did it! I created another magic manifestation!"
While feeling excited, he threw the war hammer with his magic immediately.
Perhaps, having sensed its impending doom, the originally silent Sea Urchin finally stirred as it waved its small flowers rapidly at the water seemingly in panic. This could do nothing though.
Bam!
The hammer slammed down, and everything under it got crushed into dust and a badly mangled flower.
[You have killed the Seductress Sea Urchin- Level 11: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 2 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
Seeing this, Sebastian felt excited as he seemed to have discovered another rule of his unique skill.
He couldn't create any other thing apart from the flaming sword and the bow and arrow before, but now he could create a magic war hammer too.
He guessed that this was because of his increased proficiency with using the unique skill. Perhaps, as the Water Transmutation could not be leveled, his proficiency with it was the way to increase his power with it.
He once again felt anticipation for it. "How many magic manifestations will I be able to create once I evolve to the next tier of strength above level 10".
He knew that after the evolution his mana points would probably increase, he could not help but fantasize about how powerful he would be then.
Well, those were for after his evolution, but for now, he had to be a spy.
He didn't know if he could eat a plant and get its basic profile too, and he couldn't experiment with it as his hammer directly smashed the Sea Urchin to meat paste.
Quickly forgetting about that, he entered the middle of the cluster of seaweeds before arranging himself to better observe his surroundings.
Manipulating his electroreceptors, he made them focus in single directions to increase the range that he could see.
He did this in all directions, but he didn't see any easy prey nor dangerous predator. The ocean water weirdly felt deserted.
As he intended to start thinking of other alternatives to find food, the system sent him another notification.
[It is currently nighttime in Oceania. To remain at your optimal state to face any threat, it's advisable that you sleep now with the other sea creatures and wake up strong to hunt prey.]
Listening to that, Sebastian flapped his tail fin in thought. "Well, that's reasonable, I'll take your advice".
As soon as he agreed, without hesitation, he stopped all activities that required his brain with the intention to fall asleep.
In about 2 minutes, he fell asleep but his body kept on moving slowly through the water due to the actions of his mischievous spinal cord.
Before sleeping, what he did to remedy this was to entangle his tail fin among the cluster of weeds. In such a situation, even if his body tried to swim, he would be held down by the weeds as he wasn't activating his swim skill.
"Common sense".. He felt like patting himself for his genius.
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Blink!
Once again, Sebastian woke up imagining that his eyes blinked while he only actually regained focus to his eye lenses. The vision before him was blurry a bit, probably because of the bright green light of day.
His eyes tried to adapt to the light intensity while he subconsciously activated his most cherished skill.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
Immediately after he regained control of this important organ in his body, he stiffened as his electromagnetic vision outlined something that numbed all the adventurous tendencies in his sharky body.
"A school of Blue Tangs!"
His eyes immediately cleared up, but he held himself from making as much as a stir in the water as he cautiously looked at the sight that presented itself before him.
He was already used to seeing Blue Tang fishes, they were his favorite prey Afterall when he was still in the cave, but the current sight before him was far more intimidating and majestic.
Blue Tang fishes filled his vision, lots of them.
He salivated immediately as imaginary drool started flowing from his mouth at the sight of this juicy prey, but he did not dare attack blatantly without a plan.
Though he already knew most of the abilities of the Blue Tang fishes from his experience and what Leroy told him, he did not dare underestimate them when such a large number of them were together.
After all, little drops of water make a mighty ocean.
Though Blue Tangs also unlocked magic, Sebastian already confirmed that due to their low-grade bloodline, they only had chances of unlocking basic magic skills such as a magic shield.
Though most of the ones in this school were bigger than the ones he was used to, he knew that they only ballooned in size because of their high levels, but it didn't necessarily translate to ballooning in power.
His eyes flickered as a lot of thoughts went through his mind.
The school of Blue Tang fishes swam through the water at a leisurely pace, completely oblivious to the hidden danger that was directly below them.
As Sebastian thought hard, he suddenly recalled something.
"The stalk, intimidate, and kill strategy of Lions".
His eyes flickered again as the relevant information flashed through his mind.
Back in his previous world, Lions, most especially a pride of Lionesses had peculiar strategies that they used when hunting which were summarized to become stalk, intimidate, and kill.
They would divide themselves into units where they will all stalk the prey. After getting enough information and identifying a weak point, some of the lionesses will emerge and rush out to intimidate the prey.
With the suddenness of the attack, the prey family that they were after had a high tendency of becoming disorganized due to panic. Then, they capitalize on this disorganization, just like a group of assassins in the dark.
The other hiding Lionesses will finally emerge, and together they will hunt their prey and get food for the day.
Sebastian obviously didn't have companions, but he could improvise on this strategy and form his own Sebastian strategy.
His brain rapidly swirled, then he arrived at his plan.
…
The school of fish continued swimming leisurely while socializing with themselves. Even if they couldn't speak, they already mastered several gestures to effectively communicate with each other.
In this harmonious atmosphere of a family pilgrimage or better still, stroll, something unexpected appeared.
Roar…!!!
Having practiced with this before, Sebastian was easily able to make his roar reverberate intimidatingly through the water like an ancient Dragon who had just awoken from his slumber.
Qi! Qi! Qi!
As he expected, the school of Blue Tangs immediately became flustered as they made weird noises while swimming around disorderly, at the same time looking for the predator.
Sebastian did not attack immediately. He patiently waited until the commotion was chaotic enough, then he erupted out.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
Boom!
Before the Blue Tangs could react, the predator rapidly swam out from their side before colliding with them like a truck hitting a bicycle, the outcome was obvious.
[You have killed a Blue Tang fish- Level 9 [3: You have gained experience.]
[You have gained…]
[You have killed a Blue Tang fish- Level 7 [12: You have gained experience.]
[You have gained…]
[You have killed a Blue Tang fish- Level 13: You have gained experience.]
[You have gained…]
Crunch!
Immediately after he arrived in their midst, Sebastian immediately started a feast amid the massacre under the tyrannical power of his skills.
As he killed, he ate, rapidly filling his stomach with sweet, juicy fish.
At some point, the school of Blue Tangs tried to pool their numbers together and retaliate against the filthy shark but their hopes were crushed as Sebastian's hard dense skin proved too strong for them to breach and injure.
This was all that was required for them to lose it completely.
At some point, Sebastian seemed to start hearing this term being declared in the air. "To your tents, oh Israel!"
Every Blue Tang fish making up the school immediately broke ranks, their primordial instinct for survival dominating their minds as they empowered themselves with magic and started rapidly swimming to safety.
In this chaotic environment, Sebastian's work became much easier, all he needed to do was bite and kill.
Crunch!
[You have killed a Blue Tang fish- Level 12: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained…]
For minutes, this massacre continued as Sebastian ate to the point where his stomach became bloated. At this point, the number of Blue Tangs was reduced a lot as most of them already escaped.
At some point in time, other sea creatures got information about this feast, and they already rushed here to join in the feast of the poor Blue Tangs.
The feast pursuit continued for over an hour, crossing kilometers of distance in the process as Sebastian and all the other newcomers ate to their fill, this was when the last Blue Tang fish finally escaped.
Then silence descended in the middle of the battle feast.
Almost immediately after the last Blue Tang fish escaped and silence descended, Sebastian slowly turned his head to face the newcomer closest to him.
All the newcomers also turned to face their nearest foe.
A light shone in their eyes, that light of having seen another juicier prey, that light of bloodlust, and the urge to eat even more food.
As a unit, every fish and sea creature on the battlefield attacked themselves, including Sebastian.
Boom!
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
Crunch!
[You have applied the Vampire effect to your prey: -2 HP for 10 seconds.]
[You have killed a Grouper fish- Level 13: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 3 Skill Points and 5 Adaptation Points.]
After feasting on the group of Blue Tang fishes, Sebastian's stomach was already bloated and full but this could still not stop the instinctive drive in him pushing him to kill more prey.
After staying in his sharky body for days already, he already learned that it was better for him to let go and allow his instinct take over at times.
Fighting against his instincts was just him bashing his head against a rock.
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have activated skill: Spike Attack.]
He bulldozed his way through to the most chaotic part of this senseless battlefield, slamming and shredding 2 other fishes to death in the process with his sharp spike adaptation.
What made him even more excited as he battled was that almost all the prey here were strong and thick-skinned enough to act as perfect test subjects for him to practice his dissecting skills with.
Most of them were above level 10 already, very few were below level 10, which meant that they already amassed some experience, making them veteran hunters in this part of the sea.
Despite all this, he still held the upper hand, and besides, this was not a one-on-one battle; this was a free for all chaotic battle.
Despite the staggering number of Blue Tang fishes that he ate a moment ago, they were still not enough to take him to that pivotal level where his evolution could start, so he tried to fill that gap with the prey before him.
He didn't try to use area of effect skills like his Magic Teeth, those would just attract too many enemies that he could not deal with at a time.
Instead of doing that, he took it close and personal, the way approved by the ancients, the primordial and sacred way of biting.
Seeing a swordfish swimming across him, he reacted and immediately latched on to it and bit like the apex predator that he was.
Crunch!
[You have dealt 14 Damage to your opponent.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
At the last moment, he rapidly swam forward, dodging the glowing bill of another swordfish who rushed at him. Seeing this scene, he was stunned at first but he finally understood what happened.
"So, you guys actually care about family".
He didn't get any response from the 2 swordfish, only a weird sound of intimidation but this did not faze him as he immediately attacked both siblings at the same time.
[You have activated skill: Tail fin attack.]
[You have activated skill: Dorsal fin attack.]
Adding these 2 to his already activated skills, he immediately dashed at the 2 swordfish. He already knew their strength and weaknesses, so all he did was avoid their dangerous bills.
As he expected, the 2 simple fellows only knew how to charge their magic power to empower their bills and he easily took advantage of this.
Dodging their charges while attacking from their flanks, he dealt considerable damage to both fishes in a few minutes. They later intended to escape but they could not as he quickly did short work of them.
Seeing that he still didn't get to the threshold after eating these 2, he felt disappointed. Finally feeling tired, he decided to leave the battlefield to rest.
As he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a loud sound that seemed to have drilled a hole through his mind.
Screech…!!!
[A skill has been used on you: Soul Shriek.]
[You have been inflicted with soul damage: -11 damage {3}.]
[You have been inflicted with the soul lock effect.]
Sebastian felt his brain turn sluggish before going numb for a moment, then everything before him turned dark.
When his eyes opened again, he saw a pair of sharp talons picking up an enormous Grouper fish and a tall sharp beak immediately stabbing at the fish and pulling out its eyes.
The fish struggled fiercely but the draconic bird-like predator held it firmly. After a few more beak stabs, the fish went limb as the predator finally started feasting on its prey.
In just moments, the hunter became the hunted.
Seeing this scene, remembering what happened to him, and seeing the notification of the system, Sebastian's eyes widened as a warning issued to him by Leroy echoed in his mind.
He even felt like the turtle was beside him now.
"Until you're strong enough, when you meet the Dragon fireflies, run! Don't even contemplate struggling, run!"
As this went through his mind, with his electroreceptor skill, Sebastian could already see the 3 Oceanic birds that seemed like an enlarged version of fireflies.
They seemed like a beetle and eagle that were randomly mashed together by a mad scientist, the combination result was frightening and goosebumps-inducing.
Unlike on earth, birds here were adapted to swim with their wings.
Before his brain could even process everything properly, his body already responded with superhuman reflexes.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
Whoosh!
The water parted before him speedily as his tail fin, dorsal fin, and caudal fin all worked at overdrive to propel him out of this battlefield. In seconds since the 3 birds descended, even more blood already dyed everywhere.
Sebastian deliberately dove into those waters that already got muddled and mixed with blood, at least red could give him a camouflage to escape before the birds could react.
He prayed for the best but his heart sank when one of the bird's eyes landed on him, it seemed that they didn't intend to let any of their prey escape.
Flapping its wings that were far larger than its body, the huge firefly bird ripped the prey under it to shreds with its extremely sharp talons before going after the escaping shark in pursuit.
And compared to the shark, its speed was far faster.
Immediately, Sebastian felt horror grip his heart as he tried to increase his speed further. With his electroreceptors, he could see the rapidly dwindling distance between him and the strange Oceanic bird.
Thinking of how dreadful Leroy described this bird left him quaking in his boots. But amidst his quaking, he suddenly remembered something.
"The heck! That was Leroy's standards, and my current standards are higher than Leroy's. They may be strong, but it doesn't necessarily mean that there is a 100% chance of me dying either".
"Besides, I can dissect a completely new Oceania species at the same time if I manage to kill it".
"That's an achievement".
As these thoughts went through his mind, panic faded like the wind and he immediately arrived at a plan.
His eyes excitedly glittered like the night sky.
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The Dragon Firefly had a vicious expression on its face as it pursued its target. Its almost transparent beetle-like wings flapped at the water repeatedly, rapidly increasing its speed in the water.
Its 2 spiked antennas waved through the water carefreely, making it seem like an Ocean overlord leisurely hunting prey.
The glowing yellowish-green eyes of the waterbird of prey watched its target intently, its focus as terrifying as a periscope's as it gradually closed the distance. Its talons were already opening up for the juicy catch.
It suddenly spread its wings thin and dived, using the change in momentum to accelerate and arrive before Sebastian in an instant.
As its strong, huge, and sharp talons closed in on the prey, a tower shield suddenly appeared before it.
Scratch!
A loud scratching sound reverberated as its sharp talons clashed with the shield. Feeling the extremely hard surface beneath it, confusion clearly showed on its face and Sebastian took advantage of this.
Before it could understand what was going on, a pitch-black hammer appeared above it in mid-water before slamming down hard.
Boom!
Its vision went dark as stars replaced every other thing in its mind.
[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: Tower Shield.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: War Hammer.]
[You have inflicted 24 Damage to your opponent: Your opponent has been inflicted with the stunned state.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: Flaming Sword.]
Sebastian stacked all 3 magic manifestations in such a well-timed manner that one arrived before the other at exactly the same time frame, and the effects were lethal to the clueless water bird.
As soon as the bird's mind went black after the first attack from the war hammer, the flaming sword appeared behind the tower shield and stabbed forward.
The sizzling water parted ways to allow the sword to gather more momentum as it stabbed without any hindrance or resistance at the bird's chest, drilling all the way in as blood poured down in waves.
[You have dealt Critical Damage to your opponent: -42 Damage.]
This was when the bird's eyes finally snapped open with pain shining from its depths. The painful sensation of both the hammer's slam, and now the stab from the flaming sword dealt so much damage to it that it was now in agony.
As it writhed in pain, from the corner of its green eyes, it suddenly saw the great white shark rapidly swimming towards it.
It instinctively tried to flap its enormous wings and retreat but Sebastian who already gathered momentum was faster, his maws opened up as the rows of dagger-sharp teeth inside it snapped at the bird's neck.
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
[You have activated Vampire Teeth Adaptation's active skill: Blood Vampire.]
[You have failed to activate the Blood Vampire state.]
[You have activated Vampire Teeth Adaptation's active skill: Blood Vampire.]
[You have failed to activate the Blood Vampire state.]
[You have activated Vampire Teeth Adaptation's active skill: Blood Vampire.]
[You have successfully activated the Blood Vampire state.]
Crunch!
The bird's neck visibly suffered a depression, the sound of bones breaking followed, then a flood of blood-fall accompanied it as dark green blood flowed out of the bird's neck in waves.
Its enormous body shuddered, its muscles visibly contracted before relaxing as a lot of strength and vitality got lost from its body in one go.
Its eyes glazed over before it opened its mouth wide.
Screech…!!!
This screech was unlike the first time that they descended from above, it had a kind of pleading and sorrowful vibe to it compared to the previous one of dominance and arrogance.
Immediately after the screech sounded, the 2 bigger Dragon fireflies who were feasting on the prey before them turned their eyes to check on their sibling in alarm.
Seeing the faltering bird, seeing the dagger-sharp teeth of the shark sucking the life out of its sibling, the biggest Dragon Firefly shrieked in rage.
Then it swam up, spread its wings wide before opening its mouth even wider.
The water before its mouth suddenly started boiling, turning to steam like an abyssal demon was being released from its mouth. Then, its throat reeled in, allowing the dark green fire to come pouring out like a flood.
The dark green fire did not spread out, instead, it flew in a straight concentrated line towards the shark who was at the point of killing the bird already.
Immediately as Sebastian saw the fire, he originally wanted to tank it and wait until he killed the bird but seeing the surrounding waterbody that seemed like it was evaporating, he turned and decisively escaped immediately.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
While escaping, he created his tower shield magic manifestation again before placing it behind him to first weather the damage.
Boom!
The tower shield held back the fire for a few seconds, then it ignited and melted as the green fire continued its unimpeded approach.
Sebastian 4th law to being a great white Shark- Thou shalt not act without having a contingency plan.
Before he made the plan to try killing the bird, Sebastian already took note of this rule and made his contingency plan.
Below this battlefield was a barely noticeable tunnel, but he already noticed it since and this was his contingency plan.
The tower shield only bought a few seconds for him, but these precious seconds were all that he needed.
[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth.]
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!
His magic teeth shot out at a rapid pace, shooting at the rock formations that formed the entrance of the tunnel. Though they didn't do much, they were able to dig into the foundations of the entrance a bit and this was all he needed.
Increasing his speed even further, he rushed into the tunnel while at the same time using his body to ram at the entrance to the tunnel.
Bam!
The shock force tyrannically spread everywhere, affecting the already tipped-over foundations of the entrance.
Before the dark green fire could arrive, the entrance caved in on itself and the rocks collapsed in, covering the whole entrance.
Boom!
The green fire hit the entrance, it melted it a few inches in, but it was firmly stopped by the sturdy rocks of the small tunnel.
Then if finally dissipated; the shark escaped.
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Seeing the thick rocks blocking the entrance to the tunnel and allowing the shark to escape, the Dragon Firefly who breathed out the fire hovered in the water with a livid expression on its face.
Its fiery green eyes glared at the rocks like they were its archenemy. If its eyes could shoot lasers, they would have probably evaporated the rocks already.
Screech…!!!
It raised its head, opened its mouth, and shrieked angrily.
Taking advantage of this rare moment of respite, the prey that survived the hunting of the winged predators took to their heels and immediately disappeared from the battlefield.
The winged predator felt even more livid because its green fire breath could not kill the shark, but it ended up killing its already half-dead sibling.
The poor Dragon Firefly was roasted by the fire breath of its sibling.
As the 2-winged predators thrashed angrily at the death of their sibling, green fire suddenly appeared from nowhere before quickly solidifying to form something like a portal.
From the green portal came an exaggeratedly thick talon, following it was the emergence of a Dragon Firefly that completely dwarfed the first 2 on every category imaginable.
As soon as it appeared, it first looked at the roasted Firefly in the distance before turning its head back to look at the 2 Dragon Fireflies who were guilty of this murder.
The 2 Dragon Fireflies bent their heads in fear and reverence immediately on feeling the gaze land on them, they visibly shivered.
The giant Dragon Firefly's antennas that looked like medieval lancers twitched and swiped at the water repeatedly like it was thinking, then one of them suddenly came slamming down like a mountain sword.
The sharp antenna cleanly cut through the left-wing of the Dragon Firefly who breathed out the fire, then without looking back, it went through the green portal and disappeared.
Despite the searing pain that followed the cut, the Dragon Firefly was able to hold itself back from shrieking in pain.
After the giant Dragon Firefly left through the portal, it finally raised its head again. Without making a sound, it turned around, and with its sibling, they swam closer to their dead roasted sibling.
They both bent down, striking their beaks down in the process as they started feasting in the dead remains of their sibling.
…
"Phew! I survived!"
Sebastian heaved an exaggerated sigh of relief as he rested his body that was already bloated from eating too much to the sides of the tunnel.
The action that he took a few minutes ago was probably his riskiest action since transmigrating into this world, but he did not feel regret at all. Remembering the thrill throughout the process left him shaking in excitement.
The only regret that he felt was his inability to kill the Dragon Firefly.
"Damn! I was so close".
Despite his meticulous planning and his impeccable execution of the plan, he was still unable to kill the bird-beetle mismatch monster.
Despite taking 70% of its health in one go after successfully activating the Blood Vampire effects of his teeth adaptation, the fact that he could not still kill it with the subsequent attacks revealed to him that it was far stronger than him.
At least, its health points alone should be more than 5 times his.
"Leroy didn't lie". As much as he felt excited by the encounter, so also did he shudder dreadfully as any mistake would have easily led to his death.
Once again, through the previous battle, he was exposed to another facet entirely of this fantasy world. From this encounter, he was now sure that Oceania did not adhere to Earth standards at all.
That monster, the only thing that he could compare it to was Frankenstein's monster. It was a completely illogical bred of Oceania bird.
When he was trying to activate the Blood Vampire effect without success, he already had his heart to his throat as he feared for the worse. Thankfully, everything clicked and he was able to activate it on the 3rd try.
It was the only reason why he won the battle, this once again made him appreciate how strong his Vampire Teeth Adaptation was.
As soon as he escaped inside the tunnel, despite the entrance already being covered by rocks, he did not feel safe. He immediately scouted his surroundings for any danger, seeing none he rapidly swam deeper inside the tunnel.
In a few seconds, he was already far away from the entrance.
It was after he swam to a deep enough area of the tunnel that he finally heaved a sigh of relief, now he felt sleepy all over.
After pursuing a school of Blue Tang fishes for hours and having a feast from their flesh, fighting with another group of lunatics left him tired. Then, having to escape from the Dragon Fireflies pushed him to the edge.
Now, all he wanted to do was to sleep and recover.
He still felt disappointed by his inability to kill the mismatch bird. If he could kill it, he had no doubts that the experience gotten from that would have been enough to skyrocket him to the threshold to evolution.
"Well, I guess this was not my day. It's not like I have luck points either".
Consoling himself with that, his eyes slowly lost focus and he fell asleep.
…
Blink!
A few hours later, when the green light shining over this region of Oceania peaked, indicating that it was afternoon, Sebastian finally woke up.
Sweeping a glance at his surroundings, he discovered that he was still in the tunnel but not at the same location where he slept. Without even having to think, he knew that it was his mischievous spinal cord again.
As soon as he woke up, he didn't know how he knew but he was able to know that his stomach already digested the feast that he enjoyed in the morning.
"That's some fast siphoning". He lampooned while observing his surroundings carefully.
After taking control of his body back, he keenly noticed that the tunnel was slowly widening the deeper he went, and it seemed like it led deep underground instead of the outside water expanse.
From the curve of the slope, he knew that the tunnel only pointed down.
Just like the other tunnels that he already saw, the walls of this one were mostly grey mixed with some slight greenery.
There were no interconnected tunnels, it was purely just this tunnel that was here which made it seem spookily isolated.
The most important observation that came to him was that no prey was in sight. Though he was not feeling hungry yet, he did not want to experience that before securing his next food.
With that consideration in mind, he started swimming down.
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"The f*ck is this place exactly?"
Sebastian felt frustrated already. Despite swimming down the tunnel for what seemed like hours already, he still couldn't see any signs pointing that he was about to get out of it.
That alone was not enough to make him frustrated, what made him curse angrily was the fact that no prey was still in sight.
His stomach and gluttonous appetite were already grumbling in grievance, but he still didn't have any solution to appease it. He could only put up with it, hoping that he would get lucky soon.
As soon as this thought came to him, he remembered. "Luck: 0".
"F*ck!!!"
He wanted to cry but tears refused to come out, this was when the importance of that luck point started emphasizing itself before him.
Now, he really wanted to curse at his system but remembering all the commendable things that it already did for him, he could only hold back.
In this carnage-filled world where even his family abandoned him and left him alone to explore and find a place for himself, the system was his one and only buddy though it hardly spoke.
Despite all these random thoughts that went through his mind, he did not dare let his guard down. The first reason was because of his experience with the Devouring snake, no prey being here probably meant that a predator ruled here.
The second reason was the change in the environment of the tunnel.
Now, he wasn't sure if he should call it a tunnel again as it was now already wide enough to fit 5 of the current him.
It's ballooning in size made him guess that this was leading to another abyssal plain, and after his experience with the city of eels, this only made him apprehensive about his future.
Despite his apprehensiveness, he still had to swim down to find prey unless he wanted to die of hunger.
From the normal grey and greenish color that the walls of the tunnel had, the color was now changing to red and black. Not only this, Sebastian could feel the temperature increasing the deeper he swam.
The first thought that came to him on observing this was that an underwater volcano was nearby, but he wasn't sure if he should be endorsing such thinking.
What does going near a volcano mean? Being burnt by fire. What does being burnt by volcanic fire mean? Being roasted to become Sebastian the great white shark meat.
The thought alone left him shuddering in fear. "I'm not that unlucky, right?"
Yes, there are ocean volcanoes.
Sebastian, like most of his natives, believed since their childhood that fire and water were polar opposites and they could not meet but this was wrong in the case of ocean volcanoes.
Even back on Earth, research showed that there are as many as 30,000 ocean volcanoes scattered. This alone was enough to tell fairytales.
Remembering the video that he watched of the erupting West Mata volcano left Sebastian shuddering again.
His days in this world seemed to be getting more and more dangerous. From the dangerous city of eels, a casual hunt made him encounter Dragon Fireflies, and now escaping made him encounter this.
"Am I cursed?"
Though he felt indignant, he still felt safe as his mana points already recovered after resting for hours.
His battle with the Dragon Firefly told him that if he planned enough and was alert, no enemy in this region of the Green Mist Sea was too much for him. His Water Transmutation skill was his Mjolnir in this world.
As he swam deeper, he noticed that all signs of greenery already disappeared. The walls of the tunnel already turned to purely rock formations, and the red in them was now deeper than ever.
Steam was now slowly rising from the walls of the tunnel, bringing an ominous and terrifying vibe to the tunnel.
Blob!
Sebastian almost jumped in fright on hearing the sound. Turning his head, he didn't see any sea creature but rather a part of the wall was heaving up and down like a beating heart.
Seeing all this, he already more or less confirmed that he was legit close to a volcano. He felt complicated, but he became more serious to fend off any danger.
Swimming down for a few more minutes, his eyes lit up as he finally saw something like a spiraling staircase attached to the walls of the tunnel.
He didn't understand what it meant, but anything was better than nothing.
He wanted to activate his Advanced Dash skill and rush there, but he remembered his own rules and decided to play it safe.
[You have activated skill: Electroreceptors.]
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
Due to the stamina drain that accompanies every time that he used a skill, he only used his sharp eyes to observe his surroundings till now. But now that there was a change, he needed to improvise.
Without wasting time, he swam closer to the part of the wall that looked like a spiraling staircase. Getting there, he saw that the tunnel directly turned from a slope to a straight-line tunnel facing down.
Apprehensively, he swam inside the straight-line tunnel.
Whoosh!
Sebastian already detected them before they even attacked with his electroreceptors, so he was not flustered.
[You have been hit by a skill: Claw Attack.]
[You have been inflicted with -3 Damage.]
Seeing the negligible damage that the crab's skill dealt to him, Sebastian did not hold back as he retaliated immediately. This was food Afterall.
[You have activated skill: Shredding bite.]
Crunch!
[You have killed a Claw Crab- Level 5: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 1 Adaptation Point.]
"…"
Sebastian was speechless. "You're so weak?"
Despite lamenting about how weak the crab was, he still went closer to crunch down on its meat. With his razor-sharp teeth, he dissected the crab in seconds and immediately swallowed.
Filled with confidence now from that encounter, he swam down at a faster speed. On the way down the tunnel, he saw and killed 3 other crabs, filling and finally appeasing his grumbling stomach.
2 minutes later, he heaved a sigh of relief as he finally left the tunnel.
As soon as he laid his eyes outside, he drew a sharp gasp in amazement as the sight that presented itself before him left him dizzy in astonishment.
"Damn!"