Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 174



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Ep. 173

“Self?”

The guy seemed confused by the sudden intrusion. He must have wondered how he missed this.

The reason is simple.

‘Because I distracted his concentration.’

After he realized that I was a formidable opponent, he turned all his senses toward me.

If I had been hiding or fighting him while keeping my distance, he would have had more time to himself. If I had, he would have noticed the kids coming right away.

Ice Horrors have great physical abilities, but they are essentially hunters who focus on ambush. If they judge that the environmental conditions are difficult for them to control, they will immediately retreat.

‘You can’t leave it like that.’

We need him. I need his head, and Heavenly Mother needs his heart.

And even give his flesh to the other guys.

‘Catch me here.’

“Grrrrrrrrr”

As I growled, the bastard looked back and forth between me and number 26.

Of all the enemies here, the one who poses the greatest threat to him is me. Because of me, his abdominal shell was shattered.

But his instincts are giving him a different answer. He must be sensing the presence of a predator higher up than the Ice Horror, Mr. Demon.

Number 26 is the type that prevents psychic powers from leaking out of his body. This is to be considerate of Adhai, who is sensitive to psychic powers.

If I hadn’t been hurt, I would still be hiding it.

‘Are you really that angry?’

Numerous eyes flowed like water over No. 26’s body. The eyes, embodied with the ‘deep sea horror’ trait, were glaring at the ice horror.

Outside the body, which was dyed a pink color close to purple, an intense psychic power was emanating, filling the space.

The only good thing is that the psychic power doesn’t leak out of the cavity. They probably control it because they think Gallagon would notice if it leaked out.

In other words, if we were to summarize No. 26’s current state of mind, it would be a state of cold anger.

‘That’s scarier though.’

“Sssssssssss”

The Ice Horror seemed confused about where to focus its psychic powers. Its antennae seemed to be wandering aimlessly, representing its master’s consciousness.

It would be a problem if his attention was diverted elsewhere. I raised myself up with my unbroken fighting arms.

And then he let out a mighty roar.

“■■■■■■■!”

My cries echoed far and wide, leaving the cave. The ice shards and stone fragments around me were blown away by the wind pressure and scattered into the air. The one who felt the spirit contained in my roar flinched its antennae.

“Saaaaaaah!”

“■■■■!”

The Ice Horror howled as loudly as I did. It ignored No. 26 and rushed at me. I kicked the ground and rushed at it.

Me and Ice Horror run towards each other, leaving footprints on the collapsed ice floor. As the two collide again, the cavity vibrates loudly once again.

‘Ugh!’

My fighting arm and back arm are broken, and my skull shell is also broken. I’m not as strong as before because it’s taking energy to heal the broken bones.

On the other hand, the guy is showing off his brute strength without getting tired at all. Should we really say that he is a top-notch Apex monster in terms of raw specs?

‘It turned out well.’

He is a cunning predator. He will not think of running away when faced with an enemy that he can deal with leisurely. We can diligently entangle him while the enemy lets his guard down.

While I was holding the guy back, the kids moved.

The Heavenly Mother, who had transformed into the form of a griffon beast, climbed onto Adhai’s back while holding the ‘Golden Spear of the Priest’. Adhai, carrying her, flew onto the Ice Horror’s back in the blink of an eye despite the thick darkness.

As Adhai flew so close to the Ice Horror’s back that it was almost touching it, the Heavenly Mother extended her spear and cut into its back. The thrust generated by the high-speed flight left a thin gash on its back.

“Ssssssss”

The one who was attacked while I was wrestling with him hisses irritably. His tail moves to try and get rid of the annoying intruder.

It was an underground space where not even a single ray of light existed, but it was possible to tell thanks to its amazingly developed auxiliary organs. The tail of the thing that rose up to strike Adhai was like a huge barrier.

Like a hero riding a flying celestial horse and fighting a mythical monster, Adhai and the Heavenly Mother successfully avoided the creature’s tail. With Adhai’s flying skills further improved, he was able to fly without difficulty even in this relatively narrow underground space.

The Mother of Heaven, who is solely dedicated to opening the window, and Adhai, who dodges the flying tail and body.

While the two were working together in sync, No. 26 also prepared to attack.

Number 26 waved the tentacles sprouting from his body like a conductor’s baton. Then, the debris on the floor of the room rose up at the same time.

The Sea Demon’s unique technique, ‘Demon Crash’, has been activated. The fragments infused with psychic power have now become bullets for the psychic cannon.

Some of the debris floating in the air was fired like a shell and hit the Ice Horror’s torso.

“Ssssss!”

The Ice Horror seemed unsure of where to focus his attention. As his attention wandered, the strength in his jaw that had been pressing against me slightly diminished.

‘good!’

I seized the opportunity and tightened my grip on the erosion tentacles that were holding onto the creature’s jaw and head. Then, for the first time since we started fighting, the creature was pushed back.

“Self?!”

He must have been flustered, because he couldn’t respond properly. I pushed him away with all my might. The ground had collapsed, and the uneven floor caused his body to tilt significantly.

Because of that, the broken abdominal carapace I had created was largely exposed.

The panicked man quickly tried to pull himself together, but his body stopped in place. Unbeknownst to him, a net of psychic power hundreds of meters long was entangling his large body.

The one who threw that net was number 26. He’s the one who ‘binded’ me again.

[Zuzu (now!)]

Adhai, who heard my scream, flew in at a terrifying speed. The Heavenly Mother on his back thrust her spear with all her might.

The sharp tip of the spear pierced the flesh inside the broken shell. The spear was buried deep inside the creature’s body without any trouble.

“Saaaaaaah!”

The one with the priest’s golden spear stuck in it screams and struggles. The huge body that is easily over 100m tall causes chaos, and it feels like not only the cave but the entire underground space is shaking.

“be careful!”

“understanding”

The Ice Horror’s body and tail leapt through the air like roller coaster tracks, and Adhai flew between them in acrobatic flight.

‘It’s not enough yet.’

Because his body was so large, even if the priest’s golden spear was driven all the way to the handle, it was not a fatal wound.

I climbed onto the one wreaking havoc on the collapsed floor, and opened my jaws to bite into the shattered carapace.

“Sssssss!”

The guy who was suffering like an earthworm that had been sprinkled with salt on its bare body quickly turned over as if he was a ghost, knowing what I was after.

Because of that, my attack missed. What I bit into was not soft flesh, but the very hard shell of the creature’s side.

‘Tsk.’

The teeth that could chew through the outer walls of the ship were helplessly damaged when they hit the Ice Horror’s shell. I clicked my tongue inwardly, as it was the first time since I came to this world that my teeth had broken.

“Seuss”

Besides, with the attack now, the guy realized what I was aiming for. He knew that I was continuously targeting the injured area, so he twisted his body to hide his weakness.

Adhai, the fastest moving of us all, flew around and sprayed purple lightning, but it was no use.

This guy only got a scratch after being hit head-on by my psychic breath. He can’t be damaged by the less powerful purple lightning.

“stiffness!”

“Little baby! Get out of the way!”

No. 26, who saw that sight, unleashed his power again. The psychic power emanating from the guy’s body materialized and shone.

Then, the debris floating in the air gathered in front of No. 26 and began to rotate slowly.

Understanding what the guy was thinking, I used all my erosion tentacles and fighting arms to hold onto the ice horror tightly.

“Sssssssssss”

“Grrr”

It seemed like he was thinking that he had to finish me off quickly and get out of here. His thick, long body wrapped around me. His carapace and my synthetic scales clashed against each other, sending sparks flying.

He’s much stronger than me. If he were to try and strangle me, I wouldn’t be able to hold out for long.

As evidence, messages saying that ‘pain relief’ had been activated kept appearing before my eyes.

I barely managed to endure the pain due to the special effect, and grabbed one of the broken arms with the erosion tentacle. Then I tore the arm off.

‘Ugh!’

A pain stabs inside my head that is incomparable to when it broke.

I didn’t tear off my arm because I was crazy. The forelimbs on my back, like the claws of a locust, have the sharpest bone blades in my body.

I plan to use my arm, which is completely broken and cannot move, as a weapon.

‘If it’s this!’

I took the arm that the erosion tentacle had torn off with my fighting arm, and swung it like an axe, striking down its weak point.

“Sssssssss!”

The bastard screamed as my bone blade was embedded on top of the priest’s golden spear.

Strong predators are used to trampling on others, so they tend to not be able to tolerate their own pain. This guy was no different.

The strength drains from the body of the guy who was squeezing me. The Ice Horror tries to get away from me to hide its weakness. I take out another weapon that I had hidden.

The five faces located on my skull opened their mouths simultaneously.

And from the mouths of the human-faced beasts, sound waves capable of paralyzing any enemy poured out toward him.

｢—–!｣｢—–!｣｢—–!｣｢—–!｣｢—–!｣

“self?!”

The one who was hit in the head with the paralyzing wave stopped moving. Almost at the same time, No. 26’s weapon was ready to fire.

[Zuzuzuzu (Now)]

“huh!”

A super powered drill made from a mixture of psychic power and a large block of ice tears through the air.

The tip of the drill is aimed at the broken shell of the Ice Horror. It is the weak point of the creature we have created so far.

And then the essence of pure psychic power and shards of ice began to tear apart his bare flesh.

“Saaaaaaah!”

The destructive power of the Psychic Drill, a weapon created by Sea Demon, or rather, No. 26, was tremendous. The bones and flesh inside the shell were torn apart and turned into a slurry, and the internal organs were sucked out by the rotation and pulled out.

He howled with the terrifying sound of someone unable to bear the pain of having their intestines cut off.

But that was it.

The psychic drill was spinning as if it was going to split the guy’s body in half, but it was impossible to destroy the guy’s shell. After greatly expanding the wounded area, the psychic power that made up the drill dispersed into the air.

“I feel exhausted….”

“Little Adult” “Danger”

26’s body shrank down as he consumed too much psychic power. Adhai placed 26 on his back, having shrunk to 50cm in size, just like when he usually climbed on my head.

“Ss …

The Ice Horror’s antennae trembled anxiously. How many times has a predator like it suffered such a fatal injury? Probably not since it was a pup.

The bastard must have felt like he couldn’t take it anymore, so he dug a hole in the ground and tried to hide.

‘Where are you going?’

You can come as you please, but you can’t go as you please. I grabbed the guy from behind and pulled him as he tried to run away.

“Grrr”

“Self?!”

And I slam my head into his wound. His warm blood seeps into my closed mouth.

I opened the thing’s wounds with my fighting arms and erosion tentacles, then pushed my head in deeper, tearing into its body with the horns on its head and the bone blades under its jaw.

The bastard bit my tail with his jaws and pulled at me to get me out. The more he did that, the more I held onto his gaping wound.

Even though the pincers on the end of my tail, the shell on my tail, and my legs were torn off by its jaws, I did not give up.

How much time had passed like that? As I pushed away the solid wall-like thing, cold air enveloped my skull.

The moment I realized that I had completely penetrated the bastard’s body, I heard his final words.

“Ssssss… s …

An ice horror that may have lived for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

The bastard let out a soft cry as if he was being wronged and fell to the ground.