With each kill Mato's speed in killing kept on increasing. The life energy that Mato consumed made him more efficient, only a few moments had passed and forty-nine had already been slain.
"These bacteria are weak! Their once formidable defense is nothing against my newfound strength." Mato shouted.
Bits of green flesh and gore filled the surrounding liquid. All of the bacteria shivered at the thought of them being next.
"Ruu….ooon!"
One bacteria cried out, seemingly afraid that Mato was going to kill it next.
Hearing the cries of his fellow subjects, the king of the bacteria sent a discrete vibrational message to all of the surround bacteria.
The capsule creatures who were once afraid steeled their emotions. The shivering on their bodies ceased. If they had faces you would only see stern faces and a deep set of eyes.
Following the orders of the king, one by one the green bacteria formed a circle. They started to swim in a circular motion following the person in front of them. The liquid started to churn. Their synchronized swimming was turning the liquid into a whirlpool of destruction.
The whirlpool started to pull everything in the surrounding area. Formless blades started to appear at the outer edge of the whirlpool. The raging liquid could be seen ripping the surrounding area apart. The fleshy walls could be seen getting laced with diagonal cuts!
Tamo could help but be shocked and say, "What destructive power!"
Tamo was forced to back away. One look at the whirlpool and she knew that with one touch of those formless blades would destroy her without a doubt.
Mato was floating on the sidelines. His forehead creased with intrigue. His face showed that he was unaffected by his foes new strategy. He shouted.
"Parlour tricks!"
Mato swam directly into the whirlpool. Letting his body get sucked in.
The formless blades came slashing toward him.
"Hmph," Mato snorted.
The formless blades arrived at his body but Mato angled his body and flagellum.
The formless blades came like a wave at Mato but like a supreme surfer, he directly rode on those formless blades. His body seemed to feel no pressure. He was like a bird enjoying its first flight.
The bacteria kings beady black eyes started to fill with hesitation. Even he knew he wouldn't be able to survive an attack of formless blades. They even had the power to cut the fleshy tunnels!
Mato finished riding the formless blades and was in the exterior of the whirlpool.
Inside the whirlpool, there were no formless blades but a strong pulling force was trying to drag him to the bottom, like a turd when it gets flushed down the toilet.
Due to his enhanced body, the liquid brushed past his body as it quickly slid off his outer skin.
Mato aligned himself with the direction of the whirlpool and started to swim with the current of the whirlpool.
By going along with the current of the whirlpool, he was able to easily meet up with the bacteria that started the current.
"DIE!"
Mato skewered a dozen bacteria with his tail going right through their bodies. Due to the whirlpools destructive nature and their inability to swim with the current, their bodies were disintegrated into a green mist!
Once again Mato engaged in slaughter. He rode the wave killing and taking the life force of every green bacteria he came across.
The bacteria's numbers were dwindling too fast. The sucking force generated by the whirlpool was lessening. Mato could now catch up to them even faster than before.
700….549…287..120
Mato was continuously sucking up the life energy as he killed. His body kept the life force and transformed it into bodily might!
Mato rampage continued until none was left. The whirlpool disappeared. There were only around a hundred left. He had killed too many of the bacteria that they could no longer support the use of the whirlpool.
Mato felt excited. The life energy that he consumed seemed to be filling up his insides. Each strand of life energy increased his power. From that whirlpool incident alone he had already consumed 580 strands of life essence. He felt joy within his head.
"HAHAHAHAH….I will consume you all!" Mato's body was twitching with excitement.
The power currently circulating throughout Mato's body was immense. Bubbles could be seen appearing around his body. Mato's body was still transforming and with the amount of energy he has in his body, the pace of the transformation was quickening. The heat and light radiating off of him were heating the surrounding liquid.
From the outside, the bacteria king was looking at Mato with fearful eyes. From his perspective, Mato looked like a blurry sun, the bubbles around his body magnified the light that was coming from Mato's body in a beautiful haze. He looked like an ephemeral inferno!
The bacteria king put away his doubts. He was the king of bacteria. King of hundreds. As a king, he knew that one of them was going to be killed. It was either him or his enemy.
"You may have killed my sons. But you won't leave this place alive!"
The bacteria king was enraged. Mato had killed almost all of his sons and here he was laughing in his face.
The bacteria king focused his mind. White light seemed to travel throughout his body. He concentrated all of that energy into his largest spike. He aimed it towards Mato.
"Eat my strongest attack! PROPELLING SPIKE!"
The bacteria kings focused energy erupted from the bottom of the spike, propelling it directly toward Mato leaving a large fleshy crater in its wake.
It's large nature and immense speed of it left no time for Mato to dodge.
"Naming your attacks is a new one. Let me try!"
Mato could see the strength and speed behind this attack but he was mad with power. Mato didn't want to dodge he wanted to face this attack head on!
"WHIRLPOOL STAB"
Seemingly enlightened by the bacteria's whirlpool move, he made this move on the spot.
Mato started to rotate his body. Liquid was turning around his body clockwise, creating an armor of spinning liquid. Formless blades encased his body.
Like a bullet he went off to meet the oncoming spike. Mato's body was spinning like a top, gathering all of the force of the whirlpool at the tip of his tail. The whirlpool move done by the bacteria had destructive power but that power was sent everywhere. Mato's move concentrated it all into a single point. This move would be capable of penetrating directly through the fleshy walls!
Mato was traveling through the liquid. Liquid was desperately trying to avoid his body as Mato made his way to the spike.
The spike having no feelings, was moving towards Mato with no signs of stopping.
BAM!
A flash of blinding light came from the epicenter of the collision.
Tamo gasped in horror. She had no way of knowing what was happening.
The light started to fade. The spike could be seen splitting in half. Mato's body was cutting through the spike like an axe that chops through wood. Mato was constantly spinning as he made through his way through the spike, sending various shards of hard skin flying in every direction.
In a time it takes to light a candle, Mato exited out of the spike.
Two large remnants of the spike came floating down, hitting the bottom of the fleshy tunnel.
Mato shouted as he was still spinning, "Is this all you got!" The rotating liquid distorted the surrounding area, making his voice travel through the liquid like a ghost that haunts the living.
Having seen that his strongest attack had been foiled. Desperation could be seen in the bacteria king's eyes. His beady, black eyes looked towards what was left of his minions.
"Only about a hundred of my brethren are left but this will do."
Having solemnly made his decision, the king steadied his mind.
"COME TO ME, MY SONS!"
On the armour of the bacteria king was the crater, left behind when his enormous spike had left to strike Mato.
The crater could be seen opening up, showing the greasy, green inner flesh of the bacteria king. The inner flesh being exposed to the outer liquid seemed to squirm in place.
An anus like hole emerged from the crater. It suckled in anticipation and started to suck in the outer liquid.
The liquid took ahold of what remained of the bacteria and thousands of green like beings were being sent down the drain. The bacteria king's spawn were shivering in ecstasy. It was an honor to be used by their king.
They willingly let control of their bodies. The current swept over their bodies, sending them forth deeper into the body of their king.
The king grew silent. White light seemed to be expelled from his anus as the shouts of joy from the bacteria ceased. His body was rejuvenated from consuming his sons.
Mato had just finished exiting the bacteria king's spike and watched at what the bacteria king was doing.
Life energy could be seen traveling through the bacteria king's body and transforming it in the process. Hundreds of eyes could be seen sprouting off of the armour-like skin of the bacteria king. Small black eyes could be seen poking out into the surround the area. Their irises jutting around their enclosure making sure that nothing would get past their sight.
Flakes of hard armour peeled off falling to the ground to reveal a dark green armour.
A long spear-like tentacle jutted out of the anus that was born from the crater. It swayed side to side, pushing the liquid around in massive waves due to its enormous size. Like a python, it swayed side to side waiting for the opportunity to strike.
Dark green light could be seen coming off of the bacteria king's body. The surrounding liquid was being repelled by the ferocious power of his new physique.
Mato couldn't help but be excited.
"He seems to have gotten an upgrade himself. Let's see how much stronger you've grown!"
Mato was arrogant. The gains Mato received when he had his transformation were not to be underestimated. Mato had consumed the life essences of the majority of the bacteria king's sons, while the king himself had only consumed the minority. This was like going to the Olympics having trained all your life while the opponent trained for a year! There was no comparison.
Mato was still shining like a resplendent sun. He put his tail across his body. He stood up straight in the liquid. It was like an upright emperor waiting for his citizens to speak. He waited for the transformation of the bacteria king to be over, he was in no rush.
A howl came rushing from the anus.
"YOU FOOL! You gave me enough time to complete my transformation. YOUR TIME IS OVER!"
The bacteria king laughed at his enemies foolishness, why would he give his enemy time to recover. It was like a tiger giving its prey a head start. It made no sense.
Mato was not impressed.
"Shut up with your talking. Let's get this over with."
Mato once again set off, rotating as he sped forward.
"WHIRLPOOL STAB!"
Mato employed the same tactics. Why would he change something that works?
The bacteria king sent forth his newly created tentacle spear. Comparing this attack to its previous spike attack, this attack was ten times stronger. It's spearhead penetrated the surrounding liquid easily as it made its way to Mato. The only regret that he had was that he didn't have enough time to come up with a new name.
"RAAHHHH!" The only thing the bacteria king could do was shout.
Mato's whirlpool stab was a newly created technique, it possessed incredible power but lacked refinement. His prior altercation with the spike had led him to improve upon this technique.
The outer layer of liquid covering Mato's body was now more refined and streamlined. Water formed around him like a wall, blocking any oncoming obstacle. A formless blade tip appeared at the end of his tail
The two pointed edges met.
Mato sword tip went directly through the bacteria king's spear tentacle!
Green flesh could be seen sputtering out of Mato's entry wound as he went further down.
Mato's speed was too fast. The momentum he generated with his newly transformed body propelled him further down the fleshy length of the tentacle.
"No….No...NOOOOO!" The bacteria king shouted like his milk and been spilled. He was going crazy! His newly transformed body was no match for Mato's.
The hundreds of eyes on the bacteria king's exterior could help but shudder. What was this mad man going to do?
"I'M GOING TO EAT YOUR FLESH!"
Having thought of the life energy, Mato could no longer hold in his desire. Life energy was too enticing. The life energy from eating all of the lesser bacteria had given him enormous gains. He couldn't image how much he would transform when he got a hold of the bacteria king's life energy.
Drilling through the tentacle, Mato had finally reached the main body of the bacteria king. The spear tentacle was left in a disastrous state, it was left with a large hole spanning the interior of its length. With anymore damage, it would be split into pieces.
"This can't end like this. I have just transformed!"
The bacteria king was desperate, with on last struggle he forced his tentacle to move.
His tentacle was twitching, showing the immense strain being put on it's very being. Individually controlling the muscles of his spear tentacle, he forced them to break apart!
Ripping sounds could be seen echoing off into the liquid.
The bacteria king had ripped his own tentacle to produce four smaller tentacles.
The tentacles, writhed in the liquid, showing it deftness.
"You won't get to my core, I won't let you!"
The bacteria king's four tentacles went into chase after Mato. Two of the tentacles took ahold of the entrance way Mato had made and pulled it open, making enough space for two of the tentacles to burrow their way into the worm. Like a worm drowning from water, they burrowed into the hole and desperately tried to catch up to Mato.