The scythe-wielding alien's eyes were bloodshot as his pent-up anger simmered within them, his mind on high alert. He pushed his speed to the limit, continuously dodging the laser shots from the marksman.
"Where did he get that laser gun?" The scythe-wielding alien couldn't fathom it, but he didn't have time to dwell on it. In the corner of his eye, he saw Kyle mysteriously produce another black disc and throw it in his direction.
"Another bomb?" The scythe-wielding alien gritted his teeth, leaped high into the air, and bounced off the outer wall. The disc was much easier to evade than the lasers, spinning beneath his feet.
*Thunk!*
The black disc landed on the ground behind him without causing an explosion.
Feeling perplexed, the scythe-wielding alien suddenly felt an unexpected gravitational force pulling him down. It caused his subsonic body to abruptly jerk in mid-air, and he collided with the wall in a mishap.
During this momentary opportunity, Kyle took aim, pulled the trigger, and a brilliant laser beam struck the scythe-wielding alien squarely.
A wailing cry echoed in the underground passage as the laser pierced through the alien's chest, leaving a bloody hole. He fell lifelessly to the ground behind him and blood quickly spread from his wound.
His eyes widened in disbelief at the manner in which he had met his untimely and frustrating demise.
"His resilience is too strong. He survived even a carpet bombing of explosives," Kyle sighed in relief as he saw this scene and he holstered the laser gun, which had run out of energy, and exhaled deeply, leaning against the wall.
He then retrieved another disc-shaped item and attached the one on the ground back to it.
The final item he relied on for victory was a gravity magnet.
This high-tech device could only double the local gravitational force and was typically effective only on ordinary humans.
However, in the battle for life and death just now, the doubling of gravity unexpectedly played an unexpected role. Even the subsonic-speed scythe-wielding alien suffered a disadvantage, which proved to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"So, what's next?" Kyle stood up, but just then, he heard a warning from Vis in his ear. "Warning! A massive lifeform is rapidly approaching!"
"A massive lifeform?" Kyle furrowed his brows. With his body somewhat relaxed after the battle, he tensed up again and faced the passage ahead.
Accompanied by a slight ground tremor, a colossal shadow burst out from the end of the passage. Its body almost filled the underground tunnel's space. It had two serpent-like heads, with blood-red snake-like tongues, and its vertical pupils stared coldly at Kyle.
A giant two-headed snake.
"You too?" Kyle raised his head, confronting the two-headed snake with cold determination. Despite the fatigue weighing down his body after the previous battle, he displayed no loss in his imposing manner.
The Grandmaster's championship tournament had not even begun, and yet, two of the top four challengers had already arrived. If you counted the boy who had once been possessed by Venom, that made three…
The two-headed snake lowered its heads and glanced at the body of the scythe-wielding alien on the ground with a trace of mockery and disdain in its snake-like eyes. Then it shifted its gaze back to Kyle as if it were looking at a dead man.
"Master, the Interstellar arena above this underground prison is being sealed off by twenty guard spaceships," Vis issued a warning.
"That's simple; we kill this monster, then we make our way out!" In the face of internal and external challenges, Kyle remained eerily calm, without any attempt to conceal his actions. He directly pulled out another card, and a large laser gun appeared in his hand.
Upon seeing the laser weapon, the two-headed snake split its toothy grin. It tilted its body slightly backward, showing no immediate sign of an attack. However, its upper body suddenly sprang forward like a coiled spring. Its two heads opened their bloodied jaws and lunged at Kyle.
The look on Kyle's face changed as he saw this and he raised the laser gun, didn't bother with aiming, and pulled the trigger. A laser beam pierced straight through one of the snake heads' mouths, splattering blood.
However, the snake's assault didn't cease. Instead, it grew more ferocious and frenzied. The intact head continued to snap down viciously. With nowhere to escape, Kyle swiftly lifted his gun and jammed it vertically into the undamaged snake's mouth.
The two-headed snake emitted a shrill roar as it forcefully closed its mouths. The massive laser gun in Kyle's hands made a squeaking sound as its barrel began to bend under the tremendous bite force.
Kyle held the gun with both hands, suspended just outside the snake's jaws, less than ten centimeters away. He could clearly smell the foul stench emanating from the snake's gaping maw.
"This monster actually wants to swallow me whole," Kyle remarked coldly as he watched the gun slowly bend, and was about to slip out of the snake's mouth. He made a choice, loosening his grip on the gun, and actively used his feet to step on the lower jaw while pressing against the upper jaw with his palms.
With ten times the strength of a human and a ton of force applied, the snake's jaws were slowly forced open by Kyle.
"Here's something for you to chew on!"
With a subtle thought, an Item Card materialized and transformed into a high-explosive grenade, which was then inserted into the snake's distended mouth.
*Kaboom!*
A few strands of black smoke emanated from its mouth, and the gigantic two-headed snake thrashed in pain. It began to crawl wildly within the underground tunnel, darting in all directions.
"A monster among monsters," Kyle muttered. The fact that the alien two-headed snake had survived the high-explosive grenade explosion without harm was astonishing. It merely seemed to experience some abdominal pain.
*Hiss, Hiss!*
Kyle's body was half-submerged in the snake's mouth, and his steel-like physique resisted the closing jaws. But the two-headed snake seemed to have a sudden idea and slammed its head abruptly against the outer wall.
With his back hitting the wall, Kyle's body was completely engulfed by the snake's mouth. At the same time, the snake's bite force intensified, gradually closing its bloodied jaws to swallow him whole.
"No way is it going to be that simple!" Kyle held his breath, and the buffed-up strength surged through his limbs, making his spine as rigid as a steel rod. He refused to bend even an inch.
The two sides engaged in an intense struggle, devolving into a tug-of-war of strength.
As the two-headed snake continuously rammed its mouth against the outer wall, which was already weakened by the constant explosive blasts, it finally began to crumble.
Kyle fought with all his might, but the discomfort in his body grew more pronounced. Fatigue washed over him like a tidal wave, and his physical strength began to gradually wane.
Cooperating with the snake's biting and swallowing, its mouth began to gain the upper hand and it began to slowly close.
"Damn it, of all times," Kyle thought as the sudden onset of weakness from his genetic ailment struck. His superhuman abilities would be temporarily lost.
And at this critical moment of life and death, even a brief loss of power could be fatal!
"Master, don't give up!" Vis transformed into a mechanical lifeform, stood on Kyle's shoulder, and paralyzed the snake's mouth with small electric shocks, but it was clear that this was a futile effort.
As the snake's mouth closed bit by bit, just as Kyle was about to be completely engulfed in the darkness of the snake's mouth, he suddenly remembered an item in his Card Space.
"Right, there's still that thing!"
Kyle's thoughts swiftly entered the Card Space, and he quickly drew a card emitting a rich Purple Aura.
That card floated within the almost closed jaws, becoming the sole source of light in his eyes.
"Materialize!" Kyle roared in his mind.
The next moment, the purple card materialized into a brutal battle-axe with a jagged, sharp edge. Its inherently terrifying weight gave it the power of a thousand catties as it ruthlessly pierced into the snake's belly!
*Schlak!*
With a piercing sound, the battle-axe smoothly penetrated through to the other side!
(End of this chapter)
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