Inside the tall grass around a big rock, a beetle that was slowly growing and a black snake with white eyes were caught in a staring contest for a few seconds.
What the heck!
Where did this guy come from? This is the second time a dangerous animal snuck beside me. Am I really that unlucky?
But before I could complain any more, the black snake's head darted towards me with frightening speed!
Like an arrow released from a bow, deadly and fast!
Its mouth was fully open, revealing its white, cold teeth that looked extremely sharp and poisonous. Just one clean bite, and I would be a goner.
If it were the me from a few days before, I would have had no chance to survive this deadly attack from a snake twice my size.
But now, it's a completely different story. The fire in my body was still burning, filling my body with what felt like endless energy and strength, my thoughts more agile than ever, allowing me to accurately predict the trajectory of my opponent.
Milliseconds before the ugly snake could reach me, I dashed to the side with incredible speed, successfully dodging its deadly attack.
The snake, being totally surprised by my swift movements, couldn't stop its momentum in time, so its head was headed directly towards the big rock that was behind me.
A strong thud was heard as the snake hit its head hard against the solid rock, being stunned for a few seconds because of it.
Seeing a perfect opportunity to attack, I moved towards the middle of the snake's body at full speed, and at the same time, I prepared my horns for a deadly attack.
Lowering my head to open up my pincers-like horns, I slammed into the side of the snake, creating a powerful momentum that helped my horns pierce through its hard scales.
The snake broke free from its stunned state, its white eyes turning blood red. It hissed madly as it tried to attack the side of my body with its sharp teeth, clearly aiming to tear me into pieces for daring to attack it.
But before it could get its way, I immediately lifted my head up, closing its body between my two sharp horns, holding it like noodles between two chopsticks.
And becouse of that my horns pierced even deeper into its skin, getting an even stronger hold on its body, After that I started moving my head from side to side at full speed.
This made the snake's whole body get tossed around like it weighted nothing, its head losing all strength to resist and attack me. After a few seconds, it was completely dazed.
Seeing that it was unable to put up any strong resistance, I moved towards the rock that it had hit its head against before, aiming to finish this fight in a bloody and brute way.
The limp snake could put up no resistance as I bashed its head against the rock again and again, bits of flesh and blood flying everywhere.
After just two minutes, the snake's head became a bloody mess, unrecognizable from before.
Even if the snake's whole family came, they wouldn't be able to recognize him; they would just think that it was a pile of chewed meat paste.
But even after the snake completely stopped struggling, I didn't stop for one. I wanted to make sure this guy was really dead, and besides that, I really enjoyed the feeling of destroying my opponent in this brutal way.
And all the fear, anger, and worry that I had felt in these few days since reincarnated was taken out on this poor black snake who had thought it had found a good meal.
After taking all my emotions out my body started getting tired, So I stopped.
While letting go of the dead snake's body, I could feel the burning sensation inside my body also disappearing, and along with it my endless energy.
So after the feeling was completely gone, I looked at my handiwork.
The place was filled with blood and meat all comming from the now nonexistent snake head.
Looking at this scene, I felt quite satisfied, comparing it to the last time I was attacked; I enjoyed this outcome much more.
That's what you get when you disturb my growth, I thought to myself joyfully.
Anyway, this was good. I had tested my strength got some fighting experience and got rid of my grievances. Plus, now I also didn't have to go looking for a another creature to hunt and test the effects of my ability.
"Hmm, wait, now that I think about it, my ability doesn't have a name. Such a powerful ability can't remain nameless, and it needs a powerful-sounding name. Since, I can't just call it 'ability.' But what to call it?"
"I know, Heavenly Devouring! Sounds very cool! And this name fits perfectly.
Since whenever I devour another life form, a fiery feeling surges into my body, improving my strength and size, which will lead me to devour the heavens one day. Ha ha ha!"
I laughed at this arrogant thought of mine, not knowing that I wasn't too far from the truth.