Clank, BOOOOM, the claw clicked infront of him and created a shockwave so powerful it sent him flying out of the river like a missile. He threw up blood as he flew through the air.
He was not even the target of the attack yet he still suffered that much demage, he could only imagine the outcome of the actual target.
And he recognised them, it was the female shark of the two bull sharks he fought before. He recognised it by the scar on it face, he inflicted that scar afterall.
Then the male must be dead already. His body hit the ground and rolled for a few metres before coming to a stop. He raised his head and saw a 2 metres large claw rise above the river.
It was followed by a powerful aura as heavy as the sea. However unlike the aura of mother armadillo this one made him feel like he was drowning in strong currents.
Which made no sense since he can breath underwater. He tried to stand up and run but found his body refusing to move. The claw was coming in his direction and he was terrified.
Just as it was about to reach the shore a familiar roar rumbled like thunder from deep within the jungle. The claw stopped and turned back towards the roar.
When it came out on the other side of the river he finally saw the full visage of the owner of the giant claw. It was a black crab standing at around 6 metres.
Opposite it stood another creature, it was mother armadillo and unlike he had believed it was much larger than an elephant, almost as large as the crab itself.
It body was covered in what appeared to be rock armour, it looked as heavy as a mountain. Both creatures roared at each other and attacked.
Mother armadillo turned into a giant spinning blade and the crab blocked her attack with it claw. She grinded against the claw producing sparks and gusts of winds so powerful they uprooted the surrounding trees.
When their auras collided he felt a physical suppression on his body. He was certain if he got closer to them he would die and that awakened his fear to a whole new level.
Realising creatures with this much power existed around him made him shake in fear but beneath the fear there was something else.
Rage, he was angry at himself for being weak, angry at being terrified so easily. ' Pathetic, truly pathetic, you call yourself a dragon yet cower to something of this level?
How dare you kneel to others? You are Ved Zhakrii the black sword so Stand, STAND' A voice reverberated in his head, it was both his own yet not at the same time, as if he was talking to an alter ego.
However when it told him to stand he felt the pressure of the auras lessen, slowly he rose in defiance, he noticed his body felt no actual pain or strain, no, the suppression was not on his body at all.
' It's fake, there's no suppression, it all in my head. To think they convinced my own brain i was being suppressed, that an insidious ability'
When he realised that, he stood up without any issues, the suppression had completely disappeared. He turned his attention towards the fight then a system notification came.
( Congratulations. Host has as only a rank 1 being without any training or prior knowledge of will learn to wield his will and resist the will suppression of higher lifeforms, host has achieved a legendary feat, Will is strengthened. System looks forward to your future achievements)
' Will? What is this will you're talking about?' ( Answer will require 2 evolution points) ' Damn you, why did you even tell me about it then? Now I'm left with a crippling curiosity'
He turned his attention back to the two behemoths, the crab flung the mother armadillo back, she soar through the air for dozens of metres. When she landed the ground shattered and sent rock fragments to the air.
However instead of falling back down the rocks remained suspended in the air. The crab pointed it opened claws at her, between them drops of water gathered into balls the size of a human head.
The mother armadillo threw the floating rocks at the crab like cannon balls. Their speed was so fast the air exploded wherever they passed.
The crab shot fist sized water balls like bullets at the rocks. Water continued gathering between it claws replenishing whatever it uses.
The exchange lasted for a few seconds but that was enough to shake Ved even more. Them being larger and physically stronger than him made sense.
They were a rank above him afterall but shooting rock cannons and water bullets. That was too much, he couldn't even think of a way to deal with that.
However there was more, a blue aura covered the crab while a brown aura covered mother armadillos entire body. With a roar from both.
The ground shattered around the mother armadillo, giant boulders the size of a grown man rose from the ground and floated around her.
Each of these boulders were covered in her brown aura. The crab responded in kind, water rose from the rivers and gathered into balls around it.
They both stood still watching each other for a few seconds then exploded into action. Giant boulders met water bullets, their fight was so devastating everything in a hundred metres around them was destroyed.
The trees were shattered into fragments and the ground was littered with craters, some filled with water. Even the river was effected, rocks exploded on the river like missiles sending jets of water into the air.
Dead fish floated and were washed away by the currents. He got excited watching their battle, he couldn't wait to also wield that much power.
He could already imagine himself sending jets of fire and burning his enemies to ash. While lost in his fantasies he heard a loud of cry behind him.
' Was that..the rabbit?'