Splash!
Caught off guard, the Four Arms-Stinkfly hybrid was yanked into the dark swamp by the mutated giant frog's tongue, sending black water splashing everywhere.
A dozen or so fierce crocodiles were instantly stirred up. Following the disturbance, they came speeding over like floating logs.
The hybrid fell into the water and quickly got back to his feet. The murky swamp water reached up to his knees, foul and reeking of swamp gas.
"Ugh... that is seriously nasty!" Four Arms-Stinkfly pinched his nose.
"Croak!"
The mutated giant frog launched another attack.
It lowered its head, showed off its sharp bull-like horns, kicked off with both legs, blasted up a ring of violent spray, and slammed toward him.
Four Arms-Stinkfly beat his wings and shot into the air, hovering above the swamp.
"So heavy..." Sweat broke out across his forehead, and he was clearly struggling.
His strength had been weakened, and Stinkfly's wings simply couldn't carry Four Arms' powerful body properly.
Below him, the mutated giant frog tilted its head back and shot out its vine-like tongue, wrapping it around Four Arms-Stinkfly's leg before yanking hard.
Bang!
He was dragged right back into the water.
The mutated giant frog pressed the attack, opening its sharp jaws and biting at Four Arms-Stinkfly like crazy.
He raised his arms and struggled to block.
His strength had already been inferior to the mutated giant frog's, and now that he was soaked in the swamp, he had even less of an advantage.
At the same time, more crocodiles began surging over from all around, restless and ready to strike.
The mutated giant frog bit down on Four Arms-Stinkfly's ankle and whipped him hard, sending him flying straight into the middle of the crocodile pack.
The vicious crocodiles pounced like starving wolves spotting prey, opening their chainsaw-like jaws as they lunged at him one after another.
Four Arms-Stinkfly was still lying in the water, not even back on his feet yet, when he was surrounded by the swarming crocodiles and savagely bitten from all sides.
"Ah!" Four Arms-Stinkfly punched one crocodile away.
But in the next second, another crocodile clamped down on his fist and started a death roll, twisting violently like a meat grinder.
"Roar!"
A giant crystal beast leaped high and plunged straight into the swamp.
"Ben, hang on! I'm coming!"
Diamondmutt shot out its claws, and they expanded instantly, turning into five long, dagger-like crystal blades.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
The giant crystal claws sliced through the crocodiles surrounding Four Arms-Stinkfly, cutting them into chunks with a storm of green afterimages.
Bright red blood quickly stained the dark swamp, and the air filled with a strong metallic stench.
By now, the tourists and merchants from the Crocodile Fair had already fled for their lives, terrified of being dragged into the fight.
Not far away, Gwen watched anxiously as Diamondmutt and Four Arms-Stinkfly battled in the water, ready to step in and help.
But Dr. Animo had brought more than just the mutated giant frog.
A huge gray parrot spread its wings, easily six or seven meters across.
The moment it saw Gwen about to help, it immediately beat its wings and whipped up a violent gale, rushing straight at her and tying her down in combat.
Watching everyone get dragged into a tough fight, Grandpa Max couldn't just stand there anymore.
If you wanted to stop the whole thing, you had to take down the one in charge first.
He grabbed a wooden stick, circled quietly behind Dr. Animo, and swung at his head.
Dr. Animo curled his lips into a faint smile. He suddenly turned around, raised one of his dark mechanical arms, and fired a crimson beam.
Bang!
The wooden stick in Grandpa Max's hand was instantly charred black.
The force of the blast sent Grandpa Max flying backward before he crashed heavily to the ground.
"I'll deal with you later, old man!" Dr. Animo sneered, clearly not taking him seriously.
In his eyes, the biggest threats here were Lucian and Ben.
As long as he dealt with those two, what could an old man and a little girl possibly do?
The swamp was stained red with blood, thick with the stench of gore, and littered with crocodile remains of all sizes along with the bodies of a few other carnivores.
Diamondmutt hadn't gone on a mindless killing spree. It had only torn apart the crocodiles that attacked him and Ben.
The crocodiles hanging back and watching from a distance were left alone.
His real target was the mutated giant frog.
After breaking out of the encirclement, Diamondmutt raced across the floating crocodile corpses, let out a roar, and charged straight at the mutated giant frog.
As for Four Arms-Stinkfly, a few crocodiles were still clamped onto his wings.
But after Diamondmutt had taken out most of them, those few were easy enough for him to handle.
"Hahaha, what a magnificent sight!" Dr. Animo laughed as he walked to the shore to watch the battle in the distance.
Suddenly, a green glint caught the corner of his eye.
"Hm? What's this?" Dr. Animo paused in surprise.
At his feet lay a transparent circular watch casing with a black ring around the edge and several green dots embedded on it, faintly glowing.
At that moment, a little crab crawled onto the casing.
Bzzz...
As a burst of green light flashed, a pair of wings suddenly grew out of the crab's shell.
The little crab flapped its new wings, left the strange casing behind, and flew deeper into the swamp.
Dr. Animo's pupils shrank, then his face lit up with ecstatic delight.
"My God... just look what I found!"
He bent down and picked up the Omnitrix casing.
"Well, well, isn't this the shell from that watch? Looks like it can do quite a lot."
Dr. Animo's gaze grew hotter and hotter as he greedily studied the casing.
A mad plan began blazing to life in his mind.
"DNA mutation... now this is interesting!" Dr. Animo laughed, then turned to the giant parrot. "Little Gray, we're leaving! Time to put my grand plan into action!"
"Caw!"
The gray parrot cried out and beat its fan-like wings, stirring up fierce winds and clouds of dust that forced Gwen back.
After driving her off, the giant parrot padded obediently over to Dr. Animo and lowered its body.
Dr. Animo swung himself up and sat astride its neck, gripping the casing tightly in his hand.
"Let's go!"
"Caw!"
With a sharp cry, the gray parrot shot into the sky and disappeared into the endless horizon...
...
In the blood-red swamp, Diamondmutt leaped off a crocodile's back and sprang into the air.
The mutated giant frog lashed out with its flexible tongue like a whip, producing a terrifying sonic crack.
"Cheap trick."
Diamondmutt's arm turned into a blade and severed it in an instant.
The mutated giant frog let out a howl. The pain of its severed tongue made the blood-red fury in its eyes seem ready to spill out.
"Die!"
Diamondmutt brought both hands together and formed a massive crystal battle-axe, then raised it high and chopped down with all his might.
The mutated giant frog kicked off with both legs and charged head-on, driving forward with its sharp horns and a roaring gust of wind.
Slash!
Under Diamondmutt's explosive strength, the crystal axe unleashed its full power and split the thick-skinned mutated giant frog clean in half.
Blood and entrails spilled out and splashed into the swamp below, merging into the bloody mire.
After killing the mutated giant frog, Diamondmutt turned those bright golden eyes toward Four Arms-Stinkfly, charged over, and helped him finish off the remaining crocodiles.
After that, the two of them returned to shore...