Chapter 90 Fighting For Dear Life



Bam! Bam! Bam!

Deep into the forest, the sound of someone beating a metal against another could be heard, and the continuous shaking scared the surrounding beasts and demons.

"Graa!" The Silverback Gorilla screamed a bit before drowning Belal in a sea of punches.

"Hik." Belal stood on his ground with everything he had, his eyes filled with determination. He poured every ounce of his vital energy onto his shield to not let a single one pass by him, as he had his dear ones to protect.

Bailey and Tanaka were helpless the entire time, knowing their attacks couldn't do anything to the Silverback Gorilla's current state. 

"What should we do?" Bailey asked anxiously, not knowing what to do in such a situation.

Tanaka looked ahead of him with a grim face, quickly assessing their current situation. Racking up his mind for a while, he could only come to one conclusion. "Bailey, you go to the other side and launch your strongest attack to distract it. When it chases after you, I will launch mine and distract it again."

Bailey quickly agreed with Tanaka without thinking too much, as she found this the best solution right now.

Dashing to Belal's right side, Bailey leaped up and hovered in the air for a second. At that moment, she raised her sword overhead and yelled with her eyes wide open. " [ Dancing Moon ]"

She slashed her sword multiple times, and from them, grayish-white vital energy in the shape of a crescent moon shot out. They galloped toward the Silverback Gorilla like a disorganized net. 

Sure, warriors couldn't channel their vital energy into the atmosphere, but that didn't mean there wasn't a way. The only way to do that was to learn skills that would help you. However, there was one downside to using it early on, and that was that it could make you weak very quickly. It was only recommended to people who had a considerable amount of vital energy or to those who dual-cultivated both magic and vital energy.

"Gra.." The Silverback Gorilla suddenly stopped as it sensed danger coming from its left side. It looked back and was met with Bailey's attacks.

Thrud! Thrud! Thrud!

"Groooaaaa…." The Silverback Gorilla groaned in pain as scars started to fill its left side. But that quickly subsided as those injuries healed.

However, Bailey had succeeded in catching the Silverback Gorilla's attention. It turned its head in Bailey's direction and readied itself to sprint at her.

Bailey landed on the ground and saw the Silverback Gorilla ready to come at her. She also prepared herself to escape but felt her body getting weak, almost to the point of giving up. She turned her head back in horror as the Silverback Gorilla kept shortening the distance between them.

At that moment, several objects zoomed through the air and hit the Silverback Gorilla's back.

Puchi! (9)

"GRAAA!" The Silverback Gorilla once again screamed in pain. It turned its red and wide-open eyes back and saw several swords made of wind impaled in his back.

This attack felt much more painful than Bailey's attacks because its backside, where the silver fur was, which is its weak point. Most of the energy veins were connected there, and these wind swords have cut several of them now.

It looked at the culprit of this attack and saw that it was Tanaka. 

The Silverback Gorilla heaved up and down from immense anger as steam came out of its nose and mouth every time it exhaled.

It didn't chase after its attacker immediately, this time. Its hands once again turned into metal, and it spread its hands.

"GRAAA!" With a loud scream, it clapped its hands.

TING!!!!!

A metallic bell rang through the forest as strong vibrations could be seen and felt in the air.

"AHH!" Bailey and Tanaka got hit by that in surprise. Their eardrums almost exploded as blood trickled down from them.

Both of them kneeled on the ground in complete daze, their eyes turning pure white.

'Arggg…that hurts.' Only Belal was able to save his ears from that attack by covering his ears with his strong vital energy; however, it still hurt him a little. But now, he was extremely worried about them, especially Tanaka, as the Silverback Gorilla was sprinting towards him.

'No, you don't!' Gritting his teeth, Belal ran toward Tanaka to save him.

The Silverback Gorilla arrived before Tanaka in a few leaps and slapped him horizontally.

Tanaka was still unconscious, so he had no clue he was about to get hit by a killing blow.

Thud!

But surprisingly, the Silverback Gorilla's slap stopped for a second, blocked by an invisible wall.

That was the shield Tanaka had conjured for any potential long range attack. But he hadn't anticipated the attack to be corporeal.

Silverback Gorilla was surprised for a second before pushing further, destroying the shield with brute force.

Thrus!

Just as the shield shattered, the Silverback Gorilla's slap landed on Tanaka's left side, blasting him away. Fortunately for him, the force behind the slap had been significantly decreased by the shield, but that was still enough to break all the bones on his right side of the body.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

Crashing into several trees and destroying them, Tanaka's flying body finally got stopped by one tree as his body got stuck in it.

"Graaa!" The Silverback Gorilla roared in delight before rushing forward again. It wanted to toy with Tanaka as much as possible before killing him.

But at that moment, someone grabbed its head from behind and smashed it to the ground.

Bang!

"Stay here with me." Belal said, letting go of its head after smashing into the ground.

Belal didn't stop there, as he pulled out his shield again from his storage ring and smashed it onto its back.

Bam!

"AHH!" The Silverback Gorilla screamed in pain after feeling the heavy shield get smashed on his back. It could feel the pain of several of its bones breaking. Not even its monstrous and sturdy body can stop it.

Belal was about to lift the shield and drop it again on its back when, suddenly, the Silverback Gorilla rotated its body on the ground and gave a backhanded punch to Belal's face.

Bam!

Belal took a few steps back after getting taken by surprise. 

The Silverback Gorilla stood up after being freed from Belal's clutch. It gave a right hook to the stumbling Belal. 

Belal's eyes widened as he quickly put his left arm up to defend that.

Bam!

Belal's left arm got flung back after defending that punch, and that wasn't the end of it as a left punch from the Silverback Gorilla was coming at him now.

Gritting his teeth, Belal put forth his shield with just his right hand and used his right feet to stop his staggering. "AHH!"

Bam!

The Silverback Gorilla's punch once again hit Belal's shield, but he wasn't able to do anything. Seeing the same failure once again, The Silverback Gorilla went for another punch, but this time it got surprised.

All of a sudden, Belal let go of his shield and charged toward the Silverback Gorilla. He smashed his head against it, trying to use his brute strength and the helmet's sharp edges to damage it. Fortunately, he was successful in doing so. 

Bam!

The Silverback Gorilla's head shot back, and so did Belal's. But Belal, with his strong determination, pulled himself back. He quickly turned the Silverback Gorilla's body and dropped it on the ground. 

Belal grabbed both of its hands from behind and strongly stepped on its back, to not let it have the chance to get up. Finally, opening such a chance, he yelled at the other two. "Escape now! QUICKLY!" 

"No!" However, he got a negative reply from Bailey, who was behind his back. He didn't know why she was close to him, but he knew she was up to something.

Gliding in the air, Bailey arrived on top of the Silverback Gorilla's leg. 

" [ Dancing Moon ] " Bailey once again used her strongest move despite having just a little bit of vital energy in her body.

Puchi! (5)

This time, Bailey was successfully able to cut the Silverback Gorilla's tendons, making it completely immobile and unable to stand up again. It could heal itself, but healing vital body parts costs a huge amount of energy and wastes time.

However, Bailey had now lost control of her body, as she was in her weakest state ever. Smashing onto Belal's head, she landed on the Silverback Gorilla's head. 

Opening her drowsy eyes, Bailey was met with a giant, glistening eyeball that looked like it had been dyed red. 

"Die!!" Bailey shouted with streams of blood coming out of her mouth. She inserted her sword into its eyes, blinding it.

"GRAA!" The Silverback Gorilla screamed in pain and trashed around, trying to shove these two enemies away from it.

However, Belal didn't let go, holding it down with everything he had. Meanwhile, Bailey forced herself to stay awake and hold onto her sword for dear life, not even thinking of letting go.