Chapter 98 Adrenaline rush

98 Adrenaline rush

The moment Alex made a run for the centre, the spider knew exactly what he was doing. By now it had already realised that Alex posed a serious threat to its life, especially with the boost in power he got from that flaming transformation of his.

And now, if Alex was successful in what he was planning, the odds would no longer be in its favour.

The Mutant D- rank spider lunged at Alex with lightning speed, its multiple eyes gleaming with malevolence as it descended upon him. Alex dodged and weaved, desperately making attempts at making his way towards the sword at the centre.

'It's so close! I'm only 20 metres away!'

With each passing moment, Alex felt the weight of exhaustion bearing down upon him. The constant upkeep of energy his flaming transformation required was taking a toll on his body.

His muscles ached, his breath became ragged gasps, and his movements grew sluggish as he struggled to keep ahead of the relentless assault from the spider.

As the beast closed in for the kill, desperation surged through Alex's veins. His body was now running purely off of the little amount of energy he had left and pure willpower.

With a surge of adrenaline, he made a split second decision. Ignoring the creature's attacks, he dashed towards the centre of the hall, taking multiple injuries to his chest, legs and arms in the process.

But right as he was about to fall, his hand clasped onto the hilt of the sword. In that moment he felt energy pour into his body, replenishing his dried up reserves. In one fluid motion, he pulled the sword free from its resting place, the blade shimmering in an otherworldly light as it responded to his touch.

Instantly, it resonated with his fire element and burst into flames.

'I was wondering why such a strong beast was guarding this sword! The previous explorers who ventured here were all wrong, this isn't an E+ rank sword at all, nor is it a D- rank sword... It's actually a Mutant Class D- rank sword!'

For the first time in months, Alex took up another blade, but the difference between him then and now was like that of heaven and earth.

With a newfound power surging through his veins, Alex turned to face the now anxious Spider beast, his eyes metaphorically and literally blazing with determination as he raised the sword high above his head.

'Please god give me a beast core.'

Even though he didn't believe in an almighty divine entity like god, Alex still prayed.

It took him a while, but with the help of his newly gained sword, he tore off the hard shell surrounding the spider's eyes and dug his fist into the head like always.

With the size of the beast, it took him a while to sift through the whole thing but he managed it anyway.

'Shit, rotten luck again!'

Unfortunately, he wasn't able to recover any beast core from the beast, which was a shame considering it was a Mutant!

'Please god show me a Mutant soul orb when I open my inventory!'

Repeating the same process, Alex carefully and nervously accessed his inventory, hoping to see the familiar purple glow of a soul orb like he always did.

But there was no such thing.

'Ah shi-'

Before he could spray more curses towards the world, god and himself, he paused.

A soft glow lit up a small corner of his inventory he had almost missed, except this glow wasn't purple.

It was red!