Chapter 385 Trouble in Space (3)

Chapter 385 Trouble in Space (3)

"Fang, can you still hold on?!"

I couldn't spare a moment to look behind, so I just asked her through the Mental Scape. A short pause later, her voice echoed through the link.

"(I'm still fine, Leader. The deeper we go, the fewer the attacks that reach us, so it's becoming easier if anything!)"

Although her reply was positive, I could feel the large amounts of energy she was expending. Despite saying that it was getting better, the intensity of the jellyfish's attacks was something else. It feels like a small mistake on her part could lead to either or both of us getting injured.

"I'll increase the pace!"

Although I'm already working near my maximum capacity, I could still extend beyond that. Activating all the strength buffs from Igni and Fang with the speed buffs from Hekate, the rate at which I was digging into the jellyfish doubled in an instant!

"...!"

Suddenly, its body began vibrating, enough that I could tell it from the short instances my energy blade touched its body. In accordance with the change, the walls of "meat" around us began to shrink.

"Sh*t! It's planning to trap us!"

The rate at which it was closing in on us was slow, so I could still fight against it by increasing my speed even further. Soon enough, the path behind us closed completely.

Fang was finally able to relax, with no tentacles to fight off, but our problem remained. We're currently locked inside the gelatinous body of the jellyfish. Furthermore, it was slowly trying to crush us with its own regenerative speed!

When Fang realized the pinch we were in, she began to help me with shaving off the walls around us. Her addition managed to reach equilibrium with the regeneration, making it possible for me to increase the pace of digging deeper.

Slowly but surely, we're coming closer to the glowing stone in the middle of the jellyfish's body. It was something that we couldn't really see without literally going in since the surface of its body was glowing with various colors.

"That must be its core!"

I strongly believed so, and that's why I increased the pace even further, causing the suit that Ember made to give off dangerous sounds. It's not going to give out midway, would it? I hope not.

Matching our breaths, we started the onslaught towards the core, a large reddish-purple crystal about three times as big as I was. Each slash of my energy blade merely left a few scratches, while Fang's daggers could only chip away a small fragment about as big as a thumb.

Although our attacks were basically ineffective, each slash only took roughly 0.01 seconds. In short, every second, we could slash at it a hundred times!

"HAAAAAAH!"

"(BREEEAAAAK!)"

After we broke what seemed like an inch-thick protective cover, the inner part of the crystal became softer. Suddenly, the vision of victory appeared!

"Fang, get behind me!"

I combined both swords into one before stabbing it through the small hole that we made. It was able to reach deep enough, but that wasn't enough to end it.

"Haap!"

I then pushed it deeper with my palm, letting the blade become completely embedded. As soon as I confirmed that it was deep inside the enemy, I grabbed Fang and exited the location through a portal that Ember prepared as if reading my mind. It was a perfectly timed assist!

When Fang and I exited through the portal, returning right before the satellite, we quickly turned around to see the result of our handiwork.

A soundless, blue flash of the explosion spread. It wasn't an explosion of fire, of course, but rather of pure energy. The energy swords I slammed inside its core detonated, causing the inside of the core to rupture. Then, the excess energy caused a chain reaction, causing the large body of the jellyfish to shatter into pieces.

"Phew..."

I breathed a sigh of relief, but I didn't dare lower my guard. We might've been just unlucky for meeting this one, but that doesn't mean there's not going to be another instance of it.

"I guess we'll need to equip this satellite with heavy firepower too..."

Well, I do hope that no such giant monsters appear again.

Tired, Fang and I entered through the decompression chamber, before finally entering the satellite once more. Everyone congratulated us for destroying the enemy, but Ember wasn't smiling. I guess she, too, figured out what we needed to do.

Well, for now, I just want to relax...