Chapter 837: Fished
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Chapter 837: Fished
With these three ton fish swimming towards him from both directions and eager to snap him to shreds, Sage had only seconds to react. Each of their mouths were filled with a forest of daggers that they called teeth and if even a few of them raked his body as the two fish passed each other in opposite directions there was no way even his enhanced body could resist it. These two beasts were swirling with a law energy related to strength and their orca sized bodies were packed full of powerful muscles that they used to wave about their weaponized nose and fins. Their strength made them a match for his Body Cultivation, which put him into quite a difficult position.
At least it did when they were swimming in the open water. He was in the shape of a human and the human body was severely unoptimized in comparison to the giant swordfish. Unfortunately for the fish, he was no longer in the open ocean and was essentially riding the Trifish. With a new ground for him to act against he was no longer at such a disadvantage and even as injured as he was, now that he was grappling with the fish it was no longer a threat in his eyes. The jade aura around him suddenly shrunk, thinning out over his whole body but glowing a brighter color instead.
The power of the Jade Mantle, along with the original Golden Mantis Body that it was derived from, was its ability to convert Qi into a solid form to act as armor, and then to also burn that same energy to provide an increase to strength and speed. It was a sort of powered exoskeleton that burned away its own defenses to boost its power. Sage sacrificed the layers of protection that proved unable to stop the Trifish, and instead used that energy to increase his strength. He twisted at the waist and pushed his feet against the Trifishs upper and lower jaw. There was another pop and the flesh of his shoulder that the Trifishs nose was speared into split apart. He doubled the amount of damage to his shoulder to rip the triangular point out in the most gruesome method. It was like tearing out a hoop earring except that this thing had a gauge size that was off the chart given that it could be measured in the centimeters rather than millimeters. The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.
With a diameter of 8 centimeters, over three inches, the thing had shattered his shoulder into multiple pieces internally, but the flesh was still mostly intact and kept him trapped. Now that hed ripped it out sideways, all of that meat was left to hang free and some of the shattered bits of bone had gone with it, spilling into the water. His left arm was only barely attached at this point, but it also meant he was no longer trapped. No longer strung up on the spear-like nose, he rolled to the side, avoiding the snapping jaws of the Trifish and pressing his body against the front of its head. He was already getting washed away by the sea water rushing by, but his right hand shot out and his forearm blade shot out once more. He stabbed it downward like an ice pick and drove it into the forehead of the Trifish. It found purchase between two of its finely patterned scales but was stopped by the fishs skull. It dragged him for a few hundred meters more before the friction of the water pulled him hard enough to drive the tip of the blade through the bone. Sage hooked a leg around one of the tall spikes of its dorsal fin and used it to pull backwards and drive the forearm blade into its brain.
On the Inner World, Sage could instantly mobilize the strength of the whole world to intervene when his Soul Clone was in trouble. While this kept his training battles from ever becoming deadly it also left him a huge lifeline. No matter how dangerous he made his training he knew he was always a blink away from salvation. With that knowledge he could never fully reach that state of near death.
Now, on the outside world he could easily reach that state. He couldnt just control the worlds energy to bail himself out. Even if he had many abilities in reserve it still didnt change the fact that if he died all those of the Inner World also died. That huge weight of responsibility multiplied his sense for danger and there was also the fact that at any time something impossibly stronger than him could just stroll by out of nowhere.
He finally had the chance to put so many years of practice into use, a battle with his life truly on the line. Even so, Sage was no fool and while the pressure wouldnt be as intense, rather than using his full capability to challenge something he had no confidence to defeat, he chose to restrain his strength and fight weaker beasts first. Only when he was really using his every ability to the peak would he push himself to the true limit. He planned to first test if he could break through while restraining himself. He was already far closer to death than hed ever been on the Inner World. Even when putting himself through extreme torture that brought him to near death, he was always conscious of being utterly safe.
The conditions now werent anywhere near as harsh, but without that absolute safety net he felt far more pressure. In this world, everything was for real.
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Chapter 837: Fished
With these three ton fish swimming towards him from both directions and eager to snap him to shreds, Sage had only seconds to react. Each of their mouths were filled with a forest of daggers that they called teeth and if even a few of them raked his body as the two fish passed each other in opposite directions there was no way even his enhanced body could resist it. These two beasts were swirling with a law energy related to strength and their orca sized bodies were packed full of powerful muscles that they used to wave about their weaponized nose and fins. Their strength made them a match for his Body Cultivation, which put him into quite a difficult position.
At least it did when they were swimming in the open water. He was in the shape of a human and the human body was severely unoptimized in comparison to the giant swordfish. Unfortunately for the fish, he was no longer in the open ocean and was essentially riding the Trifish. With a new ground for him to act against he was no longer at such a disadvantage and even as injured as he was, now that he was grappling with the fish it was no longer a threat in his eyes. The jade aura around him suddenly shrunk, thinning out over his whole body but glowing a brighter color instead.
The power of the Jade Mantle, along with the original Golden Mantis Body that it was derived from, was its ability to convert Qi into a solid form to act as armor, and then to also burn that same energy to provide an increase to strength and speed. It was a sort of powered exoskeleton that burned away its own defenses to boost its power. Sage sacrificed the layers of protection that proved unable to stop the Trifish, and instead used that energy to increase his strength. He twisted at the waist and pushed his feet against the Trifishs upper and lower jaw. There was another pop and the flesh of his shoulder that the Trifishs nose was speared into split apart. He doubled the amount of damage to his shoulder to rip the triangular point out in the most gruesome method. It was like tearing out a hoop earring except that this thing had a gauge size that was off the chart given that it could be measured in the centimeters rather than millimeters. The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.
With a diameter of 8 centimeters, over three inches, the thing had shattered his shoulder into multiple pieces internally, but the flesh was still mostly intact and kept him trapped. Now that hed ripped it out sideways, all of that meat was left to hang free and some of the shattered bits of bone had gone with it, spilling into the water. His left arm was only barely attached at this point, but it also meant he was no longer trapped. No longer strung up on the spear-like nose, he rolled to the side, avoiding the snapping jaws of the Trifish and pressing his body against the front of its head. He was already getting washed away by the sea water rushing by, but his right hand shot out and his forearm blade shot out once more. He stabbed it downward like an ice pick and drove it into the forehead of the Trifish. It found purchase between two of its finely patterned scales but was stopped by the fishs skull. It dragged him for a few hundred meters more before the friction of the water pulled him hard enough to drive the tip of the blade through the bone. Sage hooked a leg around one of the tall spikes of its dorsal fin and used it to pull backwards and drive the forearm blade into its brain.
On the Inner World, Sage could instantly mobilize the strength of the whole world to intervene when his Soul Clone was in trouble. While this kept his training battles from ever becoming deadly it also left him a huge lifeline. No matter how dangerous he made his training he knew he was always a blink away from salvation. With that knowledge he could never fully reach that state of near death.
Now, on the outside world he could easily reach that state. He couldnt just control the worlds energy to bail himself out. Even if he had many abilities in reserve it still didnt change the fact that if he died all those of the Inner World also died. That huge weight of responsibility multiplied his sense for danger and there was also the fact that at any time something impossibly stronger than him could just stroll by out of nowhere.
He finally had the chance to put so many years of practice into use, a battle with his life truly on the line. Even so, Sage was no fool and while the pressure wouldnt be as intense, rather than using his full capability to challenge something he had no confidence to defeat, he chose to restrain his strength and fight weaker beasts first. Only when he was really using his every ability to the peak would he push himself to the true limit. He planned to first test if he could break through while restraining himself. He was already far closer to death than hed ever been on the Inner World. Even when putting himself through extreme torture that brought him to near death, he was always conscious of being utterly safe.
The conditions now werent anywhere near as harsh, but without that absolute safety net he felt far more pressure. In this world, everything was for real.
Chapter 837: FishedWith these three ton fish swimming towards him from both directions and eager to snap him to shreds, Sage had only seconds to react. Each of their mouths were filled with a forest of daggers that they called teeth and if even a few of them raked his body as the two fish passed each other in opposite directions there was no way even his enhanced body could resist it. These two beasts were swirling with a law energy related to strength and their orca sized bodies were packed full of powerful muscles that they used to wave about their weaponized nose and fins. Their strength made them a match for his Body Cultivation, which put him into quite a difficult position. At least it did when they were swimming in the open water. He was in the shape of a human and the human body was severely unoptimized in comparison to the giant swordfish. Unfortunately for the fish, he was no longer in the open ocean and was essentially riding the Trifish. With a new ground for him to act against he was no longer at such a disadvantage and even as injured as he was, now that he was grappling with the fish it was no longer a threat in his eyes. The jade aura around him suddenly shrunk, thinning out over his whole body but glowing a brighter color instead. The power of the Jade Mantle, along with the original Golden Mantis Body that it was derived from, was its ability to convert Qi into a solid form to act as armor, and then to also burn that same energy to provide an increase to strength and speed. It was a sort of powered exoskeleton that burned away its own defenses to boost its power. Sage sacrificed the layers of protection that proved unable to stop the Trifish, and instead used that energy to increase his strength. He twisted at the waist and pushed his feet against the Trifishs upper and lower jaw. There was another pop and the flesh of his shoulder that the Trifishs nose was speared into split apart. He doubled the amount of damage to his shoulder to rip the triangular point out in the most gruesome method. It was like tearing out a hoop earring except that this thing had a gauge size that was off the chart given that it could be measured in the centimeters rather than millimeters. The debut release of this chapter happened at Nvl-B1n.With a diameter of 8 centimeters, over three inches, the thing had shattered his shoulder into multiple pieces internally, but the flesh was still mostly intact and kept him trapped. Now that hed ripped it out sideways, all of that meat was left to hang free and some of the shattered bits of bone had gone with it, spilling into the water. His left arm was only barely attached at this point, but it also meant he was no longer trapped. No longer strung up on the spear-like nose, he rolled to the side, avoiding the snapping jaws of the Trifish and pressing his body against the front of its head. He was already getting washed away by the sea water rushing by, but his right hand shot out and his forearm blade shot out once more. He stabbed it downward like an ice pick and drove it into the forehead of the Trifish. It found purchase between two of its finely patterned scales but was stopped by the fishs skull. It dragged him for a few hundred meters more before the friction of the water pulled him hard enough to drive the tip of the blade through the bone. Sage hooked a leg around one of the tall spikes of its dorsal fin and used it to pull backwards and drive the forearm blade into its brain. On the Inner World, Sage could instantly mobilize the strength of the whole world to intervene when his Soul Clone was in trouble. While this kept his training battles from ever becoming deadly it also left him a huge lifeline. No matter how dangerous he made his training he knew he was always a blink away from salvation. With that knowledge he could never fully reach that state of near death. Now, on the outside world he could easily reach that state. He couldnt just control the worlds energy to bail himself out. Even if he had many abilities in reserve it still didnt change the fact that if he died all those of the Inner World also died. That huge weight of responsibility multiplied his sense for danger and there was also the fact that at any time something impossibly stronger than him could just stroll by out of nowhere. He finally had the chance to put so many years of practice into use, a battle with his life truly on the line. Even so, Sage was no fool and while the pressure wouldnt be as intense, rather than using his full capability to challenge something he had no confidence to defeat, he chose to restrain his strength and fight weaker beasts first. Only when he was really using his every ability to the peak would he push himself to the true limit. He planned to first test if he could break through while restraining himself. He was already far closer to death than hed ever been on the Inner World. Even when putting himself through extreme torture that brought him to near death, he was always conscious of being utterly safe. The conditions now werent anywhere near as harsh, but without that absolute safety net he felt far more pressure. In this world, everything was for real.
