Sudden Twist

The giant tentacle that one thought was a floor of the sea moves at an intimidating pace.

No one would believe if one could tell the tale but this is the reality where Mike is facing.

The giant tentacle began its move by stretching upwards as it tries to reach something from above.

Mike didn't have any clue nor damn care about the giant tentacle for now as he is dealing with another tentacle that about to crush his lower body.

Using his dark grey hands to attack the tentacle in full force desperately trying to damage it even if its just a little.

*Crack crack*

He heard all of his lower bones are breaking apart as a moment passed by his senses on his lower body started to get numb.

(Dammit!)

Still, he didn't stop destroying the tentacle... As his power from his dark grey hands is disappearing his power gradually weakened and also his defense started to crumble.

He will die after his cards have been used up and his regeneration will not help him this time.

Choices were limited but this is not the place where he will die.

There are two types of wise men.

The first wise man tends to believe in himself that he will overcome any possible danger that life will give to him.

But another wise man is not believing in himself but he believes more into around him than in himself.

Mike is the latter part, no... He is not within the two.

He reacts solely to his instincts and his mind, he relies on himself and to his surrounding but doesn't fully trust the things around him just by feeling nor seeing it alone.

"Wisest man must not only believe in himself but also be fully prepared to use anything it's surrounding."

Mike who experiences suffering from the depths of the ocean's hell has reached into the level where his mind and body aren't comparable to any other humans on this planet.

From this chaos happening underwater, Mike comes up with a choice to get away from the enemy.

*Thud thud bam!!*

His legs burst out blood as the tentacle grabbing it was now covered in thick red color.

The blood continues to flow as his lower part gotten separated from his upper body.

Mike rips away his lower body with his bare hands.

After his lower body separated from him. The lower body immediately crushed leaving the tentacle stunned from what happens. Even the tentacle is surprised by Mike's choice.

(Like hell I will let you! After some time I finally learned a card to use into a creature like you! It's still in the middle of progress but It can hold you for seconds!)

Not letting the tentacle recover Mike used all of the lower body's blood to surround the tentacle.

Not only his blood even some of his chunk of crushed flesh and weird substance move at once to surround the tentacle.

Mike controlling his flesh and blood without having a direct connection from it.

It's a new technique by having his heart and other organs to evolve to produce biological nerves and small muscles to mix with his blood, and his weird substances to make him able to control it. For a long time, Mike changes it to another level by being able to control it "wireless."

Because this is his first time using it in the battle he still has a problem with the controls and quality of the blood and weird substances that he can move.

The flesh, blood, and weird substances continue to surround the tentacle restraining its movement by hardening the substances.

Of course, it was not enough to fully restrain the tentacle but it was enough to buy him some time.

Mike quickly formed a huge cloth to his large open wounds to not let water flow in nor blood to flow out.

As he patches his wounds Mike immediately swam away upwards.

He felt a little relive when the tentacle loses its grasp from him but the creature already has stepped ahead from him.

Looking towards the sky he sees the thousands of dazzling stars getting covered by a giant light of the gigantic tentacle.

Yes, the giant tentacle blocks his way towards the surface.

Having no choice Mike instead of losing hope he quickly changes his destination just to run away from the distracted tentacle.

(Damnit! If I can't go up then I will go the side then!)

Without feet, his speed went from 100 to 10 speed.

Because he is going sidewards he doesn't need to bother about the problem of the pressure increasing.

(As long I don't descend!)

Using his only two limbs he swims with all of his might gritting his teeth to show his will to move forward.

At that time the tentacle already breaks lose from his restrain.

Without making a distance between them the tentacle dash towards Mike in a flash.

In the sudden movement, the tentacle continues dashing through Mike piercing his whole left shoulder.

(GAH!)

The sudden pain felt more intense than one could have thought.

It looks like the tentacle is not planning to let him live anymore.

Before he could recover from the attack the tentacle pierces his right eye as it continues to pass through his back damaging his brain leaving him in a critical condition.

The tentacle retracted leaving Mike alone as the water wildly surges into his large wounds without making him recover.

His torso was almost filled with water and his head was filled with nothing but water as blood flow away.

Mike cannot move, he can't move. It's impossible to move... It's impossible to recover- No... It's impossible to live.

Stretching his left hand hoping he could get away even with just an inch of distance Mike give his bitter struggle.

*Slash*

And so the only thing Mike could remember from that scene is his left arm getting cut down leaving him with only a torso, head, and a single limb.

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