It towered above him, it eyes glowed like red orbs through the mist. It aura beared heavily on him like a mountain.

He activated his own soul force then it lunged. He jumped back to dodge and the ground shattered and melted where he stood.

Before he could react it was already upon him. He twisted his body to dodge but then the lava metapede swung one of it antennas.

It hit him in the chest like a flaming whip, he felt air leave his lungs and his body cut through the water like an arrow.

He flew hundreds of metres away, uncontrollably but was forced to dodge even before he could fully stabilize himself.

The fight was becoming harder and harder as it went on, he was finding it harder to cope with it speed even with his martial arts.

He spun and kicked it head then dove below it and delivered a palm strike. The water exploded and it body rose for a few metres but before he could rejoice he was hit by a condensed beam of fire.

The beam burnt through his soul force and sent him flying to the ocean floor like a meteor. His scales turned red from the heat.

He coughed up a mouthful of burning hot blood but he had no time to rest before he was forced to dodge another charge of it mandibles.

Then it body twisted like a rope and the giant stinger descended upon him like a heavenly spear, splitting the water apart.

He knew dodging it this time would be hard so he angled his body and hit the tip of the stinger with his tail, he poured all the strength he had on that attack.

The tip carried the entire force of the attack and the scales on his tail cracked and blood spurted out like a fountain.

However that managed to shift the direction of the stinger which saved his life. He kicked off the ground and swam up, his giant body cut through the sea like a missile.

It chased after him, it humongous body drawing closer and closer and as they were about to jump out of the water he suddenly took a sharp turn and dodged.

It mandibles clapped and it body continued sailing up and flew above the sea. The lower part of it was still underwater and he did not waste that opportunity.

He put his claws together and drew his arm back like a bowstring then stabbed forward. His claws cut through the water so fast they created a tiny vortex shaped like a water drill infront of them.

He expected them to bounce from the armour but when they met it armour he heard a cracking sound. The claws broke through the armour and orange lava like blood flowed out.

The lava metapede released a loud grating screech that shook the seas and the skies. Ved grinned, but honestly he should've expected this.

The lava metapede could twist and turn it body so freely so there must've been cracks or joints between it armour, he just couldn't think about it under that much pressure.

And the armour did look very solid, like a single large piece but he was glad it wasn't. Before he could rejoice the stinger came flying at him.

Lava like poison dripped from it tip. That poison gave him a strong feeling of dread, he knew he couldn't let the stinger hit him but it was too fast.

So he created thousands upon thousands of strings and sent them to bind the stinger. It broke them like strings of cooked noodles in only a moment.

But they bought him enough time to move out of the way. Then he jumped on top of the lava metapede and grabbed the stinger.

The sea exploded above him like a meteor crashed on it, in his peripheral vision he could see the lava metapede lunging at him from above.

He did not dodge immediately and waited, it drew closer and closer until it was only a few centimetres away from him.

Then he moved, his body blurred to the side and it missed him by just a few centimetres. It mandibles bit it own body, before it could let go he opened his mouth and fired a bolt of lightning to it face.

It giant body squirmed and turned, the sea churned sending giant waves in every direction.

The lightning seemed to be more effective on it which made sense. This thing was covered in metal and apparently it also ate metal, he bet it could feel the lightning more clearly.

He retreat and floated hundreds of metres away from it. It glared at him with rage and the desire to kill practically spilled out of it eyes.

But he also saw vigilance in those savage eyes of it. Ved felt a seed of hope sprout inside him. This thing was a predator and like any other predator it was wary of suffering an injury.

Though he doubted if that really applied to awakened beasts since their wounds healed very quickly, a single wound wouldn't effect their ability to hunt.

However when he looked at the lava metapede he noticed the wound he gave it was still bleeding.

A look of surprise and glee appeared on his eyes but there was also confusion and it seemed the vessel spirit realised that too.

He heard it disdainful voice grating against his ears. " Don't worry you ignorant lower lifeform, this master will educate you, those things can't heal on their own.

That one glaring weakness of theirs, they need to consume metal to heal but if they do have a surplus of metal around then killing them is almost impossible."

Ved sighed with a bit of relief. There was no metal for it to eat here except his scales and that rusty old thing.

Which meant every wound counted, as long as he can show it he was not worth the danger, it would leave him alone. That how predators were in his past life.

Since a wound could mean they won't be able to hunt which would meant starving they didn't have the luxury to risk it.

However instead of retreating it continued glaring at him as if contemplating whether he was the worth the trouble or not.

He released all of his aura to intimidate it but it seemed to have made it decision. It roared loudly and lunged at him.

Ved took a stance and waited.

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