The beginning of the fight against the Smiling Fang

Drayan jumped high enough to reach 10 meters high in the air.

Pointing his hand down, green goo oozes from his hand, like blood oozing from an open cut. This goo begins to take shape, and little by little the liquid melts.

Antennae, a long straight belly, large serrated hind legs, huge greenish wings, all formed after the goo melted. It was simply a green grasshopper the size of a car.

He mounted the locust and headed towards the bridge Fang was on. Drayan had to be quick, it would be a shame if Fang recovered or ran away.

Facing the injured Fang was a golden opportunity, which could only come back a hundred years from now.

He could sit on Cent as well, but since Cent is a devouring creature and also a King, Cent would never let Drayan sit on top of him.

Cent is not obedient. To keep Cent in check, Drayan needs to somehow be connected to Cent.

But even when Drayan is connected to Cent through the palm of his hand, he still doesn't have full control over Cent.

Cent only appears when Drayan tells him to devour something. Any order beyond that is refused.

Drayan flies over the buildings on the grasshopper back. Thanks to the speed of the insect, he reached the place in a few minutes.

"I found you..."

Drayan landed in a grassy field beside the bridge and climbed down from the grasshopper back. He placed his hand over the grasshopper body, which turned into a green liquid and entered Drayan hand.

Drayan walked towards Fang, who was still lying under the bridge, heavily injured. Drayan stopped when there were ten meters left to reach Fang.

He is very hurt.

Dark blood oozed from his freshly cut ribs. Although Drayan was watching from afar, he realized that something sharp must have hurt Fang. There were three perfect horizontal cuts on Fang right rib.

A powerful weapon or the attack of a mutated creature must have done it. There's probably another creature stronger than the Smiling Fang around here. But I'm not in the mood to find that thing.

Drayan made him nervous at the thought of facing something stronger than Fang.

It was more likely that it was a mutated creature that injured Fang, rather than thinking that there was a human in this city with the ability to seriously injure Fang.

A pool of blood had already formed under the Smiling Fang.

Let's get this over with.

"Today will be your grave, Smiling Fang." — Drayan pointed the dagger at the Fang lying in its paws.

Feeling threatened, Smiling Fang stood up. Raising its large body 14 meters high and 7 meters long.

Fang gritted his teeth, intending to drive Drayan back.

"You don't scare me at all when you're hurt."

Drayan was full of confidence. Drayan took the travel bag off his back, as it might get in the way.

He used the grasshopper's body growth genes, and a layer of thin, green skin grew over his right and left arms.

On his forearm grew sharp spikes, three centimeters long, and his fingers were glued together, forming a kind of pointed hand, like a blade.

He rushed towards the injured Fang. He wanted to get close enough to summon Cent at the right time.

But before doing so, he planned to deal a certain amount of damage to Fang, and make him tired, to ensure that victory would go to Cent when the two fought.

When there was three meters of distance between them, suddenly, Fang jumped up and used his paw to attack.

Its paw moved so fast that only the shadow of the attack was seen.

Reacting quickly, Drayan crossed his arms to block the blow.

"What the fuc-" — The paw hit his small body, throwing him into the air.

He flew through the air, landed on the ground, and had his body bounced on the ground several times, like a bouncing ball.

His pained expression made it clear how hard Fang blow was.

With great difficulty, he got up from the floor, resting his hand on his knee. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"Shit... You shouldn't be so strong, you're hurt, and you should be weak right now..."

Drayan, in the midst of pain, got up from the floor and heard a 'pac, pac' resonate in the air as he got up.

That sound was coming from his ribs.

That bastard broke my ribs... He really is stronger than last time.

Drayan may not have noticed, but the Smiling Fang has grown a few inches. But since Fang was in his adult stage, he wouldn't get much bigger than he already is.

The only way to grow a few more meters would be to devour another creature as strong as Fang, however, the only creature that could strengthen Fang now would be Cent.

"Aren't you going to attack me?"

Smiling Canine didn't move an inch. He was standing there, looking at Drayan.

Fang's purple eyes were full of hate.

Got it... He's too hurt to keep moving. This situation is perfect for me.

Fang had jumped in earlier to attack Drayan, and because of that, the three cuts on his right rib had opened up. Fang didn't want to make any sudden moves again.

If Fang was going to wait for Drayan to attack him, that means Drayan could get enough rest before attacking Fang again.

Drayan's ribs were broken, but he would recover in a matter of days, or even hours, if he ate enough monster meat. But Drayan couldn't falter either.

If he rests, Fang rests too. The recovery of a modified creature is superior to the recovery of a human with an evolved body.

He couldn't let Fang rest for long.

Drayan deactivated the modified locust's body growth genes, returning his arms and fingers to normal, and bringing his white color back to his body.

Drayan went to his bag. He looked for monster meat. All he had was ordinary meat and evolved meat. He began to eat the creatures' flesh with the intention of filling his belly.

While he ate, Fang was lying on the floor, eyeing Drayan suspiciously. The distance between them was 20 meters.

But Drayan and Fang didn't let their guard down, and kept exchanging glances with each other.

Fang could run away while Drayan fed, but because of his injuries, he couldn't move much. So Fang and Drayan needed to rest.

Two hours passed and the three cuts on Fang's ribs wouldn't stop bleeding, however, the three cuts on Fang's right rib were already healing, and Fang wasn't losing as much blood as before.

But, unfortunately for Fang, he had already lost a lot of blood, so his body was already weak. But on the other hand, Drayan was full of energy.

His ribs still weren't completely healed, but Drayan felt his strength had increased due to the nutrients, carbohydrates from the monsters that now floated internally through his body after eating the creatures' flesh.

"I'm the one laughing now, Smiling Fang." — Drayan threatened Fang, with a sinister smile on his face.

All Fang did was stare and grit his teeth.

Drayan placed his hand on the ground and invoked the 'Darkening' to help.

"Darkening, Grassh, come with me!" — He gave the order to the wolf and grasshopper.

"The real battle starts now." — Drayan run to Smiling Fang.