(From MC's POV)
Hansen Campus, underground battle platform.
As the "X" marked door begins to open,
A huge violet-colored snake leaped forward to land on the battle platform.
Seeing the appearance of the monster, I finally recognised it.
Violet Horned Snake-Class 2 Mid-level Monster
Fighting against snake monsters is not something new to me. But I have to be cautious of its poison every time.
Just as I was figuring out the battle plan, the Violet Horned Snake hissed upon seeing me.
I realised that, like any other monster, it is in a belief that I am its prey.
Next, the snake monster moved fast towards Zack. It wants to gulp down its prey in one bite.
I activated my perception to watch the snake's movements clearly. I gripped my black sword tight. I decided to test its scale.
Just as the snake inched closer towards me, I stepped enough to evade its fangs. At the same time, I swing my sword at the back of its head.
"Clang"
A metallic collision sound resonates in the area.
A flicker of interest flashes in my eyes. As expected of mid-level monsters, they're quite sturdier than initial level monsters.
After the collision, I moved away from the spot.
The snake monster got startled after seeing the prey escape from its fangs. It got me completely enraged.
It swung its long tail against Zack as he moved away from the previous spot.
I perceive a giant tail coming towards me under my perception. At that moment, I didn't hesitate anymore.
My legs were covered completely in lightning energy right away.
And I disappeared from the spot in a flash. At the same time, a huge giant tail smashes the ground to pieces, which I had stood on previously.
These monsters were inherently stronger than humans. My initial lightning power is not enough to damage mid-level monsters in one blow. It looks like I need to use the same method that I did previously with Best Monster.
Which is to find the perfect opportunity to use lightning power.
The violet snake furiously hisses. It gets angered by the slippery prey..
I placed the black sword back in my storage ring. I'm going to flex my muscles. This time, before the snake moved, I disappeared from the spot using the lightning phantom technique.
The snake monster is flustered. It fails to track my movement. In a few breaths, I reached the top of its giant body.
I use all of my mid-level body strength to deliver a powerful punch to its body.
"Crack"
As my fist made contact against its scales. It began to crack slowly. At first it was a small crack. Then it slowly begins to expand.
A delightful gleam flashed in my eyes as I watched the cracks on the snake's scales.
At the same time, the snake begins to hiss in agonising pain.
Seeing that I didn't waste anymore time, I made another powerful punch at the same spot.
"Bang"
As its massive body crashed to the ground, the cracked scales turned to powder.
The snake monster is horribly wounded. I took the black sword back and moved closer towards its body.
The snake kept twisting its body. It even forgot that I was getting closer towards its body.
Feeling confident, I moved closer towards it. But all of a sudden, the violet snake monster raised its head to spray purple venom against me.
Fortunately, I caught its movements through perception. which gave me enough time to evade its attack.
The purple poison hits the empty air and finally lands on the ground. In a fraction of seconds, the entire tile gets corroded.
When I see the aftermath of the attack, my pupils constrict. If it were human flesh, I can't imagine the outcome. Sure, I should not be complacent.
Even if it's a mid-level monster, its venom can pose a threat to peak monsters.
This venom is a safety mechanism of the monsters. Even if its venom can't kill peak monsters, it will give some ample time to escape from it.
Then I moved closer towards it. And I launched a lightning attack technique.
"Lightning wheel"
A purple lightning wheel formed around me in an instant. The wheel is busting with thunderous power.
Seeing the thunderous lightning power, the snake monster got frightened.
The snake monster finally realised that its injury was very serious and twisted its giant body to move away from me.
Seeing that, I smirked, with a lightning wheel around me. As I got closer, the lightning wheel made contact with injury.
"Bang," a deafening sound resonates in the area.
The purple thunderous lightning power tore through the snake monster's injury. It led to further damage to its vitality.
Right now, the snake is half beaten; its life is hanging by a thread. It will be a matter of time before it loses its life.
The snake monster didn't move its body from the spot as the monster lost its strength.
If not for its earlier injury, it's impossible to cause this level of damage through lightning power.
Next, I looked around me. The entire platform is out of shape. The earlier confrontation with the bear monster alone did severe damage to this battle platform.
This duel with the snake monster completely destroyed the battle platform.
I immediately sent a message to Elder Thornton about this.
After sending the message, I glanced at the monster. Targeting the head of the snake, I launched my next lightning move.
"Sword Divide"
I held my black sword straight. I slowly pour lightning essence onto the black sword to charge it.
In a moment, the entire blade is covered with purple energy.
The snake monster's head region is not as hard as its other body parts. I believe this blow alone is enough to take care of its remaining life.
Next, I released thunderous lightning power towards the snake monster's head region.
The snake monster is still unaware of the danger; it's simply lying down due to the injury.
A huge blast released from the sword, when the thunderous lightning power landed on its head
"Pfff"
The snake's head was completely blown to pieces, and with it, the monster was completely dead.
Next, I moved closer to dissect its body to remove the monster core. A few minutes later, I placed the monster core in the storage ring. I also dissected a snake corpse into pieces and stored it in a corpse container.
Now, the snake monster is finished. I only need to take care of the giant bear monster.