Kyle charged over the lake.
His instincts were already screaming at him that there was extreme danger, but that wasn't anything new.
He knew how stupidly dangerous this was.
As he approached the stalactite with the chameleon, his instincts shouted at him.
An attack was approaching, and he knew exactly what was about to come.
The chameleon's tongue shot around the corner and extended towards Kyle with terrifying speed.
Kyle narrowed his eyes and evaded to the side.
Then, he spun once while beside the extended tongue.
Many different kinds of Ether appeared around Kyle and his hammer.
BANG!
The pick of Kyle's hammer hit the side of the tongue with full force.
CRK!
Some cracks appeared on the hard exterior of the tongue, but Kyle didn't manage to draw any blood.
'Hard!' Kyle thought with furrowed brows.
He had essentially hit the tongue with all of his power, but it didn't even bleed.
Meanwhile, the tongue turned around and charged at Kyle again.
It was unreal how flexible and fast it was.
In reaction, Kyle went to the "ground".
The water under him gave way, and the tongue shot past him.
The next moment, Kyle looked up and saw that the tongue was about to retreat.
In a quick motion, he put his hand to the tongue and used his Soul to attach himself to it.
Kyle was pulled to the stalactite with incredible speed.
He readied his hammer.
But then, his instincts warned him of immediate danger.
CRKSH!
Sadly, Kyle was too slow.
Over a hundred spears shot out from the tongue, turning it into a long flail.
One of the spears shot through Kyle's left foot, while the other shot through his torso due to his positioning.
At the same time, foreign Ether flooded into Kyle's body.
'Water and Metal Ether,' Kyle realized as he felt the foreign Ether clogging up his pathways.
Kyle quickly used his own Ether to counteract the enemy Ether.
Luckily, beasts didn't have a lot of Ether.
Because of that, Kyle managed to get rid of the foreign Ether.
However, he still had spears impaling him, and he had already reached the stalactite.
He had to come up with an idea, fast!
BANG!
Kyle used a ton of Ether to activate a full-body Boost.
The spear that went through his body was pulled out, but due to the angle, the spear on Kyle's left foot had to leave via the side, leaving a terrifying crevice behind.
Kyle flew past the stalactite due to the kinetic energy from the pull.
As he flew past the stalactite, he saw the chameleon's eyes darting around, but one of them quickly locked onto him.
Kyle's eyes narrowed.
BOOM!
He used another Boost in midair to stop.
Then, he used a second one to shoot towards the chameleon.
When the chameleon noticed that Kyle was charging towards it, it moved away.
It quickly scurried around the wall of the stalactite to hide.
This was an ambush predator. It didn't like to directly confront its opponent.
Due to its speed, it managed to vanish behind the stalactite before Kyle could get to it.
BOOOOM!
Kyle's hammer hit the stalactite with all his power.
The base of the stalactite cracked, and it started to drop towards the lake below.
As the huge stalactite dropped, Kyle flopped onto it and started to run on its base.
His Soul kept him attached to the stalactite as he ran.
Due to the power of Kyle's steps, the stalactite accelerated suddenly, creating an image that didn't seem to conform to the laws of physics.
Kyle jumped off the stalactite as it shot into the water below.
BANG!
At that moment, two other stalactites exploded, and Kyle could see a spiked tongue ripping through them like they were twigs.
The spiked tongue was already stretched and reached an impressive length of almost 30 meters.
The spiked tongue ripped through the stalactites and shot directly at Kyle like a spiked club.
At that moment, Wind Ether appeared around Kyle, and his ascent quickened.
Yet, the tongue just changed its trajectory and came closer.
Instead of a straight line, it was now moving in a hyperbola.
Luckily, it seemed to be quite a lot slower while moving like that, giving Kyle another chance to find a way out.
Metal Ether appeared on the base of a random stalactite beside Kyle.
BANG!
The next moment, a metal spear shot out of the stalactite, right towards Kyle.
Yet, it was not the chameleon that had summoned this spear.
Kyle grabbed the metal spear, and its force pulled Kyle to the side.
The tongue barely missed, its spears almost tearing holes into Kyle's clothing.
BOOOM!
The tongue hit the top of the cave, shaking the entire lake.
A moment later, half of the stalactites in the room broke and started to fall.
Kyle saw a shadow moving across the falling stalactites and boulders.
He hadn't seen the chameleon after it had left the first stalactite, but now, he knew where it was.
Kyle looked with deep focus at the moving shadow.
Then, he punched one of the boulders falling beside him.
BANG!
The boulder shot into the distance like a cannonball.
Meanwhile, the force of the punch shot Kyle in the chameleon's direction.
He spun once in the air to change his positioning and landed on another falling boulder.
As Kyle jumped off the next boulder, the same thing happened again.
Over the next second, Kyle charged through the falling boulders and stalactites like this.
BANG!
Suddenly, the tongue shot through one of the stalactites again, breaking its lower three-fourths from its upper fourth.
Thanks to his instincts, Kyle managed to pull himself to the side by holding onto the stalactite.
The tongue shot past him, but he knew that it would very quickly turn around to attack him again.
'However, it's defenseless during an attack!' Kyle thought.
Before the tongue could turn around, Kyle rammed his hammer into the base of the falling stalactite he was clinging to.
BANG!
The huge base shot directly towards the chameleon, which was behind it.
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