The lobster immediately injected its Ether into Kyle's hands.
BOOM!
Kyle's hands exploded as he detonated them with Fire Ether.
The explosion pushed the lobster back a bit, but it slapped the water to stop its retreat.
BANG!
Kyle charged through the explosion and kicked the lobster's underside.
It hadn't been able to see him due to the Fire Ether.
Sadly, Kyle's physical power was nowhere close to the lobster's physical power, and his kick just moved it back some more.
A fire appeared in Kyle's eyes as he charged after the lobster.
At the same time, his hammer flew back to Kyle's arms.
However, his hands hadn't recovered yet.
The lobster recovered and flew towards Kyle again.
The hammer's hilt reached the point where Kyle's right hand should be, but there was no hand.
Yet, Kyle just kept glaring at the lobster.
It wasn't ready for a devastating attack!
If he could just launch an attack with his hammer, it would die!
His hands needed to recover!
He needed them!
His life depended on it!
The lobster reached Kyle.
Kyle swung.
CRKSH!
The hammer's pick rammed into the lobster's eye.
Two new hands grabbed the hammer's hilt and infused it with unending Meteor Ether.
The lobster hadn't been ready for that.
"DIE!" Kyle shouted as he dumped almost all of his Ether into the lobster's body through his pick.
The lobster immediately reacted, but since the pick was so close to its brain, its orders became distorted.
Its Beast Core spread Ether through random spots, and the Meteor Ether consumed its brain.
The lobster's body spasmed.
Then, it stopped moving.
It was dead.
Kyle still glared at it.
He expected it to charge forward again any second now.
But it didn't move.
After a couple of seconds, Kyle slowly pulled his hammer back and put it over his back.
His body had already recovered to its peak.
'This… was not supposed to be this difficult!' Kyle thought as terror entered his heart.
He had nearly died!
Then, Kyle looked at his recovered hands.
'I wanted to improve my Meteor Ether, and I succeeded, but that's not the only thing I got.'
Images of the many times he had gotten injured shot through Kyle's mind.
When he had fought all these beasts.
When he had fought in the tournament.
When he had fought that Late Knight with the hidden weapons.
The countless times he had destroyed his hands to comprehend the Metal Material Fragments.
The time he had fought the Second Advisor. The times he had detonated parts of his body.
When he had comprehended the different Fragments of Fire.
The times he had casually checked if the Yin-Wind really hurt him that much.
Over his life, Kyle had received an uncountable number of burns and injuries of all kinds.
And what did all of that give him?
'Recovery,' Kyle thought.
Kyle felt the Ether in his body.
Deep inside, he felt his organs exuding vibrant Biological Ether.
Kyle detonated his hand once again.
And just a tiny instant later, a new hand popped out of the stump.
His Ether dropped by a bit, but in exchange, he got a new hand instantaneously.
'The Fragment of Organs!' Kyle thought.
Sebastian had tried to comprehend one of the Fragments of the Law of the Body for a long time, but he still hadn't found any success, despite completely focusing on them for over two decades.
And yet, Kyle had managed to comprehend one of them without even trying to.
'Well, Sebastian also didn't get injured nearly as much as I did. He also doesn't really fight with his body. He's more of a Sorcerer.'
'Now that I think about it, it's not a surprise that I would understand one of the Fragments of the Body first.'
Kyle closed his eyes.
He felt his Momentum increase as well.
He hadn't planned to go through such an intense True Battle, but oftentimes, one couldn't choose.
This was an intense True Battle.
The lobster had been far stronger than expected.
Kyle's Momentum increased by quite a bit, far more than it had during all of the fights against the Level One Transcending Beasts.
He pulled out his hammer and looked at it.
The next moment, a fierce flame appeared around it, and Kyle could feel how much more powerful it had become.
A lot more things about his prototype of the Law of Meteor made sense now.
It was so much more efficient.
It could unleash 50% more power now without needing more Ether.
CRACK!
At that moment, a humongous eel appeared, and it consumed the corpse of the lobster.
Kyle glanced at the eel.
This was another Level Two Transcending Beast.
BANG!
Kyle charged into the distance, while the eel digested the lobster.
When Kyle had evaluated the eel, he came to a conclusion.
It was mildly dangerous.
He didn't need to fight it.
The power of the eel felt similar to that of the angler fish to Kyle.
'Level Two Transcending Beasts now feel like Level One Transcending Beasts to me.'
'They are no longer truly a danger. '
'But I don't know about Level Three Transcending Beasts. They are most likely still extremely dangerous, but I don't need another battle so soon.'
'I should digest my insights and refine my Law of the Meteor more.'
Kyle left the Grand Ocean and flew towards the Twilight Duchy.
He reached it without any incident and passed by the capital.
The Duchess of Twilight threw a glance at Kyle.
Moments later, Kyle's senses picked up Sebastian, and he flew to him.
Sebastian looked up, and his eyes widened.
A humongous person covered in red flames flew right at him.
BOOOM!
The person landed on the ground, his feet destroying the trees.
'Whoops,' Kyle thought as he realized that he hadn't shrunk his body.
He quickly returned to normal size and looked at Sebastian, who just looked at Kyle in shock.
"Dude," Kyle said. "You have no idea what I just went through."
"One of the most difficult fights of my life. It was against an ocean beast."
"You won't be able to guess what beast almost killed me."
"Come on! Guess!"
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