Chapter 76

I side-stepped once again, now dodging a razor-sharp tail that swooshed past my face at a hairsbreadth.

It felt like I had an infinite amount of energy... An amount that felt like I was absorbing vitality through the very air I inhaled.

Every single one of my muscles was bustling with more power than they had ever done before and this was no coincidence. No. I knew exactly why this was happening, it was just that I did not know exactly why.

Why did the fruit have such a property?

Was this the reason why everything in this world seemed to be abnormal?

Maybe this is how they gained their powers?

These were all questions that needed answering, yet answers would have to wait since I was still technically in a life or death situation.

'I can't win...' I concluded long ago, yet I still felt the need to say it in my head just loud enough for it to echo within my mind.

'But I can sure as hell run!' I thought, this time gleaming with the same awkward smile that I forced my facial expression to form. A mask that might one day convince me that I am fine.

With my ax in hand and newfound confidence, I waited and waited for the right moment until it finally happened.

After dodging an attack from the hair that flew at me like long and thin flexible needles, I felt a sense of dread overcome me from a certain direction as my entire body told me to move, yet even so, I resisted until the final moment where I-

*Pitui*

Tilting my head to the right, I watched as my ear had been completely ripped off, but I could argue that at the moment this was more than worth it.

The tentacle-like root went right past me and hit the woman's body and shot right through her heart, stopping the body in place while making the head scream in pain and rage.

At that moment, the head of the woman shot hundreds of hairs toward me, yet with the amazing detection skills that I somehow developed in the last 6 days, I found myself dodging and swerving until it finally happened.