Even he was starting to feel exhausted from such an intense battle.
The Octopus King was enormous. Getting hit by one of its tentacles wouldn't kill him outright, but it would definitely hurt. Between dodging and attacking, while also avoiding the Mosquito Queen's harassment, Amamiya Natsuki had expended a tremendous amount of both energy and stamina.
Meanwhile, the mosquito swarm had also suffered heavy losses.
The mosquitoes had very little intelligence to begin with. Under the Octopus King's mental contamination, they turned against one another in droves. The ground was littered with fallen mosquitoes, and even the once sky-darkening swarm had thinned considerably.
Of course, the one in the worst shape was the Octopus King. Amamiya Natsuki had already chopped off more than a dozen of its tentacles, and its body was covered in bloody, mangled wounds. The mosquitoes barely hurt it, but enough ants could still bring down an elephant, and their relentless harassment was wearing the Octopus King down.
Smack!
A massive black tentacle swept through the air, smacking dozens of mosquitoes that hadn't dodged in time into a bloody pulp.
With more than half its tentacles chopped off, the Octopus King had begun retreating toward the sea.
"Trying to run?"
Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes.
There was no way he'd let it get away!
He couldn't let this opportunity slip by.
If the Octopus King escaped back into the sea, recreating this situation would be far from easy. He had to seize the chance and kill the thing right now!
His thoughts raced, and Amamiya Natsuki made his decision without hesitation.
"Time stop!"
As the Golden Legendary Time Stop activated, time throughout the entire nightmare abruptly froze.
Blood and flesh hung suspended in midair.
Giant mosquitoes stopped in the air.
The Mosquito Queen's eyes were filled with