THE STRONGEST NEXULYTE

Ivan found the space around him rotating, and the motion kept pushing him around. His head was spinning from all this, and he had to use the blood wall to keep himself from falling over.

This lasted for a couple of seconds before finally coming to a stop, and everywhere went silent again; the labyrinth had completed its first shift!

Placing a hand on his forehead, Ivan felt slightly muddle-headed! It was as if he had experienced a rollercoaster while riding on a carriage without anything to hold him in place.

With his head still feeling disoriented, Ivan heard sounds of growling and stomps that were getting closer to him. Without looking, he brought out a card and tossed it into the air while creating the image of what he wanted in his mind.

Swoosh!!

The card scattered into light particles before transforming into an enormous fire snake; its heat caused the blood wall and the ground to boil, but it still wasn't enough to melt it.

The fire snake landed in front of Ivan and hissed at something ahead of him; without waiting for Ivan's orders, it launched itself forward with ferocious speed, and its maw wide open.

The next thing Ivan heard were sounds of fighting that lasted only 30 seconds, but this was enough time for his mind to clear up, and he was back to normal.

Ivan finally turned to look at what was going on and just happened to catch the sight of the fire snake sinking its fire fangs into the neck of a monster that looked like a man with the head of a bear. Half of its body was covered in rusty armor while its other body parts were covered in animal fur.

It was over five meters tall and had a buffed figure; it stood on both legs and carried a huge metal bludgeon in its large hand.

The fire snake wrapped itself around the monster, scorching its skin and causing the monster to roar in pain; it slapped itself in an attempt to knock the fire off but its hand simply passed through the body of the fire snake and got scorched instead.

With a sizzling sound and the smell of burnt meat, the fire snake ripped off the throat of the monster as smoke rose from its burnt flesh; cooking it in an instant with the heat from its body.

A fountain of blood gushed out from the throat of the monster; it opened its bear mouth and revealed a mouth filled with sharp teeth as blood flooded.

The fire snake finally released it and returned to Ivan's side, letting the bear monster fall to the ground with a loud bang.

Ivan looked at the bear monster that the fire snake had just killed only to see another two of such monsters lying on the ground with scorched bodies and puddles of blood under their bodies, the fire snake had killed the three bear monsters within thirty seconds!

Turning his eyes from the corpses, Ivan began to look at his surroundings.

He was in a small square cornered by blood walls, and two openings led out of this place; one was in front of him while the other was behind him.

"I don't even know where I am right now; getting lost would be easier than sleeping," Ivan mumbled as he debated if he should use the front passage or the one behind him.

Letting the fire snake keep watch, Ivan closed his eyes and focused his mind to sense his surroundings. He could hear growls and shrieks all around the square but was unable to pick up any human sounds.

The shifting of the labyrinth must have thrown them far from each other.

After a while of contemplating, Ivan gave up on thinking about which side he should go.

Casually getting up, Ivan and the fire snake moved forward and left the square.

They found themselves in a much bigger space in the labyrinth.

Here, a monster was sleeping but it immediately opened its eyes upon Ivan's arrival. The monster stretched its head and easily reached a height of twelve meters.

It was a venomthorn Hydra!

Ivan's face turned cold, and his eyes narrowed at the sight of the three-headed snake. The venomthorn Hydra was a giant snake monster with three heads. Its body was covered in hard black scales, and its tail was as sharp as the blade of a sword.

That wasn't the only annoying thing about this monster; the venomthorn Hydra was also known for its regeneration ability; if one managed to cut off one of its heads, it would simply regenerate the lost head within seconds.

On top of that, its speed that wouldn't lose to a Nexulyte at the True King rank made it a very scary monster to fight against.

The three heads of the venomthorn Hydra also had their own abilities as well which made many fear them. One of its heads could cause a paralyzing effect if one got bitten by it, another would make one fall into a state of hallucination and mess up their mind, and the third head had the necrosis effect.

Its sharp tail also seemed to be laced with poison as one would immediately start to lose control over their Nexus energy and their innards would begin to rot if they got scratched by the monster's tail.

"Well, just my luck" Ivan mumbled in an expressionless voice before commanding the fire snake beside him to attack the venomthorn Hydra.

Upon receiving the orders from its masters, the fire snake turned into a streak of red light as it slithered across the ground at a stunning speed toward the venomthorn Hydra that was dozens of times its size.

Swoosh!!

The tail of the venomthorn Hydra flashed with an even greater speed and sliced through the fire snake after the latter reached its striking range.

The fire snake was slashed in half by the tail of the venomthorn Hydra but as a creature made from flames, the fire snake's body stretched and connected after it was cut in half before throwing itself at the monster.

It slithered across the body of the venomthorn Hydra with nimble movements, leaving scorch marks on its scales.

The venomthorn Hydra roared with its three heads into the air and began thrashing around in an attempt to throw the fire snake off but it was useless as the latter quickly reached one of its heads before wrapping its body around it and exploding.

BOOM!

The explosion caused by the fire snake threw the other two heads to the side as a smoke cloud shrouded the area of the explosion, broken scales and blood flew out from within the smoke.

The other two heads of the venomthorn Hydra roared in pain and slammed its tail on the ground repeatedly while rolling on the ground.

The head that the fire snake had wrapped before exploding currently looked nothing like the head of a serpent.

The head was bloody, missing scales; its flesh had been blasted by the explosion, and some pieces were barely hanging together by a small thread of skin.

The eyes of the monster glared at Ivan with resentment and hatred, a loud roar sounded as the monster darted toward Ivan.