God-Tier Extraction Talent: Reincarnated in a Game-like World! Chapter 509: An Injured Monster

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Injured and low on health after escaping the castle, Gabriel encounters two Black Star Clan assassins who identify him by scent. The first mocks his weakened state and approaches carelessly, only to be killed instantly by Gabriel's devastating punch that caves in his chest. The blindfolded summoner remains cautious, summoning two hounds and two serpents as Gabriel smiles with eerie confidence, warning that he should have fled.

The bigger serpent struck first.

Its massive form darted over the earth with a piercing hiss, scales grinding against soil and shattered rocks as it charged directly at Gabriel. Fangs bared in a gaping maw, its elongated frame arched simultaneously, aiming to wrap around him and squeeze out his remaining vitality.

Even as the enormous serpent barreled toward him, Gabriel stayed composed. His unprotected hand thrust forward, seizing the beast by the throat right as the loop nearly ensnared him.

A slight fracture appeared in the earth beneath his boots from the collision. The summoned creature writhed instantly, its tail lashing wildly through the air, yet Gabriel's hold remained unyielding. Crimson liquid trickled down his limb from his injuries as the serpent struggled fiercely to escape.

The summoner's veiled face spasmed once more that evening.

At the same time, Gabriel's digits burrowed further, cords bulging on his arm. Moments later, he yanked with savage power, ripping the serpent's form asunder in his grasp.

Muscle tore. Skeleton cracked. Gore sprayed over the soil and across Gabriel's torso as the summon split neatly into twin gory segments.

The summoner spewed a gush of blood.

A noticeable shudder ran through his frame, one palm pressing briefly to his torso before he compelled it away. Evidently, he hadn't foreseen a summon getting demolished barehanded, least of all by a figure appearing on the verge of crumbling.

Both hounds sprang into action simultaneously.

One charged near the ground as the other vaulted upward, claws and fangs targeting Gabriel's neck and belly. Their velocity was impressive. Versus a typical warrior, that coordination would suffice to shred the foe.

Gabriel's form wavered briefly.

That minor shift led the lead hound to perceive frailty.

It misjudged.

Gabriel's foot lifted and lashed out in a ferocious boot. The hit connected with the hound's cranium via horrifying might, flattening the skull prior to hurling the carcass aside. Fragments of bone, gore, and shredded tissue exploded skyward before the remains slammed against a rock barrier and slumped downward.

The other hound descended from overhead, mouth agape.

Gabriel pivoted a short distance and rammed his elbow skyward. The strike plunged into the monster's ribcage, denting it deeply. The frame buckled at the contact zone before tumbling to the earth in a mangled pile, limbs jerking a pair of times then stilling.

The summoner gazed mutely as his minions vanished sequentially.

The remaining serpent let out a fiercer hiss and parted its jaws.

A venomous emerald jet streaked at Gabriel's visage, slicing the atmosphere in a thin beam. He leaned aside to evade it. The toxin splattered the terrain in his wake, causing the ground to fizz softly.

Gabriel acted the instant the monster neared.

He seized the serpent's tail.

The summon attempted to recoil, its length writhing and looping airborne, yet Gabriel merely clenched harder and commenced whirling it about.

The colossal mass pounded the dirt one direction, splintering rock and flinging earth. Ere it could regroup, he whipped it oppositely and bashed it once more.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

Every collision rattled the surroundings more intensely. The serpent's hide cracked wide. Crimson and ragged meat flew everywhere. The form endeavored to encircle his limb briefly, but a fresh ruthless pound shattered that bid right away.

The veiled summoner retreated a pace.

Outwardly serene still, his respiration had altered. Conjurers depended on spacing, command, and cadence. A brute like Gabriel, dismissing those elements to brute-force past summons via sheer dominance, haunted their ilk.

Gabriel's power level now ranked in the elite top percentile.

Foes of this caliber posed zero danger.

True heavyweights occupied the uppermost fraction. Genuine terrors. Sovereigns. The hushed overlord overhead exemplified it. Beside such titans, these Black Star assassins amounted to mere vermin.

The serpent at last ceased all motion.

Gabriel released the mangled appendage, letting the corpse thud moistly into the muck. The final hound prowled a loop, its snarl subdued now, hesitation marking its motions for the initial occasion.

The creature charged in frantic abandon.

Gabriel replied via one plunging fist.

His knuckles smashed past the skull and embedded somewhat into the subsurface. Upon withdrawal, the hound's remains merely crumpled.

Hush enveloped the combat zone.

Gore coated Gabriel from torso to limb. Portions belonged to him. The bulk did not. His breaths came harsher, stance wobblier than prior, yet his gaze retained lethal sharpness.

Opposite stood the veiled summoner, edging rearward further.

The fellow's gullet bobbed once.

Until this moment, he had maintained his composure, yet the gap between them closed far too abruptly. His summoned beasts fell too swiftly. A foe pulled from the castle walls in near-death state ought not to rip apart creatures like that.

The man started to fall back.

He pulled away the distance as swiftly and smoothly as he could, since for any summoner, getting close to a beast like Gabriel spelled certain doom.

Gabriel perceived the intent and advanced with a faint smirk playing on his lips.

The summoner tsked in annoyance and flicked his fingers sharply.

A new magic circle materialized right between the two.

A brand-new summon burst into existence right away, lunging ahead without a second thought. This one was a heavily plated brute with a massive frame, obviously designed to obstruct and stall for time.

"Hmph."

Bang!

Gabriel’s form blasted ahead just as the summon charged.

His speed was blinding; only a tiny blood pool marked the spot he’d vacated. In the span of an eyeblink, he stood before the summoner. The space between crackled and warped from the explosive velocity.

The blindfolded man’s face twisted upon seeing the gap rapidly closing!