Chapter 4: Flesh vs Stone. Stone vs Iron

Regain my composure; I bolted right in front of him. Doing a full back turn, raise and fold my back leg, I throw my most powerful kick into his chest.

I’m not just smart after all, for the path of becoming the demon king is a treacherous path filled with ugly bastards. I need to utilize every single part of my fiber to rip all of those bastards’s heads off.

"Kehkeh, it broke.”

A loud cracking sound resounding to my ear as my poor bone cracked upon impact

This is really not good; my strength isn’t enough to fully handle my fighting style, then I must pull out some trick to beat this bastard.

"Impressive. What kind of attack was that? That’s very impressive for an F rank.”

He began to raise up his arm.

“But it’s all futile against—“

I curled up my two fingers and dealt a quick blow to his cervix.

“Kuak-“

As he was grabbing his neck, I did a soccer kick right between his two legs.

“ARGHHHH”

Unable to endure the pain, he falls down, crying while holding his between

“YOU DIRTY BASTARD”

“Dumb shit, stop talking.”

“YOU-YOU”

Don’t want to drag this out any longer. I used my mana claw to strike his eye, but then I sensed something and bent my back down as a brutal swing swept right where my chest was.

“Huh?”

If that hit were to land, I would be severely injured.

His skin shifted to the color gray; not only that, his body began to grow bigger and bulkier.

“To think that I have to use my ability to some scum.”

There standing before me is a human statue that looks like a golem but with a thinner lower half. His shirt and jacket were ripped off during the transformation, leaving him with only his jeans.

“Not only did you try to rip me off my money, you even ran away with my car just to have some money to study some fucking tricks.”

I jumped away as he then swung his fist down at me, leaving a crack on the ground. After that, he tackled right to me with an amazing speed. He try to grab me, but I feint, making him missed.

I grabbed his head and did a knee strike right to his nose, then struck his head with my elbow multiple times, yet he remained unfazed. He smirked.

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“Heh”

Then he swung his fist like trying to smash my torso, still grabbing his head. I used it like a catapult to go up and get on his back. I jumped down, then kicked to his between again.

“NOT THIS TIME”

He turned around and landed another punch, but it missed.

As we both looked at each other, he said

“Like a slippery rat you are, to think you try to take me on but you will run out of stamina very soon, then I will have a great time beating the shit out of you.”

I hate to admit it, but he’s right, with each of my strikes, my bone crack costing me precious mana to heal it. Ah, I shouldn’t have healed my liver back then; my body isn’t capable of the sheer force of mine, let alone imbuing mana.

If only I had a tougher vessel. Wait, I forgot mine damm ability.

“Kehkehkeh, I guess I should increase the difficulty, don’t you think?”

“…Crazy bastard”

As powerful blows dawn upon me. I only need to use a minimum amount of effort to dodge, but as the barrage goes on, I begin to feel tired.

Seeing me being pushed back, he laughed.

"HAHAHAH, a rat is still a rat after all. Let's finish this.”

He stops attacking, but I don’t feel relieved at all. SHIT as I guard with both my hands.

He turned his body 150 degrees, then swung his fist as he dashed up to me, dealing a powerful blow. I was sent flying with two broken arms right in front of my house, hitting a tree nearby. I coughed up blood as my back swollen. He looked at me, then said

“You see, this is the difference between rank; an F-rank can never defeat a D-rank.”

“Stop talking, you dumb shit.”

Even though I said that my situation isn’t good at all, I look around and make my way, crawling toward the rifle.

"HAHAHA, you think a mere power-up rifle could harm me.”

Yes, yes, be arrogant; don’t mind me. I picked up the gun and then aimed at him.

“Try it, shoot me.”

But the bullet never came out, as I broke the tip of the gun and swallowed it.

"……The fuck you doing.”

I then used my mana to completely digest the tip and cured myself from the injury and the poison (don't swallow metal; it’s bad for you).

All of this cost half of my reserve, but that didn’t matter as my body began to transform; my skin, my muscles, my blood, and my bones all became the very same metal that I eat. But this metal is different; it seems to be much stronger when you transfer your mana to it. GREAT VERY GREAT, SO THAT’S WHY THEY STILL USE GUNS THESE DAYS.

With this tougher vessel, I can use that technique.

“You have transformation ability? So what? You won’t even be able to harm me.”

I walked right in front of him and looked at him in the eye.

“Come on, try it.”

“Okay”

I step forward, rotate my hip and shoulder, and punch straight. Then, for a moment, I used that technique as ethereal demonic wings sprouted right from my arm as I punched right into his gut.

“KUAK”

As he dropped down, puking

“BLEURGH”

"So? still think my punch is weak.”

“YOU”

He tries to grab me, but with this metal, I become much faster and more flexible than before.

I jumped to his head and stomped him with all my force.

“KU-“

Doesn’t stop from there. I grabbed my hands together like I was grabbing an axe, then struck down to his head with all my might and kept doing it.

“YOU BASTARD”

I tried to stomp him again but found myself flying instead of stomping down.

“I AM GOING TO KILL YOU.”

He tried to punch me mid-air but missed; confused, he looked up just to see I’m floating in the air.

“H-How”

“It’s skill, dumb shit.”

I landed on my leg and dashed up again, doing an uppercut to his already broken head. But he actually endured, grabbing my right arm; he swung his other arm, screaming.

“YOU FUCKER”

Unflinching, I used my mana claw with my other arm and clawed his eyes.

“ARGHH”

He stopped attacking as he was grabbing his face, screaming.

“MY EYES, MY EYES”

Using this opportunity, I channeled my mana; my leg began to resemble a grasshopper as I spun around and did a sweeping kick to his chin. The sound of something broken vibrated through the space surrounding

He falls down, breathing heavily, his jaw, rib, and head are broken. He wonders

“Is this a nightmare? What in the world?”

I stood right next to him, surprised.

"Oh, still awake.”

I smile then proceed to pummel with stomps; seeing his consciousness fading, I hear a small squeak.

“...demon”