Left in Rage

The Sand Maw lunged, its maw wide and lined with jagged, bone-crushing teeth.

Akira darted to the side, barely dodging as it snapped its jaws shut with a force that shook the ground.

He counterattacked, driving his blade against its thick hide, but the sword barely managed to graze its dense scales.

"How strong is that thing…?" Akira muttered, narrowing his eyes.

The Sand Maw lashed its enormous tail in a bid to crush him with a single savage blow. Akira narrowed his eyes, and at the right moment, he tumbled forward, using the pressure to launch himself upward. His sword shimmered as it cut through the air in a lethal arc, striking the creature just below its huge jaw.

The creature let out a deafening roar, blood spraying across the sand like a storm of crimson.

"You scream loud, but you're not scaring me," Akira muttered, his voice cold and sharp as steel.

The Sand Maw thrashed wildly, but Akira was faster. He darted in, his speed a blur, slashing stroke after stroke down the creature's exposed jawline.

"What's wrong?"

"Losing your bite?"

Akira taunted, his sword sinking deeper with each deliberate strike.

As the monster's movements grew slower, Akira's body was charged with adrenaline, his aim merciless. He leaped onto its neck, looking into its fading, furious eyes.

"You're not a predator," - He growled, driving his sword deep into its muscular neck with a cruel twist.

"You're just prey disguised as one."

[Congratulations you have leveled up.]

[+5 Stat Points awarded.]

[Perfected Symmetry in effect. Allocating stat points equally across all attributes.]

[Since the user's level has increased, the body will be restored to peak condition.]

[Current Level: 30]

Akira took a deep breath, feeling the satisfying weight of his new level settle into him.

"Damn beast he really was troublesome"

But before he could really savor it, the earth shook-though this time in violence.

He stumbled, looking up, and froze.

Sucking out of the sand was some massive creature-a gigantic black sandworm, its entire body writhing and towering high above him, easily fifty times the size of the Sand Maw he'd just killed.

Its gaping mouth, lined with rows upon rows of serrated teeth, seemed to go on forever.

He swallowed as a rare flicker of doubt passed over his mind.

"This… might be pushing it."

There was just something about the size of the monster, its overbearingly large presence that made him realize this was not going to be a normal fight.

No time for thoughts; the sandworm lunged forward, its maw coming down to swallow him whole.

"Wwoha"

"Damn calm down you worm calm the fucking down"

As he dodged the worm attack

"First"

"Let's check his abilites"

He called up his Status Window again to let it scan the creature for information.

[Sandworm]

[Type: Mutant Worm]

[Abilities:]

Burrow: Can tunnel underground at incredible speeds, making it difficult to track or predict its movements.

Sandstorm Fury: Creates violent sandstorms around its body, disorienting and blinding enemies while reducing visibility.

Crushing Bite: Uses its massive jaws to crush anything in its path, capable of breaking through stone and armor alike.

Weakness: Vulnerable Underside—its thick armor is weakest on its belly, where it has less protection. Attacks aimed at this area are more effective.

"Hmm he really is trouble"

The great sandworm charged at Akira, its enormous armored body churning through the desert sands at a terrifying velocity.

Akira dove sideways, narrowly avoiding the worm's snapping jaws as he swung his sword in swift counterattacks.

Every one of them struck, but to absolutely no avail.

The beast's thick, scaly hide just shrugged the blade off.

Akira thinks, heavy breathing

"Damn it...it's too big."

"It's impossible even for my sword to scratch."

With what little strength remained, he spun, barely evading another sweeping attack, each of his movements sapping his strength while the worm didn't relent.

The breathing of Akira was ragged, his muscles worn out by the ceaseless assault.

Just as Akira begins to think about exactly how he is going to get himself out of this, his gaze drops to a spot nearby-a piece of ground that seemed unstable, like a patch of quicksand.

Akira he muttered to himself; a faint smile tugged at his lips.

"Yeah that it's…"

Akira burst toward the unstable ground. The sandworm chases him, and its massive body furiously tears through the sand.

At the last second, Akira stops right at the edge of the patch, leaping to the side as the worm lunges forward, unable to arrest its momentum. It barrels into the unstable sand, sinking halfway in before realizing its predicament.

Akira smiling, holding up his sword

"Alright, let's finish this off."

Without hesitation, Akira bursted down the beast's massive body, his boots digging into its slick, churning hide as it writhed violently.

The tremors beneath his feet threatened to throw him off balance, but Akira tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, his knuckles white. The worm's frenzied movements made it harder to land a clean blow, but he pushed forward with unrelenting precision.

Timing his strike perfectly, Akira leaped into the air and slammed his sword downward, driving the blade deep into the worm's pale, vulnerable underside.

The creature let out an ear-piercing screech as its body convulsed violently. A fountain of dark, viscous fluid erupted from the wound, spraying outward as the worm bucked in agony, nearly throwing Akira off. Clinging onto the hilt with everything he had, Akira twisted the blade, forcing it deeper into the beast's flesh.

"Just stay down!"

Akira growled through clenched teeth, his muscles straining as he braced against the worm's death throes.

Akira held his place, teeth grinding as the blade twisted onward.

Akira straining, yet determined

"Come on… just a bit more…!"

The final push results in one last, massive surge, and the sandworm lets out a guttural screech before its bulk sinks into the sand, lifeless.

Akira stumbles backward, heavy with panting breaths, and watches this beast slip below the surface until nothing more but circular ripples in the sand bear witness to the event.

He pants for breath; soon after, the soft glow he is so familiar with re-appears in front of his face, the shining status window materialises softly humming.

[Status Window]

[You defeated the boss monster: Sandworm.]

[You earned a huge amount of EXP!]

[Congratulations you have leveled up.]

[Congratulations you have leveled up.]

[Congratulations you have leveled up.]

[+15 Stat Points awarded.]

[Perfected Symmetry in effect. Allocating stat points equally across all attributes.]

[Since the user's level has increased, the body will be restored to peak condition.]

Akira's eyes widen as he takes it in three levels in one battle, a big boost.

But what really catches his eyes is the final line across the screen.

[User's level has exceeded 35.]

[Attribute White Lightning has been unlocked.]

Akira to himself, his eyes shining with excitement

"White Lightning…?"