Primordial Soul's Rebirth

*Clang*

A sound of metal clashing was heard as Alex deflected the stinger that was aimed at his chest without much difficulty.

The stinger, being a weapon for the beast was quite strong, but Alex's simple sword was not something to be underestimated. Its simple looks gave it a not-so-special look but in reality, its grade is quite high.

The simple sword is a growth-type weapon, and it grows along with the user, so its being the same rank as Alex was a given. Even right now as Alex had limited his stats to B-rank, the sword remained the same, after all, he didn't lower the sword's rank (In case it was possible).

The beast backed away instantly as it looked at its stinger. It could feel its stinger vibrating till now, and it knew that its opponent was not as simple as it looked.

"Krrrrr." It then called out to its friends and all of them moved toward Alex.

Alex didn't wait for the other scorpions to come as he quickly moved towards the scorpion in front of him.

The beast looked at Alex running toward it and opened its pincers, waiting for Alex to come close to it. It had its stinger ready as well, in case Alex blocked the pincers with his sword.

But to the beast's surprise and shock, just when Alex was 2 meters away from it he slid down, directly getting below the beast.

Before the beast could move or step on Alex, Alex had already made a move.

Alex slashed one of the scorpion's legs from below, cutting the leg in the process. The scorpion staggered and screamed as it lost its leg.

"KKRRREEEEEEE!!!!"

But Alex was not done yet as when the beast staggered, Alex slid again, arriving behind the beast now.

The beast was oblivious to Alex's location as it was still stabilizing itself and making use of that, Alex jumped over the beast. When the beast felt some weight over it, it realized that its enemy was standing above it, so it shook its body only to get its back pierced by Alex's sword.

*Pierce*

Alex's sword pierced right through the tough hide of the scorpion.

"KRREEEEEEE!!"

The beast screamed again and shot its stinger at Alex. Alex, on the other hand, smiled, and as if waiting for this moment, he directly jumped down from the beast.

The stinger, however, didn't stop and it directly penetrated the beast's own body.

The beast screamed in agony as its innards started melting because of its own poison.

'One down, four more to go,' Alex spoke in his mind and jumped back from where he was standing. Stay with m _v _l _e _mp _y _r.

Just as he jumped, a stinger came and pierced the ground that he was standing at. The ground melted as the green gooey stuff came out of the stinger.

Alex then looked above and he could see the remaining four scorpions looking at him with anger in their eyes. They slowly started surrounding him from four sides, and then all of them rushed at him.

Alex stood there as if waiting for the right moment and just as the four of them had almost reached him, he ran towards one of them, taking the scorpion by surprise.

But then the beast aimed its pincers at Alex, only to see Alex stepping on them and using them as a foothold to jump higher.

The beast then saw the opportunity and aimed its stinger towards Alex who was now falling toward the ground. The beast's tail was quite long, reaching 3 to 4 meters so it could reach high above the ground, and attack larger enemies.

Alex just twisted his body a little narrowly avoiding the pincer, but he wasn't done yet as he slashed his sword at the joint of the stinger, cutting it off from the beast's body.

"KRRREEEEEE!!"

The scorpion whose stinger was detached screamed in pain, making its companions look at it.

Alex used this chance to kick the cut-off stinger toward another scorpion with all of his power.

The stinger pierced one of the scorpions that was looking at its companion as it heard the pained scream, only to find itself screaming as it died by its companion's stinger.

'That's two and a half down,' Alex noted as he landed right above the head of the scorpion that had its stinger cut off by him.

Before the scorpion could react, it had its head pierced by Alex's sword, dying on the spot.

'Three down, two more to go,' Alex spoke as he jumped down only to find a stinger right in front of him.

*Clang*

Alex blocked the stinger but it pushed him back, and his hand turned a bit numb (Just a bit).

Alex then looked at the beast in front of him, and he turned a bit surprised as he saw the beast had almost reached S-rank in strength stats.

But the beast wasn't alone, and another stinger was aimed at Alex from behind. Alex rolled to the right, dodging the stinger but the first beast attacked again, making Alex deflect its attack.

Alex knew that blocking the attack would not be good for the long run, so why not just deflect them?

The stinger pierced the ground, but the beast then ran towards Alex with its pincers wide open.

Alex looking at the situation, slid on the ground, aiming to reach below the scorpion. But the scorpion had already seen one of its companions die because of that so just as Alex slid below it, the beast lowered its body, intending to crush Alex.

But Alex being wiser had already guessed that the same trick would not work again so he had other plans.

As the beast lowered itself, Alex pointed the sword upwards right below the beast piercing the beast.

The beast lowered its body only to feel itself being pierced from below causing it to scream in pain. Seeing the situation Alex smiled.

"You still fell for it….." Alex then cut one of its legs just like he did to the first beast and the beast screamed in pain.

"KKKRRRREEEEEEEE!!!"

But then the beast remembered what happened to its companion, so it quickly turned back and slashed its pincers, only to hit the air.

"Looking for me??" Alex's voice was heard from the opposite direction causing the beast to turn toward Alex with anger.

It felt like it was being played.

Then it saw Alex running and it ran behind Alex, but just then the other scorpion came in front of Alex and shot its stinger at Alex.

Alex smiled as he took the strike on his sword, then he tilted the sword a bit, making the stinger slide on it, after that he pushed the stinger in the direction he wanted it to be.

The beast couldn't control its stinger as it had used all of its force to shoot it, so it saw how its stinger pierced its own companion right in the head.

The other scorpion that was chasing after Alex just ran behind Alex and his vision was clouded with anger. The last thing it saw was a stinger right in front of its face and the helpless expression on its companion's face. (Maybe insects can read each other's expressions?)

"KKRRREEEEEEEE!!!!"

The last remaining beast screamed in anger and loss as it saw all of its companions die but then it heard a voice very close to itself.

"That scream almost busted my ears, you know?"

The beast then realized that the one responsible for all of this was standing on its back, but before it could attack or even move, it heard its enemy speak before its world turned dark.

"Goodbye," Alex spoke as he slashed his sword covered with sword aura right on the beast's neck, killing it in a second.

"Ah, that was nice...…" Alex spoke as he laid down on the beast's dead body.

But then Alex saw a notification from the system…..

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