Chapter 22: Chapter 19
Beneath the churning surface, Alex finished off the second Megalodon with a clean bite to the abdomen, his powerful jaws splitting its belly open with ease.
> Ding!
You have killed Beta Male Megalodon
+4000 EVs
It was almost disappointing. He had expected a real challenge, but these oversized sharks were nothing compared to what he'd already fought. Amateurs, he thought.
Surfacing briefly, he scanned the island—and froze. Thick tentacles were rising from the sea, dragging people into the depths.
> Interesting, he thought with a flash of cold curiosity.
With a quiet splash, his massive body sank beneath the surface once more, his tail disappearing into the dark water. He was going hunting.
---
Meanwhile, near the island…
Jiuming was in trouble. He had tried to rescue Meiying from the chaos, but a massive tentacle snatched him mid-run and dragged him underwater. He kicked and thrashed, the pressure crushing in around him, until a shadow surged past.
Haiqi.
The female Megalodon slammed into the octopus, snapping and thrashing with savage fury. The distraction gave Jiuming just enough time to rip free and burst to the surface, gasping for air.
Alex arrived a moment later, zeroing in on the tangle of tentacles. With one devastating bite, he crushed the octopus's head, his fangs punching through its skull like butter.
> Ding!
You have hunted Giant Octopus
+5000 EVs
Octopus Genetics Detected. Integrate?
"No."
The answer came instantly.
Three hearts? He didn't need them. His regeneration was good enough—he could grow a new heart if needed.
Multiple brains? What was he, a hive mind?
Tentacles?
> Hell no.
He was many things, but he wasn't about to become some grotesque deep-sea freak.
With the octopus slain, Haiqi backed off, but her eyes locked on his. Their paths slowly converged beneath the surface, neither attacking—yet.
---
Back above…
Jonas finally made it to the small island, swimming hard and pulling himself toward safety—only for bullets to spark across the wooden beams ahead.
He barely ducked under the pier just as Montes opened fire, spraying the structure above him. Jonas stayed low, holding his breath as wood splintered above, waiting for the next moment to move.
Montes stalked closer, firing another burst.
He didn't know exactly where Jonas was—but he knew that he was hiding under the pier.
Jonas had been the reason he got arrested before and he had failed to kill him back at the underwater rig. That humiliation had festered in him ever since, and now—here, in the chaos of Fun Island—he finally had a chance to settle the score.
Under the pier, Jonas clung to the beams, soaked, battered, and tense. He could hear Montes's boots creaking overhead.
Then—this is it—he moved.
Jonas surged upward, a jagged plank of wood in hand, and drove it into Montes's thigh. The mercenary howled in pain, stumbling back as Jonas burst from the water. He slammed a fist into Montes's face, knocking the rifle from his hands.
It clattered to the boards, forgotten.
Now it was fist against fist, the two men exchanging wild blows, their fight blending into the chaos around them as blood and seawater mixed beneath their feet.
---
Beneath the surface, far from the island's human conflict, two monsters clashed.
Alex and Haiqi were locked in a brutal underwater struggle. She had clamped onto his wing with her jaws, shaking it with all her might. He responded by latching onto her dorsal fin, biting at it with deliberate slowness, not to kill—but to tease.
> She's strong, he thought. Stronger than the others… but still not enough.
Her teeth were sharp, but they couldn't pierce his scales. They left marks—scratches, not wounds. He could've ended it sooner, but he was starting to enjoy himself.
> I'm turning into a damn battle junkie, he mused with a mental growl.
Still, Skull Island was calling. That's where the real fights awaited.
> Enough of this farce.
In a smooth, violent motion, Alex repositioned his massive body, wrapped his powerful legs around Haiqi's belly, and raked his claws deep into her gut. With a savage jerk, he gutted her, spilling blood and entrails into the dark waters.
Her body twitched once, then stilled.
> Ding!
You have killed Alpha Female Megalodon
+7000 EVs
Alex released the corpse and rose toward the surface, his long shadow slicing through the bloody sea.
--
Saltwater dripped from Jonas's soaked clothes as he circled Montes, fists clenched, blood pounding in his ears.
Montes wiped blood from his lip and grinned. "You're a hard man to kill, Taylor."
"Yeah?" Jonas said, raising his fists. "You're just not trying hard enough."
They clashed again.
Montes drove a punch into Jonas's ribs—crack—followed by a knee to the gut. Jonas doubled over, but came back with a brutal hook to the jaw that sent Montes staggering back against the pier railing.
Jonas didn't let up.
He tackled Montes into the wooden beam with a grunt. The two men grappled, slipping in the puddles of seawater and blood, each trying to outmuscle the other.
Montes elbowed Jonas in the face and reached for the gun on the floorboards, fingertips brushing it—
—but Jonas tackled him again, sending them both crashing through a loose section of the pier, splashing into the shallow water below.
They hit hard. Both came up choking and gasping.
Montes reached for a diving knife strapped to his ankle and slashed at Jonas, nicking his shoulder. Jonas growled through gritted teeth, grabbed Monte and head butted him.
Montes went limp for a second—just long enough.
Jonas yanked the knife from his hand and pressed it to his throat. Breathing heavy, both stared at each other, eyes locked in hatred and exhaustion.
A wave rocked the island again. Both men looked toward the water where a massive black shadow was surfacing.
---
Alex rose from the ocean, water cascading off his scaled form like a collapsing waterfall. His wings, still dripping, stretched outward like a curtain blotting out the sun. The black wyvern cast a colossal shadow over the battered pier where two men stood frozen mid-brawl.
Jonas and Montes both looked up, stunned into silence.
The beast stared down at them—glowing eyes locked first onto Montes.
A dismissive grunt.
Then Alex turned to Jonas… and paused.
> What the hell?
There was something familiar about him. The stance, the bald head the defiance.
Alex's mind spun. No way... Is that—? That's the Transporter Jason Statham. The guy from the movies.
He didn't know the plot of the meg movie. Since he hadn't watched it when he was still alive -well human , but he knew that face.
If he was still a human , he would've shaken the man's right there.
But hey you wi n some you loose some.
Then—
> Bang!
A shot cracked the silence.
Alex's head jerked slightly—not from damage, but annoyance. The bullet had flattened against the armor plating on his cheek. He wouldn't have even noticed it if the sound hadn't reached his ears.
His slitted pupils locked back onto Montes, now standing with a sidearm drawn and shaking slightly.
Alex exhaled—slow, low, and dangerous. The kind of breath that made the air vibrate.
Then, with a fluid twist of his massive frame, he turned as if to leave…
> CRACK-BOOM!
His tail whipped around, slamming down like a divine hammer. The pier shattered—timbers exploded into splinters—and Montes disappeared beneath the pulverizing weight. A shockwave of force tossed Jonas like a ragdoll, sending him tumbling across the shallow water and slamming into a support beam.
But he lived.
Alex had made sure of that.
After all, the guy had survived worse in the movies.
Satisfied, the black wyvern unfurled his wings, wind howling in his wake. With a mighty beat, he launched into the sky, disappearing into the clouds above.
He still had a destination to reach.
Remember to drop them power stones,I wish you all the best in all your endeavours you fuckin Legends.