The Lightning King kept giggling, feeling elated from successfully maiming its cocky foe. The ape thought that even if he were to fall today, he would live rent-free in Drai's head for the rest of his life, mocking him from the grave every time the hairless biped looked at his missing fingers.
At that moment, Drai's hand began to sizzle, and the ape's eyes widened in shock upon seeing the rapidly regenerating stubs.
Just then, the ape felt a cold shiver. It blurred in haste just in time to evade a wrathful punch that blasted a large part of the wall into smithereens.
The ape let out a trembling breath as he clung to another protrusion, feeling extremely grateful for being prudent enough to maintain his costly empowering skill after his surprise assault. Based on the result of Drai's attack, the ape was sure he would've gotten gravely injured had he failed to dodge.
