It let out one last cry before dashing towards me, its horrendous body emitting a horrible smell.

The stench seemingly filled my sinuses, clogging my balance and clogging my mind as the sound of its loud footsteps drained out of my head.

This thing was horrifying, and I knew that getting hit once would bring me to the edge of death or even possibly just kill me in an instant.

Everything about it made it the perfect boss monster… and my only way of killing this thing was suicidal.

The battle wasn't going to last very long, and the two results that could come out will be very opposite of each other.

BAM

I dodged its first hit by jumping out of the way and recovering with a roll, as maintaining mobility was key for now.

I just needed it to do its signature charge-in move so I could hopefully… proceed with my plan.

BAM

Yet another swing was sent towards me, and this time I rolled under it but didn't stay under too long as the tendrils squirming from its body kept trying to entangle themselves with me.

Though they were a bit weak, so the ones that did manage to grip onto me, I swat them away with my hand coated in water.

The body of this thing was toxic, and though it wasn't as toxic as the regular sludge things, I would still most likely burn myself.

BAM

I dodged yet again, but this time, it sent out a few tendrils that wrapped around my ankles and dragged me through the dirty ground.

It also tried to throw me into the dark pit that it came out of, but I quickly cut the tendrils by making a knife shape hand and swinging through them.

Once again, they were so flimsy that even my feeble strength was even able to cut through them, but now I moved on to the actual plan.

As soon as I fell to the ground, the heaping pile of salamander trash backed up and then charged toward me with its mouth wide open.

It intended to finish this instantly by biting me in half, but just as it reached close to me, I ran and jumped inside its mouth.

I just barely dodged the sharp teeth that circled all around its jaws.

With each passing second, I could feel its saliva making me slip as it pulled its tongue back, intending to swallow me whole.

If biting me in half didn't work, swallowing me would just do the trick.

"Alright, you son of a bitch… EAT THIS!" I shouted before activating [Tidal Wave] and manipulating it to strike in tandem with my fist.

A large wave of water collided with the soft inside of its throat, causing the monster to roar out in pain, but no blood had been drawn yet, so I didn't stop.

BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM

I struck and struck and struck until its throat began to bruise and swell, even causing some blood to draw.

Gurgle gurgle gurgle

But somehow, either the monster was able to control its stomach acid, or it was a reflexive defense mechanism; Its stomach acid began to rise up its throat.

As soon as I saw the acid melt my tattered shoe, I gulped down a large drop of saliva before making my way back down its mouth.

I had to crouch in order to fit, but I didn't stop my flurry of attacks which I bathed the soft cheek walls in.

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Finally, the damn thing had enough and opened its jaws more than wide enough for me to escape and fall limply onto the ground.

My ankles and feet had been severely burned, and my shoes were now non-existent as they had basically been melted into nothing.

Just a few scraps hung around, but besides that, everything was gone.

As I shuffled my way back, the boss didn't even notice me as its eyes seemed to go pale, but this wasn't part of its unique skill.

"Oh… I see… Hehehehe… HAHAHAHAHA! YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" I shouted before going for the next point of weakness: its eyes.

If I could blind both before it could even activate its unique skill, I should be able to easily sweep this boss.

[Tidal Strike]

I jumped while using all my strength and bounced just high enough to land on the very tip of its snout, and as I began to run up it, its eyes suddenly glowed a bright red.

That's bad…

I rolled upwards in order to dodge the lethal attack, and I made it just in time as the red beams of light that shot from its eyes just barely missed me.

The wall on the other side of the room had two massive cracks in it, but that didn't even display its full power.

Yes, it has enough power to create a hole straight through your body, but it can also cause severe petrification that will eat up your body in just a few seconds.

"HUFF… HUFF… HUFF… Okay," I muttered as the salamander soon entered its lifeless pale gray eye state again.

The salamander had flooded its sinuses and most likely brain with its own stomach acid, and since that acid is supposed to be kept in your stomach, it will, of course, wreck anything else it touches outside your stomach.

In fact, though this might just be specific to humans, apparently, our stomachs are in a constant battle to not digest themselves because of how strong our stomach acid is.

BAM BAM BAM BAM

I repeatedly punched the salamander's now closed eye, meaning it still had some consciousness left, but I didn't take any pity, nor did I hold back.

I felt my knuckles slowly cracking with each hit, and I knew dragging this any longer would be bad, so I put all my power into one more strike for this single eye.

But I waited… and waited… silently, and still as if I had disappeared.

The salamander soon tried to take a peak by slowly opening its eyes just barely, but this was more than enough time for me to strike its eye.

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA