Since he lacked the strength, he couldn't use brute force.
He immediately abandoned the idea of splitting it by force. He pulled out his combat knife, inserted the tip down into the groove, and used a bamboo knife as a hammer to strike the handle repeatedly.
The sharp metal tip easily pierced the fibrous layer and soon came up against something hard.
He stood up, braced the coconut against the wall with one foot, then raised his other foot and stomped down hard on the handle of the combat knife.
CRACK.
With a soft crack, the combat knife plunged deeper, as if it had broken through a layer of resistance.
He stomped a second time, and the entire blade sank into the coconut shell.
'Phew... I'm exhausted.'
Just those few simple movements left him dizzy, the world spinning around him. He quickly slumped to the ground, leaning against the wall and cradling the coconut between his legs.
