Reign and the others slowly created some distance between them and the area the boss was at. The huge dust cloud slowly starts settling down as a huge figure could be seen. The ground starts trembling as footsteps could be heard coming from the cloud. Slowly the figure of the boss could be seen, its size had not actually increased, the difference was that it was now walking on two legs while his two front legs had changed into long arms with giant claws at the end.
The boss had changed physically as well, compared to before it was actually a bit smaller, but everyone knew that this was not a good thing as a smaller body meant more speed and flexibility for the boss. Its long tail was swaying left and right behind it while the big mouth of the boss opened.
“Arrgghhh!” The boss roars towards Reign and the others. They could see that there was a hole on its right side, which was the aftermath of Reign’s attack. The boss was obviously wounded quite seriously as blood was coming out from the hole even now, its right eye was gone while blood could be seen on its stomach as well. Blackie’s attack managed to cut open a part of its stomach, but not it was healed while a thicker layer of brown skin could be seen on the stomach, it was evident that the boss had prioritized getting rid of its weakness while transforming.
“Damn it, get ready guys, here it comes,” Reign says as he looks at the boss. His power-up was still present, but he knew it would only last a bit longer before ending, he needed to figure out the boss before that happened.
He suddenly moves towards the boss with great speed. The boss uses its claws to attack him, but even though its speed had increased it was still not at the same level that Reign was. He dodges the attack without difficulty before slashing at the arm with his katana. The katana managed to cut through the skin, but the wound Reign had left was simply too small to do anything to the boss that simply got angry after seeing Reign’s action.
With fury, it swipes his other claw at Reign who again dodges, but before he could do anything he felt a vibration pass through the ground, he immediately jumped back as a pointy rock emerged at his previous position. Had he not dodged the rock would have pierced through his stomach, it seemed that the boss was now going to use its ability as well.
“Damn it, this guy is even more troublesome compared to what I thought.” Cursed Reign as he used his lightning charge ability together with the lightning stab. The power he could get from them coupled with his buff was enormous and allowed him to attack with a speed above Mach 1.
Reign was immediately in front of the boss’s face as the latter’s eye was wide open. Reign was targeting the destroyed eye of the boss, a wound had already been made there and it would be harder for the boss to tell when the attack would land because he shouldn’t be able to follow the path of his sword. Before the stab could connect however the rocky skin of the boss suddenly bursts open as fragments of rocks fly towards Reign who was shocked.
“Damn it, this thing again?!” Reign curses as he remembers the giant treant they had fought before, that monster had a similar skin that allowed it to use the branches from his head to move independently and attack the enemies like spears.
The rocks however were harder to deal with, each of them didn’t have that much power, but they were numerous and much harder to block because of their small size. Reign stopped his attack as he gave it his all to block the rocks mid-air. The boss wasn’t idle either as it opened its foul-smelling mouth in an attempt to bite Reign.
Boom!”
An arrow suddenly hit the boss in the open mouth as an explosion happened inside of it. A strong wind was blown in Reign’s face as he was blown away from the boss. Before the boss could resume its attack Shadow had jumped out from Reign’s shadow that was present on the boss’s chest. He immediately jumped with full force as he grabbed Reign and got back on the ground.
“Thanks, bro,” Reign says with a smile before looking at the boss with a serious expression. It seemed that big monsters each had something to help them when it came to fast opponents that were able to target their vital areas.
The golden hue around Reign suddenly disperses as the time had run out. Reign was back at his normal state, but he wasn’t worried that much as he had at least managed to draw out two of the boss’s skills before it ended.
They all resumed their attacks at the boss while it angrily roared. With great force, it turned around while its long tail whipped at them fiercely. Tank managed to position himself in the front to block the attack, but the force was so strong that it actually blew him a full 6 meters away, still, he had managed to block the attack.
“Damn, my freaking arms hurt.” Tank says while getting up from the ground, the boss was even stronger than he anticipated, a simple attack from its tail was enough to blow him away.
“You good Tank?” Wolf asks him while shouting from afar. Tank gives him a thumbs up before running back towards the boss. He was clutching his scythe while thinking whether or not to use its skill, he wasn’t certain he would be able to kill the boss even with that power-up, not to mention that he wouldn’t be able to fight after that either as he would be exhausted.
“Not yet, I’ll wait some more.” Tank dismissed his thoughts as he knew it was still too early to use his skill, he wouldn’t be able to activate the skill for a whole week after using it, he would only use it if they had no more ideas on how to deal with the thing.
They tried targeting its right side as the wound left from Reign’s attack was there, but the boss was always aware of it and would lash out fiercely every time they did. The other parts were not so heavily guarded and they managed to get some hits in and wound the boss, but they all knew it was still far from over. ．
“Damn it, we can’t continue like this, Wolf, Tank, guard me, I’m going to use that!” Reign shouts as he puts his broken sword back in its sheath.
Tank and Wolf looked at him with a serious expression before charging towards his position. Reign was standing in front of the boss who was currently fighting off Shadow and Tank’s four soldiers. Beast’s animals were also charging at it from the back.
Suddenly the boss stopped in its tracks as it looked down on Reign who had his eyes closed. His katana was in front of him as a thin layer of sky-blue mana was slowly coating it. The boss immediately stops fighting Shadow and the others as he swipes his claw at Reign who seemed oblivious at what was happening.
Bam!
Before the claw could hit him however Tank had managed to come in front of him and block it with his mana shield 2.
The boss angrily roared at him before attacking with its other claw as well. The other claw was only half a meter from Reign when a fire-clad Wolf managed to stop it with his Sword of Flames.
Both Beast and Wolf were struggling immensely against the boss as they gave it their all to block his attacks from reaching Reign. Shadow had used his Shadow Swords as he plunged them inside of the wound on the boss’s right side. The boss cried out in pain again as the pressure on both Tank and Wolf had been alleviated.
“Bastard!” Wolf shouts as he creates a 3-meter long fire spear. He throws it with full force towards the boss’s face but it gets blocked by one of its claws before it could land. The spear left a wound on its claw, but the wound was insignificant to it.
The other claw was once again coming down on them and Tank and Wolf were ready to block it again.
“I’m good, move guys!” Both of their eyes widen as they could hear Reign’s shout from behind them. They both jump to the side as Reign was looking at the giant claw that was falling down on him. He smiles as he closes his eyes while clutching his sword. Right before the claw was able to crush him he moved.
“Etherial Truth.” Reign whispers softly as his body seemingly passes through the boss’s arm. His sword was swung from the side softly, seemingly hitting nothing but air.
Time seem to have been stopped after the attack, everyone was looking at Reign who had landed on the ground, the mana on his sword scatters as he gets down on one knee, the skill was the newest one he had managed to master from his class, its power was greater than any other he had.
“Aaaaaarghhh!” The boss suddenly screams in pain as his arm was cleanly cut off at the elbow. The huge arm falls down on the ground heavily while Reign looks at him with a smile.
“Let’s see what you can do now.”