Warlock of Oceans: My Poseidon System-Chapter 471: Fifth Floor: The Molten Cavern of Lava Lizardmen (13)
Athena conjured a wall of water to cool the terrain ahead of her, giving her a safe path to move. She channeled her magic into her staff, launching a torrent of freezing energy at the leviathan’s midsection. The attack solidified part of its body, but it quickly heated back up, melting the ice.
Cyrus leaped onto one of the hardened volcanic formations, using it as a perch to launch a spear of light directly at the leviathan’s head. The attack struck true, causing the beast to rear back, its molten form rippling in frustration.
The leviathan roared, parts of its body cooling rapidly before launching a barrage of obsidian shards at the trio. The shards whistled through the air, deadly and precise.
Sylus crouched low, deflecting one shard with a well-timed strike of his blade. He immediately sidestepped, twisting his body to avoid another shard aimed at his chest. Cyrus raised an aetheric shield, the shards ricocheting off in a spray of sparks.
"Athena, behind you!" Sylus shouted. Athena spun, creating a magical barrier just in time to block a shard that would have struck her back. She retaliated by firing a focused beam of energy, targeting the leviathan’s core. The beam pierced through, but the leviathan quickly reformed, its molten body flowing back together.
The leviathan began to spin, its molten body creating a fiery vortex that pulled in debris and molten rock. The group was dragged closer, the heat searing their skin.
"Brace yourselves!" Sylus shouted. He drove his sword into the ground, anchoring himself as the vortex threatened to pull him in. Athena planted her staff, creating a gravity spell that kept her grounded. Cyrus conjured an aetheric chain, latching it onto a hardened rock formation to stay in place.
The vortex suddenly exploded outward, sending waves of molten rock flying. Sylus used his sword to deflect a burning chunk, while Athena conjured a protective bubble to shield herself and Cyrus.
The leviathan’s tail lashed out, slicing through the air like a fiery whip. Sylus ducked under one swing, then jumped over another, landing in a controlled roll. The tail slammed into the ground beside him, creating a shockwave that knocked him off balance. He recovered quickly, retaliating with a precise slash that sent sparks flying off the molten surface.
Athena chanted a spell, creating ice chains that wrapped around the tail. The chains hissed and steamed as they tried to hold the molten appendage in place. Cyrus took advantage of the moment, leaping onto the tail and running up its length. He drove an aetheric blade into the leviathan’s body, causing a massive eruption of molten rock that forced him to jump back.
"We need to isolate its core!" Sylus shouted, his voice strained from the heat. "That’s its weakness!"
Athena nodded, focusing her magic to create bursts of freezing energy aimed at the core. Each burst slowed the leviathan’s movements slightly, giving Sylus and Cyrus openings to attack. Sylus darted in and out, his blade striking the molten surface with precision, each hit chipping away at its strength.
Cyrus used his agility to stay mobile, launching spears of light that pierced through the leviathan’s flowing form. He aimed for its head, distracting it long enough for Sylus to deliver a powerful slash across its midsection.
The leviathan roared in pain, parts of its body collapsing into pools of lava before reforming again. It coiled around itself, preparing for another assault, its molten form glowing brighter as its rage intensified.
The battle was far from over, the trio’s movements a constant dance of survival and precision. The heat grew more oppressive, and the leviathan’s attacks became more relentless, but they pressed on, determined to overcome the fiery beast.
The molten leviathan lunged forward with serpentine grace, its fiery maw snapping shut inches from Sylus. He rolled to the side, the ground beneath him cracking and hissing as molten saliva dripped onto the rock. Without missing a beat, Sylus sprang to his feet and slashed upward with his sword, now glowing from the heat. The blade skimmed along the creature’s obsidian scales, sparks flying but leaving little more than a faint scratch.
"Armor’s tougher now!" Sylus shouted, leaping back as the leviathan whipped its molten tail at him, the fiery appendage cutting a wide, devastating arc through the air.
Cyrus responded with an explosion of aetheric energy. His conjured sword split into dozens of shimmering blades that rained down on the leviathan’s serpentine body. The obsidian armor deflected most of them, the shards shattering on impact, but one blade managed to lodge itself between two jagged plates. The creature let out an ear-splitting roar, twisting violently and dislodging the weapon before sending a molten surge in Cyrus’s direction.
"Incoming!" Athena yelled, thrusting her staff forward. A shimmering barrier formed in front of Cyrus just as the lava surge hit, splitting and splattering harmlessly to the sides. She followed up with an incantation, her voice commanding as glowing frost runes spread across the battlefield. Ice magic clashed against the heat, creating bursts of steam that briefly obscured the leviathan’s vision.
Taking advantage of the distraction, Sylus dashed toward the leviathan’s exposed underbelly. His sword slashed in a wide arc, carving into the molten flesh with a hiss and a burst of fiery sparks. The leviathan recoiled, its tail smashing into the ground with enough force to send Sylus flying. He twisted mid-air, landing on one knee and bracing himself with his sword.
The leviathan retaliated with Molten Surge, slithering in a spiraling motion and leaving behind trails of lava that quickly hardened into jagged volcanic spines. The terrain became treacherous, forcing the trio to navigate carefully. Athena conjured a floating platform of ice to glide over the dangerous ground, using her vantage point to hurl spears of frost at the creature’s glowing joints. The attacks landed, briefly cooling sections of its molten body, but the intense heat melted them almost instantly.
As the leviathan circled, its obsidian spines shimmered before launching into the air like arrows. The Obsidian Shards rained down, forcing Cyrus and Sylus to zigzag across the battlefield. Cyrus created small aetheric shields mid-run to deflect the shards, while Sylus relied on his agility, dodging with precise rolls and sidesteps. One shard clipped Sylus’s shoulder, leaving a scorched gash that made him wince, but he pressed on.
"Keep it distracted!" Athena called out, her hands glowing with magic. She was preparing a massive spell, the runes forming intricate patterns around her staff.
Cyrus nodded and dashed forward, his aetheric sword shifting into a long spear. He hurled it with all his might, the weapon streaking like a comet toward the leviathan’s head. The beast dodged, but the spear exploded on impact with the ground, creating a burst of light that disoriented it momentarily. Seizing the moment, Sylus leaped onto the leviathan’s coiled body, using the jagged obsidian spines as handholds. His blade struck repeatedly at the vulnerable molten veins beneath the armor, each slash releasing bursts of fiery liquid that sizzled as it hit the ground.
The leviathan roared in fury, spinning its massive body in a Lava Cyclone. The fiery vortex sucked in debris, molten rock, and chunks of the battlefield, creating a swirling storm of destruction. Sylus was flung off its body, tumbling to the ground just as Cyrus conjured another barrier to shield them from the explosion that followed. The shockwave sent chunks of molten rock hurtling in every direction, one of which shattered Athena’s ice platform and sent her crashing to the ground.
"Now!" Athena shouted, slamming her staff into the ground. The frost runes she’d been charging erupted, sending a wave of ice surging toward the leviathan. The magic encased the creature’s tail and lower body in thick frost, slowing its movements.
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Sylus and Cyrus didn’t waste the opportunity. Cyrus summoned another barrage of aetheric blades, directing them toward the leviathan’s glowing core, while Sylus sprinted forward, his sword trailing a stream of energy. The two attacks landed in unison, the combined force causing the molten core to tremble violently.
The leviathan let out a guttural roar, its molten body collapsing momentarily into a pool of lava. But before they could catch their breath, the magma surged upward again, reshaping itself into a more volatile and serpentine form, its obsidian spines now sharper and glowing faintly.
"This thing’s not giving up," Sylus muttered, gripping his sword tightly.
"And neither are we," Athena replied, frost magic crackling at her fingertips.
The molten leviathan lashed out with its whip-like tail, the fiery appendage streaking through the air toward Athena. She backflipped onto a jagged outcrop of hardened lava, conjuring a frost barrier mid-motion that shattered upon impact, the force sending her sliding back.
"Sylus, now!" she yelled, frost energy spiraling around her as she launched a volley of ice shards. The projectiles pelted the leviathan, some bouncing harmlessly off its obsidian spines while others hit exposed veins, cooling them momentarily and causing steam to erupt.
