The mont Creed activated Empowernt, an overwhelming surge of energy flooded his body.
His muscles tightened, his vision sharpened, and his body crackled with pure, volatile power. But even with this boost—
The Stage 5 Monkey stood before them like a walking calamity.
It wasn’t just big. It wasn’t just fast. It was a nightmare!
Ivy had already warned them. This beast was the absolute peak of a dinsional beast, just one step below a Beast Lord. And they had just provoked such a calamity!
Roar!
The Stage 5 Monkey let out a deafening roar, shaking the entire forest with its monstrous voice.
The sheer force of it sent leaves spiraling into the air, and even the ground beneath them cracked under the pressure of its voice alone.
Its pure white fur bristled as it hunched forward, its pitch black tail coiling like a whip, ready to strike.
And then—
It moved.
BOOM!
The sheer force of its step shattered the ground, sending a shockwave of debris flying in every direction.
Creed barely had ti to process before the beast vanished and reappeared above them, its massive fist descending like a falling teor!
"SCATTER!" Ivy barked.
Everyone exploded in different directions, using their movent techniques to escape as fast as possible just as—
BOOOOOOOM!
The monkey’s fist smashed into the earth, and the entire surroundings trembled. The impact cratered the ground, sending chunks of stone and shattered tree roots flying!
Creed teleported just in ti, appearing ten ters away, his heart pounding like a drum.
’Holy shit. It’s too damn fast!’
Before he could even regain his stance, the black tail cracked through the air with terrifying speed.
WHOOSH!
"WATCH OUT!"
A whip-like blur tore through the battlefield, aid straight for Rin. Moving at such a speed, it would tear her body apart if it struck her!
CLANG!
Ivy was already there.
Her ice shield materialized just in ti, absorbing the brunt of the terrifying impact. But even then, the attack was simply too terrifying!
CRACK!
The shield shattered instantly, and Ivy staggered back, her arms trembling from the sheer force behind the attack.
The monkey didn’t even pause. It pivoted, raised its massive leg, and swung it like a wrecking ball at Rai!
"Rai, tag!" Rin yelled.
FWOOSH!
Rai’s body blurred, disappearing as her movent technique dragged her position towards Rin’s, allowing her to barely evade the attack.
Bam!
The monkey’s leg smashed into empty air, barely missing Rai, but the shockwave alone sent her tumbling back.
This thing was a monster!
It wasn’t just fast and strong. It was smart. It fought with instinctual precision, countering them as if it had seen their moves a thousand tis before.
Ivy was the first to counter.
Her beautiful eyes flashed coldly as she swung her sickle, and a terrifying beam of ice shot forward, slicing directly at the monkey’s chest.
CRACK!
The beam struck true, and for the first ti, the monkey froze mid motion, its fur crystallizing under the intense frost.
For a split second, they had it!
"NOW!" Ivy commanded.
Rin and Rai pounced.
Their stage 2 blade intent surged as they slashed with all their strength, their swords glowing silver as they unleashed their strongest techniques.
CLANG!
Their blades barely left a scratch!
The monkey’s body was too tough!
It was like steel covered in stone, reinforced by sothing beyond their level. Their blades didn’t sink in at all, and instead, the monkey rely twitched.
Then its tail moved. And this ti, it was even deadlier!
WHOOSH!
The black whip-like tail snapped through the air at an impossible speed.
"SHIT—"
Rai barely had ti to react before she was sent flying, crashing into a tree so hard the entire trunk exploded on impact.
Her body broke through the trunk before crashing to the floor with a thud. Her life and death was completely unknown at the mont.
"MOTHERF—" Rin cursed but was forced to retreat, barely dodging as the monkey’s tail snapped again, cratering the ground where she had just been.
It was just too fast! The tail was simply too fast!
It wasn’t just a whip—it was more like a high-speed, unrelenting beast on its own, striking at lightning speeds!
Only Ivy was barely keeping up, using her ice shield technique to block the strikes, her body glowing with frost energy as she absorbed the terrifying impacts.
"We need to wound it!" Ivy shouted.
She didn’t wait after speaking, she lunged forward instead, raising her sickle and activating her Bloodline to the fullest!
"Frost Nova!"
A beam of pure ice shot forward, directly at the beast’s neck! The enhancent from her Bloodline pushed the stage of her Intent to stage 5!
The monkey saw the attack and snarled, twisting mid-air to dodge it.
Still...
SPLURT!
A thin line of blood appeared on its shoulder. The first wound. The first sign that they could hurt it!
Creed’s heart thumped wildly. That’s it! They could kill this thing. They just had to work together!
"BUY TI!" Ivy roared, her eyes blazing with determination.
Mia gritted her teeth, sweat dripping down her forehead.
She slamd her staff into the ground, and dozens of giant roots erupted from the soil, all enhanced with her stage 1 nature Intent, twisting like massive serpents to trap the monkey.
BOOM!
The monkey didn’t even slow down. Its muscles flexed, and with a single brutal jerk, the roots were ripped apart like wet paper.
Mia’s face paled. Her nature intent was utterly useless here!
Creed, anwhile, was already moving.
His body crackled with purple lightning as he teleported directly to the monkey’s side, his spear flashing forward in a violent, spear intent enhanced thrust.
BZZZT!
The tip of the spear slamd into the monkey’s ribs and bounced off like he had just poked a damn mountain!
WHAT?!
Creed’s mind froze for a split second. His attack had been absolutely useless! It had zero impact!
But it did. It further angered the beast!
The monkey reacted instantly. It whipped its tail sideways without even looking and the result was devastating!
SNAP!
Creed barely saw it coming. His entire world blurred as the tail smashed into his spear, sending him rocketing backward like a missile.
CRASH!
His back slamd into a tree, the impact rattling his bones. Sothing had definitely broke!
Pain. So much pain. His lungs burned, his arms shook, but he had no ti to recover, because the monkey wasn’t stopping!
It raised its hand, and then—
WHAM!
It slamd its fist into the ground, and a massive wave of corrosive white sludge erupted from the earth!
The monkey’s feces!
But supercharged!
Mia gagged audibly. "OH MY GOD, IT’S... IT’S THROWING ITS OWN SH—"
SPLASH!
The ground sizzled and lted where the sludge landed. This wasn’t just gross. It was lethal!
"Creed, MOVE!" Ivy shouted.
Creed gritted his teeth and teleported out just before the corrosive flood reached him. The mont he reappeared, he didn’t waste a second.
He lunged forward again. He teleported behind the beast, spear flaring with lightning, and Intents.
THRUST!
His spear stabbed forward, its tip crackling with energy, aid directly for the beast’s spine!
The monkey grunted, raising its foot in one fluid motion.
BOOM!
It stomped down, unleashing a shockwave of force that sent Creed flying back.
This thing was too damn strong!
"We need to restrain it!" Ivy shouted.
"I’m trying!!" Mia yelled back, sweat dripping down her face.
Her roots shot forward again, wrapping around the monkey’s ankles, trying to delay it just a bit.
But—
SNAP!
It tore through them like nothing.
Rin darted forward, her blades flashing, aiming for the weakened shoulder Ivy had cut earlier.
SLASH!
Blood splattered, but, it was still standing. It was still too strong. It was barely wounded. And then it locked eyes with Creed.
Its dark, intelligent eyes locked onto him, its massive form looming over him like a shadow of death.
THOOM!
Then its tail lashed forward!
And it was aid directly at his head.
Creed’s mind scread;
MOVE!
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Fun fact: A Stage 1 Silver Awakened would kill this beast in a few slashes...
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