Zenith: Last Revenant

Spencer could be seen launching himself in the direction of the beast, cutting through the water akin to a missile.

Gritting his teeth from the water-resistance against him, Spencer made his mouth into a beak to help him rip through the water, picking up speed as he advanced towards the creature. The massive beast observed his advance and noticed his rapid increment in speed.

*SWISH*

The creature quickly evaded his attack and watched as Spencer shot past it. Retracting his beak, Spencer spun around to charge at the creature once more.

But before he could initiate his second charge, the beast was already en route, reaching directly in front of Spencer. Before he had any chance to react, let alone evade, it slammed its jaws shut on Spencer, swallowing him whole.

However, before it had the chance to completely consume him and end the battle, Spencer clenched his fist and punched the roof of the creature's mouth.

This forced the creature's mouth to swing open with tremendous force, allowing Spencer to escape its jaws and swim away from it.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO THINK YOU CAN SWALLOW ME?!" He screamed with rage inside his head.

He was angered by the fact that the creature had almost swallowed him in that instant. He began to think, trying to come up with a plan so he could quickly defeat it in the most brutal manner possible.

His body began to heat up once more, but upon realizing this, Spencer calmed himself to not lose his ability to think rationally in this fight, because right now he needs to be at his top form if he wants to win this fight.

Arriving at his intended target, Spencer swung his claws at the creature. The creature seeing this decided not to charge headfirst, as it could sense the danger radiating from Spencer's claws. Instead, it decided to swing its tail at him to knock him away.

This did not work as Spencer sunk his claws into the creature's tail causing it to shriek in pain. Taking this opportunity, Spencer used his claws to climb onto the creature's back from the tail, stabbing his way forward. This placed the body of the creature in complete agony as his claws were constantly digging into its back.

Trying to shake Spencer off, the creature began thrashing around erratically in a desperate attempt to take him off of its back. Not letting go, Spencer held on and continued to stab the beast deep in its flesh.

Driven reckless by the pain, the creature grew desperate and swam to a nearby underwater hill and slammed itself into it. Spencer was forced off from the collision and was now embedded deep into the wall of the hill the creature slammed into.

*GRUNT*

He released a painful grunt, that was enhanced by him being under the water. The collision had shaken him and forced him to let go of the creature's back.

No longer feeling Spencer on its back, the beast felt relieved. However, this relief was soon replaced by rage; the creature turned around and looked at Spencer, seeing him implanted in the wall, pure hatred emanated from its sinister eyes.

Spencer was still disoriented, he stood motionless as he was not prepared for the collision. The creature drew back and rammed into Spencer with a large force, further imprinting him into the hill.

The creature's charge had him with full force, due to the hill being stationary behind him. Trying to move to escape, the best rammed itself into him a second time. The collision had broken several of Spencer's ribs, causing him a great deal of pain in the process.

Falling from his hole in the hill, Spencer's body descended to the bottom of the lake. The creature wasn't finished with him though, it backed up and rammed into Spencer for the final time with all of its strength, creating a second crater at the bottom of the hill.

Spencer's mind was in turmoil from the pain he was under. His body was broken and he could not move, it was a miracle that he was still conscious at all, the ȧssault he had just endured by the hands or the finds of the creature was brutal.

The creature observed him, watching as Spencer's body lifelessly rested at the ocean floor. Seeing this, the creature concluded that he was dead. He wasn't that far off, Spencer was on the very edge of dying, he was bȧrėly conscious at this point, his body was screaming with pain.

*THUMP!*

The resonance of a heartbeat could be felt vibrating through the lake, growing stronger with each passing beat.

*THUMP!!*

The vibrations grew stronger as the heartbeat increased exponentially, beating with the rhythm of a drum.

The source of these vibrations being pinpointed to Spencer's broken body laying on the lake's floor. The rate of the heartbeat expanded out of control, Spencer's body beginning to pulse in response to his heartbeat. He began to emit a purple glow followed by intense heat as his body began to self repair itself.

His shattered ribs reformed and all the bones in his body fused back together, reversing all the damage he had suffered. His body also gained a benefit from this experience as well. The damage he had received was remembered by his body, as it was healing itself it took precautions against this damage, allowing him to grow stronger once more.

Fully recovered, the light from his body faded. Spencer was completely healed, his mind was now clear, his body surged with a new realm of strength within him. Picking himself up from the lake floor, not fully understanding what had just transpired within his body.

Spencer had no time to think further on the matter as the creature that almost caused yet another one of his deaths attacked him once again.

Swinging its massive tail at his body as it did at the beginning of the fight, it was sure that a few slaps would put this pesky being in its place. Spencer who wasn't paying attention didn't react to the incoming attack.

The creature slammed its tail into him, expecting to knock him back into the hill. Contrary to its belief, Spencer was still in the same spot as he was before, his body only slightly shifted from the impact.

"Huh?"

Spencer snapped out of his thoughts when he felt something hit his side, turning only to see the tail of the creature. He remembered that he was in a battle of life and death to determine who was the strongest just a moment ago, he angrily punched the creature's tail.

*SHRIEK!*

Spencer's punch had blown a hole into the tail of the beast, causing immense pain to it. The punch was followed by a burst of water pressure, sending a shockwave through the lake.

Spencer didn't know what to say or think to this change, he was perplexed by how his body grew so strong.

"What is this power?"

While he returned to his thoughts, the creature reimagined some of its composure and attacked Spencer once again. Sensing it approaching, he looked in its direction, noticing he no longer felt threatened by its existence, unlike a few moments ago when he was mercilessly crushed by it.

As the creature approached him, it opened its jaws and clamped down on Spencer. This action caused the creature to wince even more, as its teeth shattered when it came into contact with Spencer's new body.

His upper torso was inside the mouth of the creature, unharmed, bȧrėly feeling anything from the attack as he already evolved past this creature. Seeing it struggle, Spencer decided to put the beast out of its misery, he clenched his fist and punched the creature's upper jaw. This time, the punch badly blew the creature's face completely off, killing it instantly.

Not surprised by the slightest of how easily he ended the beast at this point, he silently absorbed its huge carcass into himself and fused its traits with the others.. Then, he retired to the surface in search of a new way of attaining more power and someday ascend to a higher power.