The cavern trembled under the weight of their battle. Shattered ice, chunks of stone, and remnants of shadows littered the battlefield, marking the devastation left in their wake. Lucas and Lisa stood across from each other, both bloodied, both breathing heavily, but neither backing down.
Lucas wiped his mouth, his breath fogging in the cold air. His body ached from Lisa's relentless attacks, but his mind was sharper than ever. Lisa, on the other hand, still carried that twisted smirk, despite the deep cuts on her body and the ice still clinging to her limbs.
Lisa:
"You're still standing? I have to admit, Lucas, you've improved. The old you would've been dead by now."
Lucas:
"And the old me wouldn't have come back to kill you."
Lisa's smirk widened.
Lisa:
"Kill me? Oh, Lucas… you can't kill what lurks in the dark."
Before she even finished her sentence, she vanished into the shadows.
Lucas barely had a second to react before—
BAM!
Her foot crashed into his ribs, sending him hurtling backward. He twisted mid-air, slamming his palm against the ground to halt his momentum, but—
SLASH!
A shadow blade carved across his shoulder, spraying blood across the ice.
Lisa reappeared behind him, whispering in his ear.
Lisa:
"Too slow."
Lucas growled, spinning and swinging his ice-coated fist—
BOOM!
Lisa dodged at the last second, his punch instead colliding with the cavern wall and freezing it solid.
Lisa:
"You really think brute force will work on me?"
Lucas:
"No. But this will."
He stomped the ground, and—
CRACK!
A massive ice eruption exploded beneath Lisa, encasing her in thick layers of frost.
Lucas didn't waste a second. He summoned jagged ice lances from the ceiling, sending them plummeting down—
Lisa's eyes flared.
Lisa:
"Nice try."
Darkness surged from within the ice prison—
BOOOOM!
The entire cavern shook as the shadows exploded outward, obliterating the frozen structure. Lisa stepped forward, her smirk now replaced with irritation.
Lisa:
"You're starting to piss me off, Lucas."
Lucas cracked his knuckles, his frost-covered armor growing thicker.
Lucas:
"Good. I want you angry."
They lunged at each other once more, their fists colliding—
A shockwave erupted from the impact, sending a hurricane of ice shards and shadow tendrils flying in all directions.
The battle had only just begun.
Lisa licked the blood off her lips, eyes glowing with an unnatural violet hue. Lucas stood firm, ice crackling around his fists, his aura colder than ever.
Lisa:
"You're strong, Lucas. But not strong enough."
She took a deep breath—
And then—
BOOOOOOOOM!
Her aura exploded, swallowing the entire cavern in darkness. The air itself felt heavier, suffocating.
Lucas narrowed his eyes. He had seen this before.
Lisa:
"Dark Transformation: Stage Two."
Her body became wreathed in shadows, the darkness twisting and reshaping her. Her form became leaner, more inhuman. Her skin darkened as her violet eyes shone like eerie lanterns. Massive, clawed wings erupted from her back, dripping with liquid void.
Lucas felt the sheer malice emanating from her, but he didn't falter.
Lucas:
"So you're finally serious."
Lisa:
"Oh, you have no idea."
With a single flap of her wings, she vanished.
Lucas barely had time to react before—
CRASH!
A clawed hand slammed into his gut, launching him like a meteor across the battlefield. He skidded through the ice, smashing through his own frozen structures.
Lisa didn't stop.
WHOOSH!
She appeared above him, claws aimed for his heart—
Lucas's eyes flashed.
Lucas:
"Ice Transformation: Stage Two."
The temperature plummeted instantly.
SHING!
Lisa's attack stopped inches from Lucas's chest. Ice had formed around his entire body, but this wasn't normal ice—this was something far beyond what he had been using before.
Lisa scowled.
Lisa:
"Tch."
Lucas's body was now encased in a suit of crystalline ice armor, shimmering like a frozen god. His hair had turned a glacial white, and his eyes glowed with an icy blue radiance.
Lucas:
"Your darkness doesn't scare me anymore, Lisa."
Lisa smirked.
Lisa:
"Good. Then let's make this fun."
They clashed again—
But this time, their battle shattered reality.
The cavern could no longer hold their power. Every attack sent shockwaves that ripped apart the dungeon.
Lisa's shadow claws met Lucas's ice blades in a furious storm of slashes and counterattacks. The battlefield became a blur of black and blue, a clash of darkness and frost.
Lisa:
"What's wrong, Lucas? Is that all your second form has to offer?"
Lucas spun mid-air, summoning a spear of absolute zero—
Lucas:
"Try dodging this!"
He hurled it—
Lisa grinned.
Lisa:
"Too slow."
Her wings flared—she vanished.
Lucas's spear struck the ground—
BOOOOOOOOOM!
A pillar of frozen destruction erupted, flash-freezing everything within a mile radius.
But Lisa wasn't there.
She appeared behind Lucas.
Lisa:
"Got you."
Lucas whipped around—
But Lisa's palm was already on his chest.
Lisa:
"Nightfall Execution."
BOOOOOOOM!
A black explosion of pure void energy engulfed Lucas, consuming him whole.
The entire cavern collapsed from the sheer force of the attack.
Lisa stood there, panting, watching as the dust settled.
Lisa:
"That should do it."
But then—
CRACK.
Her eyes widened.
Lisa:
"No way…"
The darkness shattered like glass—
And Lucas stepped out, completely unscathed.
Lisa:
"Tch… You bastard."
Lucas cracked his neck, his icy aura flaring even stronger than before.
Lucas:
"That all you got?"
Lisa wiped her mouth.
Lisa:
"Fine. You want to see real power?"
Lucas raised an eyebrow.
Lucas:
"You're not at 100% yet?"
Lisa grinned, her violet eyes glowing with pure madness.
Lisa:
"Nope. But now I will be."
She stretched her arms, her aura growing darker than ever before.
Lisa:
"Now… should we go 100%, huh, Lucas?"
Lucas stepped forward, his icy armor shining like a god's.
Lucas:
"Yes. We should."
He clenched his fists.
Lucas:
"And this time… you die."
Lisa tilted her head, laughing.
Lisa:
"Die? Me? Lucas, Lucas, Lucas… I can never die."
Lucas's eyes burned with righteous fury.
Lucas:
"Yes, you will. It's time for you to pay for your sins."
The battlefield fell silent.
Two warriors.
Both at full power.
The climax was here.
Their final battle was about to begin.