Warlock of Oceans: My Poseidon System-Chapter 483: Sixth Floor: The Chamber of Seven Seas (4)

Jesua faced off against two Crab Men, their barnacle-covered scimitars flashing as they coordinated their attacks. The first swung in a wide arc aimed at her midsection, but Jesua ducked, twisting her body with the water's weightlessness to avoid the slash. As she dodged, the second Crab Man lunged with its claw, trying to grab her arm. Jesua shifted her footing, pivoting as the claw grazed past her armor, then drove her knee into the creature's abdomen. It recoiled, but the first Crab Man was already pressing the attack.

Jesua parried the scimitar with a sharp upward swing, sending sparks cascading into the water as the two blades clashed. Using the force of her parry, she spun her sword downward, catching the Crab Man's claw before it could lash out. Her blade carved a deep gouge in the creature's exoskeleton, forcing it to retreat. Before she could press the advantage, the second Crab Man hurled a compact orb of spinning water at her. Jesua barely managed to sidestep, the sphere grazing her shoulder and exploding into a forceful shockwave that sent her spinning backward. She steadied herself by planting her blade into the sandy floor, her eyes narrowing.

"Two can play that game," she muttered, summoning her energy into her blade. A ripple of magic coursed through the water, and Jesua swung her sword in a wide arc, sending a crescent-shaped wave of energy that split the currents. The wave struck both Crab Men, one falling to the ground while the other shielded itself with a vortex of water. Jesua closed the gap, using the distraction to drive her blade into the vortex-wielding enemy, shattering its defenses.

Sylus, meanwhile, found himself surrounded by three Crab Men, their water-bending abilities weaving currents into traps and barriers. One manipulated the water to form a spinning cyclone, sending it hurtling toward him. Sylus countered by raising his staff and conjuring a swirling dome of protective energy. The cyclone struck the barrier, dissipating into harmless currents.

Another Crab Man closed in with a coral-forged trident, thrusting the weapon with blinding speed. Sylus sidestepped, spinning his staff to deflect the attack, the impact sending vibrations up his arms. As the third Crab Man lunged from behind, Sylus shifted his weight, allowing the creature's claw to graze past him. He twirled his staff overhead, channeling a surge of freezing energy that spread through the water. Ice crystals formed along the Crab Men's limbs, slowing their movements.

With a sharp motion, Sylus planted his staff into the ground, releasing a pulse of energy that created a shockwave through the water. The Crab Men were forced backward, their coordinated assault momentarily disrupted. Sylus seized the opportunity, conjuring bolts of lightning that crackled through the currents. The electricity arced toward the nearest enemy, stunning it and sending it sprawling onto the uneven sand below.

"Keep them off balance!" Sylus shouted, his voice carrying through the water as he repositioned himself. Another Crab Man charged, swinging a cutlass in a horizontal arc. Sylus ducked low, his robes flowing as he spun his staff in a sweeping motion, knocking the cutlass aside and delivering a precise strike to the creature's head.

Cyrus, in his element, darted through the water with predatory grace, his claws glowing faintly as he faced the largest of the Crab Men. This one wielded a massive anchor as a weapon, its sheer size and strength evident in every swing. The anchor cleaved through the water, creating shockwaves that distorted the currents around them. Cyrus dodged with bursts of speed, his leviathan blood enhancing his agility.

The Crab Man swung downward in a crushing motion, the anchor creating a crater in the sand as Cyrus sidestepped. He retaliated by slashing upward with his claws, aiming for the creature's exposed underarm. Sparks flew as his claws met its armored exoskeleton, but the strike left a glowing crack. Enraged, the Crab Man summoned a surge of water around its claw, attempting to smash Cyrus with a high-pressure blast. Cyrus planted his feet, his tail coiling for leverage, and absorbed the brunt of the attack, the water swirling harmlessly around him.

With a feral roar, Cyrus lunged forward, grappling the creature's arm and forcing it to drop the anchor. He twisted sharply, throwing the Crab Man off balance, and then slammed it into the ground with a powerful tail strike. As another Crab Man approached from the side, Cyrus spun in a blur, his claws slicing through the water to intercept the incoming attack.

The trio regrouped as the remaining Crab Men converged, manipulating the currents to surround them with a spinning vortex. "They're trying to box us in!" Sylus warned, raising his staff to reinforce their position with a glowing barrier.

"Not for long," Jesua growled, stepping forward. She swung her sword upward, sending a pulse of energy that disrupted the vortex. Cyrus darted through the opening, slamming into the nearest Crab Man with enough force to send it careening into a coral pillar. Sylus followed up by unleashing a burst of freezing magic, the cold spreading across the battlefield and slowing the remaining enemies.

The fight remained a chaotic blur of motion, each member of the trio adapting their tactics to counter the Crab Men's unpredictable water-bending and weapon techniques. They moved as one, their synergy and determination turning the tide of the battle. Yet the relentless assault showed no signs of abating, and the underwater ruins reverberated with the clash of steel, magic, and the currents themselves.

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The battle between the trio and the Crab Men took a sudden, terrifying turn. With an eerie hiss and a violent tremor in the water, the Crab Men began to mutate, their forms expanding and bulging as their shells hardened and stretched, becoming nearly twice as large as before. Their claws grew to massive proportions, and their arms rippled with the strength of the ocean itself. The bioluminescence from their eyes flared as they harnessed the water around them, bending it with far more precision and force than before. Now, their once-primitive weapons were fused with coral and seaweed, glowing with potent magical energy, making them seem even more dangerous than before.

The trio's hearts raced as the battle grew even more intense, but they didn't falter. They knew they had to adapt or risk being overwhelmed by the sheer power of these mutated creatures.

Jesua squared off against one of the new Crab Men, its claws crackling with water magic. The mutated creature wasted no time, lashing out with its massive claw, swinging in a wide arc meant to cleave through her armor. Jesua immediately sidestepped, her feet light in the weightlessness of the water, allowing the claw to whiff past her. She pivoted on her heels, swinging her sword in a precise cut aimed at its exposed side, but the creature reacted with astonishing speed, raising its other claw to block the blow.

Jesua twisted, using the momentum of her strike to duck low, evading a follow-up water-charged fist aimed at her head. The water crackled with energy, but Jesua was already in motion, her blade singing through the air as she cut a horizontal arc to parry the incoming strike. At the same time, she ducked beneath the Crab Man's claws and swept its legs out from under it, sending the massive creature crashing into the sand below.

Not giving it any time to recover, Jesua leapt onto its back, aiming her sword for a weak spot between its armored shell and the exposed flesh beneath. Just as her sword neared its target, a surge of water exploded from the Crab Man's body, throwing her back. The surge nearly knocked her off her feet, but Jesua was quick to regain her balance, her body fluid as she landed.

"I can't get in close too easily!" Jesua called out, her voice a mixture of frustration and determination.

Sylus was facing off with a larger Crab Man, whose trident now crackled with water energy. The creature swung the trident down in a downward slash, the water condensed into a razor-sharp blade that would have sliced through Sylus with ease if he didn't react quickly enough. He leaned backward, feeling the trident's edge brush past his robes.

Sylus didn't waste a second, immediately conjuring a wave of his own, sending a torrent of freezing energy crashing into the Crab Man's trident, freezing the water and forcing the creature to recoil. The Crab Man growled in frustration, but before it could react, Sylus spun, casting another spell—this one a bolt of lightning that arced through the water. It struck the Crab Man's shoulder, causing a series of violent spasms that left the creature momentarily stunned.

Sylus took advantage of the opening, closing in with his staff raised in front of him. He swung it in a wide arc, using his strength to force the creature into a retreat. The Crab Man, now wary of Sylus's magical attacks, began to wield the water around it like a shield, bending the currents to deflect Sylus's staff and lightning. Sylus, realizing the creature was learning, decided to change tactics. He turned his attention to the terrain, summoning a whirlpool at his feet to create a vortex that would throw off the Crab Man's sense of balance.