The stare off didn't last long. Leviathan dashed through the building we were just in, sending brick, glass, and concrete scattering towards us which the forcefield team managed to block in time. A wall of water followed after him and dissipating upon hitting Nihilus' negation field. Even the water on his skin didn't make it though. Alexandria and her group took advantage of the the monsters moment of stunned stillness to attack. I took the moment to summon my weapons: a pair of bone white flintlock pistols. While they didn't have a specific purpose, I used the right for my special Cero while the left was for spatial attacks.
Alexandria and her group flew in and hit Leviathan, thought he barely budged. Gorgon had done the most damage, small cracks webbing from where she punched him in the leg. The blasters fired next as the close range people did their best to get out of the way.
Leviathan dashed.
He was fast. So fast that I was barely able to keep up with him at first. I had no idea how fast he moved, but he was nothing but a blue smear across my vision for long enough I wasn't able to react to him.
He appeared in the middle of us sending blood and bodies flying away in the aftermath of a simple dash.
Chubster deceased, CD-5, Fierceling deceased, CD-5, Ascendant deceased, CD-5, Gallant deceased, CD-5, Zigzag deceased, CD-5, Ballistic down, CD-5, Uglymug down, CD-5
"Split up! Don't give him such easy targets!" Legend shouted, making us scatter. I aimed my right pistol down at the sludge of blood left as Leviathan dashed off towards Alexandria, shattering the wall of a building as he sped off, and pulled the trigger. The dead were back as if nothing had happened, confused about what was going on, and the injured where uninjured.
The deceased fighters appear to be back.
"What?!" Several people asked, looking at the people who had previously died. I didn't bother with them, following after Leviathan. He lashed his tail at a building that one of the Blasters was on, taking out a whole floor and sending the building tipping. One of the flyers pulled the person off the building.
I aimed my my left gun at Leviathan's head and pulled the trigger. The air around it distorted and small gashes appeared on its head. A green Cero slammed into its chest a moment later followed by Legends blasts. Legends beams were a sight to behold, twisting and turning at odd angles to hit in precise spots aiming to knock the beast off its feet. The precision he demonstrated almost made me wish I could accomplish something similar, though I was more than happy with the power I could display.
Leviathan wasn't one to stay down for long despite being hammered the way he was, blasts and fists hitting wherever they could. He dashed about the battlefield, slamming through buildings and doing his best to stomp out Capes. Claws and tail whipped around with blinding speed, brick, glass, and metal were tossed around, only deflected or blocked by the forcefield team. Leviathan dashed through our defenses, blood and debris following in his wake. He was like a giant blue blender the way he sliced everything that stepped into his path.
Aegis deceased, CD-5, Sham deceased, CD-5, Apotheosis down, CD-5, Sundancer down, CD-5, Escutcheon deceased, CD-5, Jotun deceased, CD-5, Acoustic deceased, CD-5
I reversed that, ignoring the notice that they were back in the fight. Leviathan swept his tail across the ground, hitting several forcefields and sending everything on the ground into the air.
Shielder blocked a car thrown up by the mayhem that was headed for his sister and force sent them both flying into the side of a building. Leviathan stepped, smearing across my vision, before stopping dead. His feet were slipped from under him and it took me a moment to see why. Gorgon had slammed into his chest, all of her arms hitting dead center, small cracks webbing across his crystal skin.
"Gorgon, clear!" I shouted. She moved, getting next to me as I pulled the trigger on my right gun.
I'd never used this attack in an actual fight, but I wasn't going to hold back on it now. Cero after Cero shot off rapid fire, each the size of bowling ball at least. Hundreds of them fired off per second slamming into Leviathan along with Myrddin, Legend, Lady Photon, Laserdream, and a dozen other Blasters I couldn't keep track of through the chaos. For good measure I fired my left gun as we hammered him, distortions appearing all over his body and cutting deep into the beast.
The assault didn't last long, Leviathan tiring of us and trying to burst through us. Narwhal put up several forcefields, including some jutting out to act as blades, but they were shattered at the speed Leviathan was aiming to hit us at. He broke through our line and sped deeper into the city.
"Wraith, keep eyes on him! Pepper him with Cero while you're at it!" I shouted. "Samael, try to slow him down!"
"On it!" The said in unison.
The difference in speed wasn't all that apparent to others, but I could see him better now as he barreled through buildings and Capes alike. He didn't smear across my vision anymore, but he was still fast enough that it was a problem. As for Wraith's solution, I laughed. A giant red arrow pointed out Leviathan to everyone near and everyone who could flew to meet him before he could cause too much damage.
Alexandria made it first followed shortly by Legend, Gorgon, then the rest of my team. Samael peppered him in explosions and electron blasts. Purity was firing for the eyes while Rhapsody, of course, was aiming for the groin. Gorgon was pounding away at his chest, aiming to cave it in and the cracks she'd put before were worsening. I fired more spatial distortions, hoping to shave off whatever the fuck he was made of and make it easier to hurt him and Nihilus followed my lead with her bubbles.
Leviathan was not a fan.
He spun, tail and claws whipping around to kill and knock back anyone who was near. Alexandria and Gorgon were sent flying while several others were sliced in half. Laserdream couldn't move in time and Shielder tried to block the blow only for them to both be bisected by Leviathan's claws.
"No!" Lady Photon shouted, anger and grief showed clear on her face.
Laserdream deceased, CD-6, Shielder deceased, CD-6, Manpower deceased-CD-6, Bambina down, CD-6, Prince of Blades deceased, CD-6, Gallant deceased, CD-6, Kid Win down, CD-6, Jouster deceased, CD-6, Triumph down, CD-6, Arbiter deceased, CD-6
I revived and healed them all and fired another wave of Cero at Leviathan to buy them time to regroup. He came after me and Narwhal put up layered shields to stop him only for all of them to be shattered. I phased through the attack, firing a wave of distortions at his back when he passed through me. He whipped around, his tail dropping a building in the process.
"Move!" Gorgon shouted.
I dodged to the side just as a massive black beam shot past me and into Leviathan. The buildings stood no chance, but I could fix those later. Then, as suddenly as the beam had started it stopped. I blinked, unsure why Gorgon would stop the beam after only a couple of seconds. When I turned to look at her I was staring at Leviathan's back and just managed to see Gorgon fly through a building.
"Is he… Is he getting faster?!" Samael asked.
"I think he's getting stronger!" Rhapsody said.
"No… He's… I think he's been sandbagging this whole time," Wraith said.
"What the fuck?!"
"He's been sandbagging!" She shouted back. "We're hurting him and he's pissed. He's actually trying to put up a fight!"
"And what makes you say that?" I asked a little too calmly.
"Samael still has his gravity on Leviathan but he's moving just as fast if not faster than before. He's dropping buildings with a casual swipe of his tail rather than just breaking things apart. He's pulling more power from somewhere."
"Then we're fucked!" Rhapsody shouted.
"Maybe not. We just need him to leave. The fight just got harder, but our illustrious leader said it best: Today is about breaking limits. Let's go harder and see what happens."
"Well put, Wraith," I smiled.
We all aimed and fired, multicolored Cero slammed into Leviathan at the same time. They pushed him away, but don't seem to be doing as much damage as before. Them a rumbling sound echoed around us. The sound of metal straining, being pulled and bent, then a snap. Water flowed from the pipes of the surrounding buildings and landed on Leviathan's skin. It wasn't a big layer, not nearly as big as any of the videos I'd seen, but any water was a problem with this beast.
"That's bad," Samael said.
Leviathan moved, his water clone only a second behind, and we managed to dodge as he slammed through another building. The water clone broke on the debris, sending gallons of water splashing to the ground and flooding the streets.
"That's very bad," he amended.
Leviathan turned to face us, ignoring the beams slamming into the water on its skin, and I knew things had just gotten far more interesting.