"SCREE-!"
Soren moved before the lead monster could fully commit to its lunge. Activating Quick Step, his body blurred forward, slipping underneath the creature's snapping jaws. His spear flashed in a tight, linear trajectory.
[First Form: Frost Piercing Thrust!]
The spearhead, coated in a razor-sharp layer of compressed ice mana, pierced cleanly through the beast's throat. Blue-white frost erupted from the wound, instantly freezing the creature's vocal cords and arteries from the inside out. He yanked the shaft back, letting the frozen carcass collapse into a heap of brittle ice.
Three smaller monsters vaulted over their fallen packmate, claws outstretched and jaws unhinged as they spat dense globs of corrosive acid mid-air, while a fourth beast in the rear unleashed a piercing screech, a sonic psychic attack meant to paralyze the enemy's nervous system with fear.
