Ouroborus' eyes narrowed with predatory focus as he evaded the Manticore Leviathan Lord's lethal tail strike, twisting his massive, lupine body in a blur of dark scales and crimson flame. The stinger, dripping with venomous fluid, swept through empty air just centimeters from his flank.
Not wasting an instant, Ouroborus lunged forward, sinking his razor-sharp fangs into the Manticore's armored side. He channeled his demonic flames through his jaws, causing fire to surge into the Leviathan Lord's flesh.
"SHRIIIIEEKKK!" Steam and smoke erupted from the wound as if molten metal had met frozen steel, and the creature's shriek of agony tore through the sky. The monstrous foe thrashed wildly, its massive pincers pushing with desperate might, prying at Ouroborus to force him away before the internal scorching could spread too far.
