No longer did the group have to worry about the small creatures that had been attacking them. Instead, there was now an even bigger issue at hand.

The dimensional boss had been summoned, and from the looks of it, based on the location it was emerging from, it was stationed directly in front of the exit portal they needed to use.

Everyone stared as something began to form. From the top of the now-silent waterfall, the surface began to tremble, not just with sound, but with presence. The water didn't merely ripple; it bent and warped unnaturally, as if gravity itself was beginning to unravel.

Then it emerged.

A monstrous figure, half-liquid, half-flesh, rose from the heart of the waterfall like a god called forth from the deep. Towering over the landscape, the creature stood nearly thirty feet tall, yet it moved with a fluid grace, as though the air around it were water.

Its body was an amalgamation of deep-sea horrors. Its slick, scaled hide shimmered with a dark, oil-like sheen. Bioluminescent streaks of glowing blue pulsed along its arms and chest in rhythmic waves. Long, serpentine tendrils hung from its back like flowing kelp, yet they twisted and coiled with a sentient hunger.

Instead of legs, it had a mass of swirling water forming a powerful vortex that allowed it to hover and surge across the battlefield, dragging the land itself with it. Its arms ended in sharp, fin-bladed claws but could morph and reform into tidal whips or piercing jets of pressurized water.

Its face, if it could be called that, was hidden behind a spiraled coral mask, shaped like a twisted seashell, with glowing abyss-blue eyes deep inside, flickering like dying stars.

The enormous creature began to descend from the top and landed right below, crashing heavily into the ground. The stream of water that should have flowed from the waterfall began to slow and then came to a complete stop.

Then the water started to move in reverse and headed toward the creature.

The water was being absorbed by the creature, and it was making its appearance even larger by the second.

"Damn it," Liam said, gritting his teeth. "If those two beasts from before are anything to go by, this one's going to be a nightmare. I don't think we can make this a contest. Safa, do you know where its core is?"

Safa was already ahead of him, using her God Eyes even before Liam had spoken, but she didn't have an answer she could give.

"The energy, it's flowing evenly through its entire body," Safa replied. "It's almost as if every part of it contains equal mana. I can't find any kind of core."

"If that thing can regenerate like the last one…" Beatrix added, her expression darkening, "does that mean the only way to defeat it is to destroy the whole thing?"

The biggest problem was that the dimensional boss was now blocking their only way out. That meant they didn't have a choice.

"We just have to take it out!" Liam shouted as he charged forward.

Seeing him rush ahead, the others quickly followed. However, just like the times before, the students and teachers watching didn't have much confidence in them.

Though this group had saved them time and time again, a dimensional boss was on a whole other level, usually far stronger than any other creature inside a dimension. Judging by what they had seen so far, the current dimension they were in had to be one of the highest-level dungeons out there.

The massive creature in front of them looked as though it had limited mobility, but it also resembled a giant, formless blob of a monster.

The first to attack was Beatrix. Blood began to swirl around her fist as she held it out. She then clenched her hand tightly and threw a punch, sending out large, devastating fists of destruction.

But just like with the guardians from before, massive whirlpools of water appeared to defend the boss. Though Beatrix's attacks seemed to be breaking and shattering these whirlpools, they ultimately did nothing. Not a single strike made it through.

Next, it was Liam and Dame's turn, or at least they thought it was. The creature suddenly turned its large, coral-like head, and jets of high-pressure water shot out in their direction.

Dame activated his lightning body and tried to dodge, but several jets still managed to hit him. The force sent him flying, his feet skidding across the ground. The impact was so powerful that he didn't even have a moment to recover before another blast from above struck, sending him crashing hard into the earth.

Safa quickly rushed to his side, thrusting her Lux sword forward, already beginning to heal Dame as much as she could. Against a creature like this, her best role was clear: to act as the strongest support possible, so the others could fight without fear of falling.

Liam, meanwhile, managed to push forward thanks to his sword, but he had only made it a few meters closer before the monster reacted again.

From its body, hundreds of large, thin, winding water tentacles erupted. They were fast, fast enough that it was clear they had a specific target in mind.

They swung toward Liam. He used every skill he had to slice through the tentacles, but eventually, one managed to strike him. Like a whip, it coiled around his body and flung him across the battlefield.

He skidded for a few moments before catching himself and regaining his stance, showcasing his physical strength. But there were just too many tentacles. He was being hit over and over again, and not just him, but the others as well.

They were all trying their best. Safa stood at the center, radiating light magic, healing them each time they were struck.

"The dimensional boss is too strong," Bronto muttered. "We're all going to die here."

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