The addition of Nicholas and Lacey put a large pressure, and tremendous pain, on the emperor. Lacey's toxic needles had disrupted his mutated cells, plunging him into agony.

Using this opportunity, the five warriors tried their best to keep the emperor at bay and to wound him. Their attacks were relentless, and the enemy could do nothing but scream in pain.

The emperor was now drenched in black blood, and the wounds on his body were a gruesome sight to behold. Within minutes, his hideous body was severely damaged.

Struck with endless rage, the emperor yelled out and shot out beams of black light. The five warriors were sent flying upon impact.

Lacey cursed, "Damn it. He mutated."

The emperor's skin started splitting, and horrifying-looking tentacles crawled out of the openings. The tentacles had eerie-looking mouths at their ends.

"His cells are mutating at an explosive rate. He's transforming into a monster. We don’t have that much time left to defeat him," Nicholas said in a s