Insidious quickly got to their feet and roared in anger at being blooded. While the tail of the creature was primarily for balance, it looked like he had spent some type practicing using the appendage as a
weapon. The spine-covered tail whipped out to try and strike the Apocolisk.
Insidious was far more cautious now that he saw his opponent's movement capabilities. The royal
Basilisk lowed itself leaving less room to get to its stomach.
Good, caution.
Apocolisk started to move, walking a little slower now as she began to slowly circle the
basilisk. She was wary of the tail but knew her reflexes could avoid the slashing barbs.
She could smell the blood and see it splatter in the sand beneath the beasts belly.
Apocolisk flexed the claws on her shorter pair of arms while she used the bigger set to walk in a wide loop around her enemy just out of range of his tail, exposing her flank to Insidious in a thinly veiled attempt to bait him into another attack while she seemed to be looking for another opening.
The audience could see the rippling muscles across her massive shoulders with each step she took, he head low and her eyes scanning as she circled her prey.
The smell of blood activated predatory instincts in Apocolisk that weren't present in Fenic.
She was powerful, she was in control... She wanted to toy with her prey, play with her food.
She didn't wait for Insidious to take the bait, she feinted, jumping forward and baiting an attack from him which invariably came from the lacerating tail with its longer range.
She ducked the swing, then caught the tail on the withdrawal in her large upper claws.
She grabbed the tail firmly so that the basilisk couldn't rip it's tail from her and damage her hands.
Then she yanked hard to the side, pulling Insidious backwards and completely off his feet, then she yanked hard the other way before he could recover.
With a loud roar she pulled the tail and stood on her hind legs, spinning in a circle and lifting the basilisk into the air.
She spun him through the air a couple times, once... Twice... Thrice... Four times, five... Six.
She was having fun and getting thoroughly dizzy, but his weight was starting to throw her off her footing. So she let go, sending him flying into the air and smashing solidly into the wall of the arena, again shaking the floor for the audience with the impact.
She went to all fours and shook her head to stop the room from spinning and waited for the dust to settle. If that didn't end the fight, she hoped it would break or blunt some of his spikey armor, her claws were bleeding a little bit from holding on to his tail, but it was hardly anything.
