A Fierce Showdown [Part 5]

The creature standing before Northern defied conventional biology. Its pale, almost sickly flesh stretched taut over a muscular frame, displaying veins and tendons that pulsed with an unsettling rhythm, as if animated by an unnatural force.

Multiple elongated arms protruded from its torso, each limb ending in razor-sharp claws that curved like scythes, poised for violence.

These limbs twisted and coiled around its body in an almost serpentine manner, suggesting a creature that moved with both grace and grotesque agility.

Its head, crowned with a mane of long, white, braided hair, contrasted sharply against the pallor of its body, giving it an almost human-like visage marred by the feral intensity in its eyes.

These eyes, a piercing yellow, gleamed with a predatory intelligence, scanning the surroundings with the keen perception of a hunter forever on the prowl.