The Voidborn guardian loomed, a towering mass of swirling shadow and starlight, its many limbs writhing like living smoke. Its eyes, twin voids of endless darkness, locked onto Titan with merciless intent.
Kaela moved swiftly, firing plasma rounds to distract the beast, but they barely grazed its shifting form.
Lira's voice crackled urgently in Titan's ear. "Its core is vulnerable only during its attack cycle. Timing is critical."
Merek chanted quietly, activating an ancient Sentinel relic that shimmered with protective energy around the team.
Titan tightened his grip on his blade, muscles coiled like a spring. As the guardian lunged, Titan dodged beneath a sweeping limb and aimed a precise strike at the creature's glowing core.
The beast howled, a sound that shook the chamber to its foundations, but the hit staggered it.
Seizing the moment, Kaela unleashed a barrage of plasma, and Lira overloaded the crystal's quantum shield.
With a final, desperate surge, Titan drove his blade deep into the core.
The guardian shuddered, its form unraveling into streams of light and shadow.
The crystal cracked, pulsing one last time before shattering, releasing a wave of cleansing energy that swept through the colony.