Altered Beast/Round 2

Stage description
The second stage takes place inside of a dank dark cave and the inhabitants are all looking for their next meal. The cave is infested with Round Leeches who like to leap onto their victims' heads and drain their life. Rattle Tail dragons surprise their prey by flying straight up or down. And Chicken Stingers have tails so strong, they can crush the few rock formations that serve as ledges throughout the stage. Your transformation into a dragon on this stage allows you to fly effortless above the ground, and launch an attack that affects everything close to you.

Enemies

 * Returning enemies:Lascert Wolves, Skinny Orculus

Shiny wolves
''Note: The following descriptions are for the arcade version. The wolves in the Genesis version are similar to the descriptions listed below, but no wolves are motionless, and you will encounter fewer of them after the first segment.''
 * Segment 1
 * 1) After the first set of Round Leeches appear, two brown wolves will leap across the screen from right to left.  A shining wolf will be right behind them.  Stay near the left side of the screen and let the wolf come to you so you don't get attacked by the Round Leech and Rattle Tail that appear on the right.
 * 2) Two more brown wolves will leap from the ledge on the right, and drop down to the floor below before escaping.  A shining wolf will follow them.  To hit it and obtain the power-up orb, stay near the right, and jump up and punch it as it leaps off the ledge.
 * 3) After the first Chicken Stinger appears, two brown wolves will appear on the left and leap across the screen to the right.  A shining wolf will appear right behind them, but it leaps further out to the left than the brown wolves, so stay near the middle of the screen in order to attack it.
 * Segment 2
 * 1) After a set of Rattle Tails travel through the screen, two brown wolves will appear on the right and leap to the left, followed by a shining wolf.  The shining wolf will leap further out to the right, so stay near the middle of the screen.
 * 2) You'll come across a stationary brown wolf on a ledge.  From that same ledge two other brown wolves will leap off of it to the right and attack.  A shining wolf will appear after them.  Stay on the left side of the screen, and punch the wolf before it lands.
 * Segment 3
 * 1) The next shining wolf appears on the right side of the screen and remains stationary until you defeat it.
 * 2) If you have defeated the shining wolf described above before two brown wolves leap across the screen from left to right, a shining wolf will appear behind them and follow along.
 * 3) A shining wolf will be perched on a ledge and remain motionless.
 * 4) A second shining wolf will also be perched on the following ledge.
 * 5) Beyond a third ledge, a pack of wolves will be trying to leap across the floor from right to left, but they will be stuck behind the ledge.  Destroy the ledge and quickly take the pack out, including the shining wolf.

Boss: Octeyes
Once again, Neff will only transform into the boss if you have transformed into a Dragon. If you have not transformed into a Dragon by the third time you encounter Neff, he will transform anyway, and the battle against the boss will be near-impossible.

Octeyes is a large plant-like creature that remains stationary on the right side of the screen. At rest, you can see one very large eye. However, it peels back its leaves to reveal a large collection of eyeballs, many of which Octeyes will send out toward you to attack. The eyes can be removed by striking them and doing enough damage. But it's the center eye which is Octeyes' weak point.

To defeat the boss, shoot the main eye between its volleys of attacks. Well timed use of your kick attack will paralyze the eyes, and can damage Octeyes as well from close range. If the eyes get too close for comfort, retreat and keep using the lightning area attack until you can approach the boss again. With two players this boss is incredibly easy, as they can overlap their area attacks to permanently paralyze the eyes.