Ethan didn't wait to see how it landed.
He flashed forward, already in front of Zerathrax. In the next instant, his body broke apart again—countless fine black particles exploding out of him, pouring into the wound like a black storm.
It happened too fast.
Even Lily was caught off guard for half a beat.
But she reacted immediately. Instead of pressing her attack blindly, she retreated a step.
At the same time, the white lightning around her surged, swelling into layer after layer of coiling thunder chains that wrapped around Zerathrax and sealed him in the center.
She knew exactly what was happening: Ethan was inside him.
If she let loose without restraint right now, the first one to get caught in the blast might be Ethan.
So she didn't bombard. She chose the safest option—lock Zerathrax in place inside a thunder domain and buy Ethan the cleanest window possible.
Up in the shattered sky, Zerathrax's aura quickly started to turn… wrong.
