For a brief, almost unreal moment, the chaos of the battlefield froze. The roars of the lesser beasts died down, the clash of Qi-infused elements ceased, and all eyes...human and beast alike..turned toward the impossible duel unfolding before them. The sight was nothing short of breathtaking. A grandmaster-ranked cultivator, still so young, standing toe to toe with an ascendant-ranked mountain gorilla within the heart of its own icy domain.
Lucas and the beast were moving so fast that even the snow seemed suspended midair. The flashes of golden and white energy streaking between them painted the mountainside in blinding bursts of color. Every collision between their fists sent shockwaves rippling outward, shaking the frozen cliffs and tearing apart the ground beneath their feet.
Lira could barely breathe as she watched. "He's not supposed to be able to do that…" she whispered, her voice trembling. "That thing is an ascendant-ranked beast...it could destroy an army…"
