From the broken dome, water was spilling downward like the heavens had decided to unleash one of their barrels of water upon the world beneath. Of course, we were beneath a vast sea long before we were beneath the heavens themselves.
If they existed.
The water did not reach me, though. As it poured down, it was being heated into vapor at a horrifying, sizzling pace. Vapor flowed above me like a pale white mist. The moment I hurled the spear of flame, the world seemed to bend, and then the river evaporated at a life-threatening speed, such that I watched the Kirin Beast leap out of the river in its physical body.
The man acted fast, recalling his summon, but I was far faster than any of them anticipated. First of all, I dismissed White Feather, sending her to the depths of my soul, and just as the spear of flame touched the river, turning it into sizzling air, I had already lunged toward the man.
