The Void Manifest's massive form descended like a collapsing star, its limbs elongating into jagged spears of pure shadow. Adam met it head-on, his draconic jaws snapping shut around one of the shadow-spears, crushing it between his massive fangs.
CRUNCH—SHATTER!
The shadow-spear disintegrated, scattering into wisps of void energy. Adam's silver-veined scales gleamed in the darkness as he reared back, his wings beating hard to hold his position. His voice rumbled through his chest, deep and resonant.
"You're not getting past me!"
The Void Manifest's layered, discordant voice echoed through the void. "You cannot hold! The Void consumes all!"
It raised its other arm, and a barrage of condensed void projectiles erupted from its palm, each one humming with deadly energy. Adam's Apex Instinct screamed. He twisted, his massive serpentine body undulating through the storm of projectiles. But there were too many. One struck his shoulder, another his side, a third grazing his wing.
