The others stared at her, confused, then looked back up at the blood-red Voruun in the air.
Only Ethan nodded immediately.
He'd already been gathering power in his palm. The light compressed as his fingers curled, condensing into a dense, tightly packed sphere of energy. Locking onto Voruun—still pinned by the waterspout—Ethan lifted his hand and threw the energy ball.
At the same moment, Voruun finally spread every tentacle wide.
The tentacles wrapped around his body wrenched themselves out of the waterspout by force and lashed toward the sea sphere. They pushed forward against the spinning current, and every whip-like swing shook loose sheets of spray.
The newly reinforced blue shield took the first round head-on.
