The gigantic squid continued advancing slowly across the expanse of Black Ice, leaving behind a wide, irregular path where the raging ocean was beginning to appear once again.
Its tentacles latched onto the frozen plates and forced them apart with astonishing strength, breaking through a structure that had withstood without difficulty the colossal waves that had threatened Asgard only minutes earlier.
Xyn remained suspended in the air, her enormous Black Phoenix wings spread wide while small dark flames moved across her feathers.
She still hadn't attacked because, despite the creature's monstrous size and the frightening ease with which it destroyed Strax's ice, she couldn't sense any hostile intent coming from it.
Then the squid stopped.
One of its enormous tentacles slowly rose until it was only a few centimeters away from Xyn, but it made no attempt to touch her.
