Ren had just arrived at the city, and the flying distance for helping the south would take him almost an extra hour. Sadly, there would be no last second heroes this time.
But Sirius was no longer just an exhausted soldier throwing desperate scratches…
He was a master of darkness, temporarily fueled by the very corruption trying to kill him, and the Diamond mutant was about to experience that difference firsthand.
"Hold the line, Liu!" Sirius yelled, descending upon the beast with a flurry of claws woven from a now purplish light and deep black shadows. "Do not let it eat you from the inside! You already know how to fight this!"
Sharing the horrific burden was exactly what Liu needed. The concentrated venom threatening to shatter his sanity was effectively halved. With the internal pressure drastically reduced, Liu regained the clarity that the dark energy had been stealing from him.
The reckless maneuver also yielded a surprisingly lethal side effect…
