Dark chi erupted from Arthur's body. Not shadows. Not lightning. Not metal. Something else entirely, something Lucy hadn't seen him use yet. The energy was red with faint white streaks running through it like veins, and it felt wrong, made her instincts scream warnings as it spread outward from Arthur's position.
Lucy tried to retreat but the dark chi moved faster. It wrapped around her legs, her torso, her arms, solidifying into chains that pulled tight and yanked her off her feet.
Arthur rose. His broken arm straightened with audible cracking as bones reset themselves. The burns across his skin healed rapidly, new tissue growing at visible speed. Blood stopped flowing from his wounds and began reversing, being pulled back inside as his body reconstructed itself.
He stood fully upright, dark chi swirling around him like a storm, and looked up at KROME standing at the crater's edge.
