"That shouldn't be possible," Wei Lin said, his calm facade cracking for the first time. "Physical force can't disrupt space math."
"It can when the physical force is essence-based," Jorghan replied.
He manifested blood essence as multiple whips, each one twenty feet long, each one capable of cutting through steel. The whips lashed out in all directions simultaneously, forcing the awakeners to defend rather than attack.
Cassandra touched one whip, draining its velocity to zero. But there were seven other whips, and she could only affect one object at a time. The remaining whips forced Yuki to dodge, Wei Lin to create hasty spatial barriers, and Dr. Cross to drag himself behind cover while clutching his bleeding thigh.
