Daniel was forced back by a violent burst of World Force from the Duke's body, creating critical space between them. Axel seized that exact moment, swiping his heavy demonic claws through the air. Arcs of dual colored despair flames burst forward, slicing toward the Duke in an overlapping grid of fire.
In response, Duke Allen gestured wildly. Hundreds of long, thick chains tipped with serrated daggers materialised around his figure, shooting outward toward Axel like a swarm of iron vipers.
To an ordinary onlooker, the Duke appeared to execute no technique at all, for the psychic constructs forming the chains remained entirely invisible to normal sight and imperceptible to ordinary senses.
Only someone like him who possessed the mutated Runic Eyes and the Energy Sense skill could track their rapid trajectory through the air.
