A pulse of dark flame radiated from his body, causing the frozen landscape to collapse further, frost turning to vapor in an instant.
Step.
He was gone.
BOOM—!
In a flash, he appeared right in front of her, teleporting with such unnatural speed that even her sharp eyes could barely follow. His leg was already in motion—a brutal, heavy roundhouse kick aimed directly at her chest.
Khione reacted on instinct.
"Ice Fortress!"
She summoned multiple layers of ice barriers between them in a split second, stacking thick glacial walls in his path. Simultaneously, she unfolded her wings of ice once more, wrapping them tightly around her body like a crystalline cocoon.
But it wasn't enough.
CRAAACK!!
The kick shattered the first two barriers instantly, and then the rest crumbled like brittle glass, splintering into the air. His leg, surrounded in flames, connected with her defensive wings. The impact was so intense, it rippled through her entire body.
SNAP!
