The Dire Sovereign lunged first—a streak of golden muscle tearing through the rubble like a living comet.
Kael blurred to the side, wind curling around his form in spirals, his boots barely touching the ground before he reappeared atop a broken tree.
He flicked a finger.
WHOOSH—
A slicing gale exploded outward, wind blades sharp enough to sever boulders.
They hit the beast's hide—
CRACK—!!!
A translucent, fiery membrane burst to life around the Dire Sovereign's body—the same thing it had used to destroy Kael's barrier.
Its surface shimmered like molten metal wrapped around a sun, and the moment Kael's wind attack made contact with that membrane, it shattered.
Kael's brows rose. "Oh? That's new."
The Dire Sovereign snarled and leapt again, claws tearing up the stone. Kael snapped his hand upward—roots erupted from the cracked earth, twisting into thick wooden serpents.
He was using dendrokinesis.
The roots wrapped around the beast's limbs—
SHHHHHHP—!!!
