'I miscalculated.'
Tecolamas's face was calm, but a trickle of blood escaped the corner of his mouth. The terrifying "chemical reaction" born from their clashing abilities had unleashed a force far beyond his imagination.
He flexed his blood-drenched arm. His bones, as tough as refined steel, seemed to have sustained a hairline fracture from the explosion. The lacerations and burns on his skin sent waves of intense pain to his brain, but not a flicker of it showed on his face.
The injury wasn't as severe as he'd expected; at least his arm could still move.
Though he had paid a price, he had succeeded in his objective: getting that tenacious opponent away from the cave entrance.
RUMBLE!!
A groaning rumble echoed from the cave entrance. It seemed the earlier explosion had shattered a key structural point, and the entrance now threatened to collapse at any moment.
SWOOSH!
