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The bell rang with a single, sharp clang that cut through the chaos, and both fighters began to shift.
âThe transformation was nothing like what I'd seen since I found myself in this realm. There was no slow, agonizing process, no dramatic screaming or drawn-out pain. It was the most brutal, efficient transformation I had ever witnessed.
âThe Butcher's body convulsed, bones snapping and reforming with wet, visceral cracks that I could hear even through the soundproofed glass. His spine arched, vertebrae popping as his frame expanded. Fur erupted across his skin in a wave of dark hair, and his face elongated into a muzzle filled with teeth designed to tear flesh from bone.
âWithin seconds, a massive wolf stood where the man had beenâeasily larger than a horse, perhaps bigger. All muscle and barely contained wrath rippled beneath his ink-colored hide.
