'If I fail, Ethea and Auntie will die.'
The thought hammered into his mind, giving him the raw grit to endure the burning torment in his pathways and keep his stance anchored against the pressure.
A few moments later, the brutal collision finally ended as the torrent of flames choked out.
Soren began to shift his weight to transition into a counterattack, but a massive shadow cut through the steam, denying him the chance to react. Swinging its body with explosive momentum, the beast drove its tattered wing in a brutal horizontal sweep.
The impact was instantaneous.
The fragile ice wall shattered into ten thousand flying shards, offering zero resistance against the sheer kinetic force of the blow. The muscular limb tore straight through the glittering debris and slammed directly into Soren's chest.
"Pft!"
Soren's body hurled backward through the air while coughing out a spray of crimson blood, slamming hard against the solid tunnel wall.
