CRASH!
Grey's eyes locked onto the kneeling, bleeding Kael. A savage, victorious grin split the man's face.
"He's completely tapped out! This is my chance!" Grey roared.
CRACKLE! His golden staff erupted with violent, blinding lightning. He turned into a streak of electric blue light, rushing forward at terrifying speed. "Die, you monster!"
He thrust the staff directly at Kael's head.
But just as the lightning blast was about to connect, Kael's body dissolved into a thick, billowing cloud of pitch-black smoke.
WHOOSH!
"What?!" Grey's eyes widened as he plunged into the smoke. His vision was completely obscured, and the smoke clung to him like a physical weight, disrupting his sensory perception.
Lady Bone, standing a few meters away, recognized the technique instantly. Her face drained of blood. "Grey! Behind you! It's a shadow substitution!"
FWOOSH!
Kael materialized from the smoke directly behind Grey. The man had no time to turn.
Raishoton: Shinki-Raikiri.
