Just as the sword was about to reach him, the eyes of the Enlightened One glowed, and in the next instant, time itself froze.
The Leader of the Masked Race widened his eyes as he realized he was incapable of pushing his sword forward. The resistance was absolute. Before he could even process what was happening, the space around him began to twist and collapse inward.
In the blink of an eye, he was sealed inside a massive, pitch-black cage.
"Negation Coffin," the Ancient One's voice echoed coldly.
Time resumed its flow.
The black prison trembled violently as an overwhelming power surged within it—the power to negate existence itself, combined with crushing forces comparable to countless black holes compressed into a single point.
Zuko's eyes widened as the power assaulted him from every direction, twisting not only his flesh but the very atoms that formed his body and particles of his soul.
