"I've got you!"
The monstrous entity roared, his voice resonating with countless overlapping echoes, as though its body were a vessel housing a myriad of souls—each one brimming with rage, madness, and an unending thirst for blood. The sound alone made the void tremble.
His right arm swelled to nearly twice his original size, flesh bulging and twisting unnaturally as he slashed toward Cain's neck with overwhelming force.
Yet just as the blow was about to land, all of its power vanished.
Two fingers—Cain's middle and index fingers—had intercepted the strike.
The monstrous arm shuddered as every ounce of destructive force behind his axe was absorbed, halted completely by those two slender digits. Awe and admiration rippled through the warriors of the Nine Empyrean Suns Alliance as they witnessed the impossible feat.
But their relief was short-lived.
Cain's left arm trembled violently.
"BOOM!"
The next instant, it exploded.
