The moment Erend released his restraint on his power, the sky detonated. Lightning did not merely surge but actually detonated in every direction.
The darkness around him ruptured outward as if reality itself had been split by a blade of pure voltage.
The storm clouds convulsed, shredded apart by blinding arcs that expanded in every direction.
Within that explosion of light, Erend's body changed completely. His humanoid shape was erased, replaced by a colossal Lightning Dragon. His scales were now burned crimson and black, each plate etched with living thunder and fire. His wings of crackling energy unfurled and beat once, and that single motion erased entire layers of corrupted cloud.
The sound followed a heartbeat later.
A deafening thunderclap rolled across the world.
At the same instant, Eccar's power answered.
Earth roared upward from nothingness, forming a massive Draconic body forged from golden stone and compressed reality.
