Serena spun around. "Kain!"
Kain gritted his teeth, looking down. A black serpent, its scales glistening like oil, had buried its fangs deep into his leg. Its eyes glowed faint crimson—an Abyssal.
"Damn it—!" Kain hissed, drawing a dagger from his space ring in a flash. He slashed down once, cleanly severing the creature's head. The body writhed and twitched before dissolving into black vapor.
But the wound burned. A crawling sensation spread through his veins, like icy fire moving through his bloodstream.
The Abyss.
Serena moved to his side, one hand already glowing with violet light. "Hold still."
Serena was now on the fifth layer of her inheritance and the personal poison had evolved again. Now, although not the type that could purify abyssal energy cleanly or spread amongst abyssals like a contaminant, it made her extremely resistant to abyssal contamination—strong enough to burn the corruption outright.
