But Honeybun had an answer.
The golden turtle reacted the instant the hawk revealed itself, its shell flooding with deep jade, the speed form activating.
But this time it didn't trade away its crystals, the formations erupting across its jade shell all the same, and the moment the hawk wheeled for another dive, Honeybun unleashed them.
A volley of crystal spears launched skyward, streaking toward the circling hawk.
The hawk banked hard, and the clearing lit up as crystals flew towards the sky.
It didn't take long for the fight to show who was winning. Honeybun found himself on the back foot.
The hawk was unlike anything he had faced. The Shadow Panther had been fast but ground-bound. The serpent had been powerful but confined to its basin.
This predator owned the sky, and the sky was a battlefield Honeybun couldn't reach.
