The metal shards left the Storm Griffon's and the Bastet's wounds the same way they had entered, dealing them no further damage and allowing them to resume their attack.
Even whole, the weapons Salanoth had prepared were too small to be a real threat to someone the size of a Divine Beast. Without the Zero element, they were flies to the Upyrs, and Tezka's trick had delayed them for barely a second.
Yet that second was enough.
With Uragar still out of commission and Salanoth too focused on fueling the Eternity Seal to do anything else, Tezka was free to deal with the Divine Beasts. He sheathed Endless Night and opened dozens of small Cinder Steps the moment Jorl and Akhton entered Chaos Dimension's range.
The Suneater shifted his center of gravity, and gravity itself shifted with him. The two Upyrs' weight increased severalfold, breaking their stance and making them fall towards the Cinder Steps.
