The Phoenix's feathers ruffled, and radiant flame burned around its whole body. Those flashing opal eyes glared down at Arad, sending a crushing wave of pure dominance. The divine bird found it insulting for a human to be standing in its presence. You either kneel, or burn to ash.
As a pillar of scorching white light fell from the ceiling, it washed over Arad like a waterfall. At the same time, the black serpent hissed, and its nebulous eyes twisted the fabric of reality as the shadows crawled up Arad's body, trying to crush and bring him down. Those contorting tendrils aimed for one thing: Arad's life.
The moment those two beasts separated from Feu and Chi, their power had reached its peak, and both of them had now turned into avatars of their respective divines. The phoenix danced in the magnificence of the goddess of fire, and the serpent finally linked back to Death herself, but due to their links and the new rush of power, the beasts had taken a second too long to realize.
