Atticus' gaze constricted.
'I'm too slow.'
The man had already raised a purple barrier, intercepting the blade before it could cut through.
The man's body suddenly flared with purple light.
Atticus' eyes narrowed.
'An attack… where…'
He searched for the flow, only for his eyes to widen.
'Everywhere.'
Atticus crossed his arms before him just as the man detonated in a violent explosion that sent him hurtling away.
He slammed into another floating island a moment later, skipping across its surface before coming to a rough stop.
He could feel the exo suit trembling around him. His arms up to the elbows were now exposed, the damaged sections slowly trying to mend themselves.
Atticus forced himself upright, fixing his gaze ahead.
The man hovered above him, radiating a blinding purple light that illuminated everything, drowning the golden world in an intense violet glow.
Orbs of different light revolved around him, each one pulsing with overwhelming power.
