I twisted midair the instant the air itself shuddered around me.
My eyes weren't playing tricks on me. Not now. Not while I was free-falling—there was no way that was just a hallucination.
FWOOSH!
I jerked my body aside—and a split second later, something slammed through the space I'd just been in, the shockwave blasting me farther off-course.
But—!
[Endless Fang]
I drove my sword down, steel biting into it, using the lodged blade as leverage. I kept falling, gravity dragging me, but now the sword scraped along its body, bleeding off speed and giving me something solid to balance on.
"Come on!"
[Capturing Spirit... 14%]
I had no idea what the capture range was—and this was not the time to find out. Being this close was suicide, but if it made the percentage climb, then I'd get as close as it wanted me to.
"Watch out!"
Julius blinked into existence in front of me, greatsword of light flashing as he cleaved through another invisible mass lunging for my throat.
