The lightning around Hei Yung changed direction as he raised his left hand slowly. In a flash, the striking bolts that had been blasting into the maw of the Abyssal Maw Lord drew back toward Hei Yung in thick streams.
The air hitched as the blazing ring at his back began to spin faster. The blue-white light compressed around his arm, then around his chest, then gathered before him into a shrieking, clustered sword.
"Fall back!" an Agathan soldier roared after noticing the change in Hei Yung's appearance. "MOVE!"
The soldiers obeyed and dragged themselves away, the strong ones hauling the wounded.
The blazing gold light that melted the ground began to fade as suddenly as it had appeared. Inside it, Leon straightened himself, keeping a distance between Zoe and himself.
When the dome vanished fully, Zoe pushed herself from the untouched ground, then glanced at the drifting motes and the bubbling earth around them.
