The Crystal Flame staggered, its fractured body leaking blue ichor and molten light. Yet even now, it refused to fall. Its hollow eyes blazed with defiant fury, and it raised one massive claw for a final, desperate swing at Lisa, the one who had kept everyone alive.
Andrey stepped forward.
His katana was already in motion to strike. He channeled every remaining ounce of Ki into the blade, layering it with the last stored remnants of Damage Absorb. The steel sang as it carved through the air, meeting the descending claw at its weakest point—the crack Sarah's Apocalypse had left behind.
The blade bit deep.
Crystal flame arm shattered.
The creature reeled, howling—a sound of grinding crystal and dying fire. Sein didn't waste the opening. She leaped onto its chest, both gauntlets blazing with the last of her crimson energy.
"Crimson... IMPACT!"
She drove her fists into the boss's core.
