The spiraling staircase crumbled into gray dust right behind Kai's foot.
A huge chunk of the ceiling broke loose and plummeted directly toward his head.
Kai's mind was locked into pure survival mode.
He pushed his freezing mana outward and blasted the falling rock with a stream of solid ice. The stone froze completely in mid-air, anchored firmly to the nearby wall by thick frozen pillars.
He jumped onto the makeshift stepping stone and leaped safely to the next stable ledge, ignoring the burning pain radiating from his broken ribs.
Meriel took a much crazier route to avoid the falling debris.
The Forgotten Titan swept its giant hand through the air to swat them both. Meriel jumped directly onto the beast's rocky fingers instead of dodging away.
He ran right up the monster's swinging arm, using the Titan's own destructive momentum to launch himself high into the air and landed neatly on the upper balcony right beside Kai with a smug grin on his bloody face.
