But then—
BOOM!
Suddenly, a black figure flashed into existence above him, so fast it looked like a shadow tearing through the sky.
And in the next instant— the lightning bolt was deflected mid-air— slammed aside by twin daggers crackling with a blood-red aura.
The sheer force of the deflection was apocalyptic.
BOOM—!
The impact was cataclysmic. A shockwave erupted, the force so immense it carved a massive crater into the earth, the ground splintering and collapsing in a cloud of dust and debris. The blast obliterated a dozen Skyrazor Crows mid-flight, their bodies disintegrating into showers of blackened feathers. Bloodhowl Wolves caught in the radius were flung backward, their howls cut short as the concussive force crushed their bodies against jagged rocks.