The instant the monstrous shadow beast charged, the battlefield twisted under its sheer presence. The air grew heavy, suffocating, as if reality itself was straining to contain Selene's power.
Adam flickered out of sight before reappearing a few feet away, watching with sharp eyes. Alice, still smirking, felt her body tense against an unseen force.
And then—
Boom!
The beast moved faster than it should. A blur of darkness, its claw shot forward, a massive, jagged limb of pure void aiming straight for Alice.
She warped—
But something was off.
Her teleportation staggered, like space itself resisted her control. She only managed to shift a few feet before the beast's attack connected.
Crack!
The force sent her flying, smashing through the floating wreckage of a car. She barely caught herself mid-air, twisting to land on an invisible plane of warped gravity.
"What the hell—" Alice barely had time to register before another attack came.
