Despite Yeon-woo’s joy, he had the presence of mind to take advantage of the current situation with his increased thinking speed. The fire that exploded from the blade blanketed everything, turning the world red. A firestorm engulfed the Wave of Light, and the air turned wavy with heat.

It was hot enough to melt Yeon-woo’s scales and burn up everything that remained on the ground. Yeon-woo found the different streams of light in the midst of the explosion and avoided them. However it was hard to completely avoid the objects hurtling in the air, and sparks would sometimes hit him.

Despite the chaos, the shadow used Blink to try to direct the Wave of Light towards Yeon-woo. ‘Does he want us all to die?’ Yeon-woo used Swe to block it, but he...