Ethan's expression shifted.
As soon as the system finished its sweep, he knew—this kirin's Tier was a whole notch higher than his.
And the power on it wasn't ordinary Infernal aura, either.
It was tied to the darkness energy saturating this place and to that ghost-blue Infernal Primordial Power. Just standing there, it tugged on the oppressive pressure of the entire underground space, like it was part of the environment's breathing.
The ghastly white lightning inside Ethan started to cycle.
He was still weighing how to respond when Lily moved first.
Her body blurred into a ghost-blue streak and flashed right up to the kirin. The light-waves in the kirin's eyes had only just begun to condense—
Lily's palm was already on its skull.
Her fingers clamped down around its head. She twisted her wrist to the side.
Crack!
The kirin's massive body locked up.
