Jayden's heart pounded. A creature with the ability to phase through things. The tactical problem immediately presented itself in Jayden's mind: A beast like this would be hard, if not impossible to touch or hit.
But Jayden was never one to walk away from a challenge. He stepped out of the brush, his hands igniting.
The rational part of his mind noted clearly that he had no idea how to hit an intangible beast. But Jayden decided to figure that out through direct experience.
The Ghost-Lynx's violet eyes snapped to him.
Jayden threw a volley of fireballs, but the beast simply shifted to static, the explosions passing harmlessly through its body and detonating on the trees behind it. Jayden rushed in, swinging his knuckle claws, but he struck nothing but cold air.
Then, the beast countered.
It had stayed completely intangible while Jayden attacked, but the millisecond Jayden's momentum carried him off balance, the Lynx solidified its paw and struck.
Slash.
