The crimson ocean above them did not fall like rain.
It fell like judgement.
The entire mass of blood, an ocean vaster than any sea Raiden had ever imagined, tilted downward all at once, sinking toward the earth with the weight of an entire continent crashing down from the heavens.
There was no thunder, no roar of wind, nothing to announce its arrival except a deep, resonant silence that pressed down on every living thing beneath it.
"NO!! NO, NO, NO!!! I REFUSE!!!" the Black Dragon King screamed, his massive body thrashing wildly as he tried to detonate himself one final time, gathering every last shard of destruction left inside his dying form.
But nothing happened.
Thin threads of blood, so fine they were nearly invisible, had already wrapped themselves around every inch of his body, binding his limbs, his wings, even the destructive energy trying to erupt from his core.
