"March right through it," Yena repeated slowly, her amber eyes reflecting the swirling purple light of the expanding rift. "Kai, our men are seasoned veterans, but they are still mortal flesh and blood. The atmosphere on the other side of that tear will rot their lungs in a single breath."
"They will not breathe the void," Kai replied smoothly, raising the pulsing astral core he had just ripped from the Herald's chest. "They will breathe my winter."
He held the heavy, glowing sphere of dark energy up to the cold air, letting his freezing mana wrap around the foul magic.
[System: High-Tier Astral Core detected]
[Action: Synthesize with Kingdom Core Fragment to generate localized dimensional shielding?]
Kai confirmed the prompt with a lazy flick of his mind.
The heavy purple core dissolved directly into his open palm, sending a massive, freezing jolt of raw power racing up his arm.
