The Celestbone Spine ignited with stellar fury.
It launched itself down toward Achilles like a glorious serpent of judgment.
Achilles cried out in his Phoenix form, rings of stellar white flames erupting to cover millions of the surrounding skies.
The Spine struck.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
The impact came from above, and it was unfathomably heavy.
Achilles was driven into the earth, creating a crater that swallowed entire districts of the Capital outskirts.
White flames flared!
The form of the white Phoenix dissipated, but…
But he rose.
Shattered.
Burning.
Alive.
From within his core, the Adrastia Imperium Vitae Ascension Codex pulsed with golden embers.
He had not yet reached Imperial Embers Initiation.
But he could feel as if his blood was burning with brilliance.
The fire had begun.
He wasn't just resisting.
He was refining everything about his existence!
And above, High Zenithar Malgorith looked on, no longer laughing after he survived such a blow.
"Interesting…"
