Chapter 18: You Can’t Dodge Forever Rat!
Amidst the carnage, as the last of the Skin and Bone Refinement realm warriors fell bleeding into the forest floor, only two figures remained standing in the clearing, both panting, both wounded, both seething.
John Coral, bleeding from the leg, ribs cracked and sore.
Giant Sorrow, hammer resting on his shoulder, blood dripping down his temple, rage burning in his eyes.
"You’ve taken my men..." the brute growled, his voice like grinding stone. "But you won’t take my life, too."
John didn’t respond.
He was too busy focusing on his breathing, using every ounce of his Level Five Breathing Technique to recover, to endure, to steady the storm in his lungs.
Then Giant Sorrow moved.
Faster than a man of his size had any right to.
He swung the hammer low, then suddenly vaulted it upward in an arc that sent a shockwave of wind screaming toward John.
"Iron Sky Shatter!" he bellowed.
John leapt sideways, the shockwave tearing a trench into the earth where he’d stood.
Dust exploded into the air.