Chapter 1632: It was fun

Without warning, she channeled her lightning directly into the ground, sending an unpredictable web of energy across the stone. The light fractured and split, moving in jagged, erratic patterns that seemed to defy logic. Alex's foresight stuttered under the sudden chaos, and he felt the shock as one bolt seared against his boot, forcing him to stagger.

He gritted his teeth, refocusing. If Lilith wanted unpredictability, he would give her something just as formidable. Drawing deeply on his Time domain, he slowed time around them, the world turning into a surreal tableau where every drop of sweat, every flicker of flame, moved with dreamlike slowness. He saw her next strike before she even began it, saw the flicker of her muscles and the surge of energy.