Blood and broken bodies painted the clearing as Noah charged forward, the eclipse blade thrumming with dark energy in his grip. Through the carnage, he watched Lucas Grey gather himself for another assault. The number one's body crackled with lightning, illuminating the countless wounds that should have dropped him long ago.
'This is it. His attack will give me the opening I need.'
Lightning erupted as Lucas launched himself at the Harbinger, raw power turning the air itself into plasma. For a brief moment, Noah thought it might actually connect - but the monster moved like liquid mercury. Its claws found Lucas's chest with surgical precision, and Earth's Eastern sector's academy's strongest student went bouncing across the blood-soaked ground like a discarded toy.