Ethan had been waiting for the wild boar's charge. The instant it lunged forward, he didn't even hesitate. He shouted, "Gate of Ascension… open!"
But the Butcher Tribe's Ancestral Spirit was simply too massive. Just as Ethan activated the Gate of Ascension, Boom—the wild boar's enormous snout crashed straight into it.
Even as Ethan kept yelling, "Bigger… bigger… bigger!" the portal couldn't expand fast enough to swallow the boar's body. Its head wouldn't even fit fully inside. Two enormous tusks remained wedged stubbornly against either side of the Gate, straining against the boundary.
This only made the Gate's ability to enlarge even more sluggish, despite the vines coiling around it.
Snort… snort… squeal… squeal…
The boar, its snout trapped, suddenly seemed to sense something terrifying. It braced its thick forelegs and heaved backward with all its strength, desperately trying to rip its head free.