The moment the two of them disappeared from the area of effect, Damon calmly activated one of his new skills. [Poison Burst]
The next second, a wave of poisonous air erupted outward from Damon's body like a rotting gale. It rolled through the clearing in a violent surge, thick clouds of black, purple, and green mist clinging to bark, soil, and flesh alike.
The runes carved into the trees flared angrily, their light flickering as if trying to repel the intrusion, but it was useless. Even the giant trees were not spared.
The rotting poison was relentless. It slithered into the grooves of the bark, seeped into the glowing runes, and crawled through the roots like venom coursing through veins.
The forest shuddered as if alive, branches groaning and leaves wilting in seconds. What had once pulsed with sacred, ordered power now twisted under poisonous corruption.
