The raw power was staggering. It wasn't just fire or force; it was the total erasure of matter. Where Bonnie stood a moment before, there was now a void, a temporary rupture in reality where energy consumed everything.
The force wave slammed into the boundaries of the campus.
CRUNCH!
For a terrifying, drawn-out second, the world turned white.
The impact struck Dorian directly, not with the force of a punch, but with the pressure of a collapsing mountain.
His teeth jarred, his vision momentarily blacked out, and a guttural roar of pure, pain-filled effort escaped his lips as he channeled every scrap of his Dragon Monarch authority into maintaining the 'Shi' around the academy.
The sound was unbearable, a tearing, grinding scream of reinforced rock and magical energy fighting against absolute destruction.
The ground he stood on vaporized instantly, but the blast did not penetrate beyond the inner shell of his barrier.
