Richard tried to dodge, but Satou's Ancient Dragon's Wisdom predicted the movement. Shadow Mastery placed a tendril of darkness exactly where Richard would be a half-second later. The champion's foot caught on the shadow, throwing off his balance by a fraction.
A fraction was enough.
Void Fang carved through Richard's side, a deep cut that sprayed black blood across the obsidian. The wound was substantial—easily fatal to a normal person. And because of Existence Erasure, it wouldn't heal naturally.
Richard's hand shot out in desperation, Decay radiating from his palm at maximum intensity. The air itself began to die, molecules ceasing to exist in a spreading cone of absolute death.
Satou activated Void Body, his form becoming partially translucent. The Decay touched him but couldn't fully affect something that was only forty percent present in reality. He took damage and his HP dropped by several hundred points, but he didn't die, didn't rot away into nothing.
