The golem moved first, and the speed was terrifying.
Master Peak cultivation translated to physical capability that transcended normal limitations, and the construct demonstrated that immediately. It closed the distance between them in a blur of motion that left afterimages burned into Raze's vision, the desert sand erupting behind it from the explosive acceleration. Lightning crackled along its limbs, arcing between fingers that extended toward him like blades wrapped in electrical discharge.
Raze triggered Void Step on pure instinct, reality folding around him as he displaced three meters to the left. The golem's strike passed through empty air where he'd been standing an instant before, the missed attack leaving a scorched ozone smell and static charge that made his skin tingle even from the safe distance.
