Finn swooped in immediately without giving the creature respite, targeting its neck joint again with a ruthless precision.
But this time, the creature was ready. Already angered, its arm came up in a blur, and it drove its fist towards Finn's exposed chest with that same spatial distortion effect.
But the attack had been a feint from Finn.
At the last second, he twisted mid-flight, contorting his body in ways that would have been impossible without the Ferropteryx's insane flexibility.
The punch passed harmlessly through the space he'd occupied a split-second before. And he dove low to the ground instead, taking the creature by surprise. His razor-sharp wings went for the knee joint he'd identified as another vulnerable point.
But the creature was faster. This time it also wasn't holding anything back. It raised its legs to leap backward, and already, it seemed like it was going to evade cleanly.
