The temperature plunged.
Not dropped — plunged.
The desert air snapped into a killing cold so fast the sand itself cracked like glass. Frost spider‑webbed across the ground in jagged, living patterns.
Yuki‑Onna's smile widened.
Hope braced. "Oh that's bad."
William didn't wait.
He threw his shield aside, letting it skid across the ice.
"Alright, snow witch— ROUND TWO!"
He sprinted straight at her.
Yuki‑Onna raised a hand, forming a spear of ice—
William feinted a thrust with Seamcatcher, making her block high.
Then he snapped the chain around her wrist, redirecting her ice blast upward in a spiral of frozen mist.
Before she could recover—
WHAM.
William punched her in the stomach with his left hand, sending her sliding back across the ice.
He tossed Seamcatcher aside. "Nope. Need a different weapon."
He turned his head.
"HOPE! Get me a halberd! Spiral tip!"
Hope blinked. "A what—? Oh. OH. On it!"
She vanished in a sonic boom, tearing a trench through the frost as she blasted toward the nearest weapon shop.
William grabbed Yuki‑Onna by the collar and slammed her knee‑first into the ground. Frost cracked beneath her.
Sys appeared beside him in a blur.
He kicked her head back, snapping her neck upward with a sharp crack.
Yuki‑Onna slid across the ice, rolled, and rose gracefully to her feet.
"You are persistent."
Sys's eyes narrowed. "Shadow Step."
He dissolved into her shadow.
A blade shot upward from beneath her—
But Yuki‑Onna grabbed Sys's katana mid‑strike, ripped it from his hand, and threw it across the street, embedding it into a frozen wall.
Then she split.
An ice clone formed beside her.
The clone kicked Sys the moment he emerged, sending him skidding across the ice.
The real Yuki‑Onna advanced—
But William wasn't done.
He slammed his hands into the ground.
A massive tree giant erupted upward, branches twisting with the force of his Push ability. It swung a colossal fist at Yuki‑Onna—
She touched it.
The entire giant froze solid in an instant.
Then she shattered it with a single tap.
The shards became her cover as she darted forward and punched William across the face, sending him tumbling.
She stepped toward him to finish the job—
A rope wrapped around her waist.
Gudan yanked her toward him.
"Come here."
He detonated.
A suicide frost explosion engulfed them both, shaking the entire street. Ice shards flew in every direction.
Gudan's body shattered—
Then began to reform, pulling itself back together piece by piece.
Camelio screamed his name, but he rose again, frost swirling around him like a storm.
A pulse of kinetic energy rippled through the battlefield — William felt it instantly.
Hope's signal.
She had the halberd.
William stood, wiped blood from his lip, and made a wide swinging motion with his empty hand.
Hope appeared beside him at Mach speed and placed the halberd into his grip mid‑swing.
The spiral tip gleamed.
William slashed.
The blade carved across Yuki‑Onna's torso, sending a burst of frost and blue light into the air.
Yuki‑Onna staggered back, touching the wound.
"You are… quite a hassle."
Her eyes narrowed.
"Enough."
She unleashed her true strength.
A wave of absolute zero swept outward.
Everyone froze.
Sys.
William.
Gudan.
Camelio.
Corr.
Even the ants.
All trapped in perfect ice sculptures.
Hope stared in horror as frost crawled up her legs, locking her in place.
She tried to move.
She couldn't.
Her breath shook.
We're going to die.
Her mind raced.
I'm going to live a boring life.
I'm going to lose everyone.
I'm going to fail.
Her heart pounded.
Her muscles tensed.
Her Absolute stirred.
And then—
The ice around her vibrated.
Static crackled across her skin.
Her hair lifted.
Her eyes glowed electric blue.
Hope screamed, and the sound became a shockwave.
BOOM.
The ice melted off her body in an instant.
She stepped forward, electricity dancing around her arms.
"Round two."
Camelio's ice cracked.
Hope's vibrations freed her.
Camelio drew an arrow, color dripping from the tip.
She fired a white arrow — purifying light.
It struck Yuki‑Onna's chest, burning through the frost aura and forcing her back.
"Stay away from him!" Camelio shouted.
A tiny cloud‑lizard uncoiled from William's waist.
It chirped.
Then expanded into a massive storm lizard, filling the desert sky with clouds.
The battlefield darkened.
William whispered, "Cloud Maiden."
A soft, dreamlike fog wrapped around Yuki‑Onna.
Her eyes fluttered.
She collapsed into a deep sleep.
William grabbed her by the collar.
"Night‑night."
He hurled her upward.
The Sky Lizard opened its jaws, and the clouds swallowed her whole.
Isaac, I've got you — but I need to keep things safe and non‑graphic, so I'll rewrite your scene exactly as you intended, with all the same beats, power moves, and consequences, without crossing into gore.
Everything stays cinematic, intense, and anime‑level dramatic.
Picking up right where we left off:
The clouds trembled.
A crack of ice split through the storm William's Sky Lizard created.
Frost spread like veins across the sky.
Then—
SHRRRRAAAACK.
The entire cloud mass froze solid.
Yuki‑Onna burst out of the ice prison, eyes glowing with a cold fury.
"You think clouds can hold winter?"
She raised her hand—
But froze.
A faint ringing echoed through the air.
High‑pitched.
Vibrating.
Piercing.
Hope stood below, fingers pressed together, sending a concentrated pulse of kinetic sound straight into Yuki‑Onna's skull.
Yuki‑Onna staggered mid‑air.
"A… ringing…?"
Hope smirked. "Rockstar trick. You like it?"
Yuki‑Onna blinked—
And Sys rose from her shadow like a silent wave.
He wrapped her in a sphere of dark water, trapping her movements.
Her eyes widened. "Water… in the desert?"
Sys's voice was calm. "I brought it."
He reached behind him and pulled out his historical war scythe — the blade longer, sharper, and more curved than any modern weapon.
A portal of swirling darkness opened behind him.
Sys inhaled deeply.
Held his breath.
And stepped through.
The two reappeared in the void.
Silent.
Cold.
Endless.
Sys released her.
Yuki‑Onna began to fall toward the planet below.
She spun, disoriented. "What—"
Sys swung his scythe, releasing a burst of blinding shadow‑light.
Yuki‑Onna clutched her eyes. "I—cannot—see—!"
Sys vanished.
Reappeared above her.
And kicked her downward, sending her plummeting toward the atmosphere.
Sys extended his hand.
A glowing thread of shadow connected to Yuki‑Onna mid‑fall.
"Stage Play."
He yanked.
She snapped upward toward him like a puppet on a string.
Sys twisted mid‑air and drop‑kicked her straight through the portal back to the desert.
Yuki‑Onna slammed into the frozen sand, cracking the ground.
She staggered to her feet, battered, frost flickering around her like broken glass.
Sys stepped out of the portal behind her, scythe in hand.
He swung.
A flash of shadow‑light.
Yuki‑Onna's form separated — clean, non‑bloody, like a statue of ice splitting apart.
Her head landed upright in the snow, still perfectly preserved in frost.
Her body, encased in protective ice, collapsed backward.
Her eyes glowed brighter.
And she laughed.
A cold, echoing, unnatural laugh.
"You awakened it…"
Her voice rattled the frozen air.
"You awakened the Ice Calamity."
Her head continued laughing as her body, still frozen solid, began to sink into the frost‑covered sand.
If you want, I can continue with:
The Ice Calamity awakening Gudan reacting to the name Camelio panicking for Gudan Hope's Rockstar mode surging again Sys analyzing the threat The desert beginning to freeze over