Dark mana erupted from his core, but not as chains or bindings or the controlled flows the blue demon had just witnessed.
Instead, Jack gathered the dark mana into a concentrated, devastating sphere. The energy coalesced between his palm, compressing down into a mass no larger than an apple but containing enough destructive force to level a building.
[Dark Fire Orb]
But not like any fire the blue demon had ever encountered.
This wasn't heat or flame or the traditional elements of destruction. This was darkness given form and purpose. This was the antithesis of creation, compressed into a sphere that seemed to consume light rather than emit it. The dark mana swirled within the sphere like smoke trapped in a glass, moving with malevolent intelligence.
Jack unleashed it directly into the blue demon's face.
The explosion was suffocating.
