NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 8: The Abyss Stares Back
leon's body cut through the air like a spear, his golden eyes locked onto the descending wyvern. The beast roared, its massive jaws parting to unleash a stream of abyssal flames.
Black fire surged toward leon, warping the very fabric of reality with its intensity. The heat alone could incinerate an army, reducing flesh and bone to nothingness.
But leon… leon welcomed it.
Twisting mid-air, he let the flames wash over him. He felt the agonizing burn tear at his skin—only for his body to absorb it, drinking in the abyssal energy like a starved beast.
His veins darkened, his muscles pulsed. His transformation was no longer gradual—it was accelerating.
"More," he whispered, his voice trembling with exhilaration.
The wyvern flapped its wings, the gusts sending shockwaves through the battlefield below. It lunged, a massive claw swiping toward leon with the force of a collapsing mountain.
leon's eyes gleamed. He didn't evade.
Instead, he struck.
His fist collided with the beast's claw, and the impact unleashed a shockwave so violent that the very air screamed. The wyvern recoiled, its monstrous body flung backward as it crashed into the ruins below.
The earth trembled. Dust and debris choked the sky.
leon landed atop the fallen beast, his bare feet pressing against its obsidian scales. The wyvern screeched in defiance, struggling to rise, its abyssal energy surging in desperation.
But leon was done playing.
He placed a hand on the wyvern's skull, fingers pressing into its scales. Then—he devoured.
Dark tendrils of energy surged from his palm, sinking into the wyvern's flesh. The creature let out a final, deafening shriek as its very essence was torn from its body.
leon inhaled sharply as the power flooded into him. His muscles tightened, his bones strengthened, his very being transcending further.
And then, his transformation… completed.
He exhaled, steam rising from his body. His golden eyes burned brighter, his presence suffocating.
He clenched his fist. "Not even the abyss can contain me anymore."
His gaze lifted toward the horizon.
The world was vast. The enemies were endless.
And this was only the beginning.