Chapter 5946

Blaine shouted, “Jared, my young friend, be careful!”

He caught the shift first-the puppet’s ash-gray eyes flicked away from Blaine and locked onto him. The black spear shivered in its grip, then darted straight for the center of his forehead.

No flourish, no tell-only murderous precision, the kind forged for battlefields not arenas.

He had spent the last heartbeat begging for that lunge.

“Chaos Evolution-Return of the Five Elements.”

The Dragonslayer Sword stayed silent at his hip; instead, his hands folded before his chest, fingers weaving a seal so intricate it burned behind his eyes.

Light bubbled up inside him-gold, green, indigo, crimson, ochre-five colors racing along his veins, converging between his palms until they compressed into a single murky bead.