The barrier shattered as Eclipse powered through it, its tail whipping around like a wrecking ball.
Tobias ducked, sliding under it and firing a series of compressed spell bullets — each one carrying distinct elemental energy.
Lightning, fire, ice, wind — they all struck the beast in rapid succession, staggering it mid-air.
Tobias didn't stop.
He shot forward, forming footholds mid-air with platforms of light.
He leapt up them like a scholar possessed, shooting spell after spell, each one more complex than the last.
Eclipse roared in fury, meeting him in the air with snapping jaws and wings that sliced through the sky.
The two collided in a flurry of motion.
Claw met arcane blade as Tobias conjured a glowing sword of his own making — refined through dozens of layers of magic.
He parried the claws, deflected the teeth, and countered with piercing strikes of magical precision.
But Eclipse was adapting.
