A dome of violet-white fire erupted from Frieda's body and expanded outward with the force of a collapsing star.
The crystal-blue plates beneath her feet turned orange, then white, then began to bubble at the edges. The protective barrier around the arena flickered violently as the flames crashed against it.
Min Tu crossed her daggers and pulled from every Skeleton Soldier she possessed. Dark fire roared from her left blade. Shadow wind howled around her body. Spectral lightning wove between them, stitching the borrowed elements together into a desperate fusion to shield her from whatever that was.
The violet-white flames struck.
The dark fire evaporated on contact. The shadow wind howled and dispersed. The spectral lightning held for one breath, two breaths, and then it shattered.
Min Tu poured more energy into the barrier, her teeth gritted, her arms shaking, but the fire kept coming.
The barrier eventually broke.
