The hood was flung back by the raging Energy, revealing the face of a middle-aged man. He was pale and gaunt, his features etched with utter terror and confusion.
His eyes bulged, fixed on the gaping hole in his chest, as if trying to comprehend what had blasted through all his defenses and ended his life.
There was no answer.
The next moment, his body detonated like a leather sack of gunpowder ignited from within, exploding violently!
There was no shower of blood and gore. In the instant of the explosion, most of his physical matter was further disintegrated and vaporized by the residual dark-purple Energy.
All that remained was a foul, rapidly expanding cloud of mist—a sickening mix of crimson and black—interspersed with a few hard bone fragments and charred remains of tissue, which sprayed outward in all directions!
