Elaine's sudden actions caught everyone off guard, especially the humanoid dragon she'd targeted.
"!"
Still, this man had been sent to eliminate Hero Candidates.
Even caught off guard, he reacted on instinct, his right fist igniting with black demonic flames as he swung it toward Elaine.
In response, she coated her left hand in life energy and caught his wrist, her power clashing against the black flames that tried to burn her skin. As she forced his arm aside, she activated Drain Touch at maximum potency, drawing as much life force as she could from him.
At the same time, her right hand, pulled back, summoned her spear from the ground directly into her grip. The life energy she absorbed flowed through her heart, converting into death energy that poured from her right hand, swirling around the spear with law energy as she thrust it forward into his left shoulder, piercing through scales and flesh alike.
'Necrotic Burst.'
