The blinding column of white-gold solar fire gradually dissolved into the upper atmosphere, leaving the colossal volcanic stone arena in a state of absolute, paralyzed silence.
The black iron testing pillar right before Tony Clark was completely fractured down the middle, its internal spirit-sensing arrays entirely melted into bubbling, liquid slag by the terrifying thermal density of the Sovereign Sun Core Flame.
The surrounding floor of the colosseum had turned into a glowing lake of lava, forcing the nearby applicants—including Lady Scarlet and Gerald Vance—to frantically retreat backward onto the higher steps in a state of sheer, biological terror.
