I sprang back to my feet, eyes locked on the beast. Without hesitation, it was already charging at me, swinging its massive arm and the spike spear directly at my torso. The lightning crackling across my body surged, my focus sharpening as I fed more Essence into it.
I lifted my foot, and in the blink of an eye, I vanished from the spike's path. My body reappeared right above the beast, and we locked eyes.
"Absolute."
I activated the skill, and my will slammed into the space around the beast. The world seemed to slow, my perception stretching as I commanded the space around it to freeze.
"Freeze."
Silver spatial Essence wrapped around the beast, freezing its movements like chains. I could feel its resistance through my Psynapse, but it was brief—just enough for me to seize the moment.
In mid-air, I raised my palm toward the beast. Essence surged through my channels, and I forced it all out of my palm, commanding it to shift into Ice.
