Jake immediately threw up his guard, sensing an approaching attack. The Mana Storm suddenly condensed into a huge claw that slammed into him. He dodged with a backward somersault, but the mass of Mana he was swimming in gathered into vines and bound his arms and legs, suspending him in the air.
Jeanie's conjured Water Spirit Shield began to glitter and sparkle brightly as she tried to purify all that Mana as quickly as possible, but meanwhile Jake was effectively immobilized.
Contracting all his muscles as hard as he could to wriggle free, his biceps swelled, large blackish veins crawling across his skin. His legs in particular were already beginning to lose feeling under the influence of the Mana Storm poisoning them from within.
