As soon as Mikhail said that, he didn't even let the shiver reach Mako's spine from hearing that name at a time like this as he was the first to make a move, launching himself at Mako with incredible speed and strength, his fists glowing bright with red flames.
[Phantom Shift has been activated]
Even though Mako was caught off guard, he was able to react fast enough to the incoming punch and quickly sidestepped the attack, dodging the blow.
From Mikhail's perspective, it looked like he had made contact with Mako's face as he released all the fire aura concentrated in his fist upon supposed contact which released a giant fireball.
If Mako was unable to move out of the way in time, the fireball was so hot and strong that it would have melted Mako's face right off. However, soon the afterimage of Mako disappeared, and with the fireball having no contact launched itself forward and blasted a tree that was 40 meters in its direction.
