Selithia's feral grin faded as she felt the searing pain from her wound, yet determination burned in her eyes.
She hurled the dark orb of her own blood towards Alex, hoping to weaken him with her last ditch effort.
Alex, seeing the blood orb hurling towards him, raised Virtue's Edge and summoned a surge of Phoenix flames.
The flames roared to life, and surrounded the blood orb as its momentum was slowed to a near halt by forcing Virtue's Edge to block it.
"HAAH!"
Alex let out a deep groan as he felt his muscles tense and he stood his feet digging into the ground, putting his absolute utmost into stopping the blood orb from making contact with him.
But it was like the orb was driven by a mysterious force to keep its momentum moving through the air, like the laws of physics didn't apply to it in that moment of time.
'Fuck!'
