The demon lunges forward, driving his spear straight through the Chief Wendigo's chest, impaling him to the ground. With a wicked grin, he swoops down and slams Father Fredrick into the pavement with bone-crushing force. Then, without hesitation, he grabs the priest by the head and hurls him through a nearby building, sending rubble flying in all directions.
Spitting onto the frozen ground twice, the demon conjures two ice soldiers, their jagged forms emerging from the frost. Without delay, they charge toward Sunny.
Luna reacts quickly, unraveling her threads and swinging them toward Sunny, lifting her into the air just in time. Seizing the opportunity, Sunny coats her blade in fire and cleaves through the icy soldiers with a flaming slash, reducing them to steaming fragments.
Meanwhile, Tera rushes in, grabbing the wounded Wendigo and dragging him into cover before sprinting back to retrieve Father Fredrick from the rubble.
Jamal, standing firm, snaps his fingers—summoning his electric guitar and amplifier. He begins shredding, filling the battlefield with an electrifying sound. As the music pulses, JJ feels his power amplify, his resolve hardening. The nun, already prepared, blesses his 1911's rounds once again.
JJ raises his pistol, taking precise aim at the demon. For a brief moment, his eyes flicker from purple to blue before reverting. He fires, and once again, the demon is riddled with eight glowing bullet wounds.
This time, however, the demon merely chuckles. Letting out a sigh, he smiles—then suddenly vanishes in the blink of an eye.
JJ barely has time to react before he realizes he's seventy feet in the air. The next moment, a brutal kick from the demon sends him hurtling downward at breakneck speed. He's seconds away from crashing into the ground when Tera leaps in, catching him mid-air and landing safely.
The demon extends his hand, recalling his spear. The weapon flies into his grasp as he dives straight for the nun, intent on impaling her.
In a flash, Tera sprints by, snatching the nun away just in time, narrowly avoiding the lethal strike.
The demon, now fully aware of his priority target, swoops down toward Jamal—the one amplifying Tera's speed. Acting swiftly, he fires an ice blast, creating a wave of frost around him to slow Tera down.
With precision, the demon dives in, driving his spear through Jamal's side. A pained gasp escapes Jamal's lips as he spits out a mouthful of blood, collapsing onto the frozen ground.
Luna reacts, but she's too slow on the trigger. Desperate to stop him, she extends her threads to ensnare the demon. However, he grabs hold of them with a smirk. Realizing the danger, Luna quickly detaches the threads from herself to avoid being flung around like a ragdoll.
Sunny rushes in, slashing at the demon with her blade, engaging him in fierce combat. Their weapons clash violently, sparks flying with each strike. Meanwhile, Tera, finally able to move again, sprints toward Jamal, scooping him up and carrying him to the nun in a desperate attempt to get him healed.
Jamal gasps, his breath shaky as blood dribbles from his lips. He feels his insides freezing up, his body growing numb. The nun desperately tries to heal him, but the wounds are severe—far worse than she anticipated. She presses her hands over his wound, praying, trying again and again.
"M-Momma… i-is this w-where it all e-ends?" His voice trembles, tears streaming down his face. "I d-didn't even get to s-see you again… s-sis."
Suddenly, a faint glow begins to radiate from his body. His hand instinctively grips the wound on his stomach as the glow intensifies. His breathing grows steadier, and his expression shifts from despair to determination.
"I w-want to see you again!" he shouts, and as if responding to his sheer will, the wound begins to close. The nun watches in shock—while her healing was taking effect, it almost seems as though Jamal's body has activated some kind of accelerated regeneration.
Still uncertain about what's happening, high on adrenaline, Jamal pushes himself to his feet. His legs tremble but hold firm. A surge of fire erupts around his feet as his psychic energy bursts at the seams, crackling in the air. The demon, sensing the sudden shift in power, turns to face him.
Jamal doesn't hesitate. With a blast of fire from his feet, he propels himself forward like a missile, crashing into the demon with full force. The impact is immense—Jamal spears the demon right in the midsection, tackling him into the ground and dragging him along the road, asphalt shattering beneath them.
Still glowing, Jamal unleashes a relentless barrage of punches. Each strike is faster, heavier, more devastating than the last. The demon howls in pain as it feels like it's being hit more times than Jamal is even throwing punches—his speed and power defying all logic.
The demon clears his mind, shutting out all distractions, and focuses solely on the hunters and the Wendigo. His thoughts accelerate, his battle instincts sharpening. Without hesitation, he headbutts Jamal with brutal force, then fires a concentrated ice laser from his mouth, sending Jamal flying.
Tera dashes forward in a blur, catching Jamal midair before he crashes. The demon's glowing eyes lock onto her as she sprints away with Jamal in her arms. His focus sharpens, preparing to strike—
But Sunny seizes the moment. With a swift, precise slash at his wing, she shouts, "White Lotus Fire!"
The demon's left wing ignites in white flames, burning unnaturally bright. He howls in agony, rage flaring in his eyes. He swings wildly at Sunny, but she swiftly dodges, evading the attack with ease. He follows up with a strike from his spear, but Sunny parries, her blade clashing against his weapon in a shower of sparks.
Before the demon can retaliate, Father Fredrick teleports in. Having taken time to set up a handful of teleportation sigils, he now moves with relentless precision.
In an instant, he appears in the demon's face, grabbing him with an iron grip. With a flash of light, they vanish—
SLAM!
The demon is teleported directly into a solid wall, the impact cracking the stone around him.
SLAM!
Another teleport, this time slamming him into the ground with devastating force.
SLAM!
Father Fredrick reappears again, this time right in the path of Sunny's next attack, positioning the demon perfectly for her strike.
The demon screams, both in his mind and out loud, furious that mere mortals have pushed him this far. His rage boils over as he lets out a deafening roar, his voice shaking the very air. His spear suddenly shatters, sending a massive surge of ice spreading outward, instantly freezing the entire city of Las Vegas in an unrelenting frost.
His body begins to change. His muscles swell, his wings expand outward, and his entire form grows more monstrous by the second. With a single spinning kick, he knocks Father Fredrick away, sending him crashing into the frozen ground. In the same motion, he sends Sunny flying backward, her body skidding across the ice.
The transformation continues. The demon grows larger and larger until he towers at over eighteen feet tall. His skin, now dark blue and composed entirely of solid ice, glistens with an eerie, frozen sheen. A second pair of glowing, piercing eyes opens on his forehead, scanning the battlefield with murderous intent. His jaw stretches unnaturally wide, lined with jagged fangs that look capable of tearing through anything in his path.
The demon takes a step forward, the ice beneath him cracking under his immense weight. He glares at the group, his voice dripping with malice.
"All of you humans must die! Since you have forced me to reveal this form, none of you shall leave here alive!"
Will the group be able to stand against this monstrous new form, or will they fall to the overwhelming might of the demon?