Dawn's voice was calm and carried no power, yet the other four faltered for a barely perceptible instant.
Sword Master in the Snow's long blade clashed again with the fallen swordsman's broken sword. The impact numbed his arm and drove him back three steps.
"Stop? We might stop, but they won't!"
He roared and was about to charge again.
Elsewhere, Evergreen's Holy Light Domain had been compressed to its limit. Its golden radiance flickered as though it might go out at any moment.
The monster made of severed limbs advanced on him step by step. Each step put Evergreen's resolve to the test.
The Water God was in the worst shape.
He and his double darted through countless illusions. Every clash of Divinity made him feel as though another layer of his existence had been stripped away.
Senior Brother En-En faced the shifting mass of chaos-colored patches. The runes in his eyes were working at full capacity, but he still could not decipher how it moved. All he could do was defend.
"He's right."
Sylvia's laughter rang out again, playful as a cat toying with mice.
"Once you let your fear loose, you can never take it back."
"What you're facing now isn't my power. It's yourselves."
"Give up. Struggling will only make your end more painful."
As she spoke, the four Nightmare Avatars attacked with even greater ferocity.
The fallen swordsman's technique grew even trickier than Sword Master in the Snow's. Every slash targeted an opening he most dreaded defending.
The mocking smile on the Water God's double grew more glaring, and its illusions were beginning to overwhelm even the Water God himself.
"Shut up!"
Sword Master in the Snow was thoroughly enraged. Ignoring Dawn's warning, he let his Divinity surge and prepared to strike with all his strength.