The flying axe blade flashed like lightning as it came hurtling straight at the enraged Tyr.
"Seeking death!"
With a furious roar, Tyr flung forward his right arm covered in fungal matting. Scarlet tendrils shot toward Old White like javelins!
Just as the crimson streaks were about to pierce his face, Old White calmly raised the boltgun in his left hand and fired two preloaded airburst incendiary rounds.
Two gunshots rang out, and orange-red fireballs erupted in the cramped space!
The scarlet tendrils burst into flames the instant they touched the orange-red blaze. The concentrated fuel ignited them, and they withered visibly before burning into blackened charcoal!
"Arghhh—!"
Tyr let out a pained roar. The ferocity in his eyes intensified as he clenched his outstretched right hand.
Scarlet tendrils sprouted from the floor like shoots breaking through the soil. Like hands reaching from graves, they clawed toward Old White's ankles.
"You're courting death! This is my domain—!"
Facing the tendrils winding around his ankles, Old White paid them no attention and continued charging forward in great strides.
His steel boots struck the floor with heavy thuds. Some of the smaller roots had not even had time to entangle before the immense force tore them apart.
As for the thicker roots, they slammed head-on into the titanium alloy combat knife mounted beneath the boltgun!
With brute strength and the powered components of his armor, Old White made quick work of the restraints blocking his path, hacking them into pieces.
At the same time, the energy stored in the thermal cutting axe was nearing its critical point!
Seeing the steel armor practically within reach, panic finally flashed across Tyr's face.
For a human who had yet to fully master the "Power of Gaia," fighting both inside and outside at once was simply