Mason swallowed as the gate opened, his momentary surge of bravado was gone. The fear was back, enveloping everything. He started to sweat. The creature that crawled out of the gate was terrifying, just like it's predecessor. Mason forced himself to remember his plan, use Tianqi's teaching to blow it back, then torch it. Simple enough.... right?
All that fled from his mind as the creature pounced. Mason barely dodged out of the way in time. Suddenly, he noticed the excruciating pain in his right arm. Breathing is essential to Lucen. Right, breathe and push He extended his right hand and the creature slipped back a little bit. Damn, I need more power. Screw Lucen, use Viper.
The creature pounced again. This time he was more ready for it. What he wasn't ready for was the pain as he rolled over his his arm with the gash in it. There was nothing left, he screamed and pushed. He could practically feel the air moving away from him and slamming into the creature. This time, Mason barely conscious, from the stress and injury,willed a stream of fire to extend from his forehead to the creature; lighting the creature on fire. It was satisfying to see it burn. He slipped away into unconsciousness.