Golden radiance flared around Dustin, making him look like a blazing sun hanging over the swamp.

Faced with Gore's crimson cage, Venom's vortex of hexspitters, and Grinder's hail of bone needles, he didn't back down. Instead, he stepped forward with a smirk.

"You really think these cheap tricks are going to work on me?"

Before the words fell, Dustin spread his arms wide open. In that instant, countless threads of golden light burst from his body, spreading outward in all directions like an e