Storm.

The skies split for a moment before large, rolling clouds concentrated overhead. The brightness of day plunged into an overcast of darkness. 

The Birthed Phenomena looming to Ryu's back solidified, its enormous figure stretching from the earth to the Heavens above. However, this only seemed to make the raging lightning clouds above rumble with a greater ferocity, almost as though they were accumulating strength to strike Ryu down in a single instant. 

The prayer mat within Ryu's Inner World trembled more violently than it ever had in the past. The drain of Focus Qi had touched upon an unprecedented level. If not for its existence, Ryu wouldn't even be able to use his fully unsealed Pupils without having to take a several days' long nap every few minutes. But now, its prowess was even more defined and obvious than it ever had been before. 

BANG!