When the Arctic Emperor Cobra's son had used this Skill, it couldn't move. It had been forced to stay in place as it shrieked and hissed at Sylas, so Sylas had assumed that it was a final ditch effort, one that the cobra had only activated because it had no other choice in the matter. It also explained why it hadn't just used this method earlier.
But by the same token, it seemed that this was why the Arctic Emperor Cobra dared to use this Domain Skill so early. It was because it wasn't restrained by the same weaknesses as its offspring.
While Sylas and the Basilisk King had been running for their lives, it just calmly closed the distance on them, and when they thought they were close to escaping, they ended up being further away.
Sylas' heart hit rock bottom.
Death.
It seemed as bright as bloody roses and yet carried the punch of sulfur. It loomed in his heart and consumed his soul.