The Dark Phoenixes felt their hearts seize. The pressure Ryu's soul was giving off was something they had only experienced once before. But, for the life of them, they couldn't wrap their minds around how such a thing could possibly appear within a human. Unfortunately, they didn't have the time nor the luxury to think about it.
In that moment, the arrows began to fall from the skies. A volatile sort of upsurge took hold as the Elemental War God Tome shone brighter and brighter. In those moments, as long as it was a qi Ryu had affinity with, it was stripped from those in the surroundings.