Draiss had a quarter second of shock, before he joined in the ritual, but put a bit of a twist into it, permanently binding it to stay on the plane until he was dead. "Now, you can either stand and fight like a true immortal would, or you can die screaming like an anomaly."<br/><br/><em>I thought you all knew I was just making this up as I went.</em><br/><br/>He lunged forward, energy flaring, not to blast with a balefire beam, as he knew that creature's shell would take the blast, but his skin wouldn't, but to counter the balefire with an inverted energy signature. It was a risk, as too big a deviation would result in the two beams countering rather than nullifying. But he was trying to get into the shell, which had to open to release the balefire, as any of the shell getting clipped by that big and pure a beam might end up damaging if not outright killing the Beyonder. He lunged forward, and released the energy as the Beyonder reflexively fired, charging straight into the blast, knowing that dodging was impossible at this close a range. It was either counter the energy or die. If he got inside the area the 'shell' protected, he activated the eight bombs, and then saluted the creature as the bombs went into the super-critical range, even as he activated the temporal butress enchantment on the shield on his back. "CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE, MOTHERFUCKER!"