I don’t feel the path of the black flame should just easily be shrugged off by everyone and there mom. It’s supposed to be a OP destructive path but it seems like as long as the person has an enforcer technique or a a decent sheild then they’ll be fine. And I feel like will needs to make it so Lindon wins more, he only ever wins if he has a big surprise or some traps, the only people he beats without any were in ghostwater. He loses to herein, he lost to jilong, he basically made himself lose to the other blackflame, he really hasn’t ever won a 1 on 1 battle without using traps or other things more then twice. I like the series but this is the worst of the books.