As Drom entered the crimson cloud he would have little to no discernible impact on it as the particles of Dread Energy were currently locked in their ethereal state and possessed little to no physical presence; a fact exasperated by the fact that he presented no defense against the energy. For every millisecond that he is exposed to the power of Dread Energy, he would have hundreds of thousands of individual particles trying to force their way through his skin/clothing/armor as though he were shaking hands with the core of a nuclear reactor. Should the battle end within the next few minutes, such a dosage of Dread Energy would prove to be inconsequential, but the longer the battle drags on the greater the dosage and the more potent the effects.

When it came to the electrification of the crimson cloud, Xavier had not expected any sort of spectacular outcome to come so soon after initiating the charge. It was more of a preamble to a greater power than a straight out attack, but the outcome it provided was welcomed all the same. By allowing the electricity to run through his body, Drom was also allowing a rather large dosage of Dread Energy into his body as well. After all, Xavier did not possess a single power or ability that was not either powered by or fused with Dread Energy. So in the very instant the electricity entered Drom’s body Xavier was granted an incredibly detailed sight of his would be opponent. Circulatory systems, skeletal structure, muscular structure, nervous system etc, anything that could be touched by an electrical charge in his body was imprinted on Xavier’s mind. The only thing that would have gone differently then what Drom would have intended, was the idea of the electrical charge leaving his body. Now that it had entered him, it and the excess energy it carried, were locked inside and ready to wreak some havoc on the beings innards.

In just a few microseconds after sensing the lightning within Drom, Xavier sent a mental command to the numerous particles of Dread Energy within Drom so as to make use of their metamorphic capabilities; shifting from their ethereal state to that of Dreadful Flames with an explosive force comparable to a simple firecracker. The flames that they would create weren’t capable of generating any amazing levels of heat, but they were capable of eradicating any physical matter the instant they made contact with it; each particle creating a crude sphere of flames roughly ¼ inch in diameter. Water, blood, oil, any sort of liquid would not be able to stop the miraculously spontaneous combustion of these particles or hinder the spreading of the flames. Seeing as how Drom had already willingly saturated himself through and through with the particles of Dread Energy, he would be hard pressed to find a suitable defense within the next few milliseconds.