The rift was close, so close, to devouring him entirely, but it lacked just a little more force, just that last surge of power needed to tip the balance.
I could feel it in the tension of the air, in the half-second delay before victory.
I clenched my jaw, drawing in a breath so deep it burned, and then I moved.
One step forward. One swing.
I poured the last dregs of my energy into [Gravefang], void light crawling along the blade as the skill ignited to life.
"[Rift Slash]!"
The air screamed as the slash tore free, slicing through space itself with a sound like splitting thunder.
WHOOM!
"Just die already!" I roared, hurling every ounce of rage, exhaustion, and desperation into the strike.
The violet arc struck the entity square in the chest.
For a moment, everything froze, the rift, the wind, even the light, and then the impact detonated like a compressed bomb.
The force hurled the creature forward, the last of its tendrils snapping in unison.
