Then Noah flicked his wrist forward, and the arrow shot forward.
A violent streak of white-blue light tore across the short distance between them, splitting the air apart with a sharp crack that echoed through the forest.
The Spike Dog growled weakly, frost clinging to its muzzle and chest, but it was too late.
The arrow slammed directly into its head.
The lightning pierced through skull and brain matter in a blinding flash, exiting the other side in. a burst of shattered bone and scorched fur.
The forest rang with a sharp, electrical detonation.
The beast's body jerked violently.
The glacial spear embedded in its chest had already done most of the work.
Ice had spread deep within its body, freezing organs, crystallizing blood, stiffening muscle fibers from the inside out.
Its mana flow had been disrupted, its defenses drastically weakened as the cold invaded its core.
The lightning hadn't needed to fight resistance.
It simply finished what frost had started.
