This was Verilux.
I did not give the Hydra any opportunity to settle into the battlefield. The moment its three heads cleared the surface, I raised one hand, and the Soul Force surrounding my body responded to my will. It gathered above Verilux and rapidly condensed into an enormous palm, its surface covered in faint violet-silver runes that reflected the authority of my newly strengthened foundation.
The palm descended.
The impact was instantaneous and devastating. All three heads were driven downward beneath the surface, and the enormous body of Verilux was smashed into the Soul Sea with such force that the surrounding water erupted into gigantic waves.
A vast depression formed where its body had disappeared, while countless streams of Soul Force scattered through the air before falling back into the sea.
I remained suspended above the impact point, watching the turbulent surface without moving.
For several seconds, nothing happened.
Then the Soul Sea began to churn again.
