The third beast tried to flank her. Zeyra didn't even turn her head. The massive green snake coiled around her torso simply snapped its jaws outward, sinking its massive fangs directly into the Spider-Fiend's multitude of eyes. The beast convulsed violently, its nervous system completely shutting down as the lethal neurotoxin flooded its brain, dropping it dead on the spot.
The nearby Veynar archers and wounded spearmen, who had been bracing for a brutal melee, lowered their weapons in absolute shock. They stared at the young girl radiating an aura of such intense, toxic lethality that the very air seemed to sizzle.
Zeyra stood amidst the melting, twitching corpses of the Layer 2 beasts. She was panting heavily, her new Layer 1 core burning with the unfamiliar strain of maintaining a fully manifested spirit, but the feeling of absolute power was intoxicating.
