The Mana Blast left Hide's palms as a projectile, causing distortion in the air itself.
It was dark, compressed environmental mana moving at a speed that left a vacuum in its wake. It crossed the distance to the Wolfthrall Ruler in a fraction of a second.
The beast as arrogant and foolish it was, stood where it was, inside its own attack's field. As the Mana blast entered the field of effect, the oppressive field tried to pull out the mana. But.
...It couldn't.
The blast was too concentrated, its internal pressure was too high. It punched straight through the absorption field and struck the wolf directly in its goddamned face.
The detonation was not loud, at first at least.
The two opposing mana types collided, and the resulting explosion didn't just break the Wolfthrall Ruler, the blast expanded outward in a sphere of destructive pressure that vaporized the beast's skull, its reinforced ribs, and the heavy chains bound to its limbs.
