Attacked from both front and rear-this was the strike in which Rex finally revealed his hand. Medivh and the others appeared in front of Neptulon the Tidehunter, with Tirion Fordring leading the way and Medivh's group behind him.
The instant Tirion Fordring appeared, he charged straight ahead and slashed at Neptulon the Tidehunter.
Tirion Fordring moved like a cheetah, swift and graceful.
It all happened as fast as lightning. The Portal appeared without warning, and so did Tirion Fordring, catching Neptulon the Tidehunter completely off guard.
Before Neptulon the Tidehunter could react, Tirion Fordring's attack had already struck him.
That blow was more than Neptulon the Tidehunter could endure. Already gravely wounded and barely holding himself together, he could no longer maintain his enormous body, which began to collapse once again.
This time, dark green elemental energy poured out without end. In the blink of an eye, his massive form had shrunk to roughly the size of an ordinary person.
Neptulon the Tidehunter could no longer maintain a humanoid shape. What remained, about the size of a person, was a spherical elemental core.
Neptulon the Tidehunter's body had collapsed, leaving only his purest core.
Seeing the person-sized elemental core, Tirion Fordring did not attack again. Instead, he stood coldly to one side, his hand resting on his weapon. Medivh and the others who followed him spread out to block the core's other escape routes, joined by Rex as he arrived from behind.
The elemental core was hemmed in on every side, above and below, by layer upon layer of encirclement.
Such a tight encirclement could have held Neptulon the Tidehunter back for a time even at his peak, let alone now, when his strength had fallen below that of a Demigod. No, that was already out of date-his strength was