The eyes of the True Depravita of Wrath burned with killing intent as he moved to deliver a decisive blow.
Just as his sword was about to land, however, the crimson halo above Baal erupted with power, generating a crushing gravitational field around the Devil Paragon.
The pressure was so immense that Vlad felt his body being dragged toward the ocean below. Every muscle in his frame strained. Even keeping his arm raised required every ounce of determination he possessed.
For a brief instant, it seemed the attack would fail.
Then the wrathful energy Vlad had been gathering detonated within him.
Power surged through his body, allowing him to push forward with everything he had. The Quietus Sword drove down and pierced straight through Baal's collarbones.
And Vlad did not stop there.
With a roar filled with fury, he twisted the blade and forced it downward, tearing open the Devil Paragon's chest and sundering flesh, bone, and structure alike.
