The courtyard exploded in a shockwave of pure darkness.
Then, hundreds of pitch black tendrils erupted from the miniature black hole in Neo's hand. They did not travel through the air. They bypassed the physical laws of distance and space, instantly appearing directly inside the personal domains of the eight remaining elite leaders.
High Cardinal Vael roared in defiance. He burned the very core of his soul, summoning a towering tornado of green divine fire.
He wantef to drag this demonic invader straight to the afterlife with him.
But the Universal Synthesis talent was an absolute truth of the cosmos. It did not recognize the divine fire as a threat. It only recognized it as fuel.
As such, the black tendrils opened like jagged mouths and swallowed the green hurricane in a single gulp.
Vael froze in utter shock.
And before he could utter a final prayer to the Pantheon, three thick spikes of void energy pierced his chest, throat, and skull.
