Elspeth vs. Xenagos 2

As he leaned closer, Elspeth saw the raw skin of Nylea’s wound visible on his chest. His body was still partially flesh, and Nylea’s arrowhead pressed outward as if it was trying to escape the confines of his skin. The rapid thud of his beating heart rattled the damaged stone beneath Elspeth. Xenagos had ascended, but he was still mortal enough to have a pulse.

Just before he took the Godsend from her, Elspeth scrambled to her feet. With shaky hands, she aimed the spear-blade and prayed to Nylea for guidance. Elspeth threw the spear-blade at the divine arrowhead lodged in Xenagos’s chest. When the Godsend collided with the arrowhead, it exploded into a million razor-sharp shards inside him, and his beating heart was shredded. His remaining flesh became like tattered ribbons. Rivers of star field streamed from the gaping wounds in what had been his body. As his remnants crashed to the ground, the star field flowed back into the gulf he had created, and Nyx shone down on the mortal world again.

Journey Into Nyx: Godsend, Part II, Chapter 15