You are faster than usual?

While the Queen, the Generals, and the rest of the isons stared at Liam with their beady eyes, all of a sudden, the hundreds of soul minions from the battlefield disappeared without any warning. At the same time, an unfathomably powerful aura appeared around Liam.

Immediately, the Queen and the Generals became alert that something was happening. The ison Hive Queen made a skittering sound as she appeared next to Liam the next instant. Her speed and movements were so fast that they almost looked instantaneous.

The moment she felt that something was off, she arrived next to Liam and raised her limb to his throat to tear out his flesh and end this farce. However, it was already too late.

The Queen's movements might be just as fast as the skill activation, and [Soul Splice] still took a second to fully materialize as Liam's soul wasn't strong enough just yet to assimilate all of the soul strength instantaneously, but Liam did not wait for everything to be perfect.