"Oh? I didn't expect Julius to react this quickly."
Standing atop the rocky platform, Patolli narrowed his eyes at the sight below.
Julius should've still been stationed on the front lines, but regardless of how he ended up here, his presence ant a major obstacle to their plan.
"Vetto, keep going forward. I'll hold Julius off!"
With those words, Patolli transford into a beam of golden light and descended.
He didn't bother with any formalities—just raised his hand, and the skies around him filled with radiant swords.
[Light Creation Magic – Swords of Conviction]!
Shoom! Shoom!
Like a torrential downpour, the light swords rained from the sky, covering the ground below.
Empowered by the Elf Buff, their speed and power had more than doubled.
They flashed like vanishing streaks of light—too fast for the average mage, even for most Magic Knights, to react.
[Ti Magic – Ti Freeze]!
Centered around Julius, a massive sphere of ti magic expanded out over a hundred ters.
In an instant, the storm of light swords froze in mid-air, suspended just inches above the citizens' heads.
Gulp…
Many of the onlookers swallowed hard, staring at blades re centiters from their skulls.
If the Wizard King hadn't stepped in, they'd have never known how they died.
Boom!
The unstoppable force of ti shattered the light swords into dust.
At that mont, Julius blinked—his form suddenly appearing right in front of Patolli.
"So fast!"
Patolli's pupils shrank as he instinctively swung out a light sword.
But mid-swing, the sword unraveled—transforming into a light whip.
Swish! Swish!
The whip cracked like a striking serpent, forcing Julius to dodge aside.
But he didn't slow down—his hand moved quickly, firing a beam of ti energy toward Patolli.
Zing! Rumble!
Patolli's body blurred, transford into pure light, his speed reaching its zenith.
Yet the ti beam was relentless, adjusting its trajectory with each shift in direction, tracking him under Julius's precise control.
Redirection.
Rather than retreat, Patolli lunged forward.
Halfway through, his form blinked away and reappeared at a different angle.
But even that couldn't fool the beam of ti—it imdiately redirected, aiming back toward Julius.
Whoosh!
Julius vanished again, barely dodging the attack—only to be t by a fresh barrage of light swords.
"Magic Domain!"
With his domain deployed, Julius's sensory powers soared to their peak.
Anything that entered the domain would be instantly detected—and suppressed.
"Light magic is the fastest among all types… but that doesn't an it's unblockable."
"Oh really?" Patolli's grin turned maniacal. "Then let's see how long you can defend!"
Shoom! Shoom!
He released another wave of countless light swords into the sky.
This was his first ti fighting the Wizard King.
But he knew exactly what to do—use his advantage in speed to overwhelm him, force a gap, and strike a killing blow.
He had access to Fana's mories through reincarnation and knew Julius's tendencies well.
Even if he couldn't win, just delaying the Wizard King long enough for the Shadow Palace to open would be considered a success.
"To oppose ti, only light can prevail! Wizard King—take this!"
[Elf Magic – Elven Storm]!
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anwhile, high above in the oppressive, stormy skies, Ethan and Corin continued their fierce duel.
A violent hurricane raged across the clouds, tearing the sky apart.
With a glowing halo behind him, Ethan had fully rged with his elf spirit, unleashing his power to its limit.
But even so, the results weren't what he hoped.
[Stellar Magic – teor Fall]!
Boom!
The heavens parted as a massive teor plumted from the sky.
Ethan's scalp tingled—it was clear that Corin had given up caring about collateral damage.
He no longer cared how much more of the already-ruined capital would be destroyed.
The teor collided with the storm in mid-air.
Both vanished in a blinding flash—but the teor fragnts scattered, transforming into tiny shooting stars that rained down on the capital below.
"It looks like I'll have to go all in—close combat it is!"
Determined, Ethan dashed forward.
He might possess over 200 grimoires and cast hundreds of spells, but long-range magic clashes always ended the sa: neutralized, blocked, or deflected.
In terms of raw domain tier, even with elf synchronization, he was only Domain 2—while Corin was already Domain 0.
That was a full two-domain difference!
But those domains weren't everything.
Stellar Magic was fast—but not faster than light.
Corin's speed ca one-third from his stellar attribute, and two-thirds from his overwhelming mana pool.
To put it simply, it was like a martial artist using a common footwork technique but being faster than a novice with a legendary one—just because of superior foundation.
Ethan, however, was different.
Wind, light, lightning—every attribute he used was among the fastest.
Now, he'd combine them all.
[Arcane Art – Aurora Flash]!
He used light magic as the core, reinforced by wind and lightning.
In that instant, Ethan's speed shattered all limits.
He didn't just move—he seed to teleport, leaving ripples in the air behind him.
To his eyes, Corin's movents slowed down dramatically—like watching a slow-motion replay.
Of course, this wasn't ti magic—he knew that.
It was simply what happened when your speed broke the boundaries of perception.
When you're fast enough… even ti feels still.
[Wind Creation Magic – Spiral Shuriken]!
[Lightning Creation Magic – Thousand Birds]!
Both spells ford instantly in his hands.
They shrieked—thousands of birds cawing in one ear, and the howling of slicing winds in the other.
Their roar echoed through the sky, shaking the capital below.
People looked up—only to see a blinding white light streak across the heavens, followed by a thunderous cry that seed to split the world open.
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