A crimson glimmer flickered in by Yu's right eye.
And in an instant, the surroundings transformed into a hellish landscape of molten lava.
Behind by you, a colossal figure rot from flames surged forth, delivering a devastating punch towards Miles.
With a resounding crash, a tan protective barrier materialized before Miles, successfully intercepting the onslaught.
Though he was propelled backward several meters by the force, stumbling but regaining his footing, Miles wore an expression of disbelief.
In just a few days, this alien had attained the rank of a king.
Had it not been for TLO's timely intervention, he would have sustained injuries in that single exchange.
Even his most relied upon gravitational domain proved ineffective against Bayou.
Bayou glanced at Tilo, who had five tan orbs levitating behind him, radiating light as they slowly revolved.
He was a king level earth mage.
Inshi, I leave that weakling to you.
I have yet to encounter an earth mage.
By you declared, brandishing his scythe and charging at Tilo.
Miles attempted to intervene, but being unable to fly.
His gaze fell upon the petite girl with beastlike ears before him.
How dare you look down upon me? Miles concentrated the gravitational force into his blade, causing the ground beneath him to buckle and crack.
If I cannot defeat her, how could I possibly be bested by you? With great effort, Miles swung his sword, and a massive chasm erupted in the ground, rapidly extending towards Ani, as if gravity sought to utterly ren the surroundings apart.
With a thunderous boom, a cloud of dust was kicked up and Miles was convinced that his opponent would surely perish beneath his strike.
As the dust settled, Anie raised her small hand, palm facing Miles, completely unharmed.
The chasm halted a few meters short of her.
"What?" Miles, undeterred, immediately charged at Xi with his sword, his other hand, gripping a shield, ever vigilant for an imminent attack.
Bang! Before Miles could comprehend the situation, his entire perspective flipped and he crashed heavily to the ground.
Covered in dirt and bewildered, he had failed to see how ean she had struck him.
He was sent flying in an instant with a slight dent in the armor over his chest.
A testament to the force of the impact.
You are truly a king-level mage, yet so lacking.
In she maintained her previous stance, unmoving.
Her provocation insensed Miles who promptly adjusted his posture to attack once more.
Bang.
Unsurprisingly, Miles was again sent hurtling away while she burst into a laughter.
What kind of ability is this? I can't even get close enough to strike.
This is spatial magic.
Feel the elemental fluctuations around you.
Tilo reminded Miles, but he was no mage and could not comprehend it, rendering the advice feudal.
Tilo considered tossing his equipment to Miles, but was continuously thwarted by Bayou.
As an earth mage, Tilo had considerable defensive capabilities.
But that did not imply he was adept in close combat.
The five orcs behind Tilo unleashed powerful earth magic.
Yet, the fiery giant behind by you raised its hands in defense, successfully blocking all incoming attacks.
The petrification transformed into magma, becoming an integral part of the realm of Bayou's flames.
Byou's adaptabilities made Tuo realized that further delay would be detrimental to himself.
His earthbased magic was suited for defense rather than offense.
Tuo unleashed the entirety of his domain, and in an instant, the surroundings were enveloped in dust and debris.
Fragments of rock detached from the ground, converging towards T Luo, who soon found himself entirely encased in stone, his form expanding until he became a towering giant of rock.
Standing over 10 m tall, the power of his domain dissipated, internalizing and merging with the colossal figure.
Five orbs were embedded into the giant's eyes and the center of its forehead, with the remaining two integrating into the palms of its stone hands.
By you gazed upward at the rock giant.
The three orbs resembling its three eyes bestowing upon it a continuous stream of energy.
The two stone palms exhibited a distinct glow, radiating a warm earthtoned light.
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Two more added with a thunderous crash.
The colossal stone giant struck the ground with a mighty fist.
Bayou swiftly evaded, but the giant's other hand opened wide, revealing a luminous orb in its palm.
Bayou felt the earth beneath her feet soften as if it sought to engulf her hole.
In a moment of decisive clarity, she attempted to ascend into the sky.
Yet, the surrounding soil and rocks surged upward instantaneously, enveloping her entirely.
The once pliable earth transformed into unyielding boulders.
And just when Tuo believed this blow would subdue Bayou, forcing her to await her demise, the pillars of stone imprisoning her erupted violently, Bayou's figure vanished, merging seamlessly with the flames and the fiery creature behind her.
The flames within her domain continued to flow into her, causing the fire creature to swell until it matched the stature of the stone giant.
Tuo was takenback.
He had never witnessed such an application of fire magic, which seemed more akin to an earth spell.
The fiery giant delivered a punch to the stone giant, and the surrounding rocks melted into magma under the intense heat, resembling the blood of a wound, inflicted by a fierce blow.
Tuo, undeterred, retaliated with a punch directed at Bayou, only for his fist to pass through the body of the fiery giant, revealing it to be incorporeal.
Bayou's ability to strike him stemmed from the force of her fire magic.
Yet, Tuo remained unruffled, grounded by the earth.
Drawing upon an inexhaustible supply of soil elements, he was confident he could outlast Bayou, the two began a primal exchange of blows.
Each trading punches in a relentless back and forth.
Although Tuo could not land a hit on Bayou, each of his attacks drained her fiery energy.
While Bayou strikes merely allowed Tuo to rapidly mend the giant's wounds using the earth elements.
Miles observed the fierce battle above with a heavy heart.
The 10,000 soldiers had no opportunity to intervene in the Clash of Kings, as not all were the commanding level.
Even encircling Ein, she yielded no advantage, for her spatial magic was too swift, eluding even Miles, let alone the soldiers.
The duel between Bay by you and T Luo raged on.
The Earth Mage's resilience was tiresome, bolstered by his ability to regenerate through contact with the ground.
As the fiery giant and stone giant exchanged blows, the ground fractured and trembled.
The stone giant launched another fist.
And though the fiery giant instinctively attempted to defend, its movement slowed under the gaze of the orb embedded in the stone giant's forehead.
The stone giant's fist pierced through the fiery giant's chest, and the flames behind it surged outward, ultimately coalescing into Bayu's form.
She was not expelled, but chose to detach from the fiery giant.
In midair, Bayou's left palm held an eerie orb of dark energy, which dissipated as she clenched her fist.
Instantly, the fiery giant transformed into a torrent of flames, vanishing completely.
The stone giant began to crumble, and T Luo broke free, plummeting downward, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Just as he was about to hit the ground, Tuo regained his senses, stabilizing himself to avoid a disastrous fall, a curse.
Tuo examined his body, noticing wisps of black smoke still emanating from him.
a clear indication of being afflicted by a curse.
The curse magic is peculiar and exceedingly difficult to detect.
Yet, it exacts a toll in return.
It is that fire giant.
In an instant, Tuo comprehended the situation, realizing that he lacked any protective artifacts against curses, which would inevitably place him at a significant disadvantage in the impending battle.
Before Tuo could fully react, Bayou's figure had already materialized before him.
Instinctively, Tuo employed earth magic to defend himself while the five orbs behind him surged toward Bayou with all their might.
However, as the orbs reached Bayou, the earthy glow they emitted dimmed instantaneously before plummeting to the ground.
Bayou enveloped in black flames, effortlessly shattered Tuo's earthn wall with a single punch, obliterating his elemental shield.
Tuo was struck down to the ground by Bayou's forceful blow.
And before he could even land, Bayou had already appeared at his landing spot, wielding a sythe and swung it down with tremendous force.
I possess seven forms of magic in addition to close combat skills that you lack.
Though we are both level first kings, what do you intend to fight me with? Tuo was slain by Bayou, causing Meer's heart to race as he immediately commanded his soldiers to retreat.
Darkness swiftly enveloped the area surrounding by you, and countless soldiers collapsed, spewing blood as their vitality drained away an alarming rate.
Skeletal dragons crawled from the corpses of the fallen soldiers, slaughtering those among the human ranks who had yet to perish.
Within Bayou's domain, these soldiers found themselves rendered immobile with only a few commanding officers managing to struggle.