Boom!
Abel Austin bore the brunt of it, colliding head-on with the surging flames.
Though he held a great shield capable of stopping rifle bullets, he still could not withstand the impact of the fire tide and was hurled backward.
It was almost exactly like how this Extraordinary being had sent his opponents flying earlier!
Yet his warning, along with the power he unleashed at the very last moment, stalled the fire tide's momentum for a single breath.
It bought the Night Watchmen behind him a chance to evade and defend themselves.
The scorching heat instantly flooded the passage. Blazing flames ignited the Night Watchmen's robes, while the ensuing shockwave threw them into disarray, shattering their formerly tight battle formation.
"Wizard!"
Abel Austin sprang up from the ground, his robes smeared with mud and his face twisted savagely, as though he wanted to devour someone alive.
The fire tide that had erupted just now was entirely a product of Extraordinary Strength—wizard sorcery!
The Night Watch Captain had already caught the "stench" of a wizard.
He had never imagined that wizards, who had always prided themselves on their nobility, would appear in a sewer that never saw the light of day—and that they would stand on the side of the Underground Forces.
This meant the kingdom's enemies had mastered a higher level of power!
Thinking of the Blackbeard Pirates' earlier attack on the Lower City police station, Abel Austin felt a chill run down his spine.
But there was no time for him to think any further.
The ground suddenly began to shake violently.
Abel Austin's expression changed drastically as he roared, "Retreat!"
His heart was filled with frustration, but he had not lost his reason.
In an environment as peculiar as the sewers, a wizard's power could be amplified severalfold.