Then the Nascent Soul swept its left hand forward, the motion graceful to the extreme. A boom rang in his ears, and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire flashed, instantly blazing up in a roaring inferno.
For a time, around that tiny Nascent Soul, flames and arcs of lightning flickered and shifted in midair. The Nascent Soul's expression grew increasingly strained, yet it stared motionlessly at the toad before it, appearing utterly focused.
"Swift!"
The incantation gestures in the Nascent Soul's hands changed without cease, and once more, with exceptional gravity, it pointed forward.
Following his movement, the black lightning leaped and shuttled about, actually condensing into an exquisitely delicate electric net. With a whoosh, it shot forward and enveloped that tiny toad all at once.
And the matter did not end there.
Immediately afterward, the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire followed the tracks of the lightning, transforming into countless eerie Fire Snakes, as though they were about to pounce up and tear into that toad.
"Croak!"
A crisp cry reached the ear. The toad manifested from spirit blood seemed like a living thing, and several traces of terror actually appeared on its face.
But it had no intention of sitting still and waiting for death.
It opened its mouth, and a stream of scarlet-gold flame sprayed out. Likewise following the tracks woven by the electric net, it transformed into countless scarlet-gold Fire Snakes and met the attack with ferocious savagery.
Crackle...
The two kinds of flame soon collided. Several colors interwove, constantly shifting like colored glass, but before long, the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire gained the upper hand by a wide margin, forcing the scarlet-gold flame to retreat without cease. Very quickly, it had already approached the toad.
The thing formed by Spirit Blood Transformation grew even more terrified. Its eyes