"Boom!"
The atmosphere trembled.
That was because multiple currents of magic power were flowing chaotically, stirring up bursts of whistling air.
Countless spells descended as though falling from the heavens, suddenly attacking from afar and engulfing Shien and Aiyi.
It was as if a grand feast of magic had unfolded beneath the sky, an utterly spectacular sight.
Yet this spectacular magical feast was undoubtedly aimed at taking Shien's life.
Shien watched the countless spells falling from above and raised the staff in his hand.
"Disperse!"
Shien spoke the incantation that activated the staff.
At once, the gemstone at the tip of the staff shone with dazzling light.
"Clang!"
A ring of magical ripples spread outward, enveloping Shien and Aiyi like a protective barrier and shielding them both.
"Hiss!"
The spells that entered the rippling barrier seemed to evaporate, vanishing without a trace amid a burst of vaporizing air.
Countless spells entered the rippling barrier one after another, only to be erased at astonishing speed.
This was one of the staff's magical effects: the power to dispel magic.
The enemy clearly had not expected their barrage of spells to be neutralized immediately, and they were thoroughly startled.
However, they seemed to have prepared themselves for that possibility, immediately readying their next attack.
"Boom!"
The next moment, another magical feast erupted.
Countless spells came hurtling in again, shaking the atmosphere and churning magic power as they poured down like a volley of arrows tearing through the sky.
This time, however, their target was no longer Shien, but the canyon walls and ground around him.
"Bang bang bang bang bang—!!!"
Amid countless magical explosions and booming blasts, the canyon walls were blown apart and the earth shattered, sending slabs of rock and rubble crashing down as the ground itself caved in.
Shien and