The competition grounds.
Grey's gaze was locked tightly on Ian.
If, before the second round, she had still held some disdain for Ian, even when he had comprehended Water Rhythm—
She now realized.
She had been terribly wrong.
His understanding of Rhythms ran extremely deep, and his mastery of them was equally impressive.
Especially since he had also mastered Darkfire.
Combined, his combat power was terrifying.
Over these past ten days.
She had constantly been thinking about how to fight him. Even her senior brothers, senior sisters, teachers, and some Wizards from Winter Academy had helped her devise a plan. So now, she had a complete method for countering Ian's Darkfire.
That was to use the powerful suppressive abilities of her Ice Soul physique to directly restrain the environment, making it difficult for Ian to unleash the combat power of that flame. The potions she had prepared all countered fire attributes, and even her Witchcraft Artifacts had been adjusted slightly.
So when the match was declared to begin.
In an instant.
She swiftly took out three bottles of potion and drank them in rapid succession. At once, she felt both her physique and her fire resistance rise to another level. At the same time.
Chill spread in every direction, and layers of crystalline frost, like shards of ice, even appeared in the air.
The cold spread across several kilometers.
Ice shields emerged around her, and her body moved rapidly through the environment.
Dozens of ice spikes shot toward Ian.
But several elemental attacks immediately destroyed those ice spikes. Ian also discovered that Grey was already quite far away from him.
"Are you planning to use your physique's mobility and suppressive abilities? At such a distance, with the weakening effect, the ice shields, and what seem to be countering potions... you