Ronan no longer had the leisure to study Fao's expression.
After unleashing a Particle Torrent, Ronan endured the agonizing pain of his Spiritual Power being instantly drained and viciously bit down on a pill lodged between his back teeth.
The icy potion spread an intensely bitter taste through his mouth. As he swallowed it with his saliva, it transformed into a surging coolness that rapidly replenished his nearly depleted Spiritual Power.
This was a high-level Spiritual Power recovery potion he had bought from the largest potion shop in Dwarf Market. Its convenient design and potent effects had driven its price up to a full thirty Mid-Level Magic Stones per pill.
Ronan had only been willing to buy one, saving it for this mission. He had never expected to actually need it.
Before his Spiritual Power had fully recovered, Ronan was already preparing his second Particle Torrent.
The even fiercer stabbing pain instantly twisted Ronan's face.
Veins bulged across his forehead one after another, densely packed like tiny centipedes crawling over his face.
Ronan felt warm liquid rapidly streaming from his eyes, nostrils, and ears. He saw crows take flight from the poplars, and everything before him seemed to grow hazy and distorted as they crossed the sky.
Thirty-two energy particles emerged. Under the intertwining Magic Domains, the second torrent formed. A sudden ringing filled Ronan's ears, leaving him unable to hear anything. He could only vaguely see Fao standing with his arms spread wide beneath the overlapping wash of the two torrents, his features glowing, his entire body blazing with brilliance comparable to the sun.
Then the "sun" was swallowed by the torrent.
Fao's outline, along with the scenery behind him, was rapidly washed pale beneath the overwhelming force until it vanished completely. "Huff... huff..."
Reality slowly returned, and Ronan