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"Boom boom boom boom boom boom—!"
Violent lightning continued to rage throughout the sanctuary's main hall, making dull explosions echo endlessly through the air.
Under the direct strikes of that lightning, the ground had long since been riddled with craters, pockmarked and torn apart.
The hall, originally covered by a sea of flames and resembling the inside of a volcano, began to sway precariously beneath the direct strikes of lightning, as though it could collapse at any moment.
Under such circumstances, violent bolts of lightning continuously shot out from the thunder pool suspended in midair, mercilessly crashing down upon the ground.
"Crackle—!"
A faint rumble of thunder sounded as a bolt of lightning plummeted directly toward the dodging Rubia.
Having only just evaded a direct lightning strike, Rubia was caught in the moment when her old momentum had not yet faded and new strength had yet to arise. She had nowhere to dodge.
Yet Rubia's body suddenly shuddered, and her entire figure became somewhat illusory in that instant.
"Boom—!"
The lightning bolt crashed down, striking Rubia squarely.
However, both Ren and Restia saw it clearly.
The bolt had not struck Rubia. It passed through her body without obstruction, blasting apart that slightly illusory figure.
At the same time, Rubia appeared not far away, holding the Crimson Magic Sword and wreathed in flames, completely unharmed.
That illusory figure from before had clearly been another phantom created by Rubia using rising currents of hot air.
However, Rubia's breathing had begun to grow ragged.
Noah, holding