Ktarolan's counterattack arrived swiftly, and the battle entered its most intense phase. On the other side, the Mad Knight released a third writhing, burning, bizarre fireball in an obvious attempt to cover Punk's retreat, but the construct empress had clearly already resolved to unleash her ultimate killing technique no matter what.
Thus, even after the fireball slammed fiercely into her chest with devastating force and made her enormous body sway, Ktarolan still concentrated all her power and completed the tracing of the mysterious pattern.
In that instant, the Blazing Sun tier time distortion was simply too powerful. The spellcaster, rapidly retreating at top speed, had yet to escape the relatively narrow ring's range. The blade controlled through his armor had only barely managed to slice open Ktarolan's inner alchemical armor at the very last moment. Yet as the construct empress's vulnerable energy core was exposed through the wound before Punk's eyes, the already sealed ring erupted with crystalline, shimmering snow-white radiance, tearing apart the veil of laws.
"This is this young lady's strongest Blazing Sun level spell-like ability, an invention I created myself over three billion years! Arrogant mage, your time of death has come."
"Sizzle!"
Like mist dispersing, like dust drifting away, when that deafening roar shook the entire Central Hall, all matter, energy, and laws within the construct empress's surrounding range vanished in an instant, as if erased by an eraser. This attack, possessing no less destructive power than a single-target Blazing Sun killing move, perfectly demonstrated the weight of an "ultimate kill." Although the restricted range severely limited Ktarolan's combat performance, she had still used an extremely risky trap, at the cost of losing two layers of armor, to trap the Bright Moon Mage fighting her at close quarters.
Logically speaking, Punk should have already perished inside