Saint-Tier Tyrant

A beam of black light shot out from Shivaji Royal Palace, resembling a black spear several meters long. It was incredibly fast and struck the Ultimate Arcane Fireball descending from the sky in the blink of an eye.

The two spells collided, but there was no explosion. Instead, they seemed to merge into one.

The Ultimate Arcane Fireball darkened slightly, several strands of shadowy black staining its flames as it continued crashing into the largest palace in the royal compound. Suddenly, a shadow-like magical barrier appeared, and the Ultimate Arcane Fireball slammed into it.

Boom!

A world-shaking explosion resounded throughout Banbei City. Hundreds of thousands of residents watched in terror as a gigantic mushroom cloud rose from the royal palace.

The shock wave swept across the surroundings. The Super Sun Legion packed into the palace square and between the palaces was sent stumbling in all directions. Some Transcendents near the center of the explosion were accidentally touched by the Arcane Fire, which instantly spread across their bodies and set them ablaze.

This Arcane Fire was like a bone-deep infection. No matter whether they beat at it or doused it with water, they could not extinguish it.

They rolled desperately across the ground, emitting agonized wails, but the flames on their bodies only burned more fiercely. Soon, they stopped moving.

Their corpses continued burning until not even ashes remained.

The nearby Transcendents stared at the pits burned into the ground in utter horror. They scrambled away, terrified of being touched by those dreadful flames.

This was only the spell's residual shock wave, yet it had killed more than a thousand Transcendents.

Outside the royal palace.

The Imperial army discovered that the largest palace still stood. The shadow-like magical barrier fluctuated violently, seemingly on the verge of collapse at any moment. It