Neither a Chance Encounter

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"Charles!"

Brando had finally lured the two giant animated spells over. Countless rays of light rose from their enormous bodies, making them look somewhat like stars in the white-dwarf stage—gravity could no longer restrain the burning gases around them, their inner layers had begun collapsing, and their scorching atmospheres were violently expanding outward. As the two balls of light expanded, they nearly occupied half the end of the plaza, their bodies flickering with dazzling blue radiance.

The gap between the two giant animated spells was no wider than a carriage, and it was rapidly shrinking. Brando accelerated madly, trying to pass through before it closed completely. He activated Charge Skill and leaped from the ground. The narrow passage was almost right before his eyes, but at that moment, a layer of flowing light rose from the animated spells' bodies. Rotating like stellar rings, they crashed toward Brando.

At that moment, countless twisting Law Lines extended from Brando's sides and formed two solid walls of light ahead of him. The flowing light slammed heavily into the walls, making the Law Lines vibrate violently and flash with blinding radiance. In that instant, Brando's figure suddenly split forward into an afterimage. The walls of light behind him quickly shattered, and the radiance filling the sky swallowed them. But he had already landed firmly on solid ground. Looking back, he saw the giant animated spells behind him. Countless Ice Breaths chased after him and crashed into those stellar bodies of light like moths flying into flames. They left bright spots within the expanding spheres of light, then vanished without a