"Fire, hear my call, gather, blaze, burn the enemy!"
Raven uttered a string of incomprehensible syllables. He pushed both hands upward with force as the magic power within him traveled along a specific route and gathered in his palms. His Spiritual Power worked at full speed, turning his eyes silver.
A mass of heat rapidly condensed in his palms, warping the air around him.
But in the next moment, the warped air dispersed. The magic power within Raven fell into chaos, transforming into a burst of blazing white flames that erupted from his palms.
His face instantly turned pale. He circulated his Spiritual Power with all his might and only just managed to slowly rein in the rampaging magic power. The flames weakened bit by bit as well.
After calming the magic power, the flames dispersed, but a layer of yellowish-brown scorch marks had already burned across Raven's palms.
"Damn... I set myself on fire." Raven's hands trembled. He uttered a few more syllables, and a stream of cool water fell onto his palms, easing the burning sensation considerably.
"Fortunately, it only burned the outer layer." Raven clicked his tongue, dried his hands, and unfurled the parchment recording Ember Incineration.
To cast a spell, one needed to combine gestures, incantations, magic power, and Spiritual Power.
Gestures played an auxiliary role. They helped mages adjust the route along which their magic power circulated, reducing the pressure on their Spiritual Power. They were not an indispensable element.
Magic power resonated with the Magic Element, causing the element to condense according to the caster's intentions and achieve the spell's effect.
Spiritual Power had a wider range of uses and required finer control. First, it had to lock onto the spell's target. At the same time, it had to assist in regulating the flow