The Spiritual Weapon jabbed forward, its automatically lengthening staff striking the middle-aged man flying through the air and pinning him against the room's wall. The staff even pierced through his chest, holding him immobile like a Nail.
But after realizing that he could not break free no matter what, the resolute middle-aged man proactively ignited nearly all of his own Life Force. Amid the roaring flames, his materialized body completely turned into fire. Shade could even sense the "Life Fire Seed" within those flames.
An artifact capable of directly elementalizing a person was at least rated Keeper of Secrets Level.
Freed from the constraints of his physical body, the middle-aged man escaped from beneath the staff. His Life Force was being permanently depleted every moment, but it granted him enormous increases in speed, strength, and endurance. When he took to the air again, his speed had already broken the sound barrier.
The fiery humanoid crashed toward the Ring Arcanist on the narrow bridge, but the Eleventh Ring Warlock did not even summon his Destiny Ring. The staff in hand returned to its normal size. After he softly chanted, runes lit up across its surface. Frost emerged upon the Spiritual Weapon, which had originally possessed no elemental attribute. When the staff swung forward again, it had completely transformed into Ice Element Form.
Boom!
Fire and ice collided in midair. Amid a huge creaking sound, the aerial walkway snapped apart, and grating panels fell with plops into the sewage settling pool below.
The Eleventh Ring Warlock floated in the air as the Spiritual Weapon in hand shattered. He rubbed his right hand, though he was uninjured. As for the middle-aged man, he was sent flying by that single strike. By the time he barely stabilized the firelight making up his body in