Dead silence.
It was not only Yellow Beard who was left dumbfounded. The craftsmen outside the arena had also been utterly petrified the moment they realized what had happened.
They could not understand it.
They blinked instinctively, doubting their own eyes, preferring to believe they had seen it wrong.
The combination of the Cauldron of Fireworks and the Golden Ring, the pairing of the North Wind legacy and the Seed of Heroes, the empowerment of the Way of the Vanguard and the accumulated inheritance of generations... They knew all of it too well. They trusted it too much—revered it, even—that invincible power. So much so that... they simply could not comprehend what, exactly, had happened at this moment!
Or rather, they instinctively refused to believe it.
The Cauldron of Fireworks' revival and rebirth had been interfered with—had even been broken...
It was no longer perfect!
"What happened?"
"Did he use some technique to erode the Realm of Encirclement itself?"
"Disintegration Art? That wouldn't be strange, considering the Tide Sound lineage..."
"Idiot! Disintegration Art might break the form of the Seed of Heroes, but can it interfere with revival and rebirth too? The Realm of Encirclement is still intact, so where has it been damaged?!"
"Then tell us what the hell happened!"
"You ask me, who am I supposed to ask?"
"Stop talking and look!"
Amid the clamorous arguments, many people had argued until their faces were red, nearly forgetting where they were. Their instincts as craftsmen had already driven them to speculate and deduce the situation before them, but the battle in the arena was so intense that they could no longer keep up with its changes! Facing Surtr's damage, Yellow Beard frowned, yet his movements did not stop. Without thinking, he stirred the great cauldron, sending vast quantities of