Chapter 261: Jealousy
With the terrifying firepower network formed by the Great Light Manifestation, Benjamin finally forcefully stabilized the precarious battle situation and gained a brief chance to catch his breath.
He immediately spared part of his attention and swiftly swept his gaze across the entire battlefield.
His eyes first turned toward the skies.
There, what should have been a battle decided by overwhelming rank disparity had instead fallen into a strange deadlock.
The severely wounded Level 4 Wizard and the Level 3 Wizard Levin Mills were fighting amid surging energy. The escaping shockwaves warped the surrounding space; at first glance, it seemed as though the heavens themselves might collapse beneath their fierce clash.
Yet after observing for only a few seconds, Benjamin's brows rose slightly.
"...So weak."
That was the most direct—and most objective—assessment in his heart.
It was not arrogance. It was fact.
That Level 4 Wizard in the sky was nothing but a showpiece with power and no substance!
The combat instincts he displayed, as well as his control over his own rules, were shockingly poor.
Let alone compared to a normal Level 4 Wizard, even many seasoned Level 3 Wizards could likely suppress him with ease.
Benjamin could see it clearly. The other party was undoubtedly using spatial rules, yet his methods were crude and savage, without the slightest hint of finesse.
In battle, he relied purely on the instinctive crushing force of his energy rank.
Benjamin even felt that the Mutant Spider-Snake he had captured back then might have possessed more refined control over spatial abilities than this Level 4 Wizard.
By contrast, although the exact nature of the "life" rules controlled by Levin Mills was unclear, and his use of them could not be called profound, he was seasoned and resourceful, his methods emerging