The battle erupted at the exact moment Broadleaf Wizard's sigh fell.
Shuoyuan's colossal dragon head snapped upward, rage and fear churning within its enormous Dark Gold eyes.
A dull resonance rose from deep within its chest, and then it opened jaws vast enough to swallow a small planet.
Explosive dragon breath poured forth, a torrent woven from dozens of entwined energies.
Dark-gold trails of light tore through the void. Wherever they passed, clashes between laws shredded the structure of space, and spiderweb cracks spread rapidly along both sides of their path.
The elemental turbulence in the void was forcibly driven aside. Even the distant Broadleaf Plane Barrier flickered violently beneath the aftershock.
Broadleaf Wizard raised his right hand. The field of lawful light spread across the void before him instantly contracted and condensed into an enormous amber barrier. Countless runes densely surfaced across its face, each independently analyzing the frequencies and phases of the incoming dragon breath. The instant the dragon breath slammed into the barrier, all its energy was dismantled layer by layer and diverted.
The barrier only sank back an inch after enduring an impact powerful enough to effortlessly vaporize an entire star system.
Shuoyuan continued spewing dragon breath, while its body charged beneath the cover of that breath.
That body, as massive as a star, hurtled forward with terrifying acceleration wholly at odds with its size. The void let out an overloaded groan as its scales scraped past.
If such a charge landed, the sheer impact of its mass alone would be enough to knock a star straight out of orbit.
"I'll do it."
A burly Level 7 Wizard swept out from behind Broadleaf.
His Law Solidification Domain rapidly expanded as he flew, the patterns within shifting in an instant from stillness into violent pulsation.
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