"Hey, hey, aren't you being way too fussy about this?"
Hearing Natsuki Subaru's objection, Fang Mo grumbled impatiently.
"The main thing is, you..."
"Tch, forget it. Who told you to become my little bro?"
Before Natsuki Subaru could say anything else, Fang Mo slowly raised one hand. At the same time, the Gale Ring glinted with an icy blue-green light. "Then I'll only use atmospheric magic, okay? Don't you go making up excuses to brush me off again this time... Face the gale! Hasagi!"
Fang Mo suddenly shouted.
A blade of wind condensed out of thin air.
Natsuki Subaru's scalp went numb. He almost instinctively dove to the side, and heard two muffled puffs behind him.
When he turned around—
He saw that the trees in the distance had been severed cleanly through their middles.
"No, that power..."
Natsuki Subaru's heart sank at the sight, but before he could think further, Fang Mo swung his arms twice again, sending invisible wind blades flying toward him.
"!"
Natsuki Subaru had no time to get up and could only roll backward twice in panic.
The invisible wind blades struck the lawn before him, violently ripping up a huge chunk of turf. Dirt and grass scattered everywhere, and two small stones smacked into Natsuki Subaru's face, sending sharp pain through him.
"No, I need to calm down!"
After dodging the two wind blades, Natsuki Subaru immediately forced himself to settle down. "Don't panic... I need to use those abilities flexibly..."
At this critical moment, Natsuki Subaru's brain began working again.
He looked up at Fang Mo, and a flood of information surged through his mind—how wide the gap between them was, what he could currently use, and how he should avoid danger.
"I'm strong, I'm strong, I'm strong!"
Almost instinctively, Natsuki Subaru activated