King-Level Combat Power

"What was that?!"

Countless people cried out as they stared at the Abyssal dragon claw, vast as the sky, their faces pale with horror.

Even the Quasi-Kings of various nations, including Kitahara Ruri, went pale. They felt the immense power of the Abyss coiled around it and knew they could hardly withstand it.

But the silver city that rose from a magic circle moments later, shielding everyone, left them even more stunned.

Boom!!

The silver city surged upward like a towering wall, slamming into the Abyssal dragon claw that covered the entire National Fortune Battlefield. Layer upon layer of protective barriers sprang to life, blotting out the sky and completely blocking the power of the Abyss.

Every contestant stared, open-mouthed.

Christina, Edward, and Kitahara Ryuji all stood frozen, gazing up at the sky.

"..."

Before a collision that seemed to pit heaven against earth, the fierce battles they had fought earlier looked like ants squabbling.

They seemed almost childish.

Even Christina's sword strike, which had covered the widest area and shown the greatest destructive power, had only shattered one or two hills a hundred meters tall.

Yet a hill like that was no bigger than a fingernail on the Abyssal dragon claw overhead.

It could not begin to compare with the vast, majestic silver city.

"Is that... defensive magic?"

"A forbidden spell! It has to be a defensive forbidden spell!"

"I can feel magic surging like an ocean!"

"What level of defensive magic is that?! Even the faintest ripple feels like an impassable gulf. I don't think I could touch it even at full strength."

"It's like it's sealed off an entire world."

"Who cast it?!"

"Even the top ten Forbidden Spell Mages in the world couldn't do much more than this, could they?!"

Countless people cried out.

The collision