Two years later.
Closer. Ever closer.
By Green's estimate, within another year or two at most, he should reach the place sensed by the Hope Light Shroud—the location of Hope Light's corpse!
Water and fire clashed, producing Annihilation Force. It possessed the ability to erase all things and could not dissolve into any energy or matter, representing essential destruction.
Matter-energy and the power of the void clashed, producing the Source of Annihilation. It possessed the ability to mimic and replicate flesh and blood, capable of enveloping even Green's Level 5 biological body, representing the most primal creation.
According to Green's long-term research and calculations on the clash between light and darkness, this brand-new energy, unlike Annihilation Force and the Source of Annihilation, possessed an ability similar to one of the Fate Levers: opening gates through space and time. It was like the unique rules of Evil God Paradise!
In secret, Green named this new energy the Way of Annihilation.
For a Level 5 elemental wizard to advance to a Level 6 elemental wizard, they needed to align themselves with natural laws. They would then gain the natural amplification unique to Level 6 elemental wizards' energy attacks. The degree of amplification varied according to the loftiness and special nature of the natural phenomenon with which they aligned.
By Green's estimate, if he acquired the Way of Annihilation born from the clash of light and darkness, perhaps... he could align with annihilation itself and advance to become a Level 6 Stigmata Grand Wizard!
As for the degree of natural law amplification, Green estimated it would be between 800,000 and 1,000,000 degrees, placing it within the relatively lofty tier.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
Violent energy fluctuations erupted once more from the gray mist high above, like rolling thunder exploding.
Sensing it, Green stopped walking