A Long-Awaited Crystal Ball

With his power fully unleashed, Benjamin felt as though all the water elements in the world were resonating with him. After condensing an army of millions of frost constructs, he summoned towering torrents and compressed and shaped them in midair... until they finally became a gigantic dragon spanning the sky.

The dragon threw back its neck and let out a long roar, charging at Grant alongside the frost army!

"...Not enough."

Yet, faced with such a majestic assault, Grant showed not the slightest surprise. He merely reached out as before and lightly tapped forward. It was as though he himself had transformed into a rune, while some phantom flickered behind him.

Holy Light gathered at his fingertips once more. A brilliant golden flame suddenly blossomed within the radiance, swaying quietly.

Grant flung the flame straight out.

In midair, the faint firelight flew onward, then suddenly burst apart just before colliding with the frost army! Immediately afterward, Holy Light spread across the sky, like a vast net ablaze with fire being cast open. Countless fine threads of light threaded through it, encompassing all the magic Benjamin had condensed in one sweep.

In an instant, more than half the frost army evaporated, while the remaining magic continued melting within the net.

Seeing this, Benjamin simply detonated all of his ice creations. With a thunderous boom, the great net of Holy Light shook violently. Countless shards of ice shot outward like fragments from an exploding bomb, their deadly edges flying in every direction.

Then, the water dragon pounced forward, bared its fangs, and bit down hard on the net of Holy Light!

The collision immediately triggered an even more devastating explosion. Light elements and water elements gathered in this stretch of sky, dancing wildly, while a string of smaller explosions rang out beneath