When the broken sword struck the layers of Ice Wall, an invisible ripple spread outward. Even the people inside the water bubble were knocked off their feet, staring in astonishment.
However, Benjamin's expression suddenly changed.
"This is..."
He could clearly sense that the pressure descending from above was extremely weak. It could not even break through the ice, much less harm the Water Elemental Sprite beneath it. There was simply no way it could injure him.
A strange feeling rose in Benjamin.
Layers of solid ice and dazzling Holy Light stood between him and Grant, obscuring the other man's expression long ago. Yet when he had just probed forward with the Water Element Sensing Method, all that remained behind the Holy Light was that utterly ordinary broken sword. Grant himself was nowhere to be seen.
After freezing for half a second, Benjamin seemed to realize something. He turned and looked toward the water bubble. But in that instant, the Ultimate Light Thread had already shot past the side of the bubble!
Grant was flying above the water bubble now, his gaze fixed on the king.
Whoosh!
Everything happened too quickly. Before Benjamin could act, he saw a faint glimmer light up in the king's chest. Then, like a venomous snake, the light thread burst out from his heart!
"Your Majesty!"
Someone cried out, but the king still wore a bewildered expression, as though he had not understood what had happened, as though he still believed himself to be merely a spectator watching Grant wield the "Holy Sword" against Benjamin.
At the same time, Grant raised his head and met Benjamin's eyes across more than ten meters. His gaze was icy and indifferent, like a leopard effortlessly catching an unguarded prey once again.
Benjamin's heart sank to rock bottom in that