The Emergence of a New Path

ROAR!!!

A beastlike roar rang out, accompanied by a sweeping Soul Impact. Every Wizard taking part in the siege stopped attacking at once.

The immense Soul Impact even suppressed the surrounding Elemental Particles, briefly disrupting their gathering.

Fortunately, the deans leading the assault had prepared before arriving on the battlefield. Their innate defensive Sorcery sprang into place!

The magical tools they carried specifically to resist soul attacks activated one after another, raising blue shields before them.

Yet despite those preparations, Cain's nearly full-strength counterattack still drew a succession of cracking sounds from their bodies.

Garman, dean of the Six-Ring Tower, looked down at his chest. The Crest fashioned in the tower's emblem was already giving off wisps of Black Smoke.

The others' tools for warding off soul attacks had also suffered varying degrees of damage.

"A Soul Impact this powerful is far beyond the normal standard. Is the Despair Force strengthening it?"

A sharp glint flashed through Wolman's eyes. From the nature of the attack, he immediately judged what might be happening.

The Soul Impact Cain had unleashed was brutally simple: he had gathered his Soul Strength and hurled it outward.

Given the Wizards' defenses, they should have been far better able to withstand such a straightforward assault.

The damage they had sustained clearly came from the Despair Force bolstering it.

"He's fighting with his back to the wall! Press the attack! Don't give him a chance to breathe!" Wolman roared as he prepared to gather another Sorcery spell.

The other Wizards exchanged glances and immediately attacked as well.

"Damn it!! Those bastards!" Inside the black sphere, Cain felt his Despair Force vanishing rapidly. Under the threat of death, he finally regained his senses.

He scanned the outside world with his Mental Power. The flow of elements, briefly stalled, had