Dago calmly raised his eyes. The terrifying Thumb Air Bullets circling around him shifted from defense to offense, rolling forth in a mighty surge toward Carl Paul.
Holding his ice sword, he followed close behind with Treading Waves. Carl's expression changed slightly as his mental power surged. The sand and sparks that Dago's spell had blasted away gathered once more, erupting into roaring flames before rapidly stretching into a massive pillar of fire.
Mysterious crimson sigil-light lit up within his golden pupils, and strange ripples spread from his body. The enormous fire pillar, speckled with golden sand, trembled lightly and split into three.
The terrifying heat scorched everything, blurring and warping vast swathes of air. The three fire pillars were like three invisible fire dragons summoned at once, positioned in different directions as they spat devastating Scorching Breath at the charging Dago.
"Scorching Breath!"
A cold expression surfaced on Carl's handsome face as he murmured softly.
Dago narrowed his eyes and abruptly shot upward. The ice sword in his hand easily sliced through layer after layer of heat waves, while the surging torrent of Thumb Air Bullets beneath him let out a silent roar. Like a giant serpent of airflow, it snapped upward in an instant, coiling around all three pillars of fire.
"Ice-Core Cruise Missile!"
The Animated Ice Crystal swiftly formed into a dark-blue crystalline missile and flew straight into the tangled mass of the airflow serpent and the three fire pillars.
Flames and frost! Countless energy particles collided fiercely in the air.
"Boom!!"
The powerful energy shockwave rose from the center of the arena in the shape of a small mushroom cloud, then slowly spread outward.
Even the reinforced and upgraded rune formation trembled slightly beneath the impact of this wave of energy. The many wizards watching below