Absolute Freeze Ball

"Chaplin!"

Dago stared at the figure steadily approaching. The other man's features gradually came into focus, and the battle intent Dago had nurtured within himself to its very limit erupted completely at that moment.

"Absolute Freeze!"

Dago slowly raised a hand. The ice sphere beneath his feet, which had frozen Carl Paul inside, immediately rose into the air. Then, countless currents of icy energy within the space transformed into dark-blue cold streams and surged toward the sphere.

The ice sphere began to spin. Its already massive size expanded visibly at an astonishing rate, eventually becoming an enormous rotating ball of ice that occupied nearly half the arena.

Dago rose into the air. With one hand held beneath it, he suspended the enormous, terrifying spinning ice ball over the arena. It drew the attention of nearly every wizard present, their faces turning pale with shock. It was like a planet forged from ice and snow!

"That is clearly against the rules!"

Abochild's voice descended from above.

Dago looked up at it, then turned his gaze toward the old Third-Ring Wizard, who still had his eyes closed and remained unmoved. The corners of Dago's mouth slowly lifted as he spoke softly to Abochild.

"My rules are the rules!"

The expression on the giant spider Abochild's face froze, leaving it utterly speechless.

But Dago had already turned away. His gaze and Mental Force locked firmly onto the tall figure in the distance. Star-like brilliance bloomed in his eyes, and an invisible aura enveloped his entire body, making his robes flutter without wind.

"Absolute Freeze Ball!"

It gathered all the coldness and battle intent Dago had accumulated during his "long" wait. This was the pinnacle technique he had achieved so far as an ice-element wizard!

The gigantic spinning ball of frozen ice gave off