The gray clouds surrounding Korklau boiled and spread without end, nearly blanketing a portion of the sky.
The combatants swiftly scattered in every direction. Many had already begun rushing toward the few remaining gray-white stone pillars.
Since this mountain peak could not be conquered, changing targets was the most responsible choice for seekers of truth. No one wished to become fodder for the gray clouds just to save face.
At this stage of the struggle, every seat was exceptionally difficult to claim. But no matter how fierce the battles beneath the other stone pillars were, they were still better than being battered around like flies by Korklau here.
Korklau was simply too powerful. Even ordinary Mid Third Circle Wizards were no match for him, shattering beneath a casual strike of his spells.
Top-tier inheritance, top-tier strength, and top-tier talent... together, they had created a top-tier "monster" like Korklau!
"Baker, don't go!"
Amid the chaos of people scattering like frightened birds and beasts, an urgent voice rang out, trying to stop this moth flying into the flame.
But a figure surrounded by five enormous, dazzling spell crystals had already charged out. Like crystal blades, they rapidly tore through Korklau's spell domain field and continuously closed in on his position.
The light blooming from the figure grew increasingly brilliant, while the five spell crystals around him spun faster and faster. Yet his advance gradually slowed, as though an invisible wall in the air were blocking his path.
That was Korklau's Domain, a viscous force field formed from highly concentrated negative-energy particles, repelling the intrusion of all foreign energy.
Crack—
One spell crystal shattered and exploded. The figure broke through the obstruction of the "air wall" and abruptly surged forward a considerable distance.
It was a collision between rules and rules. Though crude,