During the three years of arduous cultivation within the Thorn Ring, he had followed the end of the Sea of Despair and seen the river of despairing energy spill away at a single point, forming a black vortex like the eye of a demon god that led into a bottomless abyss.
Yet the effect of [Multifaceted Prism] instantly erased that distance, even far surpassing it.
It was just like when he had cast [Despair Death River] as a first-level wizard before comprehending First-Level Arcane-Domain Resonance.
Within the snow country frozen by Spatial Stasis, the enormous black vortex formed from a torrent of despairing energy radiated a terrifying aura that made souls tremble, drawing in, tearing apart, and grinding up everything.
Ewakuai, whose body had been frozen inside the "Winter Mirror," had no time to react before his semi-illusory ghost wolf body was dragged into the vortex.
The several deep-blue spirit wolf phantoms he had summoned around himself were directly torn apart by the horrifying power released from the vortex. Just as Ewakuai was about to be completely swallowed by the black vortex, Dago's gaze flickered slightly.
"Snap—"
He snapped his fingers.
The terrifying vortex resembling a demon god's eye abruptly stilled, and its power to devour and tear apart everything quickly collapsed.
A black ghost wolf struggled out of the vortex in a rather bedraggled state. Its body shook, transforming back into human form in midair.
"Huff—huff—"
Ewakuai's chest heaved, and his eyes still held the lingering fear of having narrowly escaped death. But compared to that, what truly shocked and moved him was the terrifying might of the secret art [Endless Vortex of the Sea of Despair].
Before long, all those emotions turned into deep complexity. Ewakuai stood in the air and looked toward Dago, whose white hair danced