Boom—!!
Flames soared into the sky!
Immortus watched Miles charge toward him. His expression shifted, and his body suddenly turned translucent as he prepared to Phase Shift away from the attack.
However, just as he was about to vanish completely, an invisible spacetime lock appeared out of nowhere, forcibly interrupting his phased state.
[This is... the Eternal Temple's spacetime suppression?!]
Before he could think further, Immortus, whose retreat had failed, was instantly swallowed whole by the Flame Phoenix Miles had become!
The blazing cosmic fire incinerated his body into nothingness in an instant, leaving not even ashes behind.
"What's going on?!"
"Who was that?!"
Around the battlefield, the spectators who had originally been drawn in by Nurr and Marcus's fierce battle finally noticed what was happening here. Cries of alarm rose one after another as countless eyes turned toward the fading phantom of the Phoenix.
Miles landed, and the enormous Phoenix phantom gradually receded, condensing back into his human form.
He paid no attention to the outside world's reactions. The moment he landed, he sensed his surroundings. As expected, Immortus's presence and the Eternal Crystal's energy signature had vanished together.
The next moment, space twisted, and another completely unharmed Immortus emerged from the void, holding the Eternal Crystal.
"You should have known long ago that you can't kill me."
As he spoke, Immortus looked at the Eternal Crystal, then turned a mocking gaze toward Miles. "Or rather, was 'it' your target? Heh... Supreme Doom had the same idea as you. That was why he died afterward."
As Immortus finished speaking, the Eternal Crystal in his hand shone brilliantly, and an invisible force swept over Miles like a tidal wave.
The dimension of reality began to distort violently. This was no longer a simple visual illusion, but a profound upheaval of