Hades had lived for many years and fought countless battles. His combat experience might not match Ren's and the others', but he was no novice!
He had been on guard all along. He had sensed Qing Zhi the moment Qing Zhi revealed his presence!
Now, watching the ice bird Qing Zhi had unleashed, Hades barked, "Ice Wanderer... you underestimate this old man! Did you think I wouldn't be ready for you?"
With a roar, Hades continued pouring Amaterasu: Hundred Forms from his right arm to counter the black pillar of fire spewing from the temple doors!
His free left hand snapped forward. "Tree Arc—Earth Roar!"
Hades roared as he cast Tree Arc! In the original story, Hades had taught the Seven Kin of Purgatory of Grimoire Heart their Lost Magic. He himself was proficient in all kinds of Lost Magic!
Now he used the Tree Arc wielded by Azuma, one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory!
Tree Arc was Lost Magic that condensed the magic within the earth into fruit, which then exploded!
Magic gathered beneath Galuna Island and flowed through a magic circle, forming a red fruit!
Boom!
The red fruit burst apart in a scorching explosion! Tree Arc was not, at its core, magic that controlled trees. It simply gathered magic from the earth, so the power it drew depended on what lay beneath!
Galuna Island was rich in fire elements, and so was its soil! The magic gathered by Tree Arc inevitably contained flame. When it detonated, fire blazed through the explosion!
The blast, formed from concentrated fire elements, carried intense heat!
The scorching shock wave slammed into Qing Zhi's Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, and both exploded!
Boom!
Boom!
For a time, thunderous blasts rang out around the temple. The whole place had become a minefield