Flames rose, and yellow sand whirled wildly.
Gradually, a grotesque mushroom cloud rose into the sky above the desert.
Within that black cloud, firelight flickered as sparks drifted down.
Suddenly.
A deep roar sounded from within the thick smoke, echoing across the entire desert and making the ground tremble visibly.
Suddenly, a tide of pale flames surged out of the thick smoke like ocean waves, rising ever higher before crashing toward Sifa like a tsunami.
Wherever those pale flames passed, even the microorganisms in the sand instantly perished.
Facing the surging pale fire waves, Sifa did not retreat. He stepped forward.
Deep crimson flames immediately erupted beneath his feet, densely packed together to form a "sea."
That crimson sea surged forward to meet the pale tide, and the two collided violently midway between them.
The red and white flames refused to yield to each other.
As the flames of the deep crimson sea continuously vanished, patches of "waves" within the pale tide were also ignited.
Amid this confrontation, Sifa saw that the Feathered Serpent in the distance had shrunk noticeably.
This showed that Sifa's previous attack had not been in vain.
Unlike at Sequence 2, the flames of a Sequence 1 Conqueror still retained the concept of "burning."
Compared to Sequence 2, Sifa could now ignite not only spirituality, but also Divinity.
Combined with the effects of "Conquest," it was impossible for that Feathered Serpent to have emerged unscathed from the previous attack.
Through the series of earlier probes and their recent clash,
Sifa believed that Death's Scepter contained not only a portion of Underworld Emperor Salinger's power.
It should also contain a trace of his Divinity. Otherwise, it could not have formed such a Feathered Serpent.
Thus, once the Feathered Serpent's spirituality and Divinity had been depleted to a