Wanda gritted her teeth and prepared to fling the magic circle out with a wave of her hand.
But she had not expected the movement to pull at her wound. The intense pain instantly brought tears streaming from her eyes.
It was not just the wound that hurt. She was now experiencing phantom pain all over her body.
The violent fluctuations in her mental state caused by the pain also left her unable to maintain the magic circle.
At once, the magic circle shattered into flecks of golden-red light, which quickly vanished into nothingness.
Tony froze at the sight, then immediately dismissed the Spear of Thunder.
This was something only an elemental mage could do. As the elements' darling, an elemental mage could control them as naturally and easily as their own body.
So, as long as a skill had not struck its target and taken effect, it could be canceled at any time.
But if the Tony manifested by Rising Tide's leader tried to forcibly interrupt a skill, the only outcome would be for it to go out of control and explode, dealing its full damage to him.
Tony casually waved his hand, and the Spear of Thunder turned into pure lightning elements. They first gathered beside his cheek, nuzzling and rubbing against it, before disappearing.
Then Tony walked over to Wanda and raised his hand. A moist blue ball of light appeared. Without saying anything, he waved his hand, and the cluster of water elements floated toward Wanda's abdomen.
Wanda had initially watched Tony warily as he suddenly approached, but she relaxed only after sensing that he was giving off no malice.
As the water elements touched her burn, whatever else they might do, they immediately eased the waves of intense pain, and Wanda stopped gasping.
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