The clash of light and lightning blazed fully into being above Alubarna's royal palace like the wrath of gods, vanished, then blazed again.
Every drop of the destructive rain of light from "Yasakani no Magatama" could pierce steel. Gathered in their thousands upon thousands, they became a true natural disaster, enough to wipe a small island from the charts entirely. Meanwhile, Ma Chao's all-out "Thunder God Descends" concentrated the fury and destruction of lightning to their utmost limit, becoming an unyielding lightning dragon that surged against the heavens to tear this "natural disaster" apart!
Gold and blue-white, two ultimate powers, collided wildly in midair, eroding each other and exploding! No sound could describe the roar of that moment-or rather, every sound was swallowed by that eruption of energy beyond all limits. All anyone saw was endless light filling their vision. Their retinas burned, their eardrums felt as though heavy hammers had struck them, and a ringing left them briefly deaf.
Then came the tangible shock wave of destruction.
Centered on the explosion, a translucent ring of destruction mixed with golden motes and blue-white arcs howled outward in every direction like the most violent tsunami! Wherever it passed, whether the already ruined remains of the palace's main hall or the still-intact palaces, towers, gardens, and walls behind it, everything silently crumbled to dust the instant the ring touched it, like sandcastles crushed beneath an invisible giant hand! Several meters of ground were forcibly shaved away, leaving a mirror-smooth crater with molten edges that kept spreading outward!
The phoenix barrier of "Sacred Fire" that Zhou Yu sustained with all his strength rippled and swayed violently beneath that destructive impact. Its warm golden flames gave strained cries, flickering as though they might shatter at any moment. Zhou Yu paled and grunted, a trickle