Just as both sides' auras surged again, the air grew still, and another, even more brutal clash was about to erupt-
Boer's Super-Sense Magnetic Field suddenly shuddered!
An... even more ancient, unfathomably terrifying presence was rapidly approaching through some invisible "channel"! The source of that channel was none other than Saint Mars, hovering in midair in the form of a flaming birdman!
Within Boer's magnetic field vision, countless hair-thin, almost intangible black "threads" extended from the deepest darkness of Mary Geoise. Ignoring the distance between them, they instantly coiled around and pierced Saint Mars's body, like a puppet's strings-or conduits transporting some kind of essence!
"What-?!"
An unprecedented warning washed over Boer like ice water poured over his head! The dark golden Superconducting Ring on his chest seemed to sense an ultimate threat. Without any prompting, it began operating furiously at an unprecedented output!
Its hum grew shrill and piercing. The ring's light rapidly shifted from deep, dark gold to an ominous, fathomless blue that seemed capable of devouring light, before the frenzied influx of immense energy transformed it again into an even more mysterious, oppressive deep purple!
Boom!
Immense purple energy erupted from the Superconducting Ring like a volcano, instantly enveloping Boer! His body grew taller under the influx of energy, his muscles and bones giving off faint cracks. In an instant, he became a three-meter-tall thunder giant, wreathed in leaping purple lightning and a ghostly blue magnetic field!
Almost simultaneously, among the Five Elders standing ready across from him, all four except Saint Mars-Saint Saturn, Saint Nusjuro, Saint Warcury, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter-froze!
Their eyes abruptly lost focus and their expressions stiffened, as though their souls had been ripped out in an instant. Like dolls placed on pause, they stood motionless in their final combat stances. Their