Without hesitation, Elias roared, bringing two fingers close to his face as his robes whipped violently in the air. His eyes bulged with a frantic energy while his single arm shook from the sheer effort of the spell he was preparing.
"Solid matter does not yield!
Stillness is the natural state!
From my essence, I forge an anchor in this space and decree…"
"Amplification: Heavenly Restriction!!"
Down below, a grin spread on Althea's face, and without missing a beat, she struck.
The slash of the green blade carved through the air and slammed into the space Elias had fortified. There was a sound like a hammer hitting an anvil, a heavy thud that vibrated through the very foundation of the world. The space around Elias had solidified into something harder than diamond, yet Althea's strike didn't bounce off… it bit deep into the solidified space and began to unravel the logic he had spent his soul essence to create.
