Hearing Shelby's voice grant permission, Zane smiled.
The old man, now wary, frowned deeply. So… he was holding back all this time? This kid's been fighting me with a handicap? I need to be careful.
With a sharp chant and a rhythmic tap of his cane against the ground, the old man surged with mana. Water coiled from thin air as several thick, layered walls formed around him in defense.
"Not bad," Zane mused. "Now, let me show you mine."
He drew a deep breath, and in a single pulse of will, he burned a huge reserve of mana.
[Skill Activated: Divine Radiance]
Light flared across his skin like molten gold, his aura intensifying.
[Skill Activated: Luminous Step]
His body flickered—and vanished.
A shockwave pulsed through the ground as Zane tore through the layered water barriers like a meteor through clouds. Before the old man could react, Zane stood directly before him, a mere breath away.
"Let's call this… the end."
He raised his hand and flicked his middle finger forward.
