The blue-grade Lionel's unconscious body hit the ground with a sickening thud.
A glow and its disappearing body signalled its withdrawal from the battlefield.
One down. Two to go.
Arlen's eyes narrowed. For the first time since this tournament started, he was on the back foot. He decided to take a more drastic action.
He gave a new signal—his Phaseless Serpent regrouped, now spinning rapidly. A cyclone formed in its center, frost shards embedded in the rotating air that then aimed at… Kain!
Thankfully, Aegis, with his limited mobility restored, moved in front of him just as the frost vortex crashed down. Ice sliced against his stone skin, and wind howled—
And Aegis took it all. Even after both the earthen wall he hastily raised and his passive shield crumbled under the impact and he was forced to bear the brunt with his body.
When much of the energy in the skill was dispersed, Aegis dispersed the cyclone with a punch so powerful it made the air scream.