Too fast, Viscount Avak couldn't evade, he could only roar in fury, mustering all the power of the Dead River Armament, raising his long halberd to thrust straight forward, intending to counter Ian with an attack of his own.
The clash of blade against spear tip made both their bodies, as well as the world around them, seem to freeze for a moment.
Then came the explosion!
Boom! The atmosphere burst, making a sound like a volcanic eruption, their staggeringly fierce powers tearing the air into shreds, creating small vacuum blades that spread in every direction, even the sound of the wind seemed to wail.
But compared to the earth, what the wind endured was nothing more than a joke—centered around where the two stood, the ground shattered and sank within a blink, forming a crater tens of meters wide, and the lands farther away were no exception, rapidly cracking, then arching and lifting to form a huge circular mountain range.