On the other side, seeing that the Thunder Dragon alone couldn't threaten Liens, Nora decided to increase the intensity for him.

Nora casually snapped her fingers, with no special meaning, simply because she thought it looked cool.

Immediately, the Thunder Dragon, which had been fighting Liens, paused. Then, a spherical magic circle enveloped it and rapidly compressed its massive size.

Finally, after only a few seconds, the dozens-of-meters-long Thunder Dragon transformed into a palm-sized energy orb, its surface still showing the patterns of the magic circle.

Liens watched this transformation silently, without stopping it.

The original purpose of this battle was to ascertain Nora's strength, so he naturally wouldn't interrupt Nora's casting. Moreover, it would be difficult to interrupt, as Nora would certainly have prepared defenses against it.

"This is a Great Magic—Calamity."

"I cannot precisely control the situation after Calamity is unleashed. If you feel the situation is not right, transmit a message to me or send some signal."

Nora's serious voice echoed in Liens's ears, reminding him to be careful and safe.

She and Liens had no animosity. Although Liens had previously said that this was an illusion and nothing that happened here would affect reality, she still felt that it was just a spar and there was no need to fight to the death.

"Mm."

Liens lightly hummed in response. As for whether he accepted Nora's goodwill, only he knew.

Nora said no more, relinquishing control of the magic to complete the final step of 'Calamity'.

Immediately, the energy orb before Liens instantly collapsed into a singularity, then exploded into a not-very-powerful energy shockwave, sweeping across the entire deep pit battlefield like ripples.

In an instant, anomalies arose.

Centered around the singularity, various calamity scenes appeared in the four directions around Liens: above, below, left, and right.

In the sky, thunderclouds gathered thickly, their heavy layers obscuring the sun. The sky grew dim, with only the frequent flashes of lightning providing intermittent light to the deep pit.

A beast resembling the previous Thunder Dragon writhed in the thunderclouds. Its form was slightly smaller than before, but it appeared more spiritual, as if it truly possessed Life.

Its ferocious dragon head broke free of the thunderclouds, looking down at the 'ants' below.

At the same time, a Molten Giant Turtle spewed magma that scorched the earth, a Giant Eagle flapped a chaotic storm, and an Ice Wolf howled, its claws spreading endless cold.

Thunder, frost, storm, and magma—four exotic beasts representing four types of calamity power gathered. They stared directly at Liens with eyes full of divinity.

The next second, just as calamities sometimes strike suddenly, the four beasts simultaneously attacked Liens.

The incredibly fast lightning arrived first, surging thunder like a divine punishment engulfing the figure standing still in the air. But that was only an afterimage; Liens had already foreseen and avoided the attack.

However, having dodged the lightning, he was intercepted by the storm.

Liens held his sword horizontally in front of him, defending against the Giant Eagle's sharp claws. The immense force pushed him rapidly backward through the air.

Ethereal steps materialized beneath his feet, and Liens used them to stop his backward momentum. 'Sword Heart Power' gathered on his sword, pushing back the Giant Eagle. Then, he swung his sword, unleashing a sword net that shattered the incoming molten meteors.

Teleporting to avoid the biting cold wind, Liens swung his sword towards the thunder, clashing with the Thunder Dragon, which had transformed into lightning.

Boom!

A roar exploded. Sword Heart pierced through the thunder, shattering the Thunder Dragon's thick foreclaws.

The Thunder Dragon roared, spewing violent thunder, but the next instant its neck was severed. Following that, several sword lights slashed across its body, and its massive form quickly broke into multiple pieces.

Without pausing, Liens swept past the shattered Thunder Dragon to confront the oncoming storm.

Holding the sword in his right hand, he inserted it into an ethereal scabbard, instantly drew it, and unleashed an even stronger storm to dismember the opposing Giant Eagle.

Liens's expression was calm, showing no pride from having defeated two powerful enemies in just a few rounds. His indifferent gaze looked down at the Giant Turtle on the ground, and he swung his sword.

A massive sword ki, like a long line, cut through the earth, severing the Molten Giant Turtle, which was submerged in magma, into two halves.

The scorching magma gushed out like the Molten Giant Turtle's blood, spilling onto the ground and raising thick black smoke, further dimming the already gloomy battlefield.

Liens finally arrived before the Ice Wolf.

The biting cold seemed to form a domain. Cold winds howled, freezing the bodies and even the consciousness of every living being that entered this domain.

Liens stood within this frosty domain, enveloped by a faint, thin film. It appeared fragile but seemed like an absolute barrier; no matter how biting the cold wind, it could not penetrate that film and invade Liens's body.

The Ice Wolf raised its head, maintaining its proud posture despite facing Liens, who had just slain its three comrades.

Countless ice spikes condensed, attacking Liens, who had entered the domain of ice, in a swarm. However, such 'powerless' attacks ultimately could not cross the spatial barrier.

Liens beheaded the proud Ice Wolf with a single sword strike and then crushed its icy body. Yet, looking at the surrounding scenery, which remained unchanged, he knew this battle was not over.

Just as he expected, Nora's somewhat playful voice sounded after the Ice Wolf's death.

"It's not over yet, you know. Calamity isn't that easily eliminated."

As her words fell, the cold wind began to swirl, and the proud Ice Wolf emerged from the cold wind, just as it had first appeared.

At the same time, anomalies also arose in the other three directions; the three great exotic beasts that had died also reappeared, just like the Ice Wolf.

"Calamity."

Liens murmured.

Looking at the four reanimated beasts, he realized what was special about this Great Magic called 'Calamity'.

Although, on the surface, this Great Magic did not form a concrete domain like Lucrezia's 'Paradise of Dreams', in reality, this battlefield was already enveloped by a certain power.

This power was Calamity.

As long as the concept of Calamity remained on this battlefield, and as long as Nora's magic supply was not cut off, the four beasts representing Calamity would be immortal.

They might even grow stronger, because calamities always escalate.

Feeling the cold that was now even colder than before, Liens tangled with the four beasts while searching for the source of the Calamity.

Nothing was immortal; being unable to kill something only meant that the right method had not yet been found.

Since the four beasts represented Calamity, then he would find 'Calamity' and sever 'Calamity', and naturally, he would break the four beasts' immortality.

"Hmm... interesting. So the source of the disaster is myself."

Relying on his almost superhuman Sense , Liens quickly found the source of the Calamity. Surprisingly, a part of the existence of this Great Magic was maintained by him, the 'enemy'.

He could sense a connection between himself and the four beasts, a connection he named 'Disaster'.

The reason why the four beasts became stronger after being revived was due to the 'Disaster' on him.

The reason was that he had expended too much power by using 'Sword Heart'. Although he didn't appear weaker on the surface, his ability to resist disaster had weakened, and correspondingly, the disaster on him had strengthened.

Similarly, the reason the four beasts could revive was also because the 'Disaster' on him had not receded.

They merely acted as the implementers of 'Disaster', inflicting punishment upon him, who was afflicted by 'Disaster'. As long as 'Disaster' did not dissipate, the punishment would naturally not be lifted.

As for Nora, she was the shadowy hand that inflicted 'Disaster' and the energy pool that provided the 'Disaster's' envoys with their actions, without much control over the four beasts.

This was also why she had said before that she couldn't precisely control 'Calamity'.

Similar to the previous 'Elemental Servants', Nora seemed to enjoy this 'hands-off' approach to magic. Was it her personality, or did she have some weakness herself?

Thoughts flashed through his mind. Liens warned Nora, who stood at the edge of the battlefield: "Be careful."

Hearing this, Nora felt confused, but she dared not neglect Liens's warning. Her internal magic power rapidly circulated, and shields layered one after another on her body.

Soon, she understood what Liens's warning meant.

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