Facing Olivia's attack, Miriam's phantom raised her staff and drew an arc in front of her. A shield of air currents composed of rapidly spinning wind rose before her, blocking the two bolts of lightning.
The lightning exploded against the wind shield, scattering electric sparks. A ripple washed over the surface of the wind shield, but it did not break.
Then, Miriam's phantom waved her hand back. A green glow lit up at the tip of her staff, and dozens of wind blades shot toward Olivia like a torrential rain. The edges of those wind blades shimmered with a pale blue light, possessing a sharpness capable of slicing through steel.
“As expected of a historical figure. This is actually quite interesting.”
Olivia's lips curved slightly, and she began to move rapidly through the night sky.
She pulled the trigger repeatedly while constantly shifting her position. Bolts of lightning shot toward Miriam's phantom from different angles—some in straight lines, some in arcs, and some even curving in midair to strike from unexpected directions.
Miriam's phantom was not to be outdone either. She thrust her staff into the storm Domain before her, and a massive tornado slowly formed around her, scattering, twisting, and redirecting all the lightning bolts shot her way.
At the same time, several smaller tornadoes rose from the storm Domain beneath her feet, revolving around her like patrolling guards to keep any approaching lightning at bay.
Olivia also unleashed her Domain with all her might, the brilliance of her lightning piercing through the dark night of the Imperial Capital.
At this moment, their Domains finally clashed head-on.
The lightning Domain and the storm Domain eroded and squeezed against each other. At the boundary where the two forces met, the air was torn into countless tiny spatial rifts, letting out a piercing screech.
Lightning and storm intertwined into a chaotic sea of energy, enveloping the entire sky.
At the center of this thunderstorm, the two figures continued to clash relentlessly.
“Let's see how you handle this!”
Olivia suddenly stopped shooting, spun her revolver in her hand, and holstered it at her waist.
She spread her hands to her sides, palms facing upward. Two thick pillars of lightning soared into the sky from her palms, merging into a massive sphere of lightning high above.
With a forward push of her hands, the lightning sphere transformed into a torrential flood of electricity, pouring toward Miriam's phantom like a bursting river.
Miriam's phantom slammed her staff down hard, causing three massive walls of wind to rise from the storm Domain, stacking up to shield her.
The torrential lightning slammed into the first wind wall, which shattered with a bang after holding out for less than two seconds.
It immediately crashed into the second wall, which also crumbled under the violent impact.
Although the third wind wall barely managed to block the main body of the lightning torrent, countless small bolts of electricity still penetrated the gaps, leaving several cracks on Miriam's phantom.
Miriam's phantom then waved her staff once more, and a dazzling green light erupted from the storm Domain.
Countless spears condensed from the wind began to rain down from the sky. Each of these wind spears was several meters long, hurtling toward Olivia with a force that threatened to pierce through everything.
“Heh, piece of cake.”
Without dodging or evading, Olivia reached her right hand into the empty air, and a bolt of lightning condensed into a whip crackling with electric light.
She swung the whip, tracing arcs above her head to shatter the incoming wind spears one by one.
At the same time, she pointed her left hand forward. Three pillars of lightning rose from the ground, trapping Miriam's phantom in a triangle before suddenly contracting inward in an attempt to imprison her in a cage of lightning.
With a twist of her body, Miriam's phantom turned into a whirlwind and slipped through the gaps between the lightning pillars, reforming her shape dozens of meters away.
The moment she appeared, she waved her staff, and a massive wind blade slashed silently toward Olivia from behind.
Without even turning her head, a lightning barrier automatically materialized behind Olivia, blocking the wind blade.
She turned around, pressed her palms together, and slowly drew them apart—a longbow completely condensed from lightning appeared in her hands.
She had secretly learned this move from Luna. Although it didn't really fit her cowboy persona, it was highly effective.
She drew the bowstring, and a lightning arrow materialized on it, its tip locking onto Miriam's phantom.
She released it, and the lightning arrow shot out like a streak of light.
Miriam's phantom dodged to the side, but the lightning arrow suddenly exploded behind her, turning into a massive net of electricity that enveloped her.
As the electric net contracted, Miriam's phantom was bound, her form beginning to flicker violently.
Olivia did not let this opportunity slip by.
She allowed the lightning bow to dissipate back into sparks, drew her revolver from her waist once more, and raised it high, pointing the muzzle straight at the night sky.
A bolt of lightning, thicker than any that had come before, crashed down from the sky and struck her cylinder with pinpoint accuracy, bathing the entire revolver in a dazzling electric glow.
“Lightning is coming, cutie.”
She murmured softly, then pulled the trigger.
A slender beam of light shot from the muzzle, piercing straight into the high-altitude clouds.
After the beam vanished into the clouds, there was a brief moment of silence before the sky literally split open.
Countless heavenly thunders crashed down from the clouds simultaneously, like a torrential rain of lightning, blanketing the entire area around Miriam's phantom.
These heavenly thunders varied in thickness—some were as massive as palace pillars, while others were as thin as fingers—but they all shared one trait: each and every one contained a terrifying power capable of blasting through mountains.
The lightning struck the storm Domain, unleashing a series of deafening explosions.
The storm Domain shuddered violently. Wind walls cracked under the lightning strikes, tornadoes began to dissipate after being pierced by the bolts, and the wind blades disintegrated one after another under the baptism of electric light.
Struggling, Miriam's phantom broke free from the electric net and raised her staff in an attempt to stabilize the Domain once more, but Olivia did not give her the chance.
“Here's the final shot, just for you!”
She pulled the trigger again, sending another beam into the clouds. A second wave of heavenly thunders followed immediately, even denser and more ferocious than the first.
The lightning poured down like a waterfall, completely submerging the storm Domain.
Miriam's phantom grew fainter and fainter in the sea of electric light. Her form began to disintegrate inch by inch from the edges, dissolving into the night sky bit by bit like morning mist under the sun.
Finally, as the last heavenly thunder dissipated, the projection of the legendary Great Archmage who had left her mark on history was completely annihilated.
“No—! How is this possible? Why is there such a monster on the surface!?”
No. 945 let out a despairing roar.
His ultimate trump card had been crushed, leaving him with absolutely no means of resistance.
Right now, he was like a lamb to the slaughter, yet the butchers raising their bloody knives against him numbered four or five!
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