Lucifer's heart pounded as he funneled all his mana into the third movement of his Grade 6 art—Frozen Zenith. The air around him crackled with elemental power as the ice magic reached its peak, but it wasn't just ice. Lucifer's brilliance shone in the way he wove together the other elements—earth, fire, water, lightning, and wind as well as his white and black mana—all combining to amplify the sheer destructive force of Frozen Zenith.
Still, ice remained the dominant force, the bedrock of the technique.
But as their blades neared, something shifted.
In that split second, Lucifer felt it.
Doubt.
Arthur's presence, the overwhelming light aura enveloping his sword, made it clear—God Flash: Absolute wasn't just an attack; it was a force of nature. The aura, focused and refined, was too precise, too sharp, too overwhelming. Despite the multi-elemental brilliance of Frozen Zenith, it paled in comparison to Arthur's movement.
'He's going to cut through it.'
