Sage stopped above the Basilisk and extended both arms.
Two crimson Magic Circles appeared, then four and then eight, each was dozens of feet across.
"Fire Magic: Eight Suns of Calamity!"
Eight miniature suns ignited around him.
The Stormcrown Basilisk looked upward.
Sage lowered his hands.
The suns fell.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Each explosion transformed the valley. Forest became fire. Stone became molten rivers.
Entire sections of the ridge collapsed beneath repeated impacts as the Commander Beast charged through the bombardment, refusing to fall. Its storm mana surged outward and formed an electrical shell around its body that detonated two of the descending suns before they struck.
Sage's expression sharpened.
The Basilisk was adapting.
Below, Iris suddenly shouted, "Everyone jump!"
A blue Magic Circle almost a hundred feet across appeared beneath the battlefield.
"Water Magic: Leviathan's Floodplain!"
Water erupted from the earth.
