The citizens of the capital looked up in horror as the Skysand vanished and a massive, roiling blue cloud appeared.
The temperatures dropped significantly, and violent storms were created.
In the middle of the sky appeared a smaller old man.
He wore luxurious blue robes and carried a crown on his head, which had a humongous blue gem inside it.
The older man looked down in arrogance and coldness as he pointed downward without speaking a word.
The blue cloud was Winterfire, and it quickly exploded into different pieces.
Gigantic blue flames, almost three meters in diameter each, formed in the sky.
There were hundreds of them.
Then, they all started to fall like a meteor shower.
One of these flames hit a random spot outside the capital.
BOOOOOM!
An explosion, almost 50 meters wide, consumed the wilderness beside the capital.
Just one of these flames had the power of a Spell from a Late Grand Sorcerer.
And there were hundreds.
For the first time in many decades, the citizens truly saw how helpless they were in front of a Transcendent.
As King Winterfire appeared, the world seemed to go against them.
The sky was coming down.
It was a natural disaster.
Yet, just before the flames hit anything of importance, the ground seemed to rise.
The sand around the capital took to the sky and attacked all the individual flames.
The sky seemingly exploded as all the blue flames detonated hundreds of meters above the ground.
Storms of brown and blue wrecked the sky, creating more tremendous storms that swept across the wilderness.
Whenever any of these storms approached the capital or the Ether Essence, a barrier appeared that kept them at bay.
King Skysand came out of his castle and took to the sky.
As he flew forward, all the Skysand resting on the ground took to the sky, gathering around him.
At the same time, another cloud of Winterfire gathered around and behind King Winterfire.
The two kings just looked at each other without saying anything.
They didn't need to say anything.
There was nothing to talk about.
Next, the Skysand and Winterfire rushed towards each other, obscuring the view to the kings.
From time to time, a rush of Ether came out of the mixed clouds.
It was a desperate battle.
At least, that's how it looked.
In truth, neither of the two combatants truly committed to the fight.
They were not here to fight to the death.
Were they just as powerful as each other? According to their own estimates, yes.
They both believed that they had about equal powers.
But was one person truly, perfectly equal in power to another person?
Of course not.
If forced, one of them would come out victorious, but the battle would be desperate and exceedingly dangerous.
Neither of the two kings was confident enough to commit.
What if they were the one who was slightly weaker?
If they died, all their citizens, family, and loved ones would be brutally murdered.
They couldn't afford to put all of this at risk.
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