Duke's reaction was calm. At the same moment the spear left his hand, countless tiny dark golden sand grains surged out from his palm, cuffs, and the surrounding space, spreading outward with his body as the center, forming a constantly flowing and rotating sand barrier in front of him.
These sand grains were strengthened through the devouring of Magic Metal, each grain exuded a deep and restrained dark golden metallic luster, and the collision between the sand grains made a crisp and dense metallic crashing sound, as if countless miniature metal bells were gently shaking simultaneously.
But the sand grains no longer had only the luster of metal itself, but rather an extremely thin, extremely bright light film that constantly changed colors.
Within the light film, four colors flowed gently: dark red, ink black, light gold, and earthy yellow.
They were the four Rule Powers: Flame, Shadow, Light, and Earth, each presented in its most elemental and pure form.
