This time round, since their fight had happened only a few minutes ago and his eyes were affected by the elemental heat skin when Hadrian touched them, Hadrian felt he stood a better chance.
For him, who was only channeling essence, his two cores essence potency wasn't affected as much as that of the rank one mage.
On top of only channeling, which did make his vessels weaker, he had two cores while the mage only had one. Meaning, for twice the effect of output, he did not have to use as much essence as the mage.
Considering they were only rank one mages, their essence potency happened in powerful but quick bursts and they would need time to replenish.
Taking advantage of this, Hadrian didn't hesitate. First thing he did was let bearded man channel the elemental essence, reinforced him with the state of his vessels in the phantom space, and grabbed the mage's throat with both iron hot hands.
