Erwin immediately conjured up his light shield as countless blade projections swept toward him, placing him under unprecedented pressure. The energy swirling around the light shield was extremely violent and overbearing, and Erwin was shocked that Talan was able to control this power.

Larwood and the others were also instantly forced onto the back foot, struggling to deal with this formidable attack. Many wounds had already been inflicted onto the bodies of Larwood and Kaiba. In contrast, Luphen was faring a little better, having only sustained a cut on his cheek, but the cut was so deep that his gums were visible through it, so half of his face had essentially been disfigured.

Luphen was in a lot of pain, but he was frantically warding off Talan's attack, so he didn't have any spare hands to clasp over the wound on his cheek. Talan was deriving a lot of pleasure from seeing this, and it was clear that out of the group of people he was being attacked by, Luphen was the one that he detested the most.

Inside the light shield, Erwin's stamina and magic power were being rapidly whittled down, and he was still clinging onto the hope that another space-time rift would emerge. The violent and chaotic energy unleashed by Talan was clashing with the matter energy that was attempting to surge into the light shield, and even though this was an extremely formidable attack, it still wasn't enough to create that state of extreme instability.

The space-time...