[Too shallow.]

Seagald declared.

[You've learned some good skills and accumulated some experience. But that's all. You don't have the basics down, so everything you do is sloppy.]

“Shut up.”

Lee Shin-Woo and Seagald's blades clashed in the air and erupted in intense flames. No, that was what Lee Shin-Woo thought was happening, but at that moment, he found Seagald’s blade coming for his helmet. If he hadn't responded with his darkness, the battle would've been decided right then and there.

[Your elements are strong. But do you know something? You might think your mana is infinite after reaching level 8, but it’ll eventually run out. I wonder how much energy and mana you have to waste to block my attack? You can only attain victory by calculating and distributing your power carefully.]

The same thing had happened a few times already.

I had an inkling, but this guy...

Seagald was a bad match for Lee Shin-Woo. The problem wasn’t his mastery over the light element, but his innate element, the Annihilation Flame.

It erased one’s own existence. While it appeared as convoluted as Lee Shin-Woo's innate elements, it was actually quite simple. It made it so the wielder would be considered nonexistent even while they were there,...