To measure a mage's level, it is often necessary to consider many dimensions - the destructive power of combat is only one aspect of this.

Now, for example, when it comes to the power and range of spells, Rhodes is no match for Zelas; But the initiative of the battle was just grabbed by Rhodes.

The reason for this is that Zelas's spells lack the necessary auxiliary means while pursuing power and range.

No matter how powerful the spell is, it doesn't make sense if it can't hit people.

No matter how strong the attack is, it doesn't hurt if it is countered.

That's the problem Zelath is facing right now—he has no magic power, but he can't actually hit his target.

When the overwhelming spells were countered and dodged, Zelas naturally lost the initiative in the battle.

And in this case, Rod, who roughly figured out the way of Zelas's fighting, also had a rough estimate of him in his heart - in Rod's opinion, Zelas himself almost became an elemental creature, and as a result, the way of fighting also changed dramatically, and began to quickly move closer to the "instinctual style" of elemental creatures.

While Shaping Mages are often referred to as "spell barbarians", people like Zelas, who rely on their arcane attributes to bombard indiscriminately, are not even spell barbarians, at best they can be considered "spell beasts".

And to clean up this spell beast, Rod couldn't be more familiar with it!

While dodging and countering spells, the sands of time had quickly spread across the battlefield - and for this special kind of sand, except for Nasus, who was vaguely aware of it, the others were completely unaware that today's sand was different from the past, and they thought it was a normal wind and sand.

In a sense, Rhodes is also fighting at home, and in a place like Shurima, the sands of time can become very difficult to defend against.

Seeing that the Sands of Time was ready, Rod decisively activated the Sandstorms of Time.

As the sand flew, time began to twist. In the chaotic flow of time, Zelas, who was already lacking accuracy, was now unable to aim accurately, and could only hope to suppress Rhodes with strong firepower and make Rhodes ineffective through attrition.

This used to be Rhodes' preferred way of fighting, and when there was plenty of mana, a steady stream of spell consumption could indeed make the battle safer—and now, he was the one who was consumed.

Although he has a new staff, if he really fights for mana, he may still not be Zelas's opponent, how can Rod, who knows this, stupidly use the Sandstorm of Time as a simple means of consumption?

Seeing that Zelas's arcane barrage was thrown out as if he didn't want money, and the explosions came one after another, Rhodes began to control the Sandstorm of Time.

Under Rod's careful control, the most terrifying part of the spell was finally revealed.

Although Zelas did not lose control of his spells throughout, time was manipulated by Rhodes during the Sandstorm of Time, which allowed Rhodes to easily interfere with and change Zelas's spells by adjusting the time flow in different areas.

The arcane barrage began to collide with each other, and they exploded into blue fireworks in mid-air due to the collision of distances; The salvo of arcane comets that fell from the sky completely staggered the time of landing, and under Rod's control, the arcane comets that were supposed to land at the same time became one after the other, and the time difference allowed Rhodes to easily dodge, and he didn't even need to use any space spells to dodge all of Zeroth's attacks.

In the Sandstorm of Time, Rhodes did not choose to accelerate himself, but completely mastered the situation on the battlefield by controlling the time in the area.

Now is not the time to activate Time Pupae - while this spell allows Rhodes to create enough lethal spells in an instant, there is a good chance that this "lethal" will turn into "insufficient damage" when facing Zelas.

Don't forget, Zelas is almost an arcane creature now, with terrifying resistance to spells themselves!

With the Ascendant's body reforged under the power of the sun, even if Rhodes gave him a fire blast with all the supermagic expertise, as long as Zelas was a little prepared, he might not be able to cause any fatal damage.

At that time, once Zelas is on guard and forcibly supports himself with a spell shield or something, the battle may only end in a draw.

Rod didn't want to go to war with Zelas.

Therefore, in order to truly defeat Zeroth, he must find the flaws of the opponent through the pull of the time field, so that he can use the time chrysalis at the most critical time to complete the kill.

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During the Sandstorm of Time, almost all of Zelas's spells were invalidated due to the warp and expansion of time, and at first Zelas didn't realize the reason for the incident, but as the spells failed more and more frequently, he finally focused on the environment around Rod.

There was no abundant arcane force field, and no more arcane fluctuations—in this case, Zelas quickly focused on flying gravel.

Zelas began to attempt to destroy the Sandstorm of Time.

Tangible arcane energy began to bombard the flying sand, and at the same time a small amount of arcane barrage began to pass through the bombarded area, and Zelas began to test his suspicions.

As he had guessed, Arcane Bombardment was able to temporarily destroy the stable structure of the Sandstorm of Time, and while this damage would be repaired quickly, it would take time, and time would no longer distort before the repair was complete.

Very good!

Zelas thinks he's found the flea-like creature in front of him, and if he can use the arcane explosion to create a grit vacuum, there's a chance he'll get through his defenses and pull off the crucial one-hit kill!

So, under the control of Zelas, several more arcane comets fell from the sky, and this time before Rhodes could fully adjust the time gradient, some of the arcane comets exploded in mid-air.

The impact of the arcane explosion greatly damaged the structure of the Sandstorm of Time, and the remaining Arcane Comet easily passed through the time warp of the Sandstorm and quickly smashed into Rhodes.

That's what Zelas expects to see!

Just destroy that damn sand, and this guy in front of you is nothing!

Rhodes seemed to struggle against Zeroth's new attack, and at the last moment he relied on flashes to avoid the attack, but he didn't look as confident as before.

"Hahahaha-" Zeroth's insolent laughter seemed like a string of thunderbolts in the sky, "is that all there is to you?" ”