A massive purple trail of light is left behind the spirit arrow as it rockets toward the Lich's bright yellow attack.
Arie's breathing and heartbeat synchronize, as time feels as though it's slowing down.
Though this is not a phenomenon of the Noble Vibrations suppressing his mind, it is quite the opposite.
As his body is in the tailwind of the enormous attack he just threw, all of the suppressing cold aura is being pushed aside and torn through by the arrow he just sent out with the full-powered might of his 3rd Ranked Up Buff, Demonic Soul energy, and True Core ability—to make the yellow core of an arrow almost identical to the Lich's, which has sent one flying back his way.
In this brief moment, where no suppression is limiting his mental capacity, even more variables become noticeable to him, and the human archer's eyes glow bright as he prepares for what is about to happen.
A horrific twang of energies vibrates through the entire space between the two archers.
At first glance, it appears both arrows have collided at their tips and stopped in the air entirely, as if someone pressed pause on their battle.
Though, upon closer inspection, something quite strange is happening.
Invisible ripples of energy tear away the outer layers of the purple arrow, deactivating and stripping away the demonic energy collected and compressed from the atmosphere, along with the pure mana imbued into this attack as well.
The concentrated essence, absorbed from many beasts back in the human world's abyss and from the large amounts of Qi Arie has condensed into his body, however, does not get stripped away in such a violent manner.
Even though its outer layers have been suppressed and weakened, the core of the attack deep within still hits the Lich's arrow head-on and threatens it with an equal amount of divine energy density, along with the pure strength and speed rivaling its Noble Stature.
Neither arrow can break through the other, and as a result, they both begin to splinter and release energy from within.
After the first crack, more and more form until it turns into a chain reaction, and the entire sky is lit up with a blinding yellow light.
For a moment, there was silence and uncertainty. Now, there is only destruction.
An enormous explosion, large enough to split the human world into pieces, erupts from the two attacks' destabilization.
From the moon base above, Bri and Alveron see a massive dome of yellow debris completely cover a region and even send parts of the planet flying outward into orbit.
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Down on the planet, the Lich is blown backward by the unexpected shockwave. It believed it was going to hit this weak creature head-on and be done with the annoyance, but somehow, this isn't the case.
Arie, on the other hand, knew that even his full-powered attack wasn't going to be enough and shot another arrow off before bracing for impact.
While this second shot was triggered in a hurry at roughly half the potency, it is the maximum he could muster in the fractions of a second before the shockwave of his own attack sent him flying backward into the air.
On the other side of the expanding dome—twice the size of the eruptions Abby's pillars of stone created—a dark spot in the yellow wave of light appears right in front of the Lich's vision.
Not only was it thrown off by being overpowered by an ant, but now it has been outsmarted, and a purple arrow rockets toward its chest with no time or ability to dodge.

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