Unexpected.

The green claw wind blade hurtled towards Michael, and nearly everyone watching had already resigned themselves to the belief that he would not escape unscathed, they thought the referee might just step in at any moment soon to stop the match.

However, just as Connor’s claw wind blade was about to tear through him, a brilliant flash of light enveloped Michael.

The light emitted such intense mana fluctuations that it generated a shockwave, sending the wind blade hurtling backwards.

The shockwave reached Connor, forcing him to swiftly cross his two hands in an X shape and dig his legs into the ground to prevent himself from being propelled by the force of his opponent’s shockwave, which would have been embarrassing.

Connor squinted his light blue eyes, attempting to use his heightened sense of smell to locate Michael, but his keen sense of smell warned him of great danger, causing his body to tremble slightly