The strings of the black erhu twitched—
And then, an invisible force exploded outward.
The hellfire stone shattered.
It didn't even make contact.
Instead, it simply disintegrated into nothing, reduced to dust before it could ever hit the ground.
Silence.
And then—
"What just happened…?"
"That was a high-level spell—Luke's strongest attack so far… and Elias just erased it?!"
The students were struggling to process what they had just witnessed.
Even Professor Xavier's expression tightened.
"This child… could they already be approaching the super-tier?"
Luke, too, was genuinely shocked.
Even among powerful mages, destroying high-tier spells mid-air was no small feat.
He narrowed his eyes, studying Elias's posture.
And then—he noticed it.
The way their breathing was heavier than before.