novelraw Chapter 445: Snowpeak Fortress Cluster (3)
Chapter 445: Snowpeak Fortress Cluster (3)
The Calamity third-stage Burrowing Ice Worm burst through the snow and frozen earth, opening its massive maw lined with ring-shaped sharp teeth, biting up from below.
The two Mist Specters, both Calamity third-stage and ghost-like in form, transformed into two gray shadows blending with the environment, attacking Su Zhan's flanks from left and right.
Five monsters, coordinating flawlessly, above and below, left and right, almost sealing off all of Su Zhan's escape routes.
Meanwhile, the Calamity sixth-stage Ice Golem and another Calamity third-stage Ice Burrow Spider temporarily held their positions, their consciousness firmly locked onto Su Zhan.
Not a trace of panic showed in Su Zhan's eyes.
Time Deceleration!
An invisible force field spread out with him as the center, affecting the Frost Giant Ape, the Blizzard Eagle's ice blades, the Burrowing Ice Worm, and the two Mist Specters.
Just as Su Zhan expected, when facing beings of the same or even higher stage, the effect of Time Deceleration was greatly reduced.
The speed of the Frost Giant Ape's fist only slowed slightly, its power undiminished.
The speed of the ice blade rain decreased by about twenty percent, still dense.The Burrowing Ice Worm's bite was half a beat slower.
The Mist Specters' figures merely blurred for an instant.
But this brief deceleration was already enough for Su Zhan, who had activated Future Vision.
Time Acceleration!
Applied to himself!
Under the terrified gazes of the defenders.
Su Zhan's figure transformed into a streak of light.
At the critical moment, his body shifted sideways at an impossible angle, narrowly avoiding the strongest impact point of the Frost Giant Ape's fist.
The terrifying fist wind brushed past his scales, igniting a series of dazzling sparks.
A layer of white frost instantly covered half his body, his movements stiffening immediately.
It was this momentary stiffness that prevented him from completely dodging all the ice blades and the Mist Specters' attacks.
"Thud thud thud!"
Several ice blades sliced into his fleshy wings and the scales on his back, leaving wounds deep enough to reveal bone, the icy cold energy madly drilling into his body.
Two chilling mental impacts and physical claw strikes also landed on his side and shoulder blade.
Scales shattered, blood that had just welled up was instantly frozen.
The Burrowing Ice Worm's massive maw had also already bitten down.
"Hmph!"
Su Zhan grunted, a fierce light flashing in his eyes. Ignoring his injuries, his right claw covered in the Flame of Destruction stabbed fiercely downward.
"Boom!"
The dark red flames collided violently with the Burrowing Ice Worm's mucus-covered upper jaw.
The incinerating-everything property of the Flame of Destruction instantly erupted.
The ice worm's tough skin and ice armor rapidly melted away as if encountering their nemesis. It let out a shrill screech and, in pain, swiftly retracted back underground.
The first exchange.
In the blink of an eye.
Su Zhan seemed to be in dire peril, wounded in multiple places.
But just as the defenders' hearts leaped into their throats—
"Time Remolding!"
A portion of Su Zhan's Spiritual Energy and mental power were instantly consumed. A mysterious and profound force enveloped his body.
The deep, bone-revealing ice blade wounds on his back, the claw marks on his side and shoulder blade, and the rampaging cold energy within his body...
Healed at a visible speed, like a video played in reverse.
Even the frozen blood began to flow again.
In barely a breath, his injuries had actually recovered completely.
This scene caused everyone on and below the city walls, including those Calamity-level Mist Creatures, to freeze in momentary stupefaction.
He... how did his injuries heal?
What ability is this?
Before they could think further.
Su Zhan took the initiative to attack.
First, eliminate the wings, then deal with the two strongest ones.
Future Vision locked onto that Blizzard Eagle.
Time Acceleration was applied to himself once more.
Su Zhan's back fleshy wings furiously beat. Ignoring the two Mist Specters harassing his flanks and the Ice Golem watching menacingly from afar, his figure appeared directly above the Blizzard Eagle's head.
The Blizzard Eagle let out a sharp cry of alarm, flapping its wings to create distance while simultaneously gathering an ice shield for defense.
"Too late!"
A cold light flashed in Su Zhan's Golden Vertical Pupils. His palms suddenly clapped together in front of him. The vast Flame of Destruction within his body surged out madly, condensing into a dark red flame spear before him.
"Go!"
The flame spear tore through the sky, instantly crossing a thousand-meter distance.
The hastily gathered ice shield of the Blizzard Eagle was pierced through. In the next moment, the flame spear accurately penetrated its skull.
"Screech—!!!"
A shrill, mournful cry resounded through the sky.
The Flame of Destruction erupted from within instantly.
Completely igniting this massive demonic bird from head to tail, along with its soul.
In just two or three seconds, only black ashes drifting down in flurries remained in the sky.
The first one!
A stream of pure and immense Life Essence, following an invisible connection, instantly poured into Su Zhan's body. His spirit lifted, his consumed Spiritual Energy recovered significantly, and his cultivation improved noticeably.
This exhilarating feeling made the fighting spirit in his eyes burn even more fiercely.
"Roar!"
Seeing its companion killed instantly, the Frost Giant Ape flew into a complete rage. Abandoning all technique, its massive body, like an out-of-control chariot, charged at Su Zhan again with a crushing, violent momentum.
The other two Mist Specters also clung to him like maggots in a bone, their chilling mental attacks continuously assaulting Su Zhan's consciousness.
And the Ice Golem, which had been holding its position all along, finally moved.
Its giant foot, composed of ten-thousand-year ice, stomped heavily on the ground, causing the entire battlefield to tremble.
Countless sharp ice spikes, like a forest, erupted madly from the snow beneath Su Zhan's feet.
Simultaneously, it raised one hand.
In the next moment, the giant fist swung out.
Crossing the distance between it and Su Zhan, it ruthlessly crushed toward the airspace where Su Zhan was.
This punch locked onto the entire space.
Su Zhan's Future Vision frantically issued warnings, showing that no matter which direction he dodged, he would inevitably be affected by this vast, overwhelming fist momentum.
The only difference was the amount of force he would bear.
Without hesitation, Su Zhan activated Time Acceleration again, his figure rapidly gaining altitude, narrowly avoiding most of the ice spike forest beneath his feet.
But his left leg was still slashed open by a suddenly appearing ice spike, a massive gash forming as cold energy instantly invaded.
The Ice Golem's enormous fist had already arrived before him.
Can't dodge! Can only block head-on!
The remaining Flame of Destruction and Spiritual Energy within Su Zhan erupted without reservation.
"BOOM—!!!"
His arms, covered in black flames, crossed in front of him in a protective stance. Vast Spiritual Energy constructed layer upon layer of shields before him.
However, the power contained within the Ice Golem's seemingly simple, unadorned punch far exceeded Su Zhan's estimation.
The invisible fist momentum was like a real iceberg impact. The layered Spiritual Energy shields shattered one after another upon contact.
The Flame of Destruction burned madly, but the extreme cold contained within the fist momentum actually temporarily suppressed the destructive property, causing the range of the Flame of Destruction to shrink drastically.
"Crack! Thud—!"
Su Zhan's crossed, blocking arms' scales were the first to give way, emitting cracking sounds. Excruciating pain shot through his arm bones.
Immediately after, that terrifying fist momentum slammed squarely into his chest.
"Argh!"
Su Zhan violently spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with internal organ fragments. His chest visibly caved in, who knew how many bones broken.
His entire person, like a soccer ball kicked with full force, was sent flying backward faster than he had arrived, smashing hard into the ruins of a broken fortress behind, stirring up clouds of dust and ice shards.
His aura instantly withered to the extreme, like a candle in the wind.
This single punch had taken more than half his life.
The full-force strike of a Calamity sixth-stage was terrifying to such a degree!