novelraw Chapter 447: Snowpeak Fortress Cluster (5)
Chapter 447: Snowpeak Fortress Cluster (5)
Su Zhan's gaze was crazed.
He abruptly withdrew most of the Flame of Destruction into his body, leaving only the minimum spiritual energy shield, and stubbornly endured the omnipresent ice-crystal slashes. Countless fine wounds instantly appeared across his body.
He was drenched in blood, but he paid them no mind.
His target was locked on the Burrowing Ice Worm that kept causing trouble.
Time Acceleration!
Ignoring the cutting pain, Su Zhan followed the trajectory predicted by Future Vision and appeared at the spot where the Burrowing Ice Worm would next break the soil.
"Come out!"
His right foot gathered the strength of his whole body and stomped down hard.
"Boom!!!"
The ground trembled violently, frozen earth and ice-snow blasting skyward.The Burrowing Ice Worm, which had just shown half its head, was stomped squarely in the skull by this long-planned strike.
"Splurt!"
Under absolute force, its tough skull shattered, viscous fluids spraying out.
The huge body of the worm convulsed violently a few times, then went limp, its life force rapidly dissipating.
Fourth one down!
Another surge of Life Essence flowed in, quickly repairing the countless cutting wounds on his body and replenishing his expended strength.
"Thud!"
A Frost Giant Ape materialized at his side and slammed into him with a plain but solid ice armor charge, colliding squarely with Su Zhan's waist and abdomen.
"Crack! Pfft—!"
Su Zhan could even hear the snapping of his ribs and the rupture of his organs.
He felt like he had been hit head-on by a high-speed train, spraying blood again as he flew backward, crashing hard against the edge of the micro-cutting field laid by the Ice Golem.
Countless ice-crystal dust particles instantly engulfed him.
The wounds were severe!
The Ice Golem fixed its mental focus on him.
The Frost Giant Ape let out a triumphant roar, its heavy steps closing in again.
The remaining three monsters coordinated even more smoothly, their assault like an unending tide of ice, determined to grind this troublesome prey into nothing amidst the northern snows.
Su Zhan's situation was more perilous than before.
But Life Essence poured into his body again, quickly repairing his broken ribs, shattered organs, and the myriad surface cuts.
It surged toward the already weakened cultivation barrier with brutal force.
Boom!!!
The aura around Su Zhan shot up.
Ocean Realm Fifth Stage!
Calamity Fifth Stage!
Both systems broke through simultaneously!
A far more terrifying Pressure than before burst outward from Su Zhan.
The micro ice-crystal cutting field around him, under this sudden explosive force, trembled violently.
Countless high-speed ice-crystal dust particles were forcibly scattered, and the field's range was driven back by dozens of meters!
The Calamity Fifth Stage Frost Giant Ape, preparing to deliver a fatal blow, abruptly halted, its crimson pupils widening in disbelief.
It clearly felt the little "bug" before it surge in aura, instantly rising to its own level. That annihilating flame aura made it instinctively shudder.
In the distance.
The Calamity Sixth Stage Ice Golem, which had been calmly controlling the field, showed a flicker of disturbance on its eternally frozen face.
On the city wall, some of the defending troops who had been too despondent to watch were awakened by that sudden aura and shot their eyes open!
They saw the figure that should have been grievously wounded and near death now once more standing in midair.
Dark-red flames and spiritual energy coiled around him like blazing torches, his aura not only fully restored but elevated to a new height.
Everyone was stunned!
"Br... broke through?! Su Zhan broke through during battle!"
"Ocean Realm Fifth Stage! And his Calamity aura got stronger too! My God!"
"Both systems at once! At a time like this!? How is that even possible!?"
"We have hope! Lord Su Zhan broke through! He can win!"
...
The morale that had sunk to rock bottom was instantly reignited, erupting into thunderous cheers.
The one-armed old general trembled with emotion, tears streaming down his face.
He knew Snow Peak Fortress might really be defensible now!
Su Zhan hovered in midair, briefly clenching his fist as he felt the raging power surging inside him.
His mental strength had also improved after the breakthrough.
Finally... Fifth Stage.
Su Zhan lifted his Golden Vertical Pupils and scanned the three remaining monsters one by one.
Frost Giant Ape, Calamity Fifth Stage.
Ice Golem, Calamity Sixth Stage.
And the Ice Burrow Spider hiding at a distance, Calamity Third Stage.
The hunt was only truly beginning now.
Future Vision ran at full capacity.
Countless possible trajectories within five seconds were clearly mapped in his mind.
Time Acceleration was applied to himself.
Su Zhan moved so fast he left a sharp afterimage, his true body appearing as if by teleportation before the Ice Golem's chest!
The Ice Golem reacted extremely quickly, its massive ice palm descending to cover Su Zhan.
After ascending to the Fifth Stage,
Su Zhan's Time Deceleration effect was also strengthened.
He pointed a single finger at the incoming massive palm from a distance!
The Frost Giant palm's speed visibly slowed by more than thirty percent.
That gave Su Zhan enough reaction time.
He did not dodge. Fist clenched, the raging Flame of Destruction and Ocean Realm Fifth Stage spiritual energy poured into his knuckles.
This time, he did not compress the flame to the extreme; his entire fist became like a dark-red sun about to erupt.
He threw the punch.
"Thud—!!!"
Su Zhan's fist slammed hard into the palm of the Ice Golem.
The Flame of Destruction's all-consuming nature clashed directly with the Ice Golem's millennia-honed ice defense.
Black flames ravenously ate into the ice crystals.
Extreme cold continuously tried to extinguish the fire.
The stalemate lasted less than half a second!
"Crack... crackle..."
Fine fracturing sounds came from the Ice Golem's ice palm.
Centered on Su Zhan's fist, spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spread, covering the entire hand and racing up the forearm.
On the Ice Golem's millennia-frozen face appeared a strangely human expression of pain.
It abruptly pulled its palm back, revealing the huge hand already riddled with fractures; the core had been burned into a charred hole, and the edges were still being gnawed by the Flame of Destruction.
Su Zhan was also shaken by the recoil, blood and qi surging as he stepped back several paces.
He was able to injure it!
At parity in level, the Flame of Destruction's dominance over it was even clearer!
"Roar!"
Seeing the Ice Golem take damage, the Frost Giant Ape charged in angrily, its ice-armored shoulder slamming into Su Zhan.
Su Zhan snorted coldly.
Fresh from his breakthrough, he needed the right whetstone.
He poured power into both arms; the Flame of Destruction condensed on his arms into more solid dark-red armguards, and he met the charge with a ferocious collision.
"Boom!!!"
A violent shockwave exploded from the two, clearing snow and rubble from the ground.
Su Zhan staggered slightly, then stood firm.
The Frost Giant Ape was knocked back half a step, thin cracks appearing across its ice armor.
In raw strength, he no longer trailed behind!