novelraw Chapter 457: The Horn of Winter (3)
Chapter 457: The Horn of Winter (3)
A dark red energy shockwave erupted from him as its center, violently expanding and shattering the frozen space around him inch by inch.
Su Zhan's injuries all over his body healed instantly. He clenched his five fingers, the air itself being crushed with explosive pops.
He slowly raised his head. Within his golden vertical pupils was boiling battle intent.
Opposite him, for the first time, an emotion called astonishment appeared in Horn of Winter's ice-crystal-like eyes.
It could not understand why this insect that should have been crushed not only instantly recovered to its peak but also had its aura surge to a level that made even it feel a palpitation of dread.
"Your turn..."
Su Zhan's voice was hoarse and low, "is over."
If he couldn't dodge it...
Then... he would crush it head-on!
The Flame of Destruction rapidly compressed, condensed!No longer a fist, no longer a flame spear.
Before him, a dark red greatsword over fifty meters in length, seemingly forged from the purest rules of destruction, abruptly took shape!
On the sword's body, dark red flames flowed, emitting an annihilating aura that made space itself tremble!
"Slash!"
Su Zhan roared.
With both hands grasping the void as if holding the greatsword of destruction, he swung it down with overwhelming force against the surging torrent of Eternal Frozen Silence.
Dark red and deep blue.
Destruction and Frozen Silence.
Two diametrically opposed laws collided violently in mid-air!
"BOOOOOOM——!!!!!!"
This explosion far surpassed any previous one.
A sound as if heaven and earth were first being cleaved apart shook the entire Northern Border. The dazzling light made the sun seem dim.
At the center of the collision, space shattered like glass inch by inch, revealing the dark void behind, which frantically devoured all surrounding matter and energy.
The explosive shockwave spread spherically, plowing through the already ruined Frost Wolf Fortress below once more.
Countless ice sculptures and ruins were directly vaporized.
The stalemate lasted only a brief instant.
The characteristic of the greatsword of destruction to incinerate all things.
After Su Zhan's advancement, it achieved a qualitative leap, finally overpowering the torrent of Eternal Frozen Silence.
The dark red sword edge tore through the deep blue light pillar.
It slashed viciously onto Horn of Winter's head.
With one sword slash, it chopped off half of its head, revealing the blue tissue within its brain.
Horn of Winter let out a shrill roar.
"BOOM!!!"
The space beneath Su Zhan's feet suddenly collapsed. His figure completely vanished from his original spot.
One hundredth of an instant later.
Su Zhan had already appeared beside the enormous head of Horn of Winter.
His right fist smashed fiercely onto the left cheek of the ice wolf.
"THUD——!!!!"
Horn of Winter's crystal ice faceplate, capable of withstanding the fortress's main cannon, caved in with a loud sound, forming a massive fist imprint. Spiderweb-like cracks frantically spread.
Its enormous head was struck so hard it violently jerked to the right. Ice crystal fragments burst forth like a torrential rain.
It instinctively swung its massive claw to swat at Su Zhan.
Su Zhan neither dodged nor avoided it. His left fist, though moving later, arrived first. From below, a fierce uppercut accurately blasted the wrist of the incoming massive claw.
"CRACK!!!"
A clear shattering sound rang out.
The ice armor on the ice wolf's wrist shattered with the sound. The entire claw was sent flying high upwards by this brute force, its motion completely distorted.
Seizing the advantage, Su Zhan pressed on relentlessly. He spiraled upwards, clinging close to the ice wolf's massive body, instantly reaching its back.
His fists pummeled the ice wolf's spine in alternating blows.
"THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!"
The sounds of bombardment were continuous.
With each fist landing, a large area of solid ice exploded. The deep blue runes flickered unsteadily, emitting mournful cries.
The ice wolf's elegant, slender body was struck into violent tremors.
It frantically twisted its body, trying to throw Su Zhan off. That long tail, like a giant ice whip, viciously lashed towards its own back.
A fierce glint flashed in Su Zhan's eyes. He actually didn't dodge or evade. Instead, he abruptly thrust out both hands.
"RIIIP——!"
His hands, covered in the Flame of Destruction, tightly grabbed the end of the lashing tail.
Extreme heat and extreme cold collided, emitting a piercing sizzling sound. The ice crystals rapidly melted away.
"Come... here!"
Su Zhan roared. The muscles all over his body bulged. The enormous fleshy wings on his back flapped with all their might. Relying on terrifying brute force, he actually lifted this mountain-sized ice wolf up bodily.
"RUMBLE——!!"
Horn of Winter's massive body was used by Su Zhan as a gigantic weapon. He smashed it viciously down onto the frozen plateau below.
Amidst a sound like the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting, the ice wolf's body smashed a crater over a kilometer in diameter into the ground. Countless rock layers frozen for millennia were sent flying.
Dust mixed with ice crystals shot skyward!
Su Zhan hovered in the air above the giant crater, his golden vertical pupils coldly gazing downward.
He slowly raised his right hand, fingers spread, palm facing upward.
The vast, surging Flame of Destruction around him frantically converged, transforming into countless dark red spears.
"It's over."
Following his icy words, those thousands of spears of destruction transformed into a torrent of annihilation, tearing through the sky as they shot explosively towards the bottom of the pit.
"SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH——!!!"
"THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!"
The spears of destruction effortlessly pierced through the ice wolf's shattered defenses, deeply embedding themselves into its crystalline body.
Black flames erupted from within, burning frantically.
Horn of Winter let out a despairing wail. Its massive body struggled violently at the bottom of the pit.
Its movements grew slower and slower. The deep blue light on its surface rapidly dimmed. Its crystalline body continuously melted away under the scorching of the black flames.
That incredibly pure and vast Life Essence, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, surged into Su Zhan's body.
Su Zhan slowly descended, landing on the edge of the chaotic crater. The dark red aura swirling around him gradually receded. The savagery in his golden vertical pupils also gradually calmed, returning to a cold, profound depth.
The one-sided slaughter had ended.
Frost Wolf Fortress.
"Won... won?!"
A soldier crouching behind a broken wall, covered in frost and bloodstains, tremblingly raised his head, looking at the distant figure, his voice raspy.
"Dead! That monster is dead! Killed by Lord Su Zhan!!"
Another officer clutching a broken arm abruptly stood up from behind cover. Ignoring his injuries, he used all his strength to roar, tears mixing with the blood on his face rolling down.
This roar was like lighting a fuse.
"Su Zhan! Su Zhan! Su Zhan!"
All the surviving defenders, whether severely wounded leaning against broken walls or warriors with strength still left rushing out from cover, everyone raised the weapons in their hands, or raised trembling arms, shouting that name with all their might, their voices hoarse.
Their voices merged together. At first, it was somewhat chaotic, but it quickly became unified, like war drums, shattering all the bitter cold and despair of the Northern Border.
Many soldiers hugged each other and wept.
They had witnessed a myth with their own eyes, witnessed how that terrifying existence akin to a natural disaster was literally beaten to pieces by that dark red figure.
"A god descended to earth! This is a god descending to earth!"
An elderly veteran thumped to his knees in the snow, kowtowing heavily towards Su Zhan's direction, tears streaming down his aged face.
"We survived... we really survived..."
A young soldier muttered to himself. Looking at the excited, twisted faces of his comrades around him, he finally completely believed this fact. He burst into loud sobs, then burst into loud laughter.
When General Han Bing heard the earth-shaking cheers and that name, he struggled to twitch the corner of his mouth, revealing a relieved smile. In a faint voice, he said, "...Good... that's great..."
In the hearts of the survivors of Frost Wolf Fortress.
Su Zhan was the savior, the God of War who turned the tide, the only sun illuminating this frozen, desperate predicament!