Water Mage in the Flame Realm

Chapter 465 435: Andrew's Dragon-Devouring Plan

"What... is this?"

Lidzmat frowned as he looked down at his feet.

It's important to note that most of the water resources in the Flame Realm are concentrated in the ice cream held by Lidzmat. The next largest water sources are in Warm Fire City, followed by the Royal Court.

As for the Wildfire Territory... Lidzmat lay dormant like a volcano to the west of the Scholar's Fortress, quietly observing the battlefield. He knew that there was water in the Wildfire Territory, but in his opinion, the water there wasn't abundant enough to become a significant logistical force. It was more about its proximity to the front lines, closer than Warm Fire City and the Royal Court.

Yet at this moment, as Lidzmat glanced around, the Inner Sea Desert no longer looked like a desert; it had become an endless "shoal"!

The water was shallow, but considering the overall area of the Inner Sea Desert, especially the part beneath the surface, the volume of water was astoundingly huge.

The crucial point was that the water level, after rising from underground to aboveground, continued to rise, accelerating as it did!

"What did you do?" Lidzmat quickly realized that this was Andrew's doing. "Where did all this water come from?"

Andrew's shoulder was pierced through, and a large chunk of flesh was torn from the other side. He was at his limit.

But the fighting spirit in Andrew's eyes, at this moment, was no longer hidden and burst forth, burning brightly!

In the temple within the underground space, the Seven-Colored Rainbow Bridge was suspended in the center of the temple, linking with the Water God Realm.

The two worlds were connected, and a teleportation portal was wide open.

Under Andrew's control, the bridge's end connected to the Water God Realm... at the seabed!

The immense pressure of the deep water drove a massive volume of seawater to surge through the open portal into the Flame Realm the instant it opened.

In the blink of an eye, the entire underground space was filled, and the water kept rising, rising, and rising!

Some of the water ascended naturally along the roots of the Water Tower Tree. By the time it reached the surface, all the salt had been filtered out, becoming high-quality freshwater fit for human consumption.

More seawater simply and brutally surged from underground to the surface.

In the brief time it took Lidzmat to ask Andrew, "What did you do?" and "Where did this water come from?" the water level had risen further, reaching Lidzmat's waist and gradually nearing Andrew's suspended feet.

The moment Andrew's feet touched the water's surface, it was as if he found solid ground underfoot—

The "Water Manipulation Technique" activated instantly, and with a splash, Andrew's body turned into a puddle of water, reappearing a hundred meters away and reforming into a human.

"A joke! You think you can escape from my grasp?" Lidzmat followed closely like a shadow, landing another fierce punch.

Andrew's body shattered, shifted, and recomposed.

Although he couldn't withstand the unstoppable heavy punches that carried the rules of the world with every gesture, at least he could barely protect himself now!

The water level quickly submerged the Wildfire Territory, the Scholar's Fortress, and the half-ruined remains of the Dragon Stone Tower.

Andrew and Lidzmat seemed to be playing a game of whack-a-mole, dodging and hitting each other—endless rounds had already passed in a flash!

"I see, so you've created a kind of 'home field' and, using your advantage as a Water Element Professional in this water-abundant area, you want to play a game of hide and seek with me?"

Lidzmat, unable to deal a fatal blow to Andrew, was not discouraged. Instead, he seemed to understand Andrew's intention, laughing heartily, "You've drawn in this water from the seawater—so it's from the Outer Battlefield over there?"

As he spoke, Lidzmat continued to hammer Andrew, the mole.

However, Andrew's speed in breaking and reassembling was beginning to lag.

After being shattered again, the process of Andrew reforming his body showed clear signs of stalling and hesitation.

But the Inner Sea Desert had completely vanished, sunken beneath the water.

In its place was a vast, surging ocean!!

Lidzmat stood in midair, looking down at Andrew, whose upper body had solidified while his lower body remained connected to the water. He raised a finger: "First, the home field advantage created with just this amount of water is far from enough to bridge the gap between us. Second... you brought so much water to the Flame Realm, whether or not you can kill me is one thing, but won't the people of this realm be drowned by your flood if I haven't killed them all?"

"But you did kill them all," Andrew gasped, finally speaking again. "If you hadn't slaughtered everyone, even if I thought of this battle plan, I wouldn't have had the courage or resolve to actually implement it."

Andrew finally managed to reform his lower body, raising his face, with hair sticking to his forehead—whether from seawater or sweat, it was unclear.

Pointing towards the sky behind Lidzmat, Andrew raised a finger as well: "Besides, who told you it's 'only this much water'?"

Lidzmat was stunned and then seemed to finally sense something, quickly turning his head to look.

And for the first time, this cunning predator who always stood on undefeatable ground showed a look of shock, surprise, and even a fleeting moment of bewilderment.

The sky was a brilliant red-gold, with the setting sun about to sink below the horizon, and nightfall was not far off—it looked perfectly normal, no different from before.

But as Andrew quietly activated "Invisibility," turning his Water Magic from invisible to visible, the true face of the sky was finally revealed to Lidzmat—

Waterfalls.

Not just one waterfall.

From above the sky, cascading straight down.

The volume of each waterfall seems no less than the already formed Lake of the Ocean below!

Each waterfall is coming through a space portal.

Each portal is established by the Seven-Colored Rainbow Bridge.

Lidzmat strained to look further into the sky, only to see—

The Water God Realm had already collapsed.

Just like that, disintegrating and collapsing in the universe.

And all the water from an entire world was first naturally attracted by the gravity of the Flame Realm.

Then, under the intentional guidance of the Seven-Colored Rainbow Bridge, it directly traversed the many spaces and distances between the two worlds, descending into the high skies of the Flame Realm, transforming into gigantic waterfalls, cascading down from the nine heavens!

In the sunset, stunning and splendid rainbows appeared between the waterfalls, beautiful and dreamy.

Lidzmat witnessed this scene and felt an inner panic. A feeling he had only experienced twice before, once when facing the Water and Fire United of Leigh and Xu for the first time, and the second time when facing the moment of Leigh's death.

Andrew's voice came from behind: "Holigar was right, it's impossible to defeat an existence like you, we can only target you with your methods. You like to eat? Very well, then I will let you experience what it's like to be devoured as food!"

The Swallow Dragon Plan.

Everything before him was Andrew's second-generation "Swallow Dragon Plan," inspired in utter despair when he witnessed Holigar devour Catherine right before his eyes.

Compared to Holigar's Swallow Dragon Plan, Andrew's plan was still different.

Holigar intended to swallow Lidzmat whole, like Lidzmat, to ultimately replace Lidzmat and become the new Lidzmat.

Andrew's plan, however, was to mobilize the entire Water God Realm to envelop the Flame Realm while also enveloping— or "swallowing"— Lidzmat.

To use the water of an entire world to "swallow" Lidzmat, then use Lidzmat's body and power as raw materials, to create a brand new world!

A new world using the Flame Realm, the Water God Realm, Lidzmat, and... Andrew himself as raw materials!

The sun finally sank beneath the earth.

Nightfall descended.

When Lidzmat, in the form of a volcanic dragon, prostrated himself in the west of the world, he was always the last to watch the sunset.

He had witnessed this scene countless times in endless time.

However, it was the first time he felt the quietly descending night might become his eternal night.

"Damn, have you gone mad, kid?!" Lidzmat gritted his teeth, looking back at Andrew again, "The Water God once also created a world to deal with me, but she used the water element from the universe to envelop the Fire God Xu's corpse, creating the world of the Outer Battlefield. You... you actually intend to destroy two worlds to create a new one?"

Yes, to destroy two worlds.

From a cosmic perspective, the Water God Realm had completely collapsed, transforming into layers of water curtains in the universe, enveloping the Flame Realm.

If the denizens of the Flame Realm hadn't been killed by Lidzmat, they would likely face an apocalyptic disaster in this oceanic flood.

But...

This was the last resort.

Without "facing death," there was no possibility of "rebirth."

As Andrew had just said, he wasn't confident; his insight had reached the Realm of Creation, but his tier, even after integrating Barbara's "Fire of Life" left for him while playing Whac-A-Mole, had only barely broken into the Divine Level, far from the true Realm of Creation.

So Andrew was unsure if his plan would succeed.

And he didn't know: if there were other living beings in the Flame Realm and the Water God Realm besides himself, whether he would still choose to execute this version 2.0 of the Swallow Dragon Plan.

But now there was nothing left to lose.

If the plan failed, it would be a failure, and he would die along with the failed plan.

Conversely, if the plan succeeded, there would be a chance to use the "Fire of Life" to let all the deceased beings resurrect in the world reborn after the great cataclysm! And Andrew himself... regardless of whether the plan succeeded or not, Andrew knew he would die.

Because only by truly understanding the Realm of Creation does one realize: creation has a price, and creating has a price.

In ancient times, Leigh created the Water God Realm, severely injuring Lidzmat with the Power of the World; however, at the moment the world formed, Leigh had already passed away.

She used her life to enclose her husband's remains, completing the couple's last Water and Fire United, creating the Water God Realm.

What Andrew was doing was almost the same as what Leigh had done back then.

The only difference was: Andrew intended to use his life to carry the Water God Realm, while enveloping the Flame Realm, also permanently enveloping Lidzmat's body and soul.