Chapter 2171 Clash of Ice and Fire <TOC> Chapter 2173 Vantage Point
Translator: SumTLMan
Red and blue lights interweave, as flames and frost clash in a fierce contest!
When these two distinctly different energies collide, the whole world seems to fall into silence. Time appears to stand still at this moment, and all the creatures watching the battle focus their attention on the confrontation.
All await with bated breath to see which flag of victory, that of ice or fire, will ultimately be planted on the high ground.
The creatures present are beings of fire, naturally hoping for the triumph of their own fiery faction. However, they wait in vain for a full minute, as the blue and red lights remain locked in a stalemate without a clear victor.
But the fiery light, representing the Flame Giant, starts to gradually recede, while Eremy’s frosty aura spreads rapidly.
If this continues, the Flame Giant’s fist will inevitably be shattered by Eremy.
Realizing this, the Flame Giant’s emotionless eyes gather a bright light, containing intensely hot rays, and shoots it directly at the point of their clash.
Following a thunderous roar.
The fist of the Flame Giant bursts into numerous fireballs, scattering in the sky like fireworks, forming several clouds of fire.
Eremy’s massive ice shield is also left with numerous cracks, which quickly spread across the semi-circular shield like a spiderweb. With a gust of cold wind, the fragments of the ice shield, resembling falling stars, vanish in an instant.
Both the Flame Giant’s fist and Eremy’s shield are shattered. To the onlooker, it seems like an evenly matched encounter.
But all fire creatures who understand the nuances of the battle internally lament.
The Flame Giant was riding the momentum, having accumulated a vast amount of fiery energy for a powerful surprise attack; whereas Eremy was forced into a hasty defense. Moreover, the Flame Giant had not yet stepped into the icy domain, fighting on its true fiery home ground.
Even though the Flame Giant deployed its bright ocular rays, the battle ended in a draw.
Thus, on the surface, it seemed evenly matched, but the true victor was Eremy.
However, the fire creatures at the scene have not yet despaired. This is, after all, their home ground, and they still believe that the Flame Giant can overcome the outsider.
With the home ground advantage indeed significant, the Flame Giant’s fist, though shattered, quickly regenerates in the rich fiery energy almost instantly. And then, it launches a second wave of attack against Eremy.
This time, the Flame Giant doesn’t compete with Eremy on whose elemental energy is stronger. Instead, it uses high-speed impacts and its vast fist to engage in a direct elemental and physical power struggle with Eremy.
Red lights illuminate everywhere, accompanied by thunderous roars.
The ground cracks and pits form.
The elemental energies around are extremely chaotic, making it dangerous for anyone wanting to aid the Flame Giant to approach.
In such circumstances, Angel too finds it difficult to intervene in their furious battle, preparing in secret, ready to assist at any moment.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp.” Toby’s tsking voice rings in Angel’s ear.
Toby is inquiring whether Eremy or the Flame Giant will emerge victorious.
Toby isn’t particularly concerned about Eremy; it’s simply curious and even takes out some dried fish from its Snowy Feather, adopting the mentality of a bystander.
Of course, Toby is aware of the current situation and is not anxious, knowing that the current state isn’t dire and that they have the leisure to fight or retreat. Toby itself can lead Angel in and out of the fray.
Moreover, Angel has an ace up his sleeve to turn the tables.
With no concerns about the outcome, Toby naturally has a good attitude.
“He will win,” Angel replied without hesitation.
The Flame Giant was powerful, but if Angel were to face it head-on, victory was not certain. However, this was only true for a direct confrontation. The Flame Giant’s combat style, characterized by powerful, sweeping movements, was both its instinct and its strength. Engaging the Giant in an area where it excels naturally puts one at a disadvantage.
But in a battle that isn’t head-on, relying purely on speed and various restrictive techniques, the Flame Giant is essentially just a qualified punching bag.
Eremy, on the other hand, is different. He comes from the Panic World, a place filled with dangers where even mortals live in constant fear and struggle for survival. Eremy has been fighting since he was very young. After awakening, he has battled with various top demons and awakened demons. His combat experience and wisdom are top-notch. In this regard, even several Angels combined might not match Eremy.
Eremy is stronger than Angel, and he had no trouble facing the Flame Giant.
In fact, Eremy could even defeat the Flame Giant in a direct confrontation.
And that’s exactly what Eremy did.
As soon as Angel finished speaking, a terrifying boom was heard.
Looking up, he saw Eremy find a gap in the Flame Giant’s wild punches, swiftly moving his body and kicking the Giant’s abdomen. In an instant, the fierce flames burning on the Giant’s belly were frozen, and it was kicked high into the air.
Eremy, taking advantage of the Flame Giant’s loss of control, launched a continuous attack.
Each strike either froze a part of the Giant or directly shattered the flames.
“Tch…chirugh,” Toby mumbled, finding the dried fish in his hand less appealing as he thought: So violent.
The battle continued.
As the Flame Giant fell into a difficult situation, if Eremy kept attacking, it would surely end up like the Dark Flame Werewolf.
At that moment, a strange black light shield suddenly appeared around the Flame Giant.
The black light shield enveloped the Flame Giant completely, and Eremy’s attacks could only create minor ripples on it, unable to break through.
The Flame Giant seized this opportunity to frantically absorb the surrounding fire elemental energy.
The active fire elemental energy entered its body, quickly healing the frost damage caused by Eremy and reconstructing its shattered organs.
The home field advantage was evident once again.
However, absorbing too much active and chaotic energy caused the Flame Giant’s originally calm eyes to become more frenzied.
Clearly, the Flame Giant was also affected.
In the long term, this influence would surely damage the Flame Giant’s fire origin, but for now, it was a significant boost because the frenzied fire matched its combat style of powerful, sweeping movements perfectly.
Protected by the black light shield, the Flame Giant launched a fierce counterattack.
This time, though the Flame Giant was frenzied, it didn’t just attack Eremy blindly. Instead, it used its fiery fists to suppress the surrounding icy atmosphere. Angel could tell that it was trying to drive out the icy mist domain and expand its fiery home field advantage.
“I previously thought from its eyes that it was lifeless, fighting only on instinct without any deviation, and believed it lacked intelligence,” Angel remarked. “Now, there’s been some change.”
However, this combat intelligence was still quite rudimentary.
Believing that suppressing the icy aura would suffice, he hadn’t considered the possibility of Eremy summoning it again.
Just like that previous naive creature, quite foolish indeed.
As Angel thought this, his gaze unintentionally fell upon the black barrier of the Flame Giant.
“This black barrier looks familiar, the previous naive furry monster seemed to have used it too. Is this a common technique among the fire elemental creatures in the lava lake?”
Quickly discarding this thought, Angel seized the opportunity during the battle to communicate with the Flame Giant.
Initially, he thought the Flame Giant lacked intelligence. Now, sensing a glimmer of intellect, Angel decided to interact with it.
His first query was whether the Flame Giant was the Magic Fire Midir?
After a while, with no response, Angel deduced it probably wasn’t. As a territorial ruler, it would be proud of its identity and not deny such a query. Besides, this Flame Giant seemed not too bright, and Midir, as a new king, wouldn’t be so dull.
Though unanswered, Angel continued communicating, clarifying they were not spies but accidental passersby.
Whether it believed them or not was its own prerogative.
At least, if it didn’t believe them, it might disrupt the battle rhythm, giving Eremy an early breakthrough.
After the communication, the Flame Giant showed no reaction, continuing its cold, mechanical battle approach.
Angel waited for the battle to subside while observing the surroundings.
Two minutes passed.
The Flame Giant had compressed the icy fog domain created by Eremy to a tenth of its original size.
Simultaneously, Eremy finally broke the Flame Giant’s black barrier. Eremy didn’t stop attacking, eager to see if the Flame Giant could re-erect such a formidable shield.
However, the Flame Giant seemed unable to raise the shield again so soon. Under Eremy’s attack, its body started to freeze again.
Even with its body freezing in places, the Flame Giant didn’t abandon suppressing the icy fog domain, stubbornly executing its plan to cut off Eremy’s retreat.
Angel shook his head, seeing the Flame Giant’s misconception that Eremy’s strength stemmed from the icy fog domain.
While Angel sighed, Toby chirped again, not at the battle overhead but towards the distant lava lake.
Following Toby’s gaze, Angel saw a whirlpool form in the calm lava lake, growing larger and creating a hollow.
From this hollow emerged a fifty-meter-long Lava Giant Whale, radiating orange light.
It spouted a column of fire from its blowhole and swiftly headed towards the cliff, seemingly intent on joining the battle.
The Lava Giant Whale was just the beginning. From deeper within, or perhaps the opposite shore of the lava lake, came a Fire Phoenix larger than the whale.
The phoenix, also known as the immortal bird, is a legendary creature in the Wizarding World, born from erupting volcanic lava and typically residing inside volcanoes. It is a legendary fire elemental creature.
But this phoenix was more than just a creature; composed entirely of fire elements, it was a true fire immortal bird!
Flapping its fiery wings and swaying its elegant tail feathers, it surged towards the battlefield like an arrow, engulfed in rolling flames.
The energy intensity of the Fire Phoenix is definitely not weaker than that of the Flame Giant.
Apart from the Fire Phoenix, Angel also saw several terrifying elemental creatures poking their heads out, some still in the observing stage, while others had already come ashore.
It seems that the battle between Eremy and the Flame Giant has attracted most of the creatures in this region.
Faced with such a large group of fire elemental beings, Angel felt a skip in his heart and began to think of a way out.
Eremy in the sky also noticed the change in the surrounding fire elemental energy. Taking advantage of the Flame Giant’s distraction, he controlled a sharp icicle and struck fiercely at the Flame Giant’s heart, then quickly retreated hundreds of meters away.
The heart of the Flame Giant is exactly its elemental core.
Eremy controlled it well. He did not completely destroy the elemental core, not out of mercy, but to avoid an elemental explosion like the previous furry creature.
He only made a small gap, not damaging the core, but causing the energy of the Flame Giant’s body to begin leaking.
However, the Flame Giant could still absorb external fire elemental energy, maintaining a balance, at least not fearing core damage. But engaging in high-intensity combat was now impossible.
One could say, in the blink of an eye, Eremy had made the Flame Giant lose half of its combat strength.
After dealing with the Flame Giant, Eremy transformed into his awakened wildcat state, hovering in mid-air. His cold eyes gazed into the distance at the approaching fire army.
“Should we retreat?” Angel’s voice entered Eremy’s mind. This time he did not give a direct order but wanted to see Eremy’s decision.
The Blue Lantern Flower atop Eremy’s head swayed, conveying a “no need” response.
Angel knew that Eremy would not fight a battle without certainty. Since he said there was no need, he obviously felt that even facing this group of powerful fire elemental beings, he still had the power to fight.
Angel did not stop Eremy.
Anyway, he and Toby were still there, able to support Eremy in battle. If it really didn’t work, they could retreat strategically. Even if they couldn’t open a door, they could use Gravity Lines to leave the battlefield.
As the Lava Giant Whale and the Fire Phoenix drew near.
After a moment of silence, Eremy gently pressed his forelimbs, and a faint blue ripple of light quickly spread, covering several miles.
At the same time, several bubbles exhaled from the Blue Lantern Flower merged into the ripple of light.
The moment the bubbles merged with the ripple, the dense fire elemental energy around instantly disappeared, replaced by a vast expanse of ice and snow…
Previously, when Eremy faced the Dark Flame Werewolf, he casually created an area of cold ice fog.
But this time, Eremy solemnly activated his awakened talent, turning the cold ice fog domain into a true Domain of Ice and Frost!
In the outside world, it would probably form a purely white frost kingdom. But this is, after all, a region where fire elemental energy is most active, and opening a Domain of Ice and Frost is already the limit.
Scorched earth turned into snowfields, ground flames froze into ice columns, and smoke clouds transformed into celestial ice rivers.
In this translucent world, all flames have disappeared.
The floating dust turned into ash frost, scattering to the ground.
Even space seemed to have frozen.
Only a sharp voice remained, cursing in the frozen space-time: “This is… the Domain of Ice and Snow! As expected, as expected! You said earlier you were just passing by, but that was a deceptive lie! You are spies of the Frost Iseth!”
Chapter 2171 Clash of Ice and Fire <TOC> Chapter 2173 Vantage Point