Chapter 2172 Domain of Ice and Frost <TOC> Chapter 2174 A Severed Hand
Translator: SumTLMan
Eremy heard the cursing, but he paid no heed, for the voice came from a Flame Giant he had defeated, now struggling for survival in the Frost Domain.
To Eremy, the defeated’s angry roars and reproaches were pale and meaningless.
However, on the other side, Angel heard the cursing and displayed an extremely subtle expression.
“This voice sounds… somehow familiar?” Angel’s gaze turned to the Flame Giant kneeling on the vast snowfield, eyes filled with inquiry: not only was the voice similar, but even the tone, inflection, and the anger when muttering “the spy of Frost Iseth” were exactly the same.
“Are you that silly… furball monster?” Angel’s figure flashed, appearing above the Flame Giant, looking down.
“Damned spy, I will no longer believe your words, nor will I respond to any of your questions!” A sharp yet somewhat naive voice came through.
Angel’s look grew stranger: “Is that so?”
“Yes, I won’t answer you.”
Angel nodded: “I remember you self-destructed before, didn’t you die?”
“Who self-destructed! I didn’t self-destruct! That was Kolokcro’s innate ability…” As the Flame Giant spoke, it paused, seemingly realizing something: “Ah, damn it! You’re tricking me, the smart Dangros won’t fall for this!”
Angel clapped: “Dangros, indeed, you are clever. I believe, if your ancestor Kalomaches heard your words, he would applaud your wit, just as I do now.”
“Hmph!” Of course.
Angel: “…”
A familiar flavor, a familiar formula, and a familiar ancestor.
This individual named ‘Dangros’ carried a tone of triumph in “seeing through your scheme.”
But he never considered that both his identity and that of the previous furball monster were fully exposed in just a few short sentences.
Angel was almost certain that this Dangros was the same silly one who had conversed with him at the lava lake’s edge.
However, from Dangros’ words, Angel could discern that the self-destructing furball monster at the lava lake was not him, but a fire elemental creature named Kolokcro.
But at that time, Angel didn’t sense another elemental being on the furball monster, did he?
Could it be a spiritual attachment?
No, the furball monster’s self-destruction at the lava lake was to escape and convey a message to the so-called new king. If it were a spiritual attachment, there was no need for self-destruction; the message could be transmitted directly through the main body.
This meant that Dangros’ true form was actually, like Kalomaches, trapped in ice.
So, was Dangros’ real body actually very small?
If that was the case… Angel’s gaze involuntarily swept over the massive Flame Giant.
Dangros couldn’t be the Flame Giant. Could he be hiding on the Flame Giant’s body?
While Angel pondered, the battle in the sky erupted once more. The Fire Phoenix, like a sharp arrow, cut through the smoke-filled dim sky, recklessly charging into the Frost Domain, attacking Eremy.
The Fire Phoenix’s attack was fierce. Not only could its formidable claws threaten Eremy, but every flap of its wings could stir up a disastrous, terrifying fire tornado.
Previously, when Eremy faced the Flame Giant, he confronted it head-on. However, against the Fire Phoenix, he chose to restrain it with agile movements. This was partly to deal with other fire elemental creatures, and also indicated that the attack power of the Fire Phoenix exceeded that of the Flame Giant in point-to-point destruction.
As the phoenix opened its beak, it breathed a flame at Eremy.
Eremy retaliated with an ice blade, immediately flashing to the other side, but before he could stabilize, a deer-shaped fire elemental creature charged at his back with its sharp horns.
After dodging, the Fire Phoenix stirred up a fire tornado, and a group of flame birds lingering in the sky took this opportunity to launch a barrage of fireballs at him. Normally, Eremy could avoid these, but the tornado scattered the barrage unpredictably, hitting him several times.
Even the Fire Phoenix and other fire elemental creatures were hit by these random shots. However, as fire beings, they were unaffected by the fireball barrage.
Eremy looked somewhat disheveled; being hit once or twice was one thing, but being hit repeatedly, even his deep blue fur started to catch small sparks.
Angel observed the battle from above and could see that Eremy would likely handle the Fire Phoenix, but it was the smaller fire elemental creatures that caused him minor troubles.
Eremy also realized this. He swayed the blue lantern flower, and the temperature in the Frost Domain dropped again, with rustling snowflakes beginning to float. These snowflakes, compressed from extremely pure energy, triggered the flame shield of the phoenix upon contact, and directly froze other fire elemental creatures, centering around the snowflakes.
Some birds that created the fireball barrage were directly frozen into sculptures by the snowflakes and fell from the sky.
Due to the snowflakes, numerous fire elemental creatures began to avoid them.
However, this was only a temporary relief, as more fire elemental creatures would come.
Upon seeing this, Angel released a large number of illusion nodes, constructing a vast illusion based on the Frost Domain.
The illusion affected fire elemental creatures that hadn’t reached wizard level, trapping them in the mist, stumbling around without finding an exit.
Even the wizard level Fire Phoenix was misled by the illusion, frequently misjudging Eremy’s position, giving him a breather in battle.
“Why are you all spinning in place? There are snowflakes, avoid them!”
“Phoenix, you’re attacking the wrong direction! It’s not there!”
Dangros, previously excited at Eremy being hit repeatedly, became anxious and furious as the battle took a weird turn.
While Dangros was exhausted from the changing tide of battle, Angel kept scanning every inch of the Flame Giant’s body with mental power, seeking evidence to support his speculation.
However, before he could locate Dangros’ true form, another beast intruded into the Frost Domain.
It was the Lava Giant Whale from before.
“Do you need my help to restrain it?” Angel’s voice reached Eremy’s ears.
Eremy, still in a showdown with the Fire Phoenix, transmitted his thoughts through the blue lantern flower on his head.
“No need.”
Eremy rejected Angel’s offer.
From the thoughts sent by the blue lantern flower, Angel faintly felt Eremy’s extreme welcome for the appearance of the Lava Giant Whale.
At first, Angel didn’t understand why Eremy was excited about the arrival of the Lava Giant Whale.
Until——
The flames spat out by the Fire Phoenix were blocked by the Lava Giant Whale; and when the Lava Giant Whale’s huge tail fin smacked the body of the Fire Phoenix, Angel began to understand.
Two gigantic creatures, lacking synergy, fought against Eremy simultaneously, merely hindering each other.
Not only did they fail to capitalize on their numerical advantage, but their massive size also led to frequent obstructions. Their powerful moves couldn’t be executed effectively, reducing Eremy’s risk in combat.
This combination posed less of a threat to Eremy than the Fire Phoenix and a group of small fire elemental creatures.
Of course, the primary reason for this was Eremy’s precise control.
He skillfully confined the battle to a very small space, limiting the Fire Phoenix and Lava Giant Whale’s room to maneuver, thus hampering their effectiveness.
In such a combat scenario, if either the Fire Phoenix or Lava Giant Whale had backed off, the threat level might have increased. However, neither yielded.
Seeing this, Angel felt more at ease, setting up illusion nodes as a precaution while continuing to search for Dangros, monitoring the situation of the Flame Giant.
The Flame Giant was half-kneeling in the snow, its eyes tightly shut, focusing all its thoughts and energy on repairing its damaged elemental core.
This behavior reinforced Angel’s suspicion.
Who else would silently mend a fatal wound while reacting so emotionally to the battle in the sky?
Clearly, Dangros was not the Flame Giant; it might be hiding somewhere within the Flame Giant’s body.
Dangros: “How did I bump into Glarada again, Phoenix move away!”
Angel: “Is Glarada that Lava Giant Whale?”
Dangros hummed twice, unwilling to respond to Angel, still fixated on the battle in the sky.
Angel, unperturbed, amiably engaged Dangros in conversation, not seeking any intelligence but steering the discussion towards the battle between the Fire Phoenix and Lava Giant Whale.
Angel: “Glarada actually attacked Phoenix, tsk tsk, internal conflict. The fire feathers on Phoenix’s head are standing up, it seems quite angry.”
Dangros, displeased, said: “It wasn’t Glarada who attacked Phoenix! It was Phoenix’s claws that first touched Glarada’s tail fin. Glarada thought it was under attack and retaliated instinctively.”
Angel smiled and didn’t continue the topic. But he thought to himself: being able to see the Fire Phoenix’s claws touching the Lava Giant Whale’s tail fin meant that Dangros had found a very good Vantage Point.
The right ear and about forty percent of the chest and abdomen of the Flame Giant would not have had such a view.
Seeing Dangros fall silent, Angel added: “I thought the infighting would last for a while, but it ended quickly… and the battle has resumed.”
Dangros: “Hmph, although I dislike Phoenix for being a subordinate of the new king, Glarada and Phoenix have a private relationship. They wouldn’t fight each other! The scene you want to see, spy of Frost Iseth, will never happen. Give it up!”
Angel mentally gave a thumbs-up to this naive creature. Without asking anything, he managed to extract new information.
Perhaps it was Angel’s presence as a spy that excited Dangros, leading him to express his ‘expert opinions’ on the aerial battle.
Dangros: “See, the wind tornado on Phoenix’s right wing helped Glarada dispel the ice cones. They would never fight each other!”
Angel chuckled and nodded, his mind continuously analyzing: From my vantage point, with the naked eye, I could only see the wind tornado; it could actually see the trajectory of the ice spikes, which suggests that the area below the right forehead, half of the left forehead, and eighty percent of the back spine are no longer areas I need to search.
Angel narrowed down the location of Dangros in this way, little by little.
Throughout this process, Dangros was completely unaware that the battle situation he casually mentioned was gradually revealing his true location.
As Angel was narrowing the search area, the situation in the sky was also changing.
After continuous hammering, the Fire Phoenix and the Lava Giant Whale slowly started to coordinate in an attempt to break through Eremy’s blockade.
Eremy was aware that once they truly coordinated, even without breaking the blockade, the tide of battle would turn.
To avoid losing the initiative, Eremy needed to quickly resolve the battle.
However, a quick resolution was not easy; he needed to find the elemental core of the Fire Phoenix and Lava Giant Whale to strike effectively.
Eremy had already confirmed in previous probing battles that the elemental core of the Fire Phoenix was in its head, specifically below the middle feather of the row of fire feathers on its forehead.
However, the elemental core of the Lava Giant Whale had not yet been located.
According to the original plan, Eremy would have been able to determine the core’s location after a few more rounds.
But now, he was running out of time.
He had to find another way to locate the core of the Lava Giant Whale in the shortest time.
Upon realizing the need to change strategy, Eremy, with his rich combat experience, quickly formulated the next plan.
He decided to use himself as bait to create chaos. Taking minimal injury as the price, upon contacting the opponent’s energy output channel, he would reverse the flow and inject his own energy into the channel, determining the location of the elemental core based on the energy output position.
Without hesitation, Eremy acted on his plan.
After several confrontations, Eremy feigned a flaw, slightly losing his balance for a moment. This brief lapse was immediately seized by the Fire Phoenix, blocking Eremy’s route back to a safe position.
At the same time, the Lava Giant Whale also blocked the other side, cornering Eremy in the center.
Eremy was suddenly in a disadvantageous position.
Excitement flickered in the eyes of the Fire Phoenix, having been suppressed for so long, it finally found an opportunity!
Facing the scrutiny of the two colossal creatures, even though Eremy had decided to be bait, he couldn’t just suffer injury. He once again drew out the remaining awakened power from within his body…
The Fire Phoenix sensed something wrong with the surrounding energy fluctuations and urgently cried out, “This is bad… Glarada, make your move!”
The Lava Giant Whale, having just cornered Eremy and not yet fully aware of what was happening, knew that the Fire Phoenix was more astute than itself. Without hesitation, it opened its mouth and spewed a breath of molten lava towards Eremy…
Chapter 2172 Domain of Ice and Frost <TOC> Chapter 2174 A Severed Hand