Chapter 41: The Duke’s Guidance (Middle Part)
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If I don’t do sothing, I’ll lose.
The huge ice hamr coming at was just a matter of an instant, with no ti to think, I could only muster all my strength to activate the power of Order.
In a flash, my entire body was surrounded by a faint blue glow.
Black hair danced, and even my pupils were tinged with azure.
The next mont, the power of Order was released like an overwhelming tide.
Crack crack crack——
Nurous thick ice pillars rapidly rose from the ground beneath my feet, colliding with those ice pillars the Duke used to trap . The cracking sounds of ice hitting ice were endless, with ice shards hitting my face.
The incoming ice hamr was imdiately blocked, and after smashing through two ice pillars, its offensive montum sharply decreased.
I felt my body relax, then imdiately raised my arm forward horizontally.
Palm open.
Inhale.
Boom——!!
Dense ice mist erupted from my palm and entire body like an explosive shockwave. The huge ice hamr right before my eyes didn’t even have the power to resist for a mont, instantly being blown away by the terrible impact.
The montum of the ice mist didn’t diminish at all, completely freezing the fan-shaped area dozens of ters ahead, countless robust ice spikes half a person or even a person tall sprouted from the ground, like blooming ice crystal lotus flowers.
Rendering the scene extraordinarily beautiful.
Exhaling a breath of chilling white mist, the blue light in my eyes gradually faded.
Hearing the commotion from the hunters nearby, my heart skipped a beat.
Bad, I was too hasty and couldn’t hold back!
Is Duke Scalliger alright?
“Uncle Duke!”
“Really, what frightening talent……”
A voice ca from mid-air.
Without ti to think more, I imdiately jumped backward, leaping nearly 10 ters high into the air. At the sa ti, the Duke’s figure descended from the sky.
Bang!
Smashing the place where I had been standing, sending ice crystals flying.
“But too wasteful, simply reckless. Did you take for so fearso large beast?”
After landing steadily, I breathed a sigh of relief, feeling slightly relieved in my heart.
He wasn’t hurt, that’s good.
“What?” After seeing my expression, the Duke said quite amusedly, “Don’t tell you were worried about ? Thought you could force into a helpless situation like this?”
He put away the hamr in his hand.
“Are you underestimating ?”
“……No.”
I watched him vigilantly, estimating the distance between us in my mind, constantly guarding against his mysterious rushing steps.
The Duke obviously saw through my thoughts, pacing back and forth in front, disrupting my judgnt while continuously speaking words of instruction.
“Your use of Order power isn’t considered unfamiliar, it’s just sowhat lacking in thod, purely relying on brute force to ss around. If you only encounter those second or third-rate enemies, that’s certainly not a problem, but once you et first-rate ones, with your fighting style, your consumption will be at least 2 or 3 tis faster than your opponent. This way, losing is just a matter of ti.”
“Let tell you sothing else. Originally in our family, the person with the highest affinity for Frost Order was neither nor Lafayette, but my little daughter Peylo…… She belongs to the rare genius category, and you are obviously even above her.”
“Just from this aspect, I’m not even as good as Lafayette, at most can only be considered second-rate, but whether it’s Peylo or Lafayette, or even adding Parsifal, the three of them together are no match for …… Miss Sylvia, do you know why this is?”
“……Experience?”
“That’s part of the reason, but more…… it’s technique.”
“Watch how I use second-rate affinity to defeat those first-rate ones.”
The Duke’s footsteps stopped.
He threw the hamr at his feet and raised his intact arm to grasp at empty air.
Crack, crack. Crunch.
Countless ice crystals appeared abruptly from the air, then as if pulled by so force, flew toward the Duke’s palm from slow to fast all at once.
Emitting a teeth-grinding compression sound.
Whoosh——
Cold chill leaked out from where the ice crystals converged, quickly enveloping the Duke’s entire arm.
Even the air seed to freeze solid.
I could feel that suffocating coldness, a temperature even lower than my frost world.
Those ice crystals were continuously compressed and deford in the Duke’s palm, finally forming a huge ice sword.
He gripped the giant sword tightly in his hand.
Completely different from the ice hamr earlier, this giant sword’s color was quite deep, like visible azure blue, clearly not the common color of ice. As the white mist coiling around the blade grew denser, its color continued to deepen, quickly presenting a dazzling deep blue.
The entire process took no more than 2 seconds.
Duke Scalliger exhaled a breath and smiled slightly at .
“Moon Step.”
Whoosh——
That eerily light floating step appeared again, the Duke’s figure instantly glided over 10 ters, flying to my front.
The giant sword in his hand smoking intensely, raised high.
……Frontal strong attack without any preparation? Isn’t he underestimating too much?
Crack crack crack.
With a wave of my small hand, a thick ice wall two people tall rose from the ground between the giant sword and .
At the sa ti, I lowered my body, stepping forward with my right foot, raising my right fist in a striking pose.
“Ha.” The Duke’s laugh made suddenly startled.
The next mont, a huge sound of ice shattering rang by my ear.
Everything happened in just an instant, the previously sturdy ice wall now seed like it was made of paper, instantly breaking apart at the touch of the giant sword.
I widened my eyes.
This…… what’s going on?!
“Don’t space out!”
The giant sword changed from chopping to swinging the mont it broke through the ice wall, coming at my face with a “hiss” like a snake’s tongue.
I only managed to raise my arm, but the block was too rushed, my arm couldn’t completely deflect the force, and the giant sword hit directly on my shoulder.
The huge force sent flying.
My body instantly lost control, being directly knocked back about 7-8 ters, spinning several tis in the air before barely landing.
“Ouch!”
After rolling several tis, the small bun on my head ca loose, black hair sliding down my cheeks, falling to the ground covered in dust.
My body beca dirty.
Getting up dizzily, gently patting the dust off my clothes, then rubbing my aching left shoulder, showing a grimacing expression.
I could feel the Duke held back at the last mont, but this hit still knocked for a loop.
“Never underestimate any of your enemy’s moves, not understanding ans danger, now you’ve died once.”
Just as the Duke’s words fell, Madam Catherine’s angry roar ca from afar.
“Scalliger! What are you doing!”
We both shuddered.
I was because of the cold. I inevitably ca into contact with the white smoke coiling around the giant sword’s blade earlier, that temperature actually made feel a hint of chill.
My heart was shocked beyond asure.
Just how low is this temperature……
Looking carefully, the ice sword in the Duke’s hand seed to have beco even bluer.
“This sword is ice at extrely low temperature, it’s more indestructible than steel. Ice blades of this strength will have unimaginable sharpness, your ice wall is far from enough to resist, be careful.”
While saying this, the Duke looked in Madam’s direction, waving his hand to indicate there was no need to worry.
But suddenly he charged over again with that mysterious step, using the giant sword in his hand like a hamr, swinging horizontally at .
The air roared at this mont.
A sneak attack!
With the experience from last ti, how could I dare to block with an ice wall again, I slightly bent my legs and jumped straight over his head.
The giant sword swept past below my feet, the white smoke brushing past my soles, the terrifying cold made shiver involuntarily, but I didn’t dare pause my movent at all, kicking towards the Duke’s head.
The Duke easily dodged with a backward lean, switching the giant sword to his left hand, suddenly swinging upward.
The white mist blew my hair into disarray.
Bang!
The ice pillar rising from below pushed higher into the air.
“Oh, ice created at a distance actually has such great pushing force, not bad.”
The Duke’s admiration ca from below, I knew he was waiting for to land, imdiately built an ice platform on one side, my body flipping and kicking hard, falling towards the distance.
Then looking back towards the Duke’s direction.
“Interesting.”
The Duke exchanged a glance with , actually charging directly towards where I was going to land.
How can I let you succeed!
Bang——Bang——Bang!
Changing direction three tis continuously in the air, quickly deviating from the Duke’s charging direction, pulling quite far away from him.
Haha, you can’t catch now!
Indeed, the Duke stopped his steps.
I smiled triumphantly.
This distance is safe now, next I need to counterattack…… I currently have no ans of defense against that giant sword, can only think of other ways.
While pondering how to win against him, my body adjusted to a good position in mid-air, waiting for the impact of landing.
Suddenly, I seed to see the Duke break into a smile.
The next mont, that mysterious step appeared again.
Whoosh——Whoosh——!
After two consecutive gliding jumps, the Duke’s figure appeared just before I landed.
“Wait! Don’t hit !” I anxiously covered my head.
“Second ti.”
Pop.
My forehead was flicked.
There wasn’t the imagined impact next, my petite body was caught in soone’s embrace.
“You can never let your guard down at any ti, because you never know what your enemy is thinking, whether your thoughts might already be within their expectations, so relaxing ans handing over your life to the enemy. This ti, you lost in experience.”
The Duke’s voice was very magnetic, mysteriously able to make people feel at ease.
“Look, my talent is far inferior to yours, but so far you’ve been the one constantly consuming, while the Order power I needed to make this giant sword is probably not even one-tenth of what you used, I can make countless weapons like this, but what about you? How many more tis can you use that area attack?”
I timidly looked up, finding him looking at with a gentle expression.
Then he gently put down.
“How about we stop here for today?”
“Mm……”
I shyly looked at him and nodded.
Then waved my small hand.
“Ha!”
Ice mist erupted again.
Hmph, you can never let your guard down at any ti, you said so.
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