One could see that at the mont President Beiru voluntarily shattered his Warm Fire Order, Catherine’s expression clearly changed.
And when President Beiru ntioned "my most beloved and admired daughter," a very hidden but nevertheless keenly caught by Andrew, a strange color flashed in Catherine’s eyes.
But soon, Catherine laughed again, a cold laugh: "I really am going to die laughing!"
She pointed to the Warm Fire Order breaking in Beiru’s brow, "You paid such a great price just to catch . Even if you really caught , so what? Without the blessing of the Warm Fire Order, father, you may not even be able to defeat an Earth Fire Scholar!"
The implication was: Even if you catch today, or even kill , tomorrow the Warm Fire Comrce Association will be finished. The three Earth Fire Scholars could not pass up such a good opportunity of "President Beiru no longer owning the Warm Fire Order!"
"You’re right." President Beiru still smiled, "But even if I don’t crush the Warm Fire Order today, this thing would be consud sooner or later, just a matter of ti. Besides..." President Beiru paused, shook his head and said, "Gus and the others fear , not because ’having the Warm Fire Order I can fight all three of them alone,’ but because, even without the Warm Fire Order, even if one on one against an Earth Fire Scholar I might not dominate, I can still ensure one thing, that if it cos to it, I can drag at least two Earth Fire Scholars with to die together! This has nothing to do with whether I can fight them one on one!"
Even if one on one might not dominate, still guarantee one to three to trade two!
When President Beiru said this, his tone revealed a resolute and powerful confidence.
anwhile, the terrifying power erupted from the shattered Warm Fire Order began to manifest.
The entire Royal Court... no, it should be said the entire sky of the Northern Country quietly turned into a reddish color.
An unimaginably large fiery hand ford, aid at Catherine in the Royal Court, pressing down!
Compared to the Fla Giant Hand President Beiru had summoned in the battle of the Shield of Flowing Fire, this giant hand was many tis larger.
"Is this the power that can be unleashed by consuming the Warm Fire Order in one go?" Andrew was shocked in his heart.
It could be seen that even President Beiru alone could barely control that magnificent power. Lady Yi Lian quietly placed her hand on President Beiru’s shoulder, and the high-ranking mbers of the Comrce Association, including Falk, joined together to help, only then making the Flaming Giant Hand controllable.
Crack, crack, crack, crack.
A sound as if bones were about to shatter ca from within Catherine’s body.
She stood proudly before the throne, holding an Axe Spear ford by two Strange Fires, yet now seed to bear an imasurable weight, her knees trembling as if she might not bear it the next second, forced down by the slowly descending giant hand!
"Ahhhhhh!!" Catherine growled in pain.
In the midst of pain, there was also a strong anger.
President Beiru shouted: "I will say it one last ti: tell the way you possess two Strange Fires, and I will spare your life!"
The words had barely fallen when a loud boom was heard.
Catherine suddenly exerted all her strength, forcefully swung the Axe Spear in her hand, as if slicing through a giant invisible binding force around her, and pushed back the giant hand that had been accelerating downwards for a mont.
Seizing that mont, Catherine stamped on the ground, her whole body rising into the air--
"She wants to escape! Don’t let her escape!" Andrew imdiately shouted.
However, just after he shouted, Andrew froze again.
Because Catherine did not escape, instead, with her Axe Spear, she darted straight toward President Beiru!
"She... she’s crazy?" the thought flashed through Andrew’s mind.
Although at this level of battle, he couldn’t intervene and could only watch from the side, Andrew still understood the direction of the battle.
Confronting President Beiru, who had shattered the Warm Fire Order, if Catherine chose to escape, even if she didn’t manage to escape in the end, she wouldn’t die and would most likely be severely injured and captured.
But she now chose not to run and instead actively charged toward President Beiru, undeniably she would die.
Because her rush would completely trigger the overwhelming power unleashed from the shattered Warm Fire Order, a power so great that President Beiru also could not fully control it, with Catherine charging at it voluntarily, even if President Beiru wanted to spare her life, he couldn’t!
Sure enough, the vast red light suddenly scattered.
At the mont when Catherine began to charge, the giant hand seed to be stimulated, spontaneously condensing, shrinking to the size of a normal hand of fla.
In this mont, aside from this hand, all the people and things present seed to disappear in Andrew’s eyes.
With a soft "pop," the hand gently landed on the Strange Fire Axe Spear that Catherine was holding.
Seeing this scene, President Beiru’s face twitched slightly. Lady Yi Lian even turned her head aside, unwilling to watch any further.
Andrew, however, had his gaze fixed fiercely on Catherine from beginning to end.
Catherine spat out a big mouthful of blood, the Axe Spear in her hand fracturing inch by inch.
"Wow!" Catherine spat out another mouthful of blood, her aura suddenly weakened to the extre.
But... what made Andrew and even President Beiru find it unbelievable was that she was not dead!
She should have been killed in the collision just now, if it had been Gus or any Earth Fire Scholar who suffered that palm, they would also be dead.
Yet Catherine withstood that strike, undoubtedly suffered a heavy injury, but did not die!
Catherine’s face silently revealed mysterious patterns.
It was... the "Eternal Frost Ice Pattern" of the Royal Court!
Seeing the Eternal Frost Ice Pattern, Andrew’s thoughts raced: "So that’s it! The Eternal Frost Ice Pattern can grant the possessor strong vitality and defense, she relied on this thing to resist that blow just now?"
She killed Barbara’s elder sister to seize the Formless Blade Fire, but the reason she killed her own husband was not ntioned earlier. Could it be that she married into the Royal Court and then killed the king, actually for the inheritance of the ’Eternal Frost Ice Pattern’?"
Vaguely, Andrew felt that he might have caught onto sothing: Catherine’s way of possessing two Strange Fires simultaneously!
However, suddenly everything went dark before his eyes, and when he looked up, he realized: at so point, another figure had appeared.
It was Catherine.
"A feint." Catherine’s face was deathly pale, but her lips curled up slightly, "Father, you once fooled with a feint, and also deceived Gus and the others, taking the opportunity to destroy the corpse puppet I made from my husband’s body, leaving without a card to play. Now, I will also use a feint, endure your blow, and snatch away one of your cards."
From what she said, her previous act of recklessly charging at Chairman Beiru was actually a feint!
She relied on the ’Eternal Frost Ice Pattern’ to withstand Chairman Beiru’s blow.
Her real intention was... Andrew!
Although that mighty strike severely wounded Catherine, it also greatly exhausted Chairman Beiru. By the ti Chairman Beiru took a deep breath and gathered his strength again, Catherine had already lifted Andrew with a wave of her hand.
As Catherine reached out, Andrew imdiately joined Barbara in performing "Water and Fire United" to resist with all their might.
"We just need to hold on for a mont! Just resist for a mont, and Catherine will be done for!" Andrew knew very well, and his response was swift.
The result, however... there was no resistance!
Faced with a pinnacle power of the Realm of Magic, even if she was severely injured, Andrew could not withstand her.
He was lifted like a helpless chick, and it felt as if the strength in his body was being drained away.
"Let go!" Chairman Beiru’s voice rang out behind Catherine.
He had decided to capture rather than kill only to find out how Catherine possessed two Strange Fires, but losing Andrew, the Water God’s successor, would be too great a loss.
Chairman Beiru delivered a hand chop from top to bottom.
This ti, there was no rcy!
The next mont, blood splattered.
Catherine’s arm was cut off by Chairman Beiru!
She grunted, ignoring the severed arm, and with her remaining arm tucked Andrew under it, she turned and left, leaving behind, "If you dare follow, I’ll crush this kid imdiately!" She paused, then added, "Thanks, it was impressive."
Her first words were naturally directed at Chairman Beiru and the others.
The latter words, however, were directed at soone no one expected.
The Fla Turtle.
After Chairman Beiru led the top mbers of the Comrce Association to the scene, no one paid attention to the still-present Fla Turtle.
But at this mont, the Fla Warrior, known for the strongest defense, erupted with his greatest power!
A massive dark red Fla surged from his body, forming a gigantic turtle shell, encasing both himself and Chairman Beiru along with the others.
"You all completely ignored , didn’t you? You didn’t even consider a person, did you?!"
The Fla Turtle roared, knowing that the Royal Court negotiations had failed, Yorkshire was dead, and Capella captured, "Then the only thing I can do is: help my Guild ally, Catherine, break through and escape! That is the only thing I can do now, and only I can do it!"
"Get out of the way!" Chairman Beiru roared in anger, using the shattered Warm Fire Order and the collective power of the Comrce Association’s top mbers, punched and broke the Fla Turtle’s fiery shell.
The Fla Turtle trembled violently, then silently spilled black blood from his mouth and nose, with his Life Aura quickly dissipating.
In his final monts, he thought: What a pity, such a heroic mont, it would’ve been great if Dragon Taming could see it.
With a thud, the Fla Turtle collapsed to the ground, twitched twice, and lost all his life.
The severed arm of Catherine also fell to the ground.
At the mont it hit the ground, it... exploded.
The explosion it caused was almost as powerful as the one triggered by Chairman Beiru shattering the Warm Fire Order, and it instantly swept through the entire Royal Court!
"Be careful!" Madam Yi Lian’s face changed drastically, and she imdiately protected Barbara and the Frost Guards inside the Royal Court.
Outside the Royal Court, Grandpa Falk also stepped forward quickly, shielding the Red Clothes beside him, and, coordinating with other Comrce Association top mbers, withstood the impact of the explosion.
The mont the two forces collided, the Comrce Association big shots on the ice pillars swayed, with many directly falling to one knee, faces turning pale.
For a while, no one had any strength left to care about what Catherine did with Andrew after she caught him!
Until the aftermath of the explosion dissipated.
Breaking free from her mother’s embrace, Barbara saw—
Chairman Beiru standing in the Royal Court, face ashen.
Because the scene no longer had the figures of Catherine or Andrew.
Volu Four "Court Debate," final Chapter.
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