Chapter 186: The Fall of Glacier (3)
“Elder Nur, what on earth are we supposed to do?”
“Solem, how could Lord Solem subject us to such a trial?”
Koh’s face twisted with anxiety as he turned to Nur, the old Frost Giant priest, who crouched behind the cover of his people. The Frost Giant warriors—immense, armored in ice and fury—had utterly failed to stop the Red Dragon.
“Stay calm,” the aged priest whispered, his voice trembling. “Hold him back. I will make him feel the full might of winter.”
His eyes narrowed, a spark of ancient fire reigniting within them. He was no longer the frail elder nearing the end of his long life, but the fierce young priest of centuries past, dreaming of leading his people back from ruin.
“O Father of Frost Giants, Solem,” he chanted, “I unleash your boundless power upon our enemies. Let the frost consume them. This—this is the purest offering I can give you.”
A single Red Dragon.
The cold wind howled in response, as if the very air rejoiced.
Without hesitation, the old priest crushed the ice crystal in his hand.
His eyes snapped shut. Runes etched across his weathered skin flared with blinding light. The staff in his grip burst into growth, sprouting jagged white ice crystals. A wave of soul-freezing cold erupted from him—so intense it seemed to freeze the very air.
High above, Kai Xiusu felt the familiar surge of power ripple through the sky. His gaze snapped toward the source.
“Eternal Frost Power?”
So the ‘Frostblade of Winter’ wasn’t the only one. The rest… were waiting for me all along.
Kai Xiusu immediately snapped his wings, pivoting midair with ruthless precision. He dove straight toward the old priest, already preparing his spell.
【Graceful as a Dragon】
【Aerial Maneuverability】
The two abilities flared across his form, amplifying his speed to impossible levels. The Red Dragon became a crimson blur—so fast, the Frost Giants could only see a flicker, a monstrous shadow streaking through their ranks.
“Stop him! At all costs!” Koh roared, desperation cracking his voice.
A Frost Giant Warrior leapt from the ice cliff, roaring like a storm, charging headlong at the Red Dragon—ready to die, if it meant stopping him.
But it was futile.
The Red Dragon, already at full charge, slammed into the warrior with terrifying force. The giant—nearly eight meters tall—was sent flying like a ragdoll, limbs torn apart, blood spraying across the ice like crimson rain. His body shattered into mangled, lifeless rags.
Another warrior hurled his heavy beast-trap net, forged from frost-woven steel. But the Red Dragon’s claws tore through it in a single swipe, slicing the net apart with three clean, fatal lines.
More warriors fell.
Finally, Koh stepped forward, raising his bone shield in front of him. He pounded the shield with his club, each strike thunderous, defiant.
“Red Dragon! You can kill me—but you will never destroy the Youshuang Clan!”
“Lord Solem is watching me!”
The shield erupted in flames. The fire consumed it in an instant, piercing through to Koh’s body. The Frost Giant leader collapsed, lifeless, the fire still crackling at his bones.
Kai Xiusu stared at the fallen warriors—so many, so willing to die, their eyes fixed on faith.
Is this faith?
No. These Frost Giants cannot be left alive. Not one.
Yet their sacrifice had not been in vain.
The old Frost Giant Priest opened his eyes. His pale blue, clouded irises burned with a chilling, otherworldly light.
A white domain spread around him, a field of absolute cold. To Kai Xiusu, it felt like time itself had slowed.
The ultimate cold is stillness.
Not just death—but the freezing of time itself.
The power of Eternal Frost was so immense, even the flow of time seemed to stutter.
Slowly, the priest raised his staff, now encrusted with jagged ice blades.
“Domain of Solem’s Ice Blades!”
Hundreds of ice shards—sharp as knives, cold enough to freeze a soul—filled the air. Each one pulsed with the power to annihilate life. They expanded outward from the old priest, rapidly filling the space around him. Within seconds, the entire area was a prison of ice. The cold spread, slowing every living thing within hundreds of meters.
Nur trembled, his final act: to freeze both himself and the Red Dragon together in eternal ice.
But he had one fatal mistake.
This was no ordinary Red Dragon.
This was a Sorcerer.
Kai Xiusu’s protective spells couldn’t withstand the freezing of time and space—but they could endure the cold long enough to react.
He had time.
This is how Eternal Frost Power should be used.
Direct confrontation is suicide. But I can dodge the blade.
Yes. Even a Dragon has its own spells.
【Egg of Protection】
A translucent, egg-shaped force field enveloped the Red Dragon.
Kai Xiusu strained, breaking through the ice-stiffened air, teleporting himself into the temporary alternate dimension created by the spell.
“No—!” Nur cried, raising his staff.
But he was trapped within his own domain. The cold was too absolute. His limbs locked. He could not move. He could only watch, helpless, as the Red Dragon vanished.
His thoughts slowed.
It’s over.
Truly… the end of the Clan.
That was his last thought.
The ice spread. The crystal grew. The entire space became a frozen tomb.
The old priest was sealed within a massive ice crystal, his face locked in eternal terror—eyes wide, mouth open in a silent scream. His hand still raised, frozen mid-motion, as if he were about to strike.
Like a pause button had been pressed.
The surviving Frost Giants slowly regained movement. Chaos erupted.
“What in Solem’s name… happened?”
“Nur’s dead!”
“Damn it—where did that Red Dragon go?”
“No… he’s coming back.”
A ripple split the air. A portal tore open in the void.
The Red Dragon’s head emerged.
“That Egg of Protection… fits the name perfectly,” Kai Xiusu muttered, stepping out of the dimensional rift. “Inside that little egg? It’s cramped. Like being trapped in a dragon’s egg.”
“But that spell… it was terrifying. It almost sealed the space itself. Even now, the air is still frozen. Like glass.”
He exhaled, heart still racing. His gaze fell upon the ice-locked priest—still frozen in agony.
Solem’s followers.
None of these Frost Giants can remain. Not one.
They were the loyalists. The guardians of this sacred site. The ones Kai Xiusu would erase completely.
Yes. He would give them final, total destruction. Not a single one left.
The Red Dragon spread his wings, ascending into the sky, towering above the trembling Frost Giants.
Hovering in the air, he looked down upon the survivors with a grin twisted with cruel delight.
“So long… and I haven’t even used this spell yet.”
You should feel honored. You’re my first experiment.
“Then…”
“Revenge Storm!”
A surge of arcane energy surged through the air. The Eye of the Storm Sovereign on Kai Xiusu’s chest blazed with blinding light.
(End of Chapter)
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