Li Wei and Gu Sewei stood on the back of the Holy Giant Dragon, attacking the people on the ground from above.
Gu Sewei’s Minor Forbidden Curse-level spell was blocked by a Knight Professional on the enemy side using Absolute Defense.
This was something that neither Li Wei nor Gu Sewei had expected.
Faced with a Knight wielding Absolute Defense—a skill reputed to be the strongest form of defense—Li Wei decided to use his newly obtained ability: the Legendary Level Holy Power.
He wasn’t sure if it would work.
A golden Fireball, brimming with Holy Power, shot toward the Knight on the ground.
The Knight, enveloped in the golden light of Absolute Defense, looked up at Li Wei and Gu Sewei.
He could already see the two figures standing on the Giant Dragon’s back.
Suddenly, he saw an unassuming golden orb of light descending from the sky.
A flicker of confusion crossed the Knight’s resolute gaze.
’What is this?’
’It doesn’t look very powerful.’
But his years of combat experience told him that his enemy wouldn’t launch a pointless attack.
So, he didn’t let his guard down and met the attack with his strongest defense.
’I just need to stall them for a moment. Then the Awakening Ceremony for the Ice Emperor will be complete,’ the Knight thought.
’It’s here!’
As the golden orb of light drew closer, the Knight’s eyes filled with focus and gravity.
’This is an attack I’ve never seen before.’
The moment the Holy Fireball made contact with the golden light of Absolute Defense, the Knight’s perpetually calm and resolute expression changed dramatically.
An expression of utter shock spread across his face. "What... what the hell is this?"
Even in his state of extreme shock, his years of accumulated battle experience allowed his instincts to take over.
Realizing his Absolute Defense was useless against the Holy Fireball, the Knight instantly swung his Longsword to intercept it.
The moment his Tier Six Longsword collided with the Holy Fireball, the Knight knew his blade was about to break.
The Holy Fireball punched right through the blade with brute force, leaving a large chunk missing.
The Knight used the opportunity to deflect the Holy Fireball’s trajectory.
WHOOSH!
Knocked off course, the Holy Fireball landed on the glacier. It melted a bottomless pit in the ice before its Power was exhausted and it vanished.
The Knight stared at the Longsword in his hand, only two-thirds of which remained, his heart aching at the loss.
At the same time, he was reeling from the shock.
’What kind of Power is this?’
’This is the first time I’ve ever encountered such a bizarre Power.’
Li Wei surveyed the battlefield from above, noticing the Broken Sword in the Knight’s hand and the look of shock on his face.
He smiled. ’So it works.’
It was a Legendary Level Extraordinary Trait, after all.
A Legendary Level Absolute Defense might have been able to block it.
But for a Knight who had yet to reach Legendary Level, Holy Power was the perfect counter.
Saint Xi was still young, its stomach growling with hunger, so it had no strength to join the fight.
That left Li Wei to attack the enemies by himself, using his Holy Power.
Wielding the Legendary Level Holy Power also placed a great strain on Li Wei.
He couldn’t wield such Legendary Level Power indefinitely.
Li Wei stared down at the completed Awakening Ceremony Array, thinking, ’I have to end this quickly!’
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Li Wei launched five Holy Fireballs in rapid succession.
The Holy Fireballs flew toward the people on the ground from all sides.
Li Wei’s goal was to destroy the Awakening Ceremony Array.
The Knight realized Li Wei’s objective and immediately yelled to the others.
"Quick, block those orbs of light! He’s trying to destroy the Awakening Ceremony!"
"We can’t! We’re tied up here! You’ll have to figure something out yourself!"
"Damn it!"
The Knight cursed under his breath and retracted the golden light of his Absolute Defense.
’Absolute Defense is useless against his Holy Fireballs, might as well save my strength and retract it.’
The moment he had that thought, a volley of razor-sharp Ice Cones rained down from the sky.
Each one was four to five meters long—they weren’t Ice Cones so much as pillars of ice.
Seeing this, the Knight had no choice but to once again deploy the golden light of Absolute Defense to block Gu Sewei’s Ice Magic attack.
He tried to stop Li Wei’s Holy Fireballs while simultaneously fending off Gu Sewei’s attacks.
’Damn it, I’m too late!’
BOOM!
A Holy Fireball struck the ground, hitting a section of the Awakening Ceremony Array.
It exploded instantly, engulfing a portion of the Awakening Ceremony Array in flames.
When the flames died down, that part of the Ritual Array had vanished completely.
Seeing this, Li Wei smiled. ’Success... or is it?’
His smile froze, replaced by a grave expression.
The Awakening Ceremony Array had been destroyed, yet the people on the ground didn’t stop what they were doing.
The Awakening Ceremony itself seemed uninterrupted.
Li Wei quickly realized the so-called Awakening Ceremony Array was nothing more than a Blinding Technique—a diversion.
The true key to awakening the Ice Emperor wasn’t the Awakening Ceremony Array at all.
Realizing this, Li Wei quickly shouted to Gu Sewei, "Quick! Attack all of them! The Awakening Ceremony Array is just a decoy!"
At his words, Gu Sewei brandished her Frost Staff. Seven or eight long dragons made of ice materialized in mid-air and shot toward the people below, targeting all of them.
Even with Absolute Defense, the Knight couldn’t possibly block so many attacks at once.
Li Wei heard the Knight on the ground let out a furious roar, and his eyes were instinctively drawn to him.
"War Cry!"
With a roar, the Knight used a wide-area group Taunt Skill.
The ice dragons that had been targeting the others all changed course and flew toward him instead.
RUMBLE!
After a series of violent icy explosions, the Knight stood in the same spot, completely unharmed.
The attacks were completely unable to break through his Absolute Defense.
To him, the only real threat was Li Wei’s Holy Fireball.
Li Wei understood this as well. He said to Gu Sewei, "I’ll handle the Knight. You attack the others."
"Saint Xi, protect Gu Sewei."
Saint Xi let out a roar in acknowledgment.
Li Wei leaped directly off Saint Xi’s back, diving toward the Knight on the ground.
The Knight’s eyes widened in astonishment when he saw Li Wei charging straight at him.
’Isn’t he a Mage? Why would he choose close combat?’
The reason was simple: at long range, it was difficult for Li Wei to control the Holy Fireballs, which were formed entirely from Holy Power.
Holy Power was a formidable force that only those at the Legendary Level could truly master.
The fact that Li Wei could use it at all was already incredible.
To wield it with the ease of moving his own limbs, he would need to improve his own capabilities further.
By getting closer, Li Wei could control the Holy Power more effectively.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Against Li Wei, the Knight, who was forced onto the defensive—a defense that was utterly useless—could not escape his fate.
Under Li Wei’s relentless assault, he was swiftly defeated and killed.
THUD!
A powerful Knight collapsed, never to rise again. Li Wei never even learned his name.
From the sky, Gu Sewei cried out anxiously, "Li Wei, get back up here! The Ice Emperor has awakened!"
Li Wei looked up in surprise. ’How much time has passed? How could the Ice Emperor have awakened already?’
He looked down but couldn’t see the entirety of the Ice Emperor’s form.
Even from the sky, on Saint Xi’s back, one could only see the tip of the iceberg that was the Ice Emperor.
This was a creature even more massive than the Mountain Giant Beast Mephit.
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