ryethenovel Chapter 155 The Resurrected Remnants of the White Eagle
Chapter 155 The Resurrected Remnants of the White Eagle
The seven-colored orb melted into the palm of the hand along the fingertips.
The leaf pattern on the back of his hand glowed, and a thin vine broke through his skin, climbing up Lu Yan's right arm.
The vines have alternating colors on their surface and are wrapped around the forearm to maintain their shape.
The skin didn't feel any pain; the unique coolness of the plant traveled along the blood vessels.
The soil beneath our feet collapsed. The grassland undulated, the turf rolled up, revealing the gray-white rock layers beneath.
A dark slit appeared in the pale blue sky overhead, stretching from east to west.
A shattering sound fell from the sky to the ground, fragments of space broke off, crashed into the grass, and everything they touched turned to nothingness.
The seven-colored giant tree that forms the foundation of the secret realm has lost its luster.
The wood grain turned into grayish-white stone, crumbled into powder and scattered in the wind.
The secret realm is about to collapse.
"Lu Yan, there's movement near the snow mountain," Wen Yue's voice came through the earpiece.
The Azure Wind Dragon flapped its wings, and the air currents whipped up the withered grass, lifting her into the air.
Lu Yan turned his head to look. At the valley pass at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, a figure staggered out.
He walked very slowly, his right knee bent backwards and extremely stiff.
With each step, the ice shards from the soles of their boots scraped against the rocks with a screeching sound.
The man was wearing several tattered pieces of cloth, which could be barely identified as bulletproof fibers from the White Eagle Empire's tactical uniform.
The exposed skin was completely bloodless, a grayish-white color from being frozen to death in extreme cold.
His body was covered with old, necrotic frostbite scars, and a faint blue light shone from the gaps in the scars.
Kane, the White Eagle Awakener who was previously dragged into the valley by the Azure Wind Dragon.
He is not dead.
By stealing the icy essence of the secret realm, he forcibly stitched his body together with the energy of this land.
With Qingfenglong's death, the suppression that had been holding him back for five years was lifted.
Kane stopped in his tracks.
He looked at the rolled-up grass, then at the seven-colored giant tree that had turned to stone dust, then at the Azure Wind Dragon hovering in mid-air, and finally fixed his gaze on the seven-colored vine on Lu Yan's right arm.
His withered chest heaved.
The muscles on his face twisted together, and the dark blue lines expanded and merged into one.
These two outsiders killed the jailer guarding him and delivered the key to escape and the core power of the secret realm to him.
"The Guardian is dead," Kane said, his voice dry and harsh, scraping against his throat.
"You helped me open the prison gates. In return, I will make you part of my new body."
On the surface, Lu Yan did not make any rash moves.
Behind his back, a black lotus quietly bloomed in his palm. A sensory network constructed from mental energy spread out along the ground, enveloping Kane.
The feedback received was very unsatisfactory.
The human organs inside this body had largely died, and the interior was filled with highly crystalline icy energy.
The power fluctuations were high and low, but the energy core at the heart location was stronger than that of a typical A-level awakened individual.
He has become a deformed, fused monster.
100 meters in the air.
The Azure Wind Dragon stopped at the confluence of air currents. Wen Yue knelt on one knee on the dragon's back, gripping the dragon's scales with one hand.
Wen Yue had already assumed a sniping stance, ready to fire her crossbow at the slightest sign of trouble.
Kane on the ground didn't look up.
The snipers high in the sky did not interest him.
He was convinced that Lu Yan, who had seized the foundation of the secret realm, was the prey he wanted.
Kane lifted his right foot and stomped on the ground. The ground around his foot froze.
A layer of deep blue ice spread outwards from him. Weeds and surface rocks were frozen and cracked.
Energy gathered beneath the ice. Sharp ice spikes as thick as an arm burst from the ground, weaving into a three-meter-high wave of frost that hurtled towards Lu Yan with a shriek.
As the ice waves surged forward, they uprooted and shredded the low trees along their path into sawdust.
Lu Yan stood still, not retreating. The seven-colored vines on his right arm glowed faintly, activating their natural affinity attribute. The scattered ashes of grass and trees, and the powder from the giant tree, were drawn together and gathered in front of him.
A shield wall made of wood fiber and rock powder rose up.
Ice waves crashed against the shield wall. The sound of ice spikes shattering mingled with the cracking of wood fibers. Pitholes were carved into the shield wall's surface, and frost seeped in through the cracks, threatening to dismantle the defense.
Lu Yan spread his five fingers on his left hand. The energy of the Void Disc flowed, and three fire elemental spirits leaped out and plunged into the shield wall.
Extreme heat meets extreme cold. Water vapor rises, obscuring visibility. The shield wall, empowered by fire, withstands the first wave of icy impact.
"Fire," Lu Yan gave the order.
The warm moon in the sky pulled the trigger.
The crossbowstring snapped back with a muffled whooshing sound. A high-explosive armor-piercing shell, trailing a crimson flame, tore through the steam and aimed straight for Kane's head.
Kane raised his withered arm. A thick shield of ice solidified above his head.
The grenade strikes the ice shield. The internal metal jet of the warhead penetrates the ice layer, and the high temperature ignites the explosive charge.
The ice shield shattered.
Kane was propelled backward several meters by the shockwave, his feet carving two furrows in the ground.
His bulletproof fibers were severed by shrapnel, revealing large patches of grayish-white skin.
He wasn't injured. The shrapnel that had cut into his skin was frozen by the cold air seeping from his muscles, then expelled from his body by the newly formed muscle and fell onto the ice.
Kane glanced down at the shrapnel on the ground and let out a laugh.
Put your hands together and pull them outwards.
The surrounding temperature plummeted. Moisture in the air was stripped away, condensing into large, sharp ice blades that hung around him.
He pushed forward with both hands. A barrage of ice blades rained down, covering the area where Lu Yan was standing.
The shield wall couldn't withstand the attack and collapsed.
Lu Yan sidestepped several ice blades that grazed his face, his boot heels touched the ground, and his body slid back more than ten meters, retreating from the center of the ice blades.
He looked at Kane. This man had not only fused with the essence of ice, but had also learned to use the remaining rules of the secret realm to suppress his opponents.
"Wen Yue, cut off the incendiary bombs and block his route."
"Okay, I'll be right there!"
Wen Yue changes magazine. Qing Fenglong circles in the air, adjusting his firing angle.
A volley of incendiary bombs rained down, creating a ring of fire around Kane.
The high-temperature flames burned the ice surface, making a hissing sound.
Kane was trapped in the center of the ring of fire.
He absorbed the cold air from the ground, and a layer of ice armor covered his entire body.
He braved the flames and walked step by step out of the circle of fire.
Lu Yan moved, charging directly at Kane.
The seven-colored vines on his right arm glowed brightly. The Nature Affinity attribute was activated.
The withered plant remains around him transformed into vines that sprouted from the ground and wrapped around Kane's legs.
Kane lowered his head, intending to freeze the vines with his cold air.
But he discovered that these vines were immune to the cold and were even absorbing his energy.
Lu Yan rushed to Kane's side.
The energy of the Void Disc converged in his right fist. A straight punch slammed into Kane's glowing energy core in his chest.
The ice armor shattered.
A dull cracking sound rang out as Lu Yan's fist unleashed its full force on Kane's chest.
Kane was thrown off balance by the force of the impact, his back slicing through the still-unmelted ice and creating a deep trench in the ground.
His withered fingers gripped the frozen earth tightly, trying to prop up his broken body once more. The energy core embedded in the center of his chest cavity was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, its eerie blue light flashing violently, emitting a mournful wail as if glass were about to shatter.
Lu Yan withdrew his fist, stood still and looked at him, without moving forward again.
High in the sky, the crisp sound of mechanisms meshing echoed in the wind. The Azure Wind Dragon hovered in the air currents, while Wen Yue's crosshair was already locked onto the target on the ground.
"die."
The bowstring of the World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow snapped back, producing a dull thud.
A high-explosive armor-piercing grenade tore through the airflow, descending from the sky with a trail of crimson flames.
"Ah...what?" Kane had just tilted his head back when the bullet pierced his forehead without any resistance.
The high-temperature explosives detonated inside the skull, and the flames engulfed everything.