Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant
Chapter 349 - 253: Slaughter Needs No Reason

Chapter 349: Chapter 253: Slaughter Needs No Reason

Ji Xinghuo intended to say that the Cangye Tribe held no grudge against you, but then he thought again, and realized that saying this was meaningless.

So he said, "To kill, no reason is needed."

The Legendary Ice Master sneered, not at all surprised; this was the way of the Red Emperor’s followers. He turned back to look at Bai Mang who was still frozen on the ice, noticing the antelope-horned man’s face filled with excitement, his frequent glances toward the Highlander across them, guessing some reasons.

"You’ve come for this antelope-horned man?" the Ice Master asked.

Ji Xinghuo drew a steel spear from behind his back, held it in his hand, his arm muscles bulging. After sprinting a few meters, he hurled it fiercely towards the Ice Master.

This was his answer.

"Fool!"

The Ice Master’s expression remained calm. The only reason he hadn’t intercepted the spear before was due to a momentary lapse. Now prepared, how could he possibly be hit by a ranged attack?

In the presence of a kinetic energy field wielder, any shooting is futile.

An invisible kinetic energy enveloped the Ice Master, creating a force field with a radius of several tens of meters. As the spear entered it, its speed drastically slowed, as if sinking into a swamp, growing slower and slower, frost forming on the spear until it eventually halted about five meters from the Ice Master.

"Back at you," the Ice Master uttered lowly.

The spear immediately turned and shot back at Ji Xinghuo.

Meanwhile, the ice before him was flipped up, forming countless ice spears, swords, and cones, like a giant wave rolling in, overwhelming the sky and sweeping across.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t want to reveal that he was an Electric Field Stringer just yet. He ran wildly along the edge of the Ice Master’s kinetic energy field, and after several Flash Steps, he finally escaped the range of the Ice Tide’s attack. But before he could catch his breath, the Ice Master’s next wave of attacks arrived.

More than a dozen fist-sized ice balls flew over, at great speed, locking down an area of several tens of meters around him.

Bang, bang, bang!

All the ice balls exploded.

Chilling cold burst forth as the temperature in Ji Xinghuo’s area plummeted, a wave of coldness infiltrating his body, his movements noticeably slowed.

Seeing his success, the Ice Master immediately flew over, closing the distance with Ji Xinghuo.

Spiritual Power Stringers excel at long-range attacks, but this does not mean their melee strength is a weakness. On the contrary, the melee of Spiritual Power Stringers is even more threatening, as most of them, before integrating spiritual energy, were melee Professional Templates.

The Ice Master advanced from Ice Blade and kinetic energy Stringer, and the Ice Blade has never feared melee combat.

He wanted to envelop Ji Xinghuo within his kinetic energy field.

The closer the better.

He preferred to fight Ji Xinghuo in close combat to fully utilize the Ice Master’s advantage.

Ji Xinghuo intended to retreat further, but upon seeing the Ice Master flying toward him, he decided to go along with the attack, pretending he was unable to resist the cold and slowed, one step too late to retreat. Invisible forces squeezed from all directions, binding his limbs and torso, slowing his speed further still.

The Ice Master, flying towards him, reached out midair, crushing Ji Xinghuo with insane kinetic energy.

The air around him gathered and congealed into ice, freezing Ji Xinghuo’s feet together with the ice on the ground, completing the control.

At the same time, more chilling air invaded Ji Xinghuo’s body.

A huge Ice Blade quickly took shape in front of the Ice Master, resembling a scimitar, nearly ten meters long, one end held in the Ice Master’s hand. He swept out with the Ice Blade, kinetic energy fully powered up to accelerate it, slashing towards Ji Xinghuo’s neck.

The Ice Master’s face was devoid of mercy, without a hint of hesitation.

Clang!

The Ice Blade struck a figure, but it was not Ji Xinghuo; instead, the Steel Warrior who had suddenly charged over to shield him.

Even the legendary Steel Knight, hard as iron, nearly got cleaved in two. At the last moment, the Ice Master withdrew some of the bestowed strength, causing the massive Ice Blade to shatter.

"What are you doing?" the Ice Master barked angrily.

The Steel Warrior shook his head desperately, but couldn’t utter a word, his expression one of extreme pain.

The Ice Master realized Ji Xinghuo was behind this, but not understanding the specifics, he cursed, "Useless thing, get out of the way!" His kinetic energy struck the Steel Warrior from afar, slamming him away. Midair, however, the Steel Warrior turned back, flinging his body towards the Ice Master.

It was then Ji Xinghuo let out a roar, shattering the solid ice on his body.

One Flash Step forward.

The Ice Master was about to finish off the Steel Warrior when he suddenly sensed extreme danger and immediately tried to create distance, kinetic energy bursting out to bind Ji Xinghuo once more.

But this time, Ji Xinghuo was too fast.

He used consecutive Flash Steps.

His figure flickered left and right over the icy surface, each step cratering the ice, sending shattered ice fragments flying, his trajectory unpredictable.

The Ice Master’s kinetic energy binding was always a step behind, like trying to grasp an elusive eel.

After another Flash Step, Ji Xinghuo was less than ten meters from him.

Boom!

An icy chill erupted from the Ice Master, releasing an Ice Roar.

Countless fragments of ice formed a violent shock wave, spreading like lightning, even emptying the air around, hurling the Steel Warrior who had collided into it away.

But at the very instant the Ice Roar was released, Ji Xinghuo’s figure vanished, his timing exquisite and impeccable.

Instant Step!

The Ice Master reacted swiftly, propelling himself into the sky with the eruption of the Ice Roar, his body shooting up like a rocket.

During this, he did not forget to counterattack.

A dozen meters long huge ice cone instantly formed, plunging from above straight into the ice beneath.

As Ji Xinghuo emerged where the Ice Master had stood, an ice cone crashed down like a mountain, but instead of retreating, Ji Xinghuo slammed sideways with his Double-edged Battle Axe, cause the enormous ice cone to shatter, creating a large crater in the ice, which subsequently caused a hundred meters of the surrounding ice to collapse.

Countless Ice Blades fell from the split, creating a torrent that flew in all directions.

Ji Xinghuo turned and ran wildly on the shattered ice surface, occasionally Flash Stepping or using Instant Step, with the Ice Sword Torrent in relentless pursuit behind him, yet always narrowly avoiding them by the slimmest of margins.

He had already engaged Overclocking Thought.

Each step, seemingly perilous, was like slow motion in his eyes, effortless to execute.

"Legendary Spiritual Power Stringers truly have no weaklings."

Ji Xinghuo even had time to lament within his heart, his earlier ambush he thought sure to succeed, unexpectedly evaded by the opponent.

In the sky, the Ice Master’s face was extremely solemn.

He had realized something was amiss; this Highlander, clearly not a Legendary figure, possessed a strength more potent than that of Legendary Steel Warriors. Moreover, the enemy’s reactions were unbelievably fast, easily dodging his blows even amidst his own kinetic energy field.

Just as kinetic energy began to exert control, before it could impose greater constraints, the Highlander had already dodged away.

As though he could clearly grasp the state of his own kinetic energy.

It seemed as though he had the upper hand on the surface, but in reality, he had no good solutions against this enemy.

A Spiritual Power Stringer, yet helpless against an enemy within his force field.

"He definitely isn’t a Berserker."

Despite still having powerful means at his disposal, the Ice Master began to feel a desire to retreat.

"I must leave." The Ice Master took one glance at the Legendary Steel Warrior lying on the ice, life or death unknown, and without any hesitation, turned and flew up towards the higher sky, accelerating with all his might.

"He’s trying to escape!"

Ji Xinghuo immediately noticed and felt helpless—this fellow was just too cautious.

He drew a Steel Spear, a circle of light igniting in his right eye pupil as he ran at high speed dodging the Ice Sword Torrent chasing behind him, all the while keeping his gaze locked onto the Ice Master in the sky.

Boom!

A thunderclap as if from a clear sky.

Above the high altitudes, a massive lightning bolt suddenly appeared and struck down, mere meters away from the Ice Master, too close for him to dodge.

The lightning struck the Ice Master, revealing two protective layers.

The outer layer was a hard Ice Armor, which was instantly penetrated by the lightning,

The inner layer was a transparent Flow Barrier clinging to the Ice Master’s body, emitting a chill. It seemed thin and fragile, yet ultimately withstood the blast of the lightning.

The Ice Master was scared into a cold sweat.

If not for the "Flow Barrier," that lightning bolt would have at least severely wounded him.

However, before the Ice Master could feel relieved, another spear brimming with electric light shot up from below, less than half a second slower than the lightning bolt.

The Flow Barrier could protect the body from all directions, automatically activating no matter where the attack came from, consuming Spiritual Energy in the process.

But the Flow Barrier wasn’t flawless.

When it gathered energy to resist an attack from one direction, if another attack came from a different direction, it required time to react.

And this spear was more fearsome than the previous two in might.

Greater Strength.

Faster speed.

The spear was also charged with a strong electrical current!

With a bang,

The Flow Barrier of the Ice Master was penetrated by the spear; even though he once again condensed Ice Armor on his skin, it was all in vain. The spear shot into his waist without resistance, passing straight through and flying higher into the sky, leaving behind a gaping, through-and-through wound.

"Ah..." The Ice Master screamed in agony.

A segment of his spine was outright missing, his organs nearly burst open, unable to maintain flight, and he plummeted down.

In the threshold between life and death, the Ice Master clenched his teeth against the excruciating pain, froze his wounds to stop the bleeding.

Then, he aggressively spurred his Spiritual Energy, propelling himself to continue flying.

Boom!

Another lightning bolt came crashing down.

This time, the Ice Master clearly saw the process of the lightning’s formation. He was too familiar with this type of attack; it was Spiritual Energy Lightning.

"Electric Field Stringer!"

The Ice Master found it unbelievable, then outrageously furious.

An Electric Field Stringer actually disguised himself as a Berserker, fighting him with an axe—utterly shameless!

If he had known beforehand that the opponent was an Electric Field Stringer, he would not have been so careless.

Flow Barrier withstood the Lightning Bombardment, but the Ice Master’s body uncontrollably fell. Thunder continuously boomed in the sky, bolts of lightning attacking the Ice Master. The Flow Barrier flickered and sparked, with ice shards and electric light scattering together, rapidly depleting the Ice Master’s Spiritual Energy.

The Steel Spear that had soared into the sky now turned back.

Picking up speed as it fell, the spear emanated electric light, piercing with Precision into the Ice Master’s chest. This time it didn’t pass through but instead carried the Ice Master down to the ground.

Thud!

The Ice Master landed back-first, the spear pinning him to the ice.

His body almost shattered completely, blood flowing from every orifice, but his powerful vitality prevented him from dying outright. Spiritual Energy still active, he created an ice wall around himself for protection.

Ji Xinghuo broke through the ice wall, appearing beside the Ice Master.

Fear was etched on the Ice Master’s face.

He wanted to speak, to beg for a sliver of a chance to live. Ji Xinghuo had no intention of listening, his War Axe cleaved through the invisible kinetic energy and landed on the enemy’s neck, decapitating him.

The skies filled with Ice Swords, Ice Spears, and cold air suddenly all fell to the ground, gradually dissipating.