The Invincible Priest launched relentless attacks on Posley, but now she was nearly fully fused with the ice crystals covering the room, omnipresent. No matter how fast or strong the beast spirit god’s assaults, they could not touch her. Instead, she evaded them effortlessly and struck back at opportunities.
Posley’s body could emerge from anywhere in the room. The sharp icicles she condensed were like the world’s toughest and sharpest knives, piercing the beast spirit god’s body continuously. The Invincible Priest’s ferocious, terrifying form was now drenched in blood, flesh splattering to every corner of the room. His roars of fury began to weaken steadily.
Soon, blood streamed from the Invincible Priest’s body, his movements becoming incredibly sluggish. Even when Posley reappeared before him, he could not react for a moment.
Posley raised her hand and placed her finger on his chest. In a cool, indifferent voice, she said, “This room has become my frozen domain, and so has your body… Your blood cannot escape my magic’s command. You can die now. [Frozen Domain] is the strongest ice spell for enmity. Only a phase king mage can use this spell. Dying under it is your honour.”
With that, Posley turned away.
The Invincible Priest’s claw reached to grab her, but his body suddenly stiffened. His movements slowed to a halt. The blood dripping from him rapidly turned into crimson ice. Some drops hit the ground and bloomed like frozen flowers.
Posley’s ice-sculpture-like body slowly regained colour. A slightly weary smile appeared on her face as she looked at Ye Dui.
Crash—
The Invincible Priest’s body shattered abruptly. His frozen flesh and blood scattered to every part of the room. The [Frozen Domain] slowly receded.
The mighty Invincible Priest was killed just like that?
This Invincible Priest’s power was not weak. When the fierce spirit god possessed the tenth prince earlier, his strength was immense. Posley could not defeat the fierce spirit god at all and only won with Ye Dui’s help. The Invincible Priest’s power was not much inferior, yet he died right before Posley.
Ye Dui was deeply shocked by the phase king mage’s strength. When Posley awakened, her score was over 1000. Anything above a thousand meant she had endless untapped potential and limitless possibilities for power. Now, her measured score was over 1500.
Green saw Posley’s fatigue and hurried to her side, asking with concern how she was.
Posley shook her head, but her eyes turned to Ye Dui.
As a phase king mage, she had endless glory. Anyone, even great mages, would show her respect, and she deserved it. But meeting Ye Dui made her uniqueness seem worthless. Before his endless magic, she no longer felt so revered.
She had many spells to kill the Invincible Priest, but she chose this super spell to reclaim her glory before Ye Dui.
Seeing her spell, was Ye Dui shocked?
However…
“He is not dead yet.” Ye Dui’s somewhat surprised face suddenly turned highly vigilant. His eyes fixed on the grimoire’s map, then scanned the surroundings in shock.
“Not dead? Even like this? He is cut into pieces.” Daibi said in astonishment.
“Those flesh fragments… they are all still alive!” Ye Dui said in disbelief.
The grimoire showed a simple map of the room. After Posley shredded the Invincible Priest into fragments, the red dot representing him had spread across the entire room.
The Invincible Priest was now everywhere!
At that moment, the blood and flesh from the Invincible Priest, filling nearly every corner of the room, suddenly began to writhe. Under some eerie force, they turned into repulsive tumours. These tumours pulsed with life, sprouting eyes of various sizes or extending arms covered in scales and sharp claws.
The once empty stone room instantly became a terrifying hell.
Ye Dui and his group quickly huddled together, staring in astonishment at the changes around them. Daibi poked Posley’s arm with a finger. “Hurry and use that spell again to finish him off completely.”
Posley’s face was somewhat pale. With embarrassment, she said, “I cannot… That spell just now consumed a terrifying amount of magic power. I do not have enough left to use it once more. In fact, I cannot even cast an ordinary advanced spell smoothly now…”
She felt an indescribable helplessness. She had meant to use this powerful magic to awe Ye Dui, but it backfired. Her face grew hot. Then, seeing Daibi’s disdainful look, it burned even more, along with a sense of grievance. She was a phase king mage. If you lot did not treat her so casually, would she risk using a super spell at this time? Would she!
Ye Dui seemed to notice Posley’s predicament and said, “Alright, it is my turn next. Let me handle him. Posley, you did very well, excellent.”
What was with this tone of a superior consoling a subordinate?
“…” My phase king mage glory…
A massive arm clinging to the ceiling suddenly extended towards Ye Dui and the others below. “Watch out!” Xilaisi shouted urgently upon seeing it. With a wave, a wall of black flames formed over their heads. Hiss—the sound like red-hot iron dropped into ice water rang out. The arm’s front end melted and burned away instantly, the remaining half retracting hastily.
“They fear flames!” Green shouted quickly, saying to Ye Dui, “President, summon Dragon Treasure!”
Hearing Green, Daibi immediately yelled, “No, we are on a secret operation now. Summoning Dragon Treasure with its huge size would expose us, would it not?”
…
Outside the house of Selti, people had already gathered densely. The ninth prince knew Ye Dui’s group had appeared in the temple of Divine People City and secretly notified the Invincible Priest to wait here for them. Of course, this news could not be known only to the Invincible Priest. While Ye Dui and the others fought him, the area outside the house of Selti swarmed with guards from Divine People City, along with various priests, the third prince, seventh prince, eighth prince, Xueyi, and the foreign princes’ guards, all assembled there.
The battle inside was clearly fierce, but when Xueyi suggested rushing in to capture everyone at once, the last of the three high priests stopped them, telling them to wait patiently, as if victory was assured.
When Daibi’s loud shout emerged, everyone present heard it clearly.
“No, we are on a secret operation now. Summoning Dragon Treasure with its huge size would expose us, would it not?”
This made everyone’s expressions turn somewhat speechless, their hearts filled with silent curses: Your battle with the Invincible Priest was so loud it could be heard in the outer city. Even without the ninth prince’s tip-off, you were exposed long ago. Still calling it a secret operation… what nerve!
Xueyi knew who spoke and sneered with contempt. “That idiot summoner… Hmph, I did not expect Ye Dui to be so bold as to show up here!”
“Mr Ye Dui is very strong, but, but do we really not need to go in and help?” The seventh prince said, his voice full of worry. Nicknamed the Glass Prince for his timidity, his body trembled slightly as he spoke, knowing Ye Dui was inside.
“No need!” The last of the three high priests said coldly. “The Invincible Priest is the strongest warrior in Divine People City. His power is not just in combat. At death’s door, he can borrow the beast spirit god’s force, turning his flesh into a hellish demon lair. No almighty mage or phase king mage can survive in his hellish demon lair!”
This high priest was so confident, so matter-of-fact, because he took great pride in Divine People City’s mightiest warrior.
But just as his words ended, dazzling light burst from the house of Selti.
The light exploded from the narrow gaps in the stone door and windows, like a sword of brilliance. Those standing right outside the gaps cried out in agony at once; the light piercing through instantly scorched their eyes!
A scorching heat wave rolled in. Xueyi had not looked directly at the white light, yet her eyes still stung. Squinting at the stone house, she saw its dark surface now covered in red, a searing red, as if something inside emitted terrifying heat, baking the entire room’s stones into magma.
…
A few minutes earlier.
After Daibi corrected Green that they could not summon Dragon Treasure to maintain their secret operation, Ye Dui turned to Posley and said, “Try to lower the temperature around you. I am going big.” To the other companions, he said, “Everyone, close your eyes and do not look at me.”
“President, what are you doing?” Green asked hurriedly.
The tumours and arms covered the house of Selti’s walls on all sides, extending to attack Ye Dui and the others. Xilaisi used her black fire magic to resist those assaults.
Ye Dui looked at his grimoire. “Seeing Posley’s divine mirror earlier gave me an idea, so I created a spell in the same series…” As he spoke, Ye Dui’s body slowly floated into the air. He crossed his hands over his chest, then spread them wide in an embrace. Light blazed from him abruptly.
Daibi, Green, Xilaisi, and Posley quickly closed their eyes. Posley cast her ice spell, enveloping them in a layer of frosty mist. The group instantly felt bone-chilling cold and shivered involuntarily. But soon, the icy sensation turned to scorching heat. Ye Dui now seemed like the sun itself, as radiant and hot as the sun.
Advanced light spell: [Sunshine Radiance]!
The searing light spread in all directions, falling on the tumour eyes and claws on the room’s walls. The entire stone chamber lost colour, turning purest white. The smell of scorching filled the air continuously.
Under that light and heat, the tumour eyes and claws turned to ash one after another, burning away completely.
Ye Dui’s spell ended quickly. He descended to the ground somewhat fatigued. Now the stone room glowed red all around, the walls, ceiling, and floor a uniform red, as if ready to melt into rolling magma at any moment.
Ye Dui had deliberately spared the spots around Daibi and the others with his magic, but they still felt the intense heat. Even tempered by Posley’s icy aura, it was like being in a furnace.
Posley looked at the crimson walls everywhere and was stunned speechless for a moment. “This spell… it seems similar to one from the god of gods in the legends!”
She had seen many records of the god of gods in the magic guild’s library and knew something of the powers he displayed, so she recognised Ye Dui’s spell.
“Correct. As I said, this spell is from the same series as your [Divine Mirror].” Ye Dui smiled. It seemed his predecessor was a true King of Fighters enthusiast. He continued, “The difference is, yours is just a normal move, while mine is a super finish.”
He checked his grimoire and confirmed that under the earlier scorching attack, the Invincible Priest was thoroughly dead. No more red dots covered the stone room!
