Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1510 - 1547: Ice and Fire
The Spirit Severing Elder pursued Ding Fan relentlessly, but without realizing it, the opponent disappeared right before his eyes, leaving the elder astonished. He halted, confusion written all over his face, nervously surveying the surroundings, unable to understand how his opponent vanished under his very nose.
"Looking for me?"
Ding Fan’s voice came from behind the Spirit Severing Elder, as Ding Fan appeared behind him, looking at the elder with a teasing gaze.
The Spirit Severing Elder hurriedly turned around, deeply shocked. Clearly, the opponent had been chased ahead of him all along, yet suddenly appeared behind him. Though initially shaken, the elder quickly regained his composure, looking down on his opponent with disdain and saying,
"It’s just a more impressive movement technique, yet you dare to show off in front of me! Truly courting death!"
"Heh heh."
Ding Fan merely sneered coldly.
"Who exactly are you? What are you doing at our Wild Wolf Gang camp?" the Spirit Severing Elder asked coldly, now certain that the opponent’s movement technique was even superior to his own. At such a young age, possessing such a formidable movement technique, the opponent was definitely not an ordinary person, and certainly not just a thief!
We were sent by the Sect to eliminate the remnants of the Dayang Sect, and the Sect paid great attention, even employing the Four Skyscraper Cannons and having me accompany them. Clearly, the Sect demands success, allowing no failure in this mission. This person appearing in our camp in the dead of night, even killing the cultivator disciples guarding the Sky Cannon.
The Spirit Severing Elder knew there was definitely something more to this, that the opponent couldn’t be as simple as a mere thief! The reputation of our Wild Wolf Gang on the Donglai Continent is formidable, certainly not something an average thief would dare mess with.
"..."
Ding Fan continued to sneer coldly, saying nothing at all. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
The Spirit Severing Elder, seeing the opponent’s demeanor, was filled with rage, gritting his teeth in anger. Releasing his True Qi, ripples spread through the air around him, and a fiery longsword appeared in his hand from who knows where.
As soon as the fiery longsword appeared, the temperature around the elder became scorching, especially the sword itself, which was searingly hot. Such a sword, even just passing close by a cultivator, would cause serious burns with its heat, even damaging their internal organs.
The elder’s presence as a cultivator at the Spirit Severing stage was fully revealed, enough to terrify any ordinary cultivator. Yet Ding Fan remained calm, looking at the elder with eyes full of disdain, his gaze icy and cold compared to the elder’s heat.
"Want to know what I’ve been up to? I can tell you, no problem."
Ding Fan said this with a calm expression, his eyes betraying a hint of extreme coldness.
The Spirit Severing Elder was surprised by the other’s demeanor. Clearly, the opponent’s cultivation was not even at the Emergence Stage, yet his eyes showed no change under the pressure of the elder’s presence, even reflecting a tinge of coldness, seemingly unaffected by the elder’s heat.
This shocked the elder greatly!
Such a situation he had only seen in cultivators with higher cultivation than his own, so how could this youthful opponent exhibit such behavior?
"I just went and destroyed your Four Skyscraper Cannons, that’s all..."
Ding Fan continued with a hint of disdain, speaking lightly.
"Ha ha... You small youngling, do you think those Four Skyscraper Cannons are so fragile, that you can destroy them just by saying so?"
Hearing this, the Spirit Severing Elder was initially shocked, then burst into laughter as if hearing a ridiculous joke. Although not highly knowledgeable about the Sky Cannon, he knew enough; even he couldn’t easily destroy them, let alone a mere youth.
"Who are you?"
The elder’s smile vanished, eyes sharp, asking coldly. Even if the elder didn’t believe the cannons could be destroyed by the youth, judging by the opponent’s movement technique, this was no ordinary youth and perhaps a disciple of a rival sect.
"Heh, you’ll find out soon enough!"
Ding Fan’s eyes were still full of mockery as he spoke.
The Spirit Severing Elder fumed angrily, swiftly flicking the sword in his hand, releasing a surging flame blade that roared towards Ding Fan, carving a deep scorched groove in the ground. Such an attack could easily be fatal to a cultivator at the Emergence Stage.
But at this moment, Ding Fan did not move a single muscle. Only when the blade-shaped flame was about to reach him did Ding Fan release an Arctic Chill around his body.
Chii chii...
The moment the blade-shaped flame encountered Ding Fan’s Arctic Chill, it instantly turned into a mist and disappeared. When the invisible sword strength hit Ding Fan’s shield of Divine Vigor, it also vanished immediately.
The Spirit Severing Elder was astonished by the scene. He hadn’t expected his flame attack to be so effortlessly neutralized by the opponent, who was indeed no ordinary young man! The elder had made a preliminary judgment. However, there was no fear in the elder’s heart. It was, after all, just a casual strike from him.
Immediately, the elder waved his Flame Blade, rushing towards Ding Fan while continuously swinging it. Although the Spirit Severing Elder had not yet reached Ding Fan’s close range, his flame attack had already preemptively bombarded Ding Fan. This time, the elder’s flame attack was much more fierce than the previous one.
In fact, where the elder’s flame attacks passed, the trees were already ignited by the scorching heat, with the leaves and branches in the treetops burning. The surroundings of the elder and Ding Fan seemed engulfed in a sea of fire, shocking enough to make one’s jaw drop; it was simply too terrifying!
Yet still, Ding Fan did not budge; instead, the Arctic Chill around him grew even denser. Ding Fan quietly raised his hand, releasing a flick of cold light that rushed towards the Spirit Severing Elder with a speed even faster than lightning. In no time, the cold light penetrated the body of the Spirit Severing Elder.
Instantly, the scorching heat around the Spirit Severing Elder diminished considerably. The originally blistering temperature around them cooled significantly in just an instant.
The Spirit Severing Elder was utterly terrified, clearly unable to understand what exactly had entered his body. With a look of horror, he searched within with his Divine Sense, only to find a frog-sized entity rapidly moving inside him.
The Spirit Severing Elder became deeply frightened. To have an opponent’s creature in one’s body was an utterly terrifying matter. The elder specialized in fire attribute swordsmanship and cultivation techniques, making him naturally resistant to extreme cold, usually able to directly ignore it.
But at this moment, the Spirit Severing Elder sensed an incomparably cold presence from within his body. He quickly deduced that the Arctic Chill emanated from that small entity. Suddenly, something came to mind, and he turned pale with fright!
"The Frost Toad, one of the Ten Divine Beasts!"
Puff...
The elder spewed a mouthful of blood as the Frost Toad had already bitten through his dantian, slowly beginning to devour it. Although the elder was now free of the Frost Toad, it was too late. The intense heat between the elder and Ding Fan vanished completely.
The flames on the treetops and grassland also extinguished instantly. After the Frost Toad finished devouring the elder’s dantian and took a few bites of the heart, the elder’s body was encased in a thick layer of ice, and the surrounding vegetation was visibly coated with ice at a rapid pace.
The air, previously scorching hot, now felt as cold as an ancient icy pond.
Whoosh whoosh!
After consuming everything useful from the elder, the Frost Toad quickly flew back to Ding Fan’s hand. Ding Fan caught it effortlessly and stood there with a calm expression, looking disdainfully at the dead Spirit Severing Elder on the ground, murmuring to himself:
"It’s a pity you will never know who I am..."
Then, Ding Fan cast a Fireball Technique directly, attempting to dispel the extreme cold, but helplessly found that his fireball couldn’t immediately melt the ice here. The ice from the Frost Toad was such a yin element that ordinary flames were clearly ineffective.
Even Ding Fan’s fire couldn’t instantaneously eliminate the ice, let alone the Spirit Severing Elder’s flame, incomparable to the Frost Toad’s ice. Ding Fan then continuously cast several Fireball Techniques, igniting the foliage around the ice-covered trees, and watched as the ice melted very slowly.
Ding Fan knew it would just take a little time to melt this ice, so he directly flew towards the Wolong Mountain Range using Sword Control, leaving the Spirit Severing Elder’s ice-encased body and the forest where ice and fire intermingled...
While flying, Ding Fan checked on the Frost Toad’s condition. It clearly seemed to have a much brighter lustrous glow than before. Consuming the elder’s dantian had significantly benefited it, although it was still slightly less helpful than the Crystal Core of the Seven Star Golden-Backed Bear.
Ding Fan now had a deeper understanding of the Frost Toad. His initial assessment was correct; involving the Frost Toad in battle was the best way for it to cultivate, and the Crystal Cores of powerful Yuan Beasts were even more beneficial. However, Ding Fan was aware that when facing formidable cultivators, it’s best to avoid letting the Frost Toad attack.
After all, cultivators are much more cunning compared to Yuan Beasts, and strong cultivators have a wide array of methods. Naturally, Ding Fan wished not to encounter any mishaps. His thorough assurance of being able to kill the Spirit Severing Elder led him to unleash the Frost Toad.
Given that there were no other cultivators deep in the forest, Ding Fan was not concerned about the Frost Toad being discovered by others.
After all, the Frost Toad was exceptionally precious, and if some Transcendence Tribulation stage cultivators saw it, they might covet it.
Ding Fan flew for three days, resting twice in between, and finally reached the Wolong Mountain Range. Ding Fan moved swiftly, even resorting to taking a few Medicine Pills to replenish his Divine Vigor on the way, knowing that a group of Wild Wolf Gang cultivators were eagerly pursuing him.
