Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 313 - 302: Sinister Turn
The dragon form crashed to the ground with a resounding boom.
A large amount of fragmented frozen soil that made up the dragon shape scattered in all directions.
Seeing this scene, the Flame Turtle on the sidelines was clearly stunned.
After being dazed for a moment, he rubbed his eyes again, confirming he hadn’t seen wrong before suddenly springing up and shouting, "This... This is impossible!"
Due to extreme excitement, he even broke his voice.
But no one on the scene thought he was overreacting.
Because at this moment, everyone’s mind had the same thought: "How is this possible?"
No one on the scene knew that the three Earth Fire Scholars of the Magic Guild were preparing to descend upon the Royal Court. Even the Female Assassin wasn’t aware.
In everyone’s eyes —
A life-and-death duel unfolded beneath the Ice Ring.
Capella and Yorkshire’s first strike was awe-inspiring.
Andrew and Barbara dodged and revealed their cards as well.
Normally, shouldn’t the next move be a mostly probing clash, likely evenly matched, even if one side fell behind initially, Andrew and Barbara would be the ones dodging that dragon form’s first strike, right?
How did one side suddenly fall? Moreover, it was the side of Capella and Yorkshire who had the advantage on the field! And in such a humiliating way, pinned to the ground!!
No one anticipated this outcome. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Andrew and Barbara, as the parties involved, hadn’t expected it either.
Barbara secretly marveled: "This ’Ancient God Series’ with Andrew, coupled with his ’Counterattack Technique’, is surprisingly powerful?"
She initially didn’t know the Counterattack Technique, but Andrew essentially guided her through it once, allowing Barbara to develop an initial understanding of the technique during combat.
Andrew gained considerable insight from his first real combat cooperation with Barbara —
Previously, using Water Magic Power and Water Magic as the foundation for performing the Counterattack Technique, he easily grasped "Ordinary Counterattack" quickly (thanks to the Water Element’s flexibility and adaptability) and understood "Continuous Counterattack" quickly (due to the Water Element’s inherent vitality and endurance).
The downside, however, was a lack of explosive power, and Andrew, as the Water Magic Lord, lacked Barbara’s perception and insight from mastering "Pupil Magic", which made his timing and observation of counterattacks not perfect.
After cooperating with Barbara, Andrew naturally borrowed the explosive power from the Fire Element and the keen insight from the "Heart Fire Series".
At least in future combat cooperation with Barbara, Andrew’s Counterattack Technique will be nearly flawless!
"Moreover..." Andrew thought, "Was that just my illusion?"
As the Water and Fire Ancient God nailed the dragon form to the ground, Andrew faintly felt: the Ancient God’s form seemed a bit more solid!
Not only the change in form, for a moment, Andrew even felt like the Ancient God might actually come to life?
It’s known that "elemental life" magic, despite being named after life, isn’t truly living with a soul. The Dragon Taming Lady’s "Hellfire Dragon", no matter how realistic, is ultimately just a dead mass of Earth Fire Element.
From the Ancient God that Andrew and Barbara jointly gathered, Andrew faintly sensed an unusual aura.
It seemed as if hidden inside the Ancient God was some person’s soul.
Especially at the moment the Ancient God defeated the dragon form, Andrew indeed felt this intensely from the depths of his soul.
Andrew tried injecting a trace of Fire Extinguishing Value into the Ancient God, but nothing changed, lacking the sensation he felt when the Ancient God defeated the dragon form.
"So, to awaken the soul within the Ancient God — if there really is a person’s soul as I felt — relying solely on the Fire Extinguishing Value obtained from the ’Fire Extinguishing Upgrade Method’ isn’t enough?"
Andrew looked again at the fallen dragon form, "Does it require defeating the true form behind the dragon shape to do so...!"
Andrew suddenly froze.
The dragon shape was completely scattered into fragmented frozen soil on the ground.
Without frozen soil clinging to the dragon shadow, the dragon form was no longer visibly a dragon.
Thus, it appeared as if the dragon form was not only nailed to the ground by the Ancient God but was also utterly destroyed!
Normally, this should be a good thing.
Andrew, seeing this, instead furrowed his brows, exchanging glances with Barbara, both seeing a hint of doubt in each other’s eyes.
Both gained something from the recent clash, but both knew: the fight was not yet over!
Despite the first confrontation, their Ancient God completely suppressing the dragon form, ultimately, it was a probing encounter far from deciding victory.
Though the dragon form was nailed to the ground, the opponents could completely dissipate the dragon form and reattach the frozen soil to the dragon shadow, creating a new dragon form.
But the problem was... the opponents didn’t do it!
The dragon form remained scattered and failed to coalesce again.
The field momentarily left only the lone figure of the Ancient God.
This created an unusually bizarre "lack of target" feeling for Andrew and Barbara!
Capella’s voice rang out: "What are you doing?"
She asked "you", not "you all".
In a life-and-death duel, Capella should focus her gaze on her opponents Andrew and Barbara, but now her gaze was fixed on the dissipated dragon form, seeing Yorkshire’s figure reemerge.
Capella stared at Yorkshire, frowning deeply, questioning in a subdued voice again: "What do you mean?"
Andrew and Barbara heard this, both stirred: so the sudden dispersal wasn’t because of Capella, but Yorkshire? But as Capella asked, what does it mean? What is Yorkshire planning?
The situation became increasingly eerie.
The crowd had been astonished by the Ancient God’s conquest of the dragon form but knew that didn’t mean Capella and Yorkshire had truly lost. Those favoring Capella like the Flame Turtle expected a robust counterattack from Capella and Yorkshire. Dean Charlie’s side thought: "Can’t be careless!"
Yet observing the scene, especially Yorkshire’s demeanor, this Third Saint Son who had proactively sought out Capella for cooperation seemed to have given up on the duel!
The Flame Turtle shouted from the outside: "Yorkshire, what are you doing? The duel isn’t over yet! What are you thinking!?"
Yorkshire showed no expression, neither hearing nor acknowledging.
Capella, seeing Yorkshire’s state, took a deep breath and said slowly: "It was only a slight setback during the probing phase, not even truly a setback. We haven’t sustained any real damage; we can continue to fight and win!"
She wondered if her partner Yorkshire’s mindset affected post-probing failure, causing him to lose the will to continue fighting. Thus, she tried persuading him.
However, Andrew and Barbara sensed that Yorkshire might not have given up the duel!
Barbara felt a faint unease, whispering to Andrew: "Strike first, no matter Yorkshire’s sudden anomalous behavior’s purpose, we should continue against him and Capella. Disregard whether the dragon form exists."
Andrew shared the same thought.
Just then, Yorkshire spoke, his words and tone were unsettling, causing everyone inside and outside the field, including Andrew, Barbara, and Capella, to be stunned as though hearing something utterly illogical!
Yorkshire spoke in a calming yet disquieting tone: "Capella, you think we can fight and win? I’m sorry, but I believe we’ve lost. Moreover, in your heart, you must realize, we can’t win."
