Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 334 - 322: Severed Arm (End of Volume 4)

One could see that at the moment President Beiru voluntarily shattered his Warm Fire Order, Catherine’s expression clearly changed.

And when President Beiru mentioned "my most beloved and admired daughter," a very hidden but nevertheless keenly caught by Andrew, a strange color flashed in Catherine’s eyes.

But soon, Catherine laughed again, a cold laugh: "I really am going to die laughing!"

She pointed to the Warm Fire Order breaking in Beiru’s brow, "You paid such a great price just to catch me. Even if you really caught me, so what? Without the blessing of the Warm Fire Order, father, you may not even be able to defeat an Earth Fire Scholar!"

The implication was: Even if you catch me today, or even kill me, tomorrow the Warm Fire Commerce Association will be finished. The three Earth Fire Scholars could not pass up such a good opportunity of "President Beiru no longer owning the Warm Fire Order!"

"You’re right." President Beiru still smiled, "But even if I don’t crush the Warm Fire Order today, this thing would be consumed sooner or later, just a matter of time. Besides..." President Beiru paused, shook his head and said, "Gus and the others fear me, not because ’having the Warm Fire Order I can fight all three of them alone,’ but because, even without the Warm Fire Order, even if one on one against an Earth Fire Scholar I might not dominate, I can still ensure one thing, that if it comes to it, I can drag at least two Earth Fire Scholars with me to die together! This has nothing to do with whether I can fight them one on one!"

Even if one on one might not dominate, still guarantee one to three to trade two!

When President Beiru said this, his tone revealed a resolute and powerful confidence.

Meanwhile, the terrifying power erupted from the shattered Warm Fire Order began to manifest.

The entire Royal Court... no, it should be said the entire sky of the Northern Country quietly turned into a reddish color.

An unimaginably large fiery hand formed, aimed at Catherine in the Royal Court, pressing down!

Compared to the Flame Giant Hand President Beiru had summoned in the battle of the Shield of Flowing Fire, this giant hand was many times larger.

"Is this the power that can be unleashed by consuming the Warm Fire Order in one go?" Andrew was shocked in his heart.

It could be seen that even President Beiru alone could barely control that magnificent power. Lady Yi Lian quietly placed her hand on President Beiru’s shoulder, and the high-ranking members of the Commerce Association, including Falk, joined together to help, only then making the Flaming Giant Hand controllable.

Crack, crack, crack, crack.

A sound as if bones were about to shatter came from within Catherine’s body.

She stood proudly before the throne, holding an Axe Spear formed by two Strange Fires, yet now seemed to bear an immeasurable weight, her knees trembling as if she might not bear it the next second, forced down by the slowly descending giant hand!

"Ahhhhhh!!" Catherine growled in pain.

In the midst of pain, there was also a strong anger.

President Beiru shouted: "I will say it one last time: tell me the way you possess two Strange Fires, and I will spare your life!"

The words had barely fallen when a loud boom was heard.

Catherine suddenly exerted all her strength, forcefully swung the Axe Spear in her hand, as if slicing through a giant invisible binding force around her, and pushed back the giant hand that had been accelerating downwards for a moment.

Seizing that moment, Catherine stamped on the ground, her whole body rising into the air--

"She wants to escape! Don’t let her escape!" Andrew immediately shouted.

However, just after he shouted, Andrew froze again.

Because Catherine did not escape, instead, with her Axe Spear, she darted straight toward President Beiru!

"She... she’s crazy?" the thought flashed through Andrew’s mind.

Although at this level of battle, he couldn’t intervene and could only watch from the side, Andrew still understood the direction of the battle.

Confronting President Beiru, who had shattered the Warm Fire Order, if Catherine chose to escape, even if she didn’t manage to escape in the end, she wouldn’t die and would most likely be severely injured and captured.

But she now chose not to run and instead actively charged toward President Beiru, undeniably she would die.

Because her rush would completely trigger the overwhelming power unleashed from the shattered Warm Fire Order, a power so great that President Beiru also could not fully control it, with Catherine charging at it voluntarily, even if President Beiru wanted to spare her life, he couldn’t!

Sure enough, the vast red light suddenly scattered.

At the moment when Catherine began to charge, the giant hand seemed to be stimulated, spontaneously condensing, shrinking to the size of a normal hand of flame.

In this moment, aside from this hand, all the people and things present seemed to disappear in Andrew’s eyes.

With a soft "pop," the hand gently landed on the Strange Fire Axe Spear that Catherine was holding.

Seeing this scene, President Beiru’s face twitched slightly. Lady Yi Lian even turned her head aside, unwilling to watch any further.

Andrew, however, had his gaze fixed fiercely on Catherine from beginning to end. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Catherine spat out a big mouthful of blood, the Axe Spear in her hand fracturing inch by inch.

"Wow!" Catherine spat out another mouthful of blood, her aura suddenly weakened to the extreme.

But... what made Andrew and even President Beiru find it unbelievable was that she was not dead!

She should have been killed in the collision just now, if it had been Gus or any Earth Fire Scholar who suffered that palm, they would also be dead.

Yet Catherine withstood that strike, undoubtedly suffered a heavy injury, but did not die!

Catherine’s face silently revealed mysterious patterns.

It was... the "Eternal Frost Ice Pattern" of the Royal Court!

Seeing the Eternal Frost Ice Pattern, Andrew’s thoughts raced: "So that’s it! The Eternal Frost Ice Pattern can grant the possessor strong vitality and defense, she relied on this thing to resist that blow just now?"

She killed Barbara’s elder sister to seize the Formless Blade Fire, but the reason she killed her own husband was not mentioned earlier. Could it be that she married into the Royal Court and then killed the king, actually for the inheritance of the ’Eternal Frost Ice Pattern’?"

Vaguely, Andrew felt that he might have caught onto something: Catherine’s way of possessing two Strange Fires simultaneously!

However, suddenly everything went dark before his eyes, and when he looked up, he realized: at some point, another figure had appeared.

It was Catherine.

"A feint." Catherine’s face was deathly pale, but her lips curled up slightly, "Father, you once fooled me with a feint, and also deceived Gus and the others, taking the opportunity to destroy the corpse puppet I made from my husband’s body, leaving me without a card to play. Now, I will also use a feint, endure your blow, and snatch away one of your cards."

From what she said, her previous act of recklessly charging at Chairman Beiru was actually a feint!

She relied on the ’Eternal Frost Ice Pattern’ to withstand Chairman Beiru’s blow.

Her real intention was... Andrew!

Although that mighty strike severely wounded Catherine, it also greatly exhausted Chairman Beiru. By the time Chairman Beiru took a deep breath and gathered his strength again, Catherine had already lifted Andrew with a wave of her hand.

As Catherine reached out, Andrew immediately joined Barbara in performing "Water and Fire United" to resist with all their might.

"We just need to hold on for a moment! Just resist for a moment, and Catherine will be done for!" Andrew knew very well, and his response was swift.

The result, however... there was no resistance!

Faced with a pinnacle power of the Realm of Magic, even if she was severely injured, Andrew could not withstand her.

He was lifted like a helpless chick, and it felt as if the strength in his body was being drained away.

"Let go!" Chairman Beiru’s voice rang out behind Catherine.

He had decided to capture rather than kill only to find out how Catherine possessed two Strange Fires, but losing Andrew, the Water God’s successor, would be too great a loss.

Chairman Beiru delivered a hand chop from top to bottom.

This time, there was no mercy!

The next moment, blood splattered.

Catherine’s arm was cut off by Chairman Beiru!

She grunted, ignoring the severed arm, and with her remaining arm tucked Andrew under it, she turned and left, leaving behind, "If you dare follow, I’ll crush this kid immediately!" She paused, then added, "Thanks, it was impressive."

Her first words were naturally directed at Chairman Beiru and the others.

The latter words, however, were directed at someone no one expected.

The Flame Turtle.

After Chairman Beiru led the top members of the Commerce Association to the scene, no one paid attention to the still-present Flame Turtle.

But at this moment, the Flame Warrior, known for the strongest defense, erupted with his greatest power!

A massive dark red Flame surged from his body, forming a gigantic turtle shell, encasing both himself and Chairman Beiru along with the others.

"You all completely ignored me, didn’t you? You didn’t even consider me a person, did you?!"

The Flame Turtle roared, knowing that the Royal Court negotiations had failed, Yorkshire was dead, and Capella captured, "Then the only thing I can do is: help my Guild ally, Catherine, break through and escape! That is the only thing I can do now, and only I can do it!"

"Get out of the way!" Chairman Beiru roared in anger, using the shattered Warm Fire Order and the collective power of the Commerce Association’s top members, punched and broke the Flame Turtle’s fiery shell.

The Flame Turtle trembled violently, then silently spilled black blood from his mouth and nose, with his Life Aura quickly dissipating.

In his final moments, he thought: What a pity, such a heroic moment, it would’ve been great if Dragon Taming could see it.

With a thud, the Flame Turtle collapsed to the ground, twitched twice, and lost all his life.

The severed arm of Catherine also fell to the ground.

At the moment it hit the ground, it... exploded.

The explosion it caused was almost as powerful as the one triggered by Chairman Beiru shattering the Warm Fire Order, and it instantly swept through the entire Royal Court!

"Be careful!" Madam Yi Lian’s face changed drastically, and she immediately protected Barbara and the Frost Guards inside the Royal Court.

Outside the Royal Court, Grandpa Falk also stepped forward quickly, shielding the Red Clothes beside him, and, coordinating with other Commerce Association top members, withstood the impact of the explosion.

The moment the two forces collided, the Commerce Association big shots on the ice pillars swayed, with many directly falling to one knee, faces turning pale.

For a while, no one had any strength left to care about what Catherine did with Andrew after she caught him!

Until the aftermath of the explosion dissipated.

Breaking free from her mother’s embrace, Barbara saw—

Chairman Beiru standing in the Royal Court, face ashen.

Because the scene no longer had the figures of Catherine or Andrew.

Volume Four "Court Debate," final Chapter.