Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 361 - 349: The Fire of Extinguishing Returns
"Ha ha, you stubborn old fossils, stop resisting in vain!"
The soft and beautiful voice inside the giant crab sneered, "Obviously surrendering to the Magic Guild can take everyone back ’home,’ yet you refuse. I really don’t understand, the Magic Guild never intended to destroy us utterly, it offered us a way to live, but you old fossils insist on dragging everyone along to fight and die, I won’t buy into your plan!"
She operated the giant crab, fiercely gripping the Black Whale, her voice revealing a sinister delight: "Watch as I slowly dismember you alive—oh?"
The cruelty in her voice suddenly turned into surprise and shock.
Immediately she saw the Black Whale that had been firmly pressed by the crab pincers in the clouds suddenly explode without any flesh flying, disintegrating into mist, then frozen into ice by the extreme cold at high altitude.
"This... how...?"
She paused briefly, suddenly sensing something, and sharply looked up.
In her view, she saw a rapidly enlarging black whale tail.
From Andrew’s perspective, he saw the Black Whale initially crushed by the crab pincers, seemingly about to be dismembered alive, suddenly flex its body and break free upon being touched by a trace of whale eye’s aura.
The Black Whale flipped, turning to the direct front of the giant crab, its tail stirring endless waves, striking downward heavily upon the crab’s head!
This strike not only contained the power of the Black Whale’s Deep Blue Guard, which is the power of top-tier combat class, but also the power of magic, likely due to the Water Mages within the Black Whale, collaborating with the Black Whale Headquarters, jointly retaliating and combining combat techniques!
In the crunching sound, the crab’s lava-like body was shattered by the blow of the whale tail.
The Black Whale’s burst of massive force continued, ultimately with a loud "bang", smashing the giant crab like a cannonball, plummeting from the clouds to the islands and sea below!
"Great!" Andrew clenched his fist, "Pasha carrying the whale eye was indeed the key!"
At this moment, Andrew felt his consciousness and line of sight projected here through the whale eye, beginning to wane. As if hanging on a horizontal bar for too long, his arms unable to support any longer.
Andrew couldn’t help but look again at the Black Whale: "Hello, it’s like this, my name is Andrew, I’m here—"
Whoosh, the sound of surging waves echoed.
Andrew couldn’t continue, because in his view, the Black Whale had somehow turned around, not just its massive body, its sight also followed, and then instantly locked eyes with Andrew’s sight from afar.
In the high sky, with nothing around to lean on, suddenly locked by such a colossal creature’s gaze, that oppressive feeling is truly hard to describe.
Andrew felt his whole body stiffen momentarily, then saw: the Black Whale suddenly shook its body, black waves burst forth around it, beating the waves with its tail, rapidly advancing directly toward him!
"Move! Quickly move!" More than one voice came from within the Black Whale, both male and female.
But Andrew was paralyzed, unable to move, unable even to withdraw this wisp of consciousness and sight back to his body through the whale eye.
Clouds to the left and right suddenly surged and were torn apart.
Two crab pincers pierced through the clouds, one from the left and one from the right, fiercely clamping towards Andrew’s "consciousness"! Then, the giant crab’s silhouette emerged quietly from the sea of clouds again, having silently crept behind Andrew!
This is the skill of a master from the Realm of Magic Guide.
Even though Andrew was merely an invisible consciousness here, even if he only made one move, the opponent instantly locked onto his position!
"Who are you?" The soft and beautiful voice emitted from the giant crab.
At the same time, pure black flames emerged silently from the dark red body of the crab.
Only one kind of flame in the world would appear as pure black like a black hole, as though it would devour a person’s soul completely—
The Fire of Extinguishing.
The Magic Guild had developed the "new version of Dragon Transformation Combat Technique" based on the "Blood Refining Plan," allowing those practicing this combat technique, like the First Saintess Capella, the opportunity through cultivation to obtain a Strange Fire, namely, the Fire of Extinguishing.
The problem is, the new version of Dragon Transformation Combat Technique is different from the old version; the new technique can prevent the risk of the Flame Warrior losing control and transforming into a Desolate Beast.
Practicing the new version of Dragon Transformation Combat Technique, avoiding the risk of losing control, then condensing Dragon Transformation Weapons, finally cultivating the Fire of Extinguishing—this is what the Magic Guild claimed.
But this giant crab in front of him, possessing the Fire of Extinguishing possible only by practicing the new version of Dragon Transformation Combat Technique as a Flame Warrior, where does it exhibit any traits of a Flame Warrior? Where does it have any semblance of a normal human? It’s more of a Desolate Beast than the Desolate Beasts of the Inner Sea Desert!
"No matter who you are, die!" That soft and beautiful voice coldly laughed.
The Fire of Extinguishing entwined on the mountain-sized crab pincers, crashing down overwhelmingly.
This power, apart from Chairman Beiru, the three Earth Fire Scholars, and Catherine, who exhibited two types of Strange Fire (Fire of Extinguishing and Formless Blade Fire) after tearing apart her mask, perhaps no one else could match it.
Andrew initially thought: just projecting a wisp of consciousness here, even if there’s an issue, it wouldn’t affect him. Consciousness, after all, is unseen and untouchable, difficult to exert power and equally difficult to be attacked.
However, at this moment, Andrew had a strong feeling, the opponent’s crab pincer crashing down might very likely, while crushing his wisp of consciousness, simultaneously obliterate his physical body and even soul still beside Pasha!
Watching the giant pincer wrapped in Black Flame already arriving "in front of his eyes"—
"I told you to get out of the way quickly!" the voice from the Black Whale shouted.
A loud boom echoed!
The Black Whale, originally charging at full speed towards Andrew, suddenly veered upwards at the last moment, almost brushing past Andrew as it fiercely struck the giant claw of the strange crab before crashing into its body.
Hiss hiss, hiss hiss! The black tide clashed and battled with the black Fire of Extinguishing.
Both were black; the black of the Fire of Extinguishing was unsettling, like a black hole.
The black of the tide stirred up by the Black Whale, however, exuded a calm and heavy aura.
The Black Whale sent the strange crab staggering backwards, its tail flicking gracefully amidst the intense collision with its opponent, gently releasing a wave of soft energy that softly touched Andrew’s "consciousness": "Go back! This is not the place for you right now! Go back first, hold on, we will soon come to find you."
"W-wait a moment. I didn’t finish earlier, my name is And—ugh!" Andrew was unable to finish as the force pushed him, his consciousness retreating to the whale’s eye, and then further back into his own body.
Through the whale’s eye, connected to that Black Whale Headquarters, he participated in the battle on those clouds, in just an instant.
The instant his consciousness returned, was precisely when Andrew was pulling Pasha out of the explosion range.
Go back, then hold on.
We will come to find you.
—Andrew seemed to still hear the words from the Black Whale.
"So, that means the original plan—to bring the whale’s eye to the headquarters with Pasha—basically doesn’t need attention now."
Andrew’s mind raced, "The Black Whale Headquarters absorbed a strand of the whale’s eye’s aura, even if it can’t kill that strange crab in a short time, it shouldn’t be suppressed anymore. The headquarters likely means it will break free from the crab and come to meet me, that must be it!"
In the rush earlier, being swept back by the whale’s tail, Andrew had no chance to explain his identity and purpose.
The Black Whale Headquarters might have mistaken him for a Water Mage born in the Outer Battlefield. It could even have mistaken him for Pasha.
"But, none of that matters now!" Andrew took a deep breath.
The thrilling sensation of being attacked by that strange crab was not yet dispelled, yet simultaneously, a sense of excitement involuntarily surged through his veins with the hot blood rushing.
Until not long ago, the battle situation in the Outer Battlefield was severely unfavorable to their side: the headquarters was suppressed, sub camps scattered, and surviving Water Mages in sub camps were also suppressed, forced into hiding, Pasha lacked the strength to deliver the whale’s eye to headquarters, also being suppressed.
Just like in a League of Legends game, with no lane control on all three lanes, pinned under the tower trembling and unable to breathe, this situation was incredibly challenging, truly so difficult. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
And now, the Black Whale Headquarters said, "Hold on, wait for me."
In essence, this phrase meant there was finally a chance to regain lane control, start coordination, and support!
For Andrew, this was fundamentally different from before.
Before, it was like stagnant water, with no hope in sight, only able to endure arduously.
And now, the stagnant water was finally starting to come alive!
"Is that Black Whale Headquarters telling you to wait for its support, and you just believe it?" A thought flashed through his mind.
Andrew quickly dismissed this thought.
Though it was merely a brief fight side by side, Andrew trusted his feelings and judgment: yes, the Black Whale Headquarters could be believed.
Just like how the other side didn’t even know his true identity, yet trusted him.
"Next, just as the headquarters entrusted me, focus on handling the matters at hand over here!"
With this in mind, Andrew withdrew his hand from the whale’s eye, no longer contemplating the headquarters’ battle situation, but instead refocusing all his attention back to the present.
A Flame Warrior under Liek’s command had just, along with other Flame Warriors, initially formed a surrounding circle.
Raising his eyes, he saw Andrew carrying Pasha, rushing out from the center of the explosion range within that encirclement, his speed not decreasing, charging straight towards him!
"Impudent! Who gave you two the courage to come out?"
This Flame Warrior clearly had immense confidence in his own strength, showing no fear at the sight, instead sneering coldly, raising a fist to strike, "Get back!"
This punch was silent, at first glance, completely not in line with the domineering, powerful style of the Flame Warrior.
However, as the punch was delivered, the water beneath the Flame Warrior’s feet unexpectedly began bubbling fervently.
It seemed the punch had triggered an underwater volcano, poised to cause a massive seaquake!
