Chapter 26 Smash the Ground
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A huge block of ice was directly pushed towards the crab man by the ice column, with more ice columns following closely behind. At the same time, ninety-nine ice arrows I shot out surrounded him from his left and rear sides!

"Hmph!"

The opponent accelerated towards Ice Fall, swords in hand aiming straight at the center of the ice block. With the force of his own impact and the sharpness of his arm blades, he managed to forcefully insert the dual swords into the center of the ice block!

"Hah!"

Then, I saw him pull with both hands, and the huge ice block actually split in two from the middle! Although Ice Fall was a lower-level magic, in terms of hardness, any ice summoned was as hard as iron.

While Ice Fall was just a basic ice block and did not have enhanced defenses like Ice Castle or the Ice Imperial Palace, it was a skill that relied on its own hardness for attack, so it was naturally not weak.

But the crab man actually managed to break through Ice Fall with the pincers that turned into dual blades, which I found hard to accept.

And this guy isn't even level one hundred, really, does using his own body as a weapon give him any other advantage?

However, as he broke through Ice Fall, he intended to evade my ice arrow attack by following the two ice blocks from Ice Fall. But after breaking through, he found a looming ice column behind him and quickly dodged upward.

There was no way I would let him avoid my attacks, so I waved my hand and a dozen ice spikes emerged from the ice column that he passed over, piercing straight towards him like spears.

He swung down fiercely, cutting off several of the ice spikes in one go. Although the ice spikes weren't very powerful and couldn't be expected to pierce the crab man's exoskeleton, my goal was achieved: to directly hinder the crab man's legs!

Although he could free himself from the ice spikes in a short time, that split second was enough. Countless ice arrows had already reached him, pelting his body with crackling sounds.

"Hahaha, is that all? I thought it would be more impressive; this is just a scratch!"

Leveraging the strength of his exoskeleton, the opponent managed to withstand all my ice arrows.

As he said, just like the ice spikes, the ice arrows couldn't pierce his exoskeleton, but unlike the ice spikes, there were more ice arrows in quantity and came at different angles.

"Hmph, now you can't escape; that's why I did this, afraid you'd dodge out of my attack range."

"Huh?"

Just as I said this, I pointed up towards the sky, and a giant ice column with runes slowly emerged from a magic array in the sky above.

"Great ultimate - Ancient Ice Totem!"

As I waved my hand downwards, the Ancient Ice Totem began to accelerate its descent!

"How could this petty trick... Huh? Why are my... limbs... unable to move?"

"Hmph, creatures like you with exoskeleton structures can only pivot based on the available joints to protect your own joints from harm. But because of this, once your joints are frozen, you cannot move at all."

The previous ice arrows were not meant to cause harm; instead, the arrowheads were meant to get stuck at the joints of the opponent, limiting his movements.

Of course, the same effect could be achieved with Thousand-Mile Ice Seal, but doing so would be costly, and Thousand-Mile Ice Seal was a group magic spell, so using it on one person would be a waste.

So, I used three moderately suitable spells to achieve the same effect, hm, in short, just to immobilize him, otherwise, these pillars of ice wouldn't hit him at all.

"Ah ah ah ah!"

And at that moment, suddenly there came a roar from behind me, accompanied by the thundering sound of a stampede.

I quickly sprinted to the side to dodge, and a creature the size of a small mountain thundered past from where I had just been, heading straight for the ancient ice totem that was rapidly descending!

Did this guy want to directly crash into the ice totem with his body? What in the world...

I carefully looked at the name on his head, and was instantly shocked.

This guy was actually a whale!

No, it would be more appropriate to say a whale person!

With a huge body comparable to that of a dragon, and not slow at all.

Oh no, at this rate of acceleration, my efforts just now will be in vain!

I hurried over and switched my magic.

"Great ultimate·Thousand Miles ... Huh?"

It was only then that I realized my magic was just a little short of being able to use the Thousand-Mile Ice Seal! And it was already too late to open the ring, drink a magic potion, and switch back!

Boom!

A loud noise!

The body of the whale person crashed straight into the ancient ice totem like a bell, and immediately ice shards flew everywhere, the huge ice totem was forcibly redirected, crashing directly into the nearby floor.

First, cracks appeared in the floor, then, the cracks spread rapidly!

A very bad feeling washed over me, and I quickly shouted to Oyado and Aliyah who were still dealing with the small fry nearby.

"Run! The floor is about to collapse!"

As I said this, I directly turned on my earpiece so that the others could hear me too.

"What have you done now?"

Bai Yueguang's voice came through the earpiece.

"I don't know yet."

"Huh?"

"But I think we'll find out very soon."

As I said this, I had already rushed to the teleportation gate of the city with Oyado and the others, which was now crowded with escaping Aquatic Tribe members.

After all, the battle we just had was very frightening, hm, frightening, I can't really describe how frightening it was, but in short, now the whole sea city looks almost like half a ruin.

And where we had fought just now, a giant icicle was leaning against the floor, looking like a tilted tower.

However, despite reaching the floor, the magic array did not stop, and was continuously sending the icicle downward!

I won't describe this scene, you probably have an idea of what it looks like, I, as a pure and kind person, wouldn't describe the scene of the sun and earth.

"What do we do now?"

Bai Yueguang and the others also arrived, and I turned to look at the congested passage, saying.

"What if we don't use that magic array and go in directly?"

"Huh? Probably the same?"

"Don't be silly! Are you looking to die?"

A nearby Aquatic Tribe hurriedly shouted.

"That magic array is a device that helps us pass through the area with the least gravity in the middle of the currents. If you try to rush through the teleportation channel directly, you'll be torn apart by the currents!"

"Is that so."

I nodded, then looked towards Bai Yueguang and the others.

Judging by their expressions, they probably didn't care much, right?

And then, with a loud bang, as if the ice totem had broken through something, a portion of the ground accelerated and pierced in! Following that, the floor of Haicheng seemed to tremble as if an earthquake had occurred, spreading out from where the ice totem had pierced, causing the entire city to sink into a vortex, spiraling downward!

At this moment, even the Aquatic Tribe that was just explained couldn't hold back and rushed directly towards the passage.

They probably would rather take a chance than be buried with the city, right?

"Let's go!"

I shouted, then waved my hand, covering everyone in a layer of ice armor.

I had wanted to use the Frozen for a Thousand Miles earlier but only had a bottle of magic potion, and now it's been replenished, feeling good not to have wasted it.

Then, we sprinted directly into the passage.