105: Sherlock's crushing blow!

"That's right! With their inherently weak Physique, they aren't even fit to carry our shoes! I bet that a mere hundred... no, fifty Iceborn warriors would be enough to flatten one of their so-called 'powerful nations'!

The arrogant declaration was met with a chorus of agreement.

Just as the clamor reached its peak, the Shaman's solemn voice once again quelled everything:

"No! The greatest threat has never been humans! It's the Kraken who broke the balance! He can reverse the divination of humanity's demise by himself, his strength absolutely cannot be underestimated! You must not be careless!"

The Shaman's words slightly cooled the boiling plaza. The warriors exchanged glances, shedding some of their disdain for humans, but a trace of solemnity and apprehension towards the mysterious Kraken did emerge.

Just then—

"Hahahahaha!"

A majestic laugh, like thunder rolling across the ice plain, boomed from the massive Ice Crystal Throne at the end of the plaza!

All Iceborn warriors instantly fell silent, their gazes turning towards the throne with fanaticism and awe.

A colossal figure, over ten meters tall, resembling a small iceberg, slowly rose from the throne.

He wore a set of ferocious heavy armor, seemingly carved from the core of ten-thousand-year-old ice, and held a giant battle-axe wreathed in frost.

Just standing there, the pressure he exuded caused the surrounding space to subtly warp!

He was the King of the Iceborn Clan,

the Hundredth Order Awakening Level powerhouse—Bearman King, Enuoke!

Enuoke's ice-blue eyes swept over the tens of thousands of his people below, his voice deep and filled with undeniable power:

"Shaman, caution is a virtue. But excessive caution... is cowardice!"

He raised a massive claw, covered in plates, and pointed south:

"According to the final divination, that so-called Kraken... is merely a cub that has just left its infancy, not even weaned yet!"

He bared his sharp, white fangs in a sneer, his face filled with extreme contempt and disdain:

"A cub that has only evolved for twenty-odd days... no matter how strong, how strong can it truly be? Can it be stronger than our Iceborn Clan's ten thousand years of ice tempering?! Can it be stronger than this battle-axe in my hand that has cleaved glaciers?!"

He suddenly raised the Frost Battle-Axe in his hand high! The axe blade erupted with an extreme cold light that seemed to tear through the sky!

"Warriors of the Iceborn!!!"

Enuoke's roar swept across the entire plaza like an avalanche, making the ice crystal buildings rattle:

"The era of slumber has ended! The glory of ice shall be reclaimed by us!"

"Follow me—to war!!!"

"Crush those annoying human ants! Tear apart that ignorant North Sea Cub! Let this world... once again remember who is the true, sole Overlord of Azure Star!!!"

"Roar!!!!!!!!!!"

"Crush humans! Tear apart the great demon!!!"

"For the glory of the Iceborn!!!"

Tens of thousands of Iceborn warriors, all above 70th Order, simultaneously raised their weapons and let out earth-shattering war cries!

The terrifying sound waves, mixed with monstrous killing intent and cold air, shot into the sky, as if to freeze and shatter the entire Arctic sky!

The cold battle intent, like a substantive blizzard, began to spread southward.

In the distance, atop a glacier.

Aria was concealed within the howling cold wind and distorted light, her dark purple pupils fixed on the Iceborn army surging out like a white tide below,

especially the terrifying figure at the very end of the procession, resembling a moving iceberg—Bearman King Enuoke.

Her slender brows were tightly furrowed, and her pale fingers unconsciously clenched.

"This is bad... I thought it would be fine as long as that glutton didn't come to the Arctic to cause trouble... I never expected these ice lumps to actually come out in full force!"

Her gaze swept over the tens of thousands of Iceborn warriors emitting energy fluctuations above 70th Order,

and her heart sank.

This power was enough to sweep across the entire Azure Star of the old era in an extremely short time!

Finally,

her gaze fell back on Enuoke. The terrifying pressure of a 105th Order Awakening Level felt like a literal iceberg pressing down on her heart.

"Those Azure Star people... it's absolutely impossible for them to stop this army..."

She murmured to herself, her voice tinged with helplessness,

"It seems... I can only let that Big Guy use his Spider Emperor transformation one more time... but..."

She felt Enuoke's ice-elemental power, far more solid and ferocious than Rlyeh's, and worry coiled around her like a poisonous vine.

"But... even if he transforms... can he really defeat this true Overlord of the Arctic? What if..."

Just as her mind was in turmoil—

Boom boom boom boom boom!!!!

On the ice plain, a sudden change occurred!

At the forefront of the Iceborn army's charge, the ten-thousand-year-old solid ice beneath the feet of a thousand warriors suddenly heaved upwards and exploded without warning!

Blazing flames and thick black smoke instantly engulfed that area!

The massive shockwave tore the heavy ice layer into fragments, mixing with deafening explosions, and violently slammed into the Iceborn army's formation!

"Enemy attack!!!"

"It's humans! It's those ridiculous human gunpowder weapons!!"

"Despicable! These ants actually dare to attack us proactively?!"

A commotion immediately broke out in the rear army, and the formation was slightly disrupted.

"Don't panic, everyone!"

Elder Iron Claw roared, his voice overcoming the lingering explosions,

"Steady! Mere gunpowder! It's not even fit to scratch us! This kind of trash can't even penetrate our Ice Armor..."

His voice abruptly cut off.

The smoke and ice dust slowly dispersed, revealing the scene at the center of the explosion.

The thousand elite Iceborn warriors who served as the vanguard were now wailing in agony!

Although most of their heavy, dark blue Ice Armor was intact, countless strange fragments, shimmering with a dull metallic luster, were densely embedded in it!

These fragments were extremely cunning and vicious, many having pierced through the Ice Armor and deeply embedded themselves into their flesh!

"E-Elder! The gunpowder impact was fine... but... but these metal fragments... they're so sharp! So hard! They can break through our physical defense!"

A warrior clutching his torn thigh wailed.

"Ahhh! My arm! My bone is severed!"

"My leg! My leg hurts so much!!"

Elder Iron Claw's pupils suddenly constricted to pinpricks!

He simply couldn't believe his eyes!

Humans... those insects who only fiddled with fragile iron lumps... had actually developed weapons that could harm 70th Order Iceborn warriors?!

"Bastards!"

Iron Claw roared in fury, his Hundredth Order terrifying aura erupting, ice-blue energy swirling around him like a whirlwind,

"They're right ahead! Everyone! Don't give them a second chance! Charge! Tear them apart in close combat!! Let them know who is the true ruler of Azure Star!"

"Follow me and kill—!!!"

Iron Claw charged ahead, his massive paws crushing the ice, like a heavy war chariot!

"Kill!!!"

Tens of thousands of enraged Iceborn warriors let out earth-shattering roars simultaneously, transforming into an unstoppable white torrent of death, following Iron Claw and crushing forward!