92: Frost Dragon and Ice Mage

Just as the white snowflakes brought an eerie silence, an indescribable chill suddenly enveloped the entire battlefield! Everyone looked up in astonishment—

In the sky, a pair of gigantic dragon wings had appeared out of nowhere! The dragon wings were like a cloud of ice crystals blocking out the sun, completely swallowing the already dim light. The wing membranes were a deep, icy, ghostly blue, with sharp ice ridges condensed along the edges; every slight flap brought forth biting cold winds and fine ice crystals.

Standing proudly on the broad back of the breath-takingly massive Frost Giant Dragon was a man. He wore a blue mage robe that flowed with a ghostly light like deep-sea ice, his posture as straight as a cedar, his temperament cold and elegant. He tightly gripped a staff that was entirely azure, with a huge, brilliant sapphire embedded at the top; the gem was currently emitting a dazzling light that was impossible to look at directly, as if it had condensed an entire polar abyss.

The man held his staff high, pointing straight at the firmament! In the sky, a gigantic, pale blue circular magic array with mysterious and complex patterns instantly formed! The magic array rotated slowly, emitting majestic magical fluctuations!

"Winter... descends!" The man's clear and majestic voice resounded across the battlefield.

The magic array shone brightly! Countless crystal-clear snowflakes, with edges as sharp as knives, surged out from the center of the array like a white torrent that had broken free from its bonds! A blizzard of unprecedented scale instantly swept across the entire battlefield!

"Wooo... roar..." Those originally ferocious and swift zombies and mutant beasts, upon being touched by the snowflakes containing extreme cold, visibly became stiff and sluggish! White frost quickly condensed on their bodies, their joints seemed to be frozen, and their roars became intermittent and weak like a jammed tape recorder, as if imprisoned by invisible ice chains!

"Chance!" Li Mu was the first to react, shouting hoarsely! This sudden strong reinforcement and the sluggishness of the zombies and mutant beasts were simply the dawn in a desperate situation!

"Kill!" Yan Shi's eyes were bloodshot, and he let out a roar like a wounded beast. The fire axe in his hand, carrying the fury of revenge, fiercely slashed at a sluggish mutant wolf! The other Evolvers and students also instantly erupted with astonishing power, taking advantage of the enemies' slow movements to hack and slash with blades and axes, and pierce skulls with arrows! In just a short moment, dozens of mutant beasts fell with wails!

"Don't just stand there, get on the bus! I'll cover the rear!" Tang Qi's massive dragon roar sounded like thunder, instantly waking everyone immersed in the slaughter. He seized the moment when the Storm Tiger was slowed by the blizzard, and his massive dragon claws, carrying the power to tear everything apart, fiercely ripped several huge wounds deep enough to see bone into the Storm Tiger's massive body, and hot, bloody beast blood gushed out!

"Old Tang, I'll stay behind with you!" Yan Shi wiped the blood from his face, his eyes resolute, and brandished his axe, wanting to rush over to fight side-by-side.

"Get out of here! I can fly, can you?!" Tang Qi's massive dragon head turned sharply toward Yan Shi, his dragon eyes burning with unquestionable anger, his voice hoarse from anxiety and exhaustion, "Do you want to get everyone killed?! Get out of here!"

Yan Shi was shaken by the shout. Looking at Tang Qi's massive, battered dragon body, and then at his scarred and terrified companions behind him, he gritted his teeth so hard his gums bled, and finally let out an unwilling low growl: "Start the engines! Ram through them! Go!!"

The engines let out a roar like a dying beast! The two school buses, like wild horses off the leash, violently rammed through the sluggish zombies blocking the way, crushed the frozen mutant beast zombies, and attempted to rush out of this hell!

"Roar!" However, the giant bear with astonishing defense actually broke free from some of the ice restraints and let out a heaven-shaking roar. It ignored the harassment of the Flame Lion King and the firebird. Its massive body, like a moving hill, carried a destructive momentum and crashed straight toward the leading school bus! Ice crystals were still condensed on its thick fur, but the vicious light in its eyes had not diminished in the slightest!

Just at this critical moment!

"Ang!" The Frost Giant Dragon in the sky let out a long, cold dragon roar! Its massive head tilted back slightly, its chest heaved, and then, a thick, pure white ice breath that seemed to come from the core of an ancient glacier poured down like an aurora!

"Crack... crack crack crack... boom!"

The cold current instantly submerged the charging giant bear! The giant bear, maintaining its forward-charging posture, along with the air around it, was frozen into a huge and lifelike ice sculpture! Sunlight shone on the crystal-clear ice layer, refracting colorful light, but it only made people feel a bone-chilling cold!

"Go quickly! I'll cover your retreat!" The blue-robed man on the dragon's back shouted again, his voice clear and full of power.

"Thanks, friend! No need for words of gratitude for such a great kindness!" Li Mu stuck half his body out of the window of the speeding school bus, shouting with all his might, his voice drifting away in the gale.

As the school buses roared and disappeared at the end of the street, the man on the dragon's back let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden. He leaped down lightly, landing steadily on the ground covered with frost and corpses, and pointed his staff forward elegantly!

"Frost... Sigh!"

A visible, pale blue cold current containing absolute zero shot precisely like a snake toward the Storm Tiger, which was sluggish due to the dual effects of injury and the blizzard!

The Storm Tiger let out an unwilling whine and tried to struggle, but it was at the end of its rope. Its massive body was quickly covered and frozen by the ice layer, turning into a new ice sculpture with a painful expression!

"It's over!" Tang Qi did not hesitate at all. He forced himself to muster his last bit of strength, opened his dragon mouth, and a breath containing the remaining power of lightning blasted out!

"Boom—crack!"

The lightning struck the ice sculpture precisely! The violent electric current collided with the extreme ice, instantly blowing the ice sculpture, along with the Storm Tiger inside, into pieces of ice crystals mixed with flesh and blood flying all over the sky! The greatest threat was finally completely eliminated!

Tang Qi's massive dragon body swayed, and he could barely stand. He deactivated his dragon transformation and returned to human form, but he was covered in blood, and his face was as pale as paper. He forced himself to cup his hands respectfully to the blue-robed man, his voice hoarse but sincere: "Friend, thanks! I will never forget your life-saving grace! I am Tang Qi, may I ask for my benefactor's name?"

The blue-robed man elegantly flipped the bangs on his forehead that were stained with ice crystals, a playful smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and he said loudly: "Call me 'The Dashing Brother'!"

Tang Qi was clearly stunned, his face full of confusion and bewilderment: "The Dashing Brother? This... what kind of name is that?" He really couldn't connect this nickname full of wanderer flavor with the elegant, powerful mage who controlled the Frost Giant Dragon before him.

"Hahaha!" The Dashing Brother laughed out loud upon hearing this, his laughter hearty, diluting the bloody smell of the battlefield, "Walking the world, seeking freedom and following one's heart, isn't this nickname fitting? What I seek in this life is to be unrestrained, free and easy, and dashingly free!" As he spoke, he flicked his wrist, and his staff traced a beautiful arc. A pale blue cold current swept across, instantly freezing hundreds of zombies that had surged up in front into ice sculptures in various poses!

"Don't just talk, hurry up and deal with these annoying things!" The Dashing Brother's eyes grew stern, and he convergenceed his smile. With a thought, the Frost Giant Dragon in the sky let out a sky-shaking roar and dove down. Its huge dragon claws waved, its ice breath poured out, and it began to efficiently slaughter the sluggish Zombie Horde. The staff in his hand also kept waving sharp ice blades, precisely slicing off the zombies' heads.

Tang Qi also suppressed the questions in his heart, enduring the severe pain in his body and the huge consumption of energy, and once again partially transformed to reveal sharp dragon claws. Although he had little strength left, the body of a Second-Tier Evolver combined with the sharpness of the dragon claws made slaughtering these slowed-down ordinary zombies still like cutting melons and vegetables. Every time the dragon claws swung, they brought up a bloody storm!

However, the number of zombies was simply too large, and more were being attracted by the roars from afar. Both men's physical strength, Supernatural Ability, and mental energy were being consumed rapidly, and the zombies around them were increasing, as if endless.

"The Dashing Brother! This isn't a solution, let's retreat!" Tang Qi panted heavily, sweat mixed with blood dripping from his chin, his arms already beginning to tremble slightly.

"Good! This place is not suitable for a long stay!" The Dashing Brother nodded decisively, waved his staff, and the Frost Giant Dragon dove and glided, landing steadily beside the two, kicking up a cold whirlwind, "Get on!"

The two quickly leaped onto the dragon's back. The Frost Giant Dragon's powerful hind legs kicked the ground violently, its huge dragon wings kicked up a gale, carrying the two to rise rapidly into the sky, leaving the purgatory scene below composed of corpses, ice sculptures, and despair further and further behind.

Tang Qi collapsed onto the broad, cold dragon back, almost completely drained. Feeling the stinging pain from the high-altitude cold wind brushing across his wounds, he turned his head with difficulty, looking at The Dashing Brother standing in the wind beside him, his blue robe flapping loudly, and said solemnly again: "This time... thank you so much, The Dashing Brother! If it weren't for your timely intervention, my brothers and I, I'm afraid..."

The Dashing Brother turned slightly, with a calm smile on his face, his tone relaxed: "As fellow people of the Region, looking out for and helping each other is part of the job, no need to thank me." He looked down at the city ruins that had become small below, his eyes deep.

"Where in the Region is my brother from?" Tang Qi had recovered a little strength, propped himself up to sit, and asked with cupped hands. He had the intention of recruiting him; such a strong person was crucial to the Lingchuan University Base.

"Chonggang." The Dashing Brother answered concisely.

"I live in the Lingchuan City urban area." Tang Qi was overjoyed and quickly said, "I wonder if you are willing to come with me to the Lingchuan University Base? The base is in need of top experts like you to hold the fort! We..."

"No need." The Dashing Brother didn't wait for him to finish, shaking his head gently, his tone gentle but with an unquestionable sense of aloofness, "I am a person who is used to being unrestrained. I cannot stand being bound, and I am too lazy to care about those rules and regulations."

Upon hearing this, Tang Qi's brows furrowed imperceptibly: "My brother has heaven-defying skills, are you unwilling to contribute your efforts to help end this apocalypse?" His tone carried a hint of confusion and admonition.

The Dashing Brother turned his head, looking calmly at Tang Qi, the dashing smile still hanging at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were incredibly serious: "Brother Tang, how meager is the strength of one person? Besides, the country still exists, and order still remains. I believe that the power of the national machine when it starts running is far beyond what we, the folk rogues, can compare to. Instead of engaging in power struggles within some faction, it is better to maintain a free body, do what I can, and wait quietly for the dawn."

Tang Qi was slightly stunned, then revealed a bitter smile: "What you said is absolutely right... Compared to the country's base, our Lingchuan University Base is indeed just a makeshift operation, hardly presentable."

"Brother Tang, you are too modest." The Dashing Brother said seriously, his tone carrying sincere admiration, "To be able to shelter thousands of survivors in the apocalypse and establish a place to settle down, such responsibility and ability are already those of a dragon among men, I admire you greatly! It's just..." He changed the subject, restoring that free and easy demeanor, "People have different aspirations, and personality dictates. I am a person who naturally doesn't like to crowd together, and I am even more annoyed by those convoluted thoughts. Being free and at ease is what I seek."

Tang Qi looked at his free and easy expression, knowing that he couldn't force it. Although he felt regret in his heart, he was also relieved. He cupped his hands again: "Since that is the case, please give me a ride. I will keep today's life-saving grace in my heart. If we have the chance to meet again in the future, I will definitely repay you heavily!"

"A mere trifle, not worth mentioning?" The Dashing Brother laughed heartily, steering the Frost Giant Dragon to adjust its direction, "Sit tight, Brother Tang! I will safely deliver you to Lingchuan University!"

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