356 Instant Kill! Victory! (1/2)

'Brilliant!'

Qin Ruo's brain cells were rejuvenated thanks to the timely suggestion by the two ladies.

With his usual composure back, he instructed Poochie to return to him and began to accumulate the Water Element on the spot.

The daring and confident Qin Ruo had returned. He totally ignored the Misty Beast and Umbra Swordmaster who still stood against him twenty meters away. He was busy draining the Water Element from the surroundings of Kane Jungle at an insane rate, rapidly condensing one Aquarampart after another in front of him. His Condensation Speed got faster and faster as more and more ramparts were constructed.

Outside the ring, some were cheerful while others, were not.

Qin Ruo's change of stance was rather apparent. He had suddenly turned the tide around as if he had mugged the advantage of the fight away from the Umbra Swordmaster's grip. Qin Ruo who had been belittled at the earlier stage of the fight was now completely gone.

In truth, the Umbra Swordmaster still held a distinct advantage over his opponent. Not only that, he was immune to Qin Ruo's Water Element Spell, and Poochie's strong attack was unable to hurt him. Moreover, his powerful sidekick, the Misty Beast, had shaken off the Frozen Effect too, so Buttcold definitely still possessed the upper hand.

Yet...

When the sixth Aquarampart rapidly formed in front of Qin Ruo while he was still creating more, everyone from Netherspirit's Claw held their breath. They could tell that Qin Ruo was preparing some ultimate skill.

Altos was especially concerned, and he could not help but furrow his brows.

His anxiousness grew as he watched the increasing number of Aquaramparts in front of Qin Ruo. 'This must be the famous Twelve Frostramparts Formation.' He took a glance at Buttcold and feared the worst.

Qin Ruo had used that skill multiple times in the Graveyard of the Gods. The overwhelming frost spell once rendered a Level 49 Elite Boss Vampire Leech immobile. In another instance, it also efficiently aided two Tier 5 Minibosses to take down a Tier 5 Megaboss.

'Is the Winter Demon planning to use that spell here?'

***

Buttcold paced cautiously. Like Altos, he understood the intention behind Qin Ruo's series of actions straight away. But he could care less about Qin Ruo's extraordinary skill.

Under Black Dragon's arrangement, all of his Dark Gold Equipment were specially forged to conveniently weaken all incoming Water Element Attacks, while also resisting against Status Effect: Frozen. That, on top of his four Waterproofing Potions, basically made Buttcold invincible against all Water-Type Spells and their associated negative buffs. This meant that he need not worry about Qin Ruo's Attacking Spell for a whole eighteen minutes.

No matter how powerful Qin Ruo was, it would not matter much before his double protection.

He was actually more afraid of Poochie now. The seemingly inconspicuous creature actually possessed two deadly skills—Laceration and Spell Break.

He realized that they had falsely underestimated Qin Ruo's Pet. That Shadowfox was definitely not some random, ordinary monster. It possessed a terrifying attack attribute and was also equipped with a resilient defensive trait. Coupled with its lightning quick speed, the Shadowfox was certainly one of the most powerful existence in the Pet Class. It seemed funny now that he was planning to kill the Pet for good earlier and force Qin Ruo to look for a new Pet. Now it seemed foolish to even assume that Qin Ruo would ever give up on the Shadowfox.

Poochie's existence was the exact reason why he had struggled to close out.

Poochie's powerful attack, though not life-threatening, still hurt a lot. Buttcold was unsure if he could get past Poochie and draw close to Qin Ruo when his Shadow Demonseal was still in cooldown.

As for the Misty Beast, its attack was also not very effective against the cunning Qin Ruo. The Aquamancer took no risk and ordered Poochie to return to him after the swift attack. The Shadowfox was protected by Qin Ruo's Frostbarrier so that Buttcold would not be able to use the Misty Beast to target it.

Without any feasible target, the Umbra Swordmaster could only watch helplessly and nervously as Qin Ruo surrounded himself with more and more Aquaramparts.

”Watch out for his Frostburst!”

Finally, an Elementalist saw the difficult situation Buttcold was in and decided to warn him through their Party Channel.

”Frostburst?”

The impression of the Twelve Frostramparts Formation was too profound that Buttcold had overlooked such a simple technique. The warning came a little too late, though.

More than ten Aquaramparts turned into Frostramparts with a loud bang. The Twelve Frostramparts Formation was activated, and it began to ”march” on towards the Umbra Swordmaster.

The magnificent icy aura almost froze the air in the entire Kane Jungle. Fallen leaves all around were instantly turned into fragile ice sculptures. Shattering sounds were heard as Qin Ruo stepped on the frozen leaves, leaving footprints of crystal powder from the crushed iced leaves along the way.

As he dashed towards the helpless Umbra Swordmaster and Misty Beast, Qin Ruo did not stop, and he created more Aquaramparts.

Buttcold finally reacted following his comrade's warning. He lost his cool and instructed the Misty Beast to attack the Frostramparts from afar like a mad man.