Chapter 591 - The New Spell (2/2)
The lightning-elemental flyers were swift beyond belief. Qin Ruo had barely turned his head to spot them, and they were already within fifty meters of him. With an oath, he slung all three of the Fatal Frost Crystals at them.
These flying monsters were obviously both Physical and Magical attackers! If they managed to tie him down, he would be coming out of this with a few blank spots in his wardrobe.
There was no such thing as an Elementalist who could survive a fight against a group of high-tier Melee-type monsters.
***
Within the research facility which housed High Wisdom:
The overseer and company were all somewhat disappointed by the Winter Demon's performance so far.
In a critical moment like this, all he'd done was throw out some multi-attack spells. If he had used Compressed Frost Bullets, with their powerful Chilling effects and area-effect damage, it might have been possible for him to slow down or kill off enough of the Thunderbird flock to make it past a couple of hills.
Instead, he'd used a multi-attack spell. Even if he managed to take down three of the Thunderbirds, he'd still be torn apart by the rest, meeting a similar fate as Death Jesus had.
That wasn't really what they'd been hoping to see.
”Eh!” As one, the crowd suddenly cried out in surprise and amazement.
As he was halfway down the slope, the 'Winter Demon' Qin Ruo turned back and did something that left everyone simply astounded.
***
The truth was that before he'd started on his charge towards the summit, Qin Ruo had worked together with Violet Orchid to figure everything out, including contingency plans for the unexpected.
And by some incredible stroke of good fortune, despite the extraordinary dangers inherent in this area, when he and Violet Orchid put their heads together, they'd managed to predict the upcoming hazards for the most part.
Although he hadn't been able to do anything to prevent getting struck by the lightning, Qin Ruo hadn't lost himself to panic afterwards.
Waiting for his moment, as he reached the halfway point down the hillside, he let fly with the Fatal Frost Crystals, then suddenly halted, turned around, and began casting a spell.
Meanwhile, an ear-splitting shriek erupted from his shoulder!
It was Poochie's new Tier 5 skill: Shadow Howl!
Qin Ruo hadn't been able to react in time to the lightning, since it struck at the speed of light. The Thunderbirds, however, were a different matter. No matter how fast they could fly, they weren't too quick for Qin Ruo to handle. This time, his timing was perfect.
As Poochie's sonic attack hit the first of the incoming Thunderbirds, they slowed down, so that the ones following behind nearly collided into them.
And that was the exact moment when the Fatal Frost Crystals reached the flock of flying monsters.
'Shunk!'
The projectiles pierced deep into the bodies of the Thunderbirds.
”Burst!” Qin Ruo roared the command.
The Fatal Frost Crystals split open.
The sound of shattering glass rang through the research facility. Three bursts of scintillating light threw innumerable fine streaks of white in all directions, catching every single one of the Thunderbirds in the area.
What happened next was even more horrifying to watch!
Two dozen Thunderbirds, impaled upon the silken snow-white strands, seemed to freeze solid in mid-air, their bodies instantly covered with a visible layer of white frost.
It was as though they'd been caught in some phenomenally advanced sci-fi weapon.
The two dozen Thunderbirds, suddenly transformed into ice sculptures, dropped right out of the sky.
”That…” The overseer, like the rest of the spectators, was stunned speechless. ”Which spell is that?”
Threads of ice as fine as silk, yet able to immediately release such an overwhelmingly powerful Chilling effect upon piercing their target… it was an unthinkable thing.
”Right now!” The momentary stupor didn't hold the overseer for long, and he shouted commands at those around him, ”Someone tell me how much damage the Thunderbirds have taken!”
”At the very least, just under four thousand damage! But nearly all of them have taken well over six thousand damage! Heaven help us! The Winter Demon's Magical Attack rating has exceeded five-hundred and fifty! This is impossible! This kind of damage shouldn't be possible with anything less than a Tier 6 single-target attack spell!”
As the numbers were reported at high speed, the other staff members continued to stare in dumbstruck awe.
”Chilled for five seconds!”
”How is this possible? He isn't even using any attribute-boosting potions! And the Thunderbirds should have enhanced Magical Resistance while within the Field of Annihilation!”
”How in heaven's name did he do that? What in the world was that spell?”
All eyes turned in disbelief to watch the screen again. The Field of Annihilation's lightning dance of death had yet to even begin, and this man was already wiping the battlefield clean.