160 Lord of fire and ice. (2/2)
But despite being wounded like this, the Deathcloud Warrior had yet to die. Its feature-less face suddenly split open at the middle, turning its entire head into a single mouth that it opened wide and used to unleash an unearthly screech that caused a few drops of blood to drip out from Li Yang's ears. The screech seemed to serve as a signal, the other solid Deathcloud Warriors actually starting to devour the weaker Deathcloud Warriors closer to them.
The Deathcloud Warrior that had half its throat ruined by Li Yang just a short moment ago also acted upon hearing the screech. It stopped focusing on healing its wound and charged towards the closest weaker Deathcloud Warrior. The Deathcloud Warrior that had defended it by attacking Li Yang had also left upon hearing the screech, meaning that this wounded one was all alone.
Li Yang's lips curved up a bit further when he saw this, the frozen flowers around the wounded Deathcloud Warrior suddenly twisting and changing. The petals of the flowers shot forth like icy snakes and stabbed into the Deathcloud Warrior, who had been caught unaware by the sudden change. Once they pierced into it, the frozen petals exploded outwards like jagged spears, turning the Deathcloud Warrior into a pincushion filled with frozen spears that were still burning in the middle.
A bit of the fire within the spears leaked out and burned away the tough exterior of the Deathcloud Warrior, the rest of the frozen spears making sure that the brilliant white heart remained intact. The remaining 14 solid Deathcloud Warriors seemed to be somewhat affected by the sudden death, at least emotionally. Their feature-less faces split into large maws that opened wide and let out the same horrible screeching sound as the one in front of Li Yang, the sound only getting worse since there were now so many.
Li Yang ignored the screeching and his bleeding ears, moving the fist that was still connected with the chest of the Deathcloud Warrior sideways. The icy spear pierced through its chest moved sideways along with Li Yang's fist, tearing through the body of the Deathcloud Warrior and nearly ripping it in half.
The icy spear dissipated once it left the body of the Deathcloud Warrior, both of Li Yang's hands shooting forward and grasping onto the torn open chest of the Deathcloud Warrior. One hand grasped onto the lower part of the tear on the right side of the chest and the other hand grasped onto the upper part, a hint of savagery flashing in Li Yang's pupils as he exerted his might.
The screeching of the Deathcloud Warrior got even worse as the tear in its body was forcefully widened and swiftly separated its body into two pieces. He threw the upper part of the body to the ground and gave it a heavy stomp, an intense burst of golden flames erupting from the sole of his foot and evaporating the piece. The lower part was also evaporated by a burst of golden flames that came from Li Yang's hand, revealing the white heart that released a nearly blinding light.
Li Yang snatched up the heart and wasted no time in changing his position by turning his body into ice and appearing from one of the spikes that had pierced through and killed the previously wounded Deathcloud Warrior. He snatched up the heart of this Deathcloud Warrior as well, pleasantly surprised to notice that both the hearts contained the same amount of lifeforce as about 1000 normal Deathcloud Warriors.
The 15 solid Deathcloud Warriors had been reduced to 13 in only a few short moments and seemed to have lost what little trace of sanity they had, charging at Li Yang in a frenzied manner while tearing apart any weaker Deathcloud Warrior that got in their way. But Li Yang simply ignored them, stretching out his right arm and opening his palm.
”Come.”
The golden flames within the frozen flowers suddenly flickered and burst out from within the flowers, flying over to Li Yang and sinking into his palm. And what they brought with them were all the white hearts that belonged to the Deathcloud Warriors that had been killed when Li Yang created both the massive flower and then the smaller versions. All the energy flooded directly into Li Yang's dantian, golden flames starting to seep out of his pores and covering his body as a soft mutter escaped his lips.
”You've slept for long enough, the sky is ripe for burning and there's still a feast to be had.”
The golden flames seeping out from his body suddenly exploded outwards just as the Deathcloud Warriors were about to reach him. A thick pillar of brilliant flames rose to the sky and then spread out, dyeing everything a gorgeous golden as horrible flames covered the sky above the battlefield. The flames disconnected from Li Yang's body and stopped seeping out from his pores, their true ruler had appeared now so they practically roared in joy.
A part of the golden flames separated from the curtain covering the sky, descending down to Li Yang and gathering together into the shape of a golden bird that was almost four meters long. The bird arrived behind Li Yang and spread out its large wings while letting out a clarion cry, the earth within a five-kilometer wide area completely freezing. The lord of fire and ice had awakened and was once again ready to serve the one who helped give birth to him.