398 Beckoning of the extreme north (2/2)
[ You are affected by first halo: ‘Beckoning of the Extreme North’ ! ]
[ Your movement speed reduced by 25% / attack speed reduced by 15%. ]
[ Frostbite effects may occur during movement. The cold air would condense onto your feet, causing a 1-5 seconds of immobility state. (Effect duration is determined by strength value. The higher one’s strength, the faster the speed of breaking free from the ice. ]
Yet strangely, though everyone was affected by Stalo’s halo, there was no notifications of being attacked. Sheyan glanced towards the few Growth-hunters, and realized that their feet were similarly condensed with ice. Naturally, this was the reason why Stalo wasn’t suited in a party battle. With this halo of his, it stunningly affected everyone within its field; differentiating neither friend nor foe.
Sheyan then noticed Zi’s gaze. Although this woman appeared rather calm, Sheyan could tell it was infused with a complicated mix of disbelief and unwillingness. Moreover, she couldn’t resist the urge to murmur vaguely to herself.
At this moment, the duel officially begun! Amongst the 7 contestants, 4 of them hastily dashed away to leave the scope of the icy halo. Only 3 long range combatants immediately unloaded assaults against Stalo. Da Da Da! Clear crisp sounds echoed through the air, a fireball blazed within the palm of a mage contestant. Stalo’s white hair fluttered in the air, as he raised his palm up with ease, lifting up a thick and transparent ice wall before him. The bullets and fireball struck cracks along the ice wall, but ultimately could not penetrate it.
At present, amidst the 4 contestants fleeing in all directions, two of them were trapped rooted by a frostbite state; presently trying their utmost to struggle free, attempting to chisel at the ice chunks gripping their feet.
At this moment, Stalo pointed two fingers towards them. Clearly seen, the blue icy inferno at his fingertips fizzled out, before transforming into a celeste colored glow; streaking through the atmosphere like a blade, momentarily tearing against the two contestant’s bodies.
Ice lance!
The frost covering their feet swiftly broke; yet at the instance the lance struck them, an ice layer once again solidified. The frost even spreaded up to their calves. Naturally, the ‘Ice Lance’ ability would not only deal damage to enemies, it even solidified thee frost over their feet; preventing them from escaping.
Following that, Stalo raised both arms abruptly. Shua! With him as the nucleus, shockingly 8 fortified sparkling ice walls erected from all four sides; forming into a crystal octagon with Stalo as its center. Even the roof was sheltered with ice. Stalo maintained his upright posture, his palms facing each other as a blue flickering flooded his entire body. He had entered the state of spell casting!
In the next second, around the feet of every contestant, blew a sudden melancholic spiralling gust of ice and snow storm!!!
Witnessing such a scene, Sheyan’s expression instantly changed.
“Is it…….”
The storm would gradually escalate. Hence, at its initial stages, most of the duelling contestants managed to successfully escape the hindrance of the escalating gust of ice and snow. However, the same could not be said for the two contestants with frostbites impeding their movement; when the gust of snow and ice raged around them, their frostbite layers then subsequently peeled off; yet, they had already lost their opportunity to escape!
Noteworthily, two ice-snow cyclones had also emerged 5-6 metres away from both sides of Stalo. Except, Stalo was protected within the safety of his ice crystal octagon. Hence, the frosty cyclones could only rage helplessly as it attempted to erode the encompassing ice, unable to implicate Stalo into his own deadly domain. Furthermore, though the 3 contestants repeatedly dished out frenzied assaults, breaking through Stalo’s ice walls remained a difficult task.
The spirraling gust of ice and snow didn’t remain stationary, but started pursuing any nearest contestant within the entire ice field halo. Gradually, its speed escalated!
Moreover when two spiralling gusts of ice and snow approached each other, they would combine into a comparatively larger gust of ice and snow…….undoubtedly, a larger ice-snow cyclone traversed at a higher velocity. its suction force was stronger and its might all the more frightening!
TN: although author doesn’t explicitly say Stalo is an official growth-hunter, his powers should indicate he is one. So we’ll see :)
TN: I will be using [ ] for nightmare realm notifications from now, as qidian doesn’t show bold or italics.