"What terrifying power!"
Hong Xiao looked up at the enormous bell bearing down on him, his crimson pupils contracting sharply.
He tried to dodge, but the Chaos frost mist within the bell had already frozen all the space around him.
The Ice Law locked his feet to the ground in ice-blue shackles. He could not move.
Within the Chaos frost mist, countless ice-blue chains of law stretched toward him from every direction. They wound around Hong Xiao's limbs, waist, and neck, pinning him in place.
"Suppress."
Ling Juehan uttered a single word. His voice was hoarse and faint, yet it carried resolve that brooked no doubt.
The enormous bell crashed down, trapping Hong Xiao inside.
Hong Xiao was caught within the bell.
Inside, the Chaos frost mist spun wildly. An endless torrent of the Ice Law pressed in from every direction, threatening to grind Hong Xiao to dust.
Hong Xiao stood within the bell, his ten-foot-tall body wrapped in layer upon layer of ice. It grew thicker and heavier, forcing his back to bend and his knees to buckle.
He gritted his teeth. The twin flames in his crimson eyes burned fiercely as the last of his bloodline power surged through him.
Ice-blue patterns of law closed in from every direction like a vast spiderweb, threatening to crush his body completely.
"You think... a broken bell... can hold me?"
Hong Xiao growled, forcing the words through clenched teeth.
He suddenly straightened his back, and every purple marking on his body burst apart at once.
Dark-red bloodline power erupted from within him like a volcano.
Dark-red flames burned wildly within the ice-blue bell, colliding fiercely with the Ice Law pressing in on him.
He grabbed the chains wrapped around his body and wrenched them apart.
"Break for me!"
The enormous bell