Crack... crack!
After a while, the iceberg began to fracture. Cracks spread across its crystal-clear surface.
Then, with a bang, part of the iceberg shattered, and Lu Nian was the first to break free of the mysterious ice.
He was an Advanced Mage, and he had reacted fastest at the outset, adding another layer of protection around himself. That was how he had escaped the ice first.
Mysterious Ice Burst was powerful, but truly injuring a full-fledged Advanced Mage was still difficult. In battle, this Magic Tool's greatest value was restraining Demon Beasts to buy its user a chance to cast Magic.
Mo Xie had never believed three Mysterious Ice Bursts could kill Lu Nian. Leaving him and his officers weak, stiff, and temporarily unable to move was already the best outcome.
Lu Nian could feel his body growing stiff and weak. His movements were sluggish, and his blood seemed clogged inside him, barely flowing.
"Bastard!"
Lu Nian trembled with rage. He clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with fury, and roared at the sky.
He had never imagined that he, an Advanced Mage, would be caught out by a student. It was intolerable.
The bitter chill in his expression showed just how furious he was.
A group of students had made a fool of him. They might as well have nailed him to a pillar of shame. If his former colleagues found out, they would never stop laughing.
He was a Military Commander. Killing these students should have been as easy as slaughtering poultry with their feet tied. How had it come to this?
Run... What good would running do them?
His unit drank Demon Beast blood raw and had slaughtered entire Demon Beast dens without ever being stopped. Could they really fail against a group of students fresh