Against The Heavens 160 Lord Of Fire And Ice.

Li Yang's gaze swept over the 15 solid humanoid shapes that were rus.h.i.+ng past the remaining 21 000 Deathcloud Warriors, gra.s.s and flowers actually blooming in their steps. Li Yang's left hand, which was still outstretched with his cupped hand facing downward, slowly opened as the Deathcloud Warriors arrived within a kilometer of him.

The frozen chrysanthemum with the burning center trembled fiercely as his hand opened, exploding out into several hundred smaller orbs that rained down on the earth. The weaker Deathcloud Warriors caught within the range of the orbs were decimated and crushed, their hearts quickly sucked into the orbs. Right now Li Yang showed exactly why he was feared in the past despite mainly only using his law of lightning, he didn't need his law of destruction to be a terrifying force and a horrible enemy.

The orbs that crashed into the earth swiftly bloomed into man-sized versions of the ma.s.sive chrysanthemum that had just split up, each one with a burning golden center. The area was almost instantly transformed into a small forest of frozen flowers that not just s.h.i.+mmered with light but also radiated a chilly mist, a sight that was breathtaking both figuratively and literally. Li Yang stretched out both his arms wide once the flowers all bloomed, the edges of his mouth still curved upwards.

"The stage's been set and it's all ready, let's see how long you're able to last."

Li Yang's entire body burst into flames once he finished his words, disintegrating and vanis.h.i.+ng as the flames dispersed. The flames within one of the flowers flickered just as Li Yang's body disintegrated, Li Yang appearing from the flames and stepping through the ice surrounding them, now clad in a crimson robe formed from his flames.

This wasn't the first time that Li Yang had used this way of movement, turning his body into fire and moving between the surrounding fire. But this was the first time he could do it this smoothly and without having to worry about the energy consumption it brought with it. After all, there were thousands of little blobs of highly concentrated lifeforce all around him, he had so much energy at his disposal that he almost didn't know what to do with it.

The flower he stepped out from was right behind one of the 15 solid humanoid shapes, his sword appearing in his grasp and slas.h.i.+ng at the Deathcloud Warrior's neck. The being quickly reacted to the attack by turning around and facing Li Yang, throwing up its right arm so that it could block the edge of the blade with its forearm.

Li Yang's blade crashed into the arm of the Deathcloud Warrior, the collision actually creating a few sparks and a clanking sound, it seemed like the arm of this Deathcloud Warrior was harder than most steel. The Deathcloud Warrior pushed out its arm and tilted it slightly, causing Li Yang's blade to slide along its arm so that it would harmlessly sweep through the air in front of it.

But the golden-violet blade unleashed a violent splendor just as the tip of the blade pa.s.sed by the throat of the Deathcloud Warrior. An ear-shattering roar of thunder rocked the area as a golden bolt of lightning shot out from the tip of the blade, piercing through the air and drawing a dark line in s.p.a.ce as it tore through it like paper.

The entire right side of the Deathcloud Warrior's throat vanished as the lightning pierced through it, but Li Yang's eyes still frowned as he saw the scene. The lightning should have completely taken off the head of the Deathcloud Warrior, but something strange occurred within his lightning at the very last second.

It suddenly moved on its own and changed direction, even revolting slightly as it tried to free itself from Li Yang's control. For a few short instances, the bolt of lightning seemed as if it had gained a life of its own. From the looks of the situation, it seemed like the chubby man they interrogated earlier hadn't been lying when he said that the Bloodwind Emperor was rumored to be able to grant life to all things in the multiverse. Just the remnant energy remaining in these Deathcloud Warriors was enough to affect his lightning.

Li Yang didn't get a chance to launch a second attack, a Deathcloud Warrior appearing behind him and turning its arm into a large hammer that it smashed into his back. Li Yang's body cracked and shattered into fragments of ice, his actual body quickly appearing at the side of another Deathcloud Warrior that was a few tens of meters away.

He didn't slash out with his sword this time but rather stomped the ground and sent out a swift punch with his right fist. The Deathcloud Warrior placed both its hands in front of its chest and blocked Li Yang's punch with its two palms, throwing out an upwards kick with its left leg at the same time. The front of the Deathcloud Warrior's leg released a sharp light as it swung upward, it had clearly turned its leg as sharp as any blade, one of the advantages that came with being a lifeform with a smoke-like body.

But Li Yang gave a light twist of his fist just as the Deathcloud Warrior swung its leg upwards, the two hands of the being getting blasted apart as its chest sank inwards. Li Yang had the body of a humanoid divine beast, the sheer physical might he could unleash was far above any body cultivator at his realm. His punch also unleashed golden flames that started to eat away at the arm of the Deathcloud Warrior, a frozen spear as thick as a grown man's arm suddenly piercing through its chest from where Li Yang's punch had landed, practically right at the center.
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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 pincus.h.i.+on 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 flas.h.i.+ng 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 s.n.a.t.c.hed 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 s.n.a.t.c.hed 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 ma.s.sive 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.