Chapter 335: Sitting Beneath the Frosted Sky

"We can't hold it!"

Yang Tiancheng staggered back a few steps, thrust his long spear, and killed the charging Transcendent beastman.

Amid the fierce battle, almost all his Inner Qi was drained, and with his body riddled with wounds, dealing with Transcendent-level beastmen became arduous.

Before Yang Tiancheng could catch his breath, several Transcendent beastmen rushed forward.

"General Yang, I'm here to help you!"

Lin Xuan burst out from behind Yang Tiancheng, his spear shadow dense as a wall, stirring a gust of blood and gore, then fell back in front of Yang Tiancheng and said.

"How are the other fronts?" Yang Tiancheng, seeing Lin Xuan come to his aid, showed no joy, only a grim expression.

"All the reserves have been deployed; only the wall facing the Ice Calamity is somewhat better, the other fronts are far from optimistic!" Lin Xuan said without turning his head.

"The Qian donkey's tricks are exhausted!" Yang Tiancheng sighed.

Beneath the wall, beastman corpses piled like a mountain, yet the fanatical beastmen, driven by faith, still battered the wall madly.

Under this tide-like assault, their casualties were equally severe.

According to Yang Tiancheng's estimate, in another hour they might be breached by the beastmen; even if street fighting bought them a bit more time, the situation would still be no better.

"Brother Mu, it's all on you now!" Yang Tiancheng gripped his spear tightly, praying silently.

At that moment, the heavens darkened, the temperature between heaven and earth dropped rapidly, and snowflakes began to drift down.

"Is it snowing?"

Lin Xuan reached out, using the falling snowflakes; logically, this world is in the spring‑summer transition, a season when snow shouldn't fall.

"Looks like Brother Mu is about to act!" Yang Tiancheng's face showed a spark of excitement; finally, hope appeared.

Behind the beastmen army, Princess Liliana Brenda sheathed her staff, looking at Mu Yi with a hint of puzzlement.

She used an absolute‑zero spell to plunge the temperature between heaven and earth.

"Yi, is this enough?"

She could have made it more lethal, but Mu Yi asked her to minimize the damage while lowering the temperature.

"This is the best!"

Mu Yi watched the snowflakes drifting from the heavens and smiled.

The Ice Calamity legion heavily relies on celestial conditions, but fortunately they can artificially create them.

Chu Yi manipulated water currents to saturate the air with vapor; Ao Mo then exercised his innate divine art to summon clouds and rain; finally, under Lily's absolute‑zero spell, perfect cooling and snowfall were achieved.

Moreover, due to its range, the effect mainly covered the rear of the beastmen army and even the central forces.

In this extreme cold, the drifting snowflakes became weapons even against the Ice Calamity.

"Those beastmen are shielded by divine arts; the impact may not be great!" Lily asked, having used the Mage's Eye to glimpse the beastmen side, a hint of confusion in her voice.

"The purpose of this spell isn't to counter the enemy, but to strengthen our power!" Mu Yi said with a smile, opening the Reincarnation Barrier.

"It seems the time for us to showcase our might has arrived!"

Sernida, riding the Sturdy Mane, stepped out of the barrier, looked up at the falling snowflakes, and instantly understood Mu Yi's intent.

"Form the formation! Prepare to charge!"

Sernida brandished the Supreme Ice Flail, and ice and snow spontaneously coalesced onto Sernida and the Sturdy Mane, forming a body of extreme ice armor that glimmered with a cold, crystalline hue.

Although she hadn't ascended to Legend, her icy lineage granted Sernida a divine‑art‑like empowerment spell.

The icy radiance emanated from Sernida, expanding the Ice Calamity barbarians' Ice Calamity talent to its limit; already in subzero surroundings, the temperature plummeted at a speed incomprehensible to ordinary humans.

Minus twenty, minus thirty, minus forty, minus fifty…

Five thousand Ice Calamity barbarians formed a sharp formation, surging forward like a tiger leaping from its cage.

The Ice Calamity cannot coordinate; the lethal force of extreme cold affects both enemy and ally alike—temperatures of minus fifty to sixty degrees are enough to threaten virtually all life, regardless of side.

Clad in ice‑white armor, Sernida rode ahead, surrounded by extreme frost.

The biting frost, carrying icy mist, swept forward with the flail; a simple slash drained the body heat of any beastman soldier it touched, instantly coating them in frost and freezing them into ice statues.

This is merely the spontaneous effect of the Ice Calamity interacting with the extreme cold.

Manipulating the extreme cold, the Ice Calamity twisted the falling snowflakes; the ordinary, fragile snow now wielded by the barbarians proved no less potent than a blade.

The wind of frost blew, swirling snow toward the beastmen, dancing around the enemy as indistinguishable from a blade's slash.

There was no resistance, no counter‑charge, no defensive line; after the sudden Ice Calamity assault, the beastmen army could not mount even a decent counterattack in a short time.

If the divine‑art‑enhanced beastmen fought under Cloud Energy, they could match elite troops, and some even held the advantage.

Yet against the fully empowered Ice Calamity, the divine‑art beastmen fell into absolute disadvantage, with no room for a counter‑charge; their desperate squads couldn't even reach the Ice Calamity, losing most of their strength to the extreme cold.

Even a few powerful Transcendent beastmen, if they pierced the draining cold mist before the Ice Calamity, would still have their already low combat power further weakened by the blade‑like snowstorm.

Should they breach this natural effect, they would immediately face an ice‑forged enchanted great axe and indestructible ice battle armor.

It was a one‑sided battle; the beastmen, lacking Legend status, were ordinary beings, and against such near‑lethal extreme cold, death was the only outcome.

Moreover, these Ice Calamity barbarians aren't natural snow; when they engage with weapons, any contact inflicts fatal damage, as frost weapons deliver not only hardness but also localized necrosis from the severe cold.

Wounds from frost weapons entail not only the injury but also hypothermia; even if not killed instantly, the victim becomes an ice statue within minutes.

"Evil heretic!"

An enraged Legend beastman warrior brandished a double‑handed sword, braving the wind and snow to charge the Ice Calamity; the extreme cold, a nuisance to ordinary beings, was no trouble for them.

Especially Legend warriors, who can swim in magma; such minor extreme cold is merely a slight interference.

"Legend!" A solemn glint flashed in Sernida's eyes, yet she did not retreat, driving the Sturdy Mane beneath her straight forward.

Ordinary Ice Calamity barbarians cannot contend with a Legend.

"Extreme Cold Assault!"

The massive Sturdy Mane boar surged forward, but a beastman Legend slammed it to a halt; the two grappled, the boar's huge body unable to advance against the Legend's overwhelming force, even feeling a hint of being overturned.

"Winter's Fury!"

Sernida raised her hand, swinging the flail in a wide arc; frost‑laden wind and snow struck the beastman Legend, the extreme‑cold‑enhanced frost as potent as any frost spell, even more lethal under such conditions.

The Beastman Legend was struck by frost and snow; a moment of stiffness gave Gang Zong a chance, and his limbs and hooves surged, hurling the Beastman Legend Warrior away.

Seeing this, Sernida swung his flail, gathering the snowflakes in the sky into a ball and flinging it straight at the Beastman Legend Warrior.

The snowflakes covered the Beastman Legend Warrior's body, freezing him into an ice sculpture, but the next moment the frost on the Beastman Legend broke free, and, raging, he swung his two‑handed greatsword and charged at Sernida again.

"Not going to help? Even with the environment's aid, she could never defeat a Legend!" Lily said gravely, watching the battle between Sernida and the Beastman Legend.

With her understanding of Legends, Sernida had no chance at all.

"The biggest problem with the ice disaster is that it can't coordinate with anyone!"

Mu Yi shook his head; the ice disaster is too solitary to cooperate with other legions, and even if La Ge Na and the others rushed forward now, they could hardly aid Sernida and would only endanger themselves.

"For now there's no need to worry; even if we can't win, we won't be defeated in the short term!"

But even as he said that, Mu Yi pulled out the Book of Life and Death and wrote the character 'pain' against the Beastman Legend.

The Beastman Legend, pressing on Sernida, suddenly shuddered, then was knocked away by Gang Zong's head, and in mid‑air took a shattered‑ice strike.

Seeing this, Lily could not stay idle; she swung her staff and hurled several curse and restriction spells at the Beastman Legend Warrior.

A Beastman Legend Warrior's survivability is simply too great; even a spell‑master like Lily trying to blast the opponent to death in a short time is a pipe dream, so she can only impose limits and stall as much as possible.

In a one‑on‑one duel, a Transcendent cannot defeat a Legend, but there are countless accounts of Transcendent squads cooperating to slay Legends.

The Beastman Legend fought with great frustration; with Sernida reinforced by ice and snow, it became tricky, and Mu Yi and Lily lurking in the rear with hidden arrows only added to his vexation.

It had to devote a large portion of its attention to Mu Yi and Lily's movements, lest a spell's effect cause Sernida to strike it hard.

Legends may have thick skin and flesh, but that does not mean they can ignore damage.

"Can you endure that much?"

Mu Yi swung his Judgment Pen, occasionally striking the Beastman Legend, while scanning the Beastmen army, waiting for their counter.

He does not think the Beastmen side will be helpless against the ice disaster.

Even if the Beastmen cannot, their master deity will have a way.

But after waiting left and right, he still could not see any Beastmen counter.

"Planning to pull troops from the front line to encircle us?"

Mu Yi looked at the signal rising within Coldleaf City and instantly understood the Beastmen's plan.

"That won't do!"

Mu Yi squinted, gave Lily a nod, and the two simultaneously began to unleash attacks on the Beastman Legend Warrior.

"Die! Die! Die!"

The three 'Die' characters blossomed with death's hue on the Book of Life and Death, and in an instant the Beastman Legend froze in place, his soul hammered three times.

—Extreme Freeze Ray!

An ice‑blue beam shot from the staff, instantly freezing the rigid Beastman Legend in place into an ice sculpture with extreme cold magic.

Then Sernida, using his charging speed, swung his refined‑ice flail and delivered a powerful crushing blow to the ice sculpture.

In an instant, the ice layer shattered, and the blood mist spewed from the Beastman Legend's mouth instantly froze into debris that fell to the ground.

Gang Zong's arcing strike then hurled him into the air, and the massive fangs tore a huge gash across the Beastman Legend Warrior's chest.

The wound froze instantly, which for the Beastman Legend was adding insult to injury.

"Life force is truly tenacious!"

Mu Yi watched the Beastman Legend Warrior, who after being slammed to the ground spat a huge mouthful of blood, then crawled up, his eye corner twitching.

Compared with those frail mages, these Legend Warriors are practically freaks, each like an indestructible cockroach.

This is already under the restriction of his 'Legend Disaster' title limiting the opponent's recovery; without that limit, the other side might only be lightly wounded now.

"Great Mazikasa! Grant me power!"

The Beastman Legend Warrior roared, and a radiance fell upon him, instantly beginning to heal his grievous wounds.

"These guys are really annoying!"

Mu Yi looked at the Beastman Legend with disgust; after finally reducing him to low health, the deity's faith instantly restored him, and anyone would find that nauseating.

However, the Beastman Legend Warrior's roar seemed to trigger the divine technique.

Within the Beastmen army, a chaotic yet unified chorus of prayers rose, and the heavens shifted again—not a weather change, but the silhouette of a giant scorpion reappeared in the sky.

The black cloud layer in the sky churned, revealing a massive dark shadow; the grotesque giant scorpion illusion's compound eyes flickered with red light, its malice making the hair stand on one's neck.

Mu Yi felt the giant scorpion locking onto them; after reaching his limit, the Beastmen finally played their trump card, calling upon their deity.

The massive giant scorpion formed from the converging shadows opened its maw, and a terrifying surge of colossal power coalesced into a destructive torrent, spreading outward like a tide.

"Reincarnation Barrier!"

Mu Yi let out a low growl as he erected barrier protection, a move no mortal could withstand.

A six‑layer barrier spread from Mu Yi's body, instantly enveloping all troops like an unbreakable iron wall.

In that moment, Mu Yi seemed to utter a bizarre utterance, as if the whole world, enraged, launched attacks at him.

Like the sound of porcelain shattering, the noise of the barrier cracking rang continuously, finally converging and collapsing.