Chapter 212: Defeating Esdeath

"Form ranks, charge!" Esdeath waved her hand, and the ice cavalry beside her instantly arranged into a square formation, lowered their bodies, leveled the spears in their hands, and rushed toward Lingyun.

If on a battlefield, these ice cavalry would be absolutely terrifying; they have no emotions, only obey orders, and never hold back when killing. Moreover, the bodies of these ice cavalry are entirely composed of solid ice, and with Esdeath as their backing, even if destroyed, they can fully recover in a very short time. Furthermore, the cold air on their bodies can cause those nearby to fall into a sluggish, frostbitten state. It can be said that an ordinary army, once encountering these ice knights, would only face the outcome of a rout.

However, the person these ice knights are currently facing is not an army, but Lingyun alone. Yet, to these ice knights, Lingyun is undoubtedly more terrifying than an army of ten thousand.

"Esdeath, this level of human wave tactics is of no use against me! Gale Blade!" Lingyun swept his hand, and cyan wind blades flew out from his hand, striking the ice knights at the very front.

"Crack, crack." Although the bodies of the ice knights were extremely hard, they were undoubtedly fragile against the Gale Blade. Wherever the wind blades passed, whether it was the spears in their hands, their mounts, or even their bodies, all were split in two.

A single Gale Blade pierced directly through the entire ice knight regiment, rushing toward Esdeath. Esdeath's expression changed slightly; she stomped her right foot on the ground, and walls of ice instantly rose before her. The Gale Blade broke into the ice walls with an unstoppable force, rushing straight to Esdeath before disappearing, causing a drop of cold sweat to involuntarily appear on her face.

However, a smile soon curled on Esdeath's face; the ice knights that had been cut in two by the Gale Blade, supported by her power, had already finished repairing their bodies. They had already rushed to Lingyun's front and launched an attack.

Lingyun flipped his hand, and the Source Power within his body instantly transformed into the scorching Nine Yang Power, with rolling heat waves spreading out from his body. Countless golden rays gathered before Lingyun, forming a golden Light Ball.

"First Form: Initial Sun Scorching the Sky!"

The golden Light Ball shot out from Lingyun's hand, fiercely colliding with the ice knights charging at the very front. The heat of the golden Light Ball was terrifying, actually evaporating several of the leading ice cavalry into water vapor in an instant.

"What is this?" Watching the golden-red Light Ball blast into the ice cavalry formation, Esdeath could not help but be stunned for a moment.

"I never said that I only use ice!" Lingyun said with a faint smile, pointing his finger, and the golden Light Ball instantly exploded within the cavalry regiment, turning a large swath of ice cavalry into water mist.

Esdeath's daze lasted only a moment; she quickly regained her senses, knowing that mere ice cavalry could absolutely not do anything to Lingyun. Seeing her wave the long sword in her hand, the ice cavalry instantly changed their tactics, and after a rapid charge, they surrounded Lingyun tightly.

Lingyun frowned slightly, his Nine Yang Power constantly circulating, and powerful heat rotated around his body; beads of water appeared on the ice cavalry that got even slightly close to him.

Esdeath curled the corner of her mouth and gave a low shout: "Explode!"

The ice cavalry surrounding Lingyun all exploded instantly, and the cold air hidden within their bodies was released all at once, forming a blizzard around Lingyun that was small in range but immense in power.

"Master?" Watching Lingyun submerged by the blizzard, Akame and the other could not help but exclaim.

"A very good move! But wanting to defeat me, you are still a bit too green!" Lingyun's voice came from the blizzard, and wisps of golden light shone through the blizzard, subsequently tearing the blizzard into shreds completely.

Esdeath looked at Lingyun in the field in disbelief; around him, two golden Light Balls were circling, and it must have been these two balls that crushed her blizzard!

Taking a deep breath, Esdeath's eyes were full of gravity; after obtaining the Demon God Manifestation—Demon's Extract, her strength had already had a qualitative leap. She had thought that relying on her current power, even if she couldn't defeat Lingyun, she could at least fight him to a draw, but looking at the current situation, she seemed to have underestimated Lingyun after all.

"There is really no other way; since that is the case, then let me show you the move I painstakingly researched to defeat you!" Esdeath closed her eyes and spoke slowly, and the cold air overflowing around her body instantly retracted into her body.

Watching Esdeath's appearance, a sense of alarm rose in Lingyun's heart. Esdeath in this state gave him an extremely dangerous feeling, as if she were a volcano about to erupt, gathering all her power. The next move would definitely be a powerful killing blow.

Lingyun dared not be negligent, pushing his Foundation Establishment cultivation to the limit, his Source Power circulating rapidly and continuously transforming into Nine Yang Power, while four golden Light Balls slowly emerged around him.

The expressions of Akame and the other changed drastically, and they quickly retreated. In their perception, if they were caught in the next two moves, it would definitely be a terrifying matter.

Esdeath suddenly opened her eyes, her ice-blue long hair unmoved by the wind, and terrifying cold air instantly rushed from her hands toward Lingyun's direction. Wherever the cold current passed, a layer of thick, solid ice instantly condensed on the ground.

"Eternal Ice Realm!"

Hearing Esdeath's words, and the cold air surging out from her body, Lingyun could not help but be dumbfounded. Eternal Ice Realm, wasn't that his former ultimate technique? How could it be used in Esdeath's hands? However, Esdeath's attack had already arrived before him, and he could not afford to be distracted; as the inventor, he knew exactly how powerful the Eternal Ice Realm was.

"Four Suns Burning the Wild!" The four golden Light Balls around Lingyun instantly shone brightly, tracing gorgeous trajectories around him, and met the oncoming cold current with a scorching aura.

"Crack, crack." Where the golden Light Balls and the cold current intertwined, the ground shattered inch by inch under the entanglement of the two forces of cold and heat, finally turning into dust. Even the surrounding trees slowly turned into powder under the interweaving of these two forces. Akame and the other retreated again and again, until they had retreated several hundred meters, before they felt their bodies feel a bit more comfortable.

After the two forces of cold and heat entangled for a while, a violent explosion occurred, and the powerful wind pressure carried the dust on the ground, instantly submerging the two people in the battlefield. Akame and the other looked at the two in the battle with concern; after all, the power of this explosion was truly too terrifying, the trees within a radius of over a hundred meters were all blown away, and one could vaguely see a crater of several tens of meters appearing in the center of the battlefield.

Not long after, a gust of wind swept out from the battlefield, sweeping all the dust in the sky to the side, revealing the two people in the battlefield. Akame and the other rushed toward the center of the battlefield, only to see the two of them unharmed.

Lingyun was panting slightly, and he was also secretly rejoicing in his heart; if it weren't for Esdeath's strength still being low and her not being familiar with this move, he would absolutely not have been able to take this move so easily. After all, this move possessed the power to freeze a realm. As for Esdeath on the other side, she was pale, clearly caused by excessive consumption.

"You really are worthy of being Master; even though my strength has increased so much, I am still no match for you!" Esdeath sighed and fell backward.

Lingyun flashed, instantly appearing beside Esdeath, and supported her body: "You, you are still so stubborn!"

Esdeath did not reply, but because the consumption was too great, she fell asleep in Lingyun's arms.

Lingyun sighed softly, then picked up Esdeath: "Let's go back first!"

Akame and the other, who had rushed to the center of the battlefield, were all shocked after hearing the conversation between the two. They had never imagined that Esdeath, hailed as the Empire's youngest and most powerful general, was actually Lingyun's disciple, their senior sister? The amount of information in this news was truly too great.

Seeing Lingyun disappear into the distance with Esdeath, the two dared not be negligent and hurriedly chased after them; whatever the matter, they would talk about it later, for now, keeping up with Master was what mattered.