Chapter 013: The Ice and Snow World

Even so, that massive ice shard was compressed to about a foot in length. As Suren’s expression grew increasingly stern, the already-compressed ice shard continued to be squeezed further.
Eventually, the ice shard was reduced to the size of a finger joint!
The two realms continued to collide violently, with the white vapor band in between serving as a clear boundary between them. By the time Suren had summoned and compressed the ice shard to finger-joint size, he still hadn’t fallen behind in the clash between the two realms.
Just as the Dwarf King had told Du Fan, what comes from outside can never truly belong to one.
The realm created using the Scorching Axe was, after all, a realm powered by external forces. Logically, the Scorching Realm should have easily surpassed the Ice and Snow World’s realm. Yet, the Scorching Realm wielded by Karu through the Scorching Axe couldn’t even gain an edge over Suren’s Ice and Snow World realm!
It was only because of the Scorching Realm’s inherent advantage over the Ice and Snow World that Karu was able to match Suren’s strength.
When Suren’s ice shard was compressed to finger-joint size, the compression finally stopped. That tiny ice shard began to emit a strange white light!
That white light gave people a feeling of icy cold just by looking at it!
“Karu, take this attack—Extreme Frost!” After completing the compression, Suren suddenly appeared relaxed.
In terms of weapons, Suren wasn’t completely at a disadvantage. His long whip could store energy, allowing him to use his realm to counter the Scorching Realm while also relying on the massive energy stored in the whip to create an extremely cold ice shard!
On the other hand, Karu could only activate the Scorching Realm within the Scorching Axe to fight against the Ice and Snow World, with no further actions possible.
After saying those words, Suren felt as if he were bathed in a gentle breeze!
With a gesture of his hand, the ice shard shot rapidly toward Karu!
As it flew, Suren’s Ice and Snow World also released white mist, which swiftly merged into the ice shard!
As the ice shard flew faster, the silver-white realm of the Ice and Snow World continued to infuse into it!
The farther it flew, the more of the Ice and Snow World’s realm it absorbed, making the ice shard grow increasingly icy and radiant!

Just as the ice shard completely absorbed the Ice and Snow World, it had become an extremely dazzling presence in space! Even under the illumination of Karu’s sun-like Scorching Sun Axe, its brilliance was by no means inferior! After fully absorbing the Ice and Snow World domain, the ice shard shot into Karu’s Scorching Sun domain! A silver-white, icy shard that sent chills deep into one’s heart, when it entered the Scorching Sun domain, was like pouring water into a pot of boiling oil—immediately causing the oil to boil violently, as if thousands of troops were hidden within it! The arrival of this ice shard in the Scorching Sun domain triggered massive upheavals. As it moved forward, an unimaginably powerful shockwave radiated from the tiny ice shard! Just like a comet streaking across the sky, the ice shard in Karu’s Scorching Sun domain acted like a comet, trailing a long, massive tail behind it! With an unstoppable momentum, the comet rushed fiercely toward Karu! An ice shard the size of a finger now possessed such immense power! A shard of that size was even able to confront an entire domain! In Karu’s Scorching Sun domain, the long comet-like tail behind it began to expand as it entered the domain! The Ice and Snow World domain! After absorbing it, the ice shard released the powers of the Ice and Snow World as it entered the Scorching Sun domain! Domains could not only cover each other but also be breached from within! Of course, this was only possible if one’s domain could use a medium to penetrate the opponent’s domain! Suren used the technique “Extreme Ice Cold” to trap the Ice and Snow World domain within the ice shard, then used the shard as a medium to invade Karu’s Scorching Sun domain with his own domain! Of course, this tactic carried great risks! It was essentially handing over one’s own domain for the opponent to devour! Generally, one would only dare do this if they were extremely confident in their strength, aiming to dissolve the opponent’s domain from within. Such a move required being far stronger than the opponent and wanting to end the battle quickly! Yet, Suren still considered this option carefully before acting.

The Scorching Sun Domain is an additional domain of the Scorching Sun Axe; thus, the Scorching Sun Axe is merely a weapon without its own consciousness. If its attack fails, the domain won’t be consumed by it!
Suren took a gamble—that the Scorching Sun Axe didn’t possess the ability to consume domains!
Sure enough, when the Ice and Snow World entered the Scorching Sun Domain, there was no sign of being consumed, only pressure from the domain!
Under that pressure, the speed of the ice shard slowed significantly, but the white mist it emitted grew more and more!
That white mist gradually became denser. As it increased, the huge mist tail behind the ice shard acted like a speed booster, accelerating its speed even further!
Within the Scorching Sun Domain, the speed of that ice shard kept accelerating at a visibly rapid pace!
That small ice shard showed no sign of melting at all within the domain, remaining as big as a finger joint! It was actually formed by compressing a huge ice mass, with density so high it was unimaginable!
Moreover, the domain of the Ice and Snow World was also embedded within it!
A single ice shard could fly with remarkable resilience in the Scorching Sun Domain!
The closer it got to Karu, the faster its speed became!
When it was only five meters away from Karu, its speed had reached its limit. A white streak flashed by—such extreme speed left a straight white line in its wake! That line shot straight toward Karu!
Karu had no time to react at all. He could only respond based on the trajectory of the ice shard’s flight!
In a hurry, Karu raised the Scorching Sun Axe to shield his chest.
The ice shard struck the axe, emitting a sound like shattered jade!
It shattered into fragments, which then turned into a massive amount of mist, surrounding Karu. At the same time, the fiery red color of the Scorching Sun Axe in his hand faded rapidly!
To Karu, when the ice shard hit his axe, a tremendous pulling force began violently sucking away his combat energy!
By the time the mist disappeared completely, almost all of Karu’s combat energy was gone!
Without the support of combat energy, the Scorching Sun Axe in his hand became just an ordinary axe, losing all its luster!

Suren’s move shattered Karu’s Scorching Sun Domain! Not only was the domain broken, but it seemed that the Scorching Sun Axe itself had also suffered considerable damage. Looking at the now dull Scorching Sun Axe in his hands, Karu suddenly felt a sense of despair. Not only could the axe no longer wield its abilities as a divine weapon, but its energy had also been almost completely drained by it. Against Suren, the Scorching Sun Axe had been his greatest reliance, and now, after being attacked by that ice shard, it might not be able to regain its former glory for some time. “Karu, I’ve broken your domain. Are you ready?” Suren said with a slight smile. At this moment, Suren was in a relaxed state, exuding a fresh aura. His smile, combined with his delicate features, even gave off a seductive vibe! “Suren, you sissy! Even if you kill Lord Karu, what then? Will your great-grandfather, grandfather, and father be revived?” Desperate, Karu began to curse loudly. “Karu, since you want to die early, I’ll fulfill your wish.” Hearing Karu call him a sissy, Suren became furious. He swung his whip, which transformed into a long snake-like whip that moved swiftly around. By this time, Karu’s movements had become sluggish. Soon, the whip snapped against him, tearing his clothes apart. Where it struck, his skin split open immediately! Though blood didn’t flow, the wounds, frozen by Suren’s cold energy, looked even more terrifying. Not only Karu but also the skilled dwarves faced grave threats. As leaders of the dwarf and beast tribes, the outcome of the battle between Karu and Suren greatly influenced the fate of both sides. Karu was clearly at a severe disadvantage in their fight, which greatly demoralized the dwarves. Under the fierce attacks of the beast tribe, more and more dwarves fell.

Already at a complete numerical disadvantage, coupled with the large number of experts at the Sacred rank and above, the two sides were in an unequal position. With Karu suffering a crushing defeat, the dwarves kept getting killed! By the time the last dwarf fell, Karu was also covered in wounds! There wasn’t a single piece of intact clothing on his body, nor a single spot of unharmed skin! Seeing all his people lying dead on the ground, Karu’s eyes turned red! A beast-like growling sound came from his mouth! Under such provocation, Karu suddenly went mad! He frantically swung the axes in his hands! “Karu, stop resisting uselessly. Come, let me end you with a single whip strike! Let me use your life to wash away the long-standing shame of my Ice Snake clan!” Suren said softly. “Suren, if you’ve got the guts, just kill me already! Stop talking nonsense and annoying me!” Karu shouted loudly. Suren really wanted to kill Karu right away, but Karu’s sudden frenzied attacks left Suren momentarily flustered!