Chapter 012: The Scorching Sun Domain

“Elder brother, third brother, how about I find a complete skeleton among these and host the Skull Fire inside it?” Looking at these skeletons, which must have belonged to powerful beings in life, Basha couldn’t help but want to host the Skull Fire he had just captured inside one of them.
It’s natural for anyone to want to test something new right after obtaining it—especially for this honest dwarf.
“Second brother, let’s wait for now. Look, there are still so many bone mountains ahead. I’m sure there are even better skeletons waiting for you,” said Du Fan.
After glancing at the endless rows of bone mountains ahead, Basha nodded, suppressing his urge to immediately host the Skull Fire. He followed Du Fan and Moses, heading toward the highest mountain ahead as their goal. The twelve of them marched resolutely toward the center of the Divine Ruins—that distant mountain!
The mountain kept changing between large and small sizes, with bursts of colorful light emanating from within. The sense of mystery and anticipation strongly attracted Du Fan and his group to explore further!
When Karu charged at him with his Scorching Sun Axe, Suren flipped his wrist, and his long whip retracted immediately. Once retracted, the whip began coiling around itself!
In an instant, it turned into a twisted, spiral-shaped whip!
It wasn’t very long—only two feet and two inches—but it was just right for fighting against Karu’s Scorching Sun Axe.
With Karu’s arrival, Suren prepared for close combat. If he continued to use his whip in close combat, he would be at a disadvantage in terms of weapons.
Moreover, once engaged in close combat, the Scorching Sun Axe’s instant magic attacks would no longer be useful.
Using lightning spells in close combat? He might accidentally strike himself instead.
Karu aimed for close combat, after all, the dwarves’ innate strength lay in their immense physical power. Only in close combat could they fully leverage their advantages!
As Karu approached Suren, waves of cold air emanated from the spiral-shaped whip in Suren’s hand. The cold was so intense it seemed capable of freezing a person’s blood!
Using cold air was the innate skill of the Ice Snake clan!
This kind of cold air was similar to Garfield’s Frost Combat Energy!
The Ice Snake clan’s shed skins could store energy, and Suren’s whip incorporated the shed skins of all high-level masters above the sacred rank of the Ice Snake clan. The amount of energy it could store was enormous!

Now, Suren fought alongside Karu, filled with deep hatred toward the Dorchi clan of dwarves. The icy cold stored within Suren’s whip was released without hesitation, as if it were worthless! Facing Suren, Karu felt as though he were standing in a frozen wasteland—having to use his combat energy to defend against Suren’s relentless attacks while also resisting the bone-chilling cold. Twenty people were attacking eight dwarves, and among those eight, one had already been killed by Suren at the start. Seeing Suren fighting Karu alone, two experts from the side of the magical beasts came over to assist him. “Don’t interfere! I must kill this dwarf with my own hands,” Suren shouted when he saw them trying to help. “How bold of you,” Karu sneered. “With that mess of a whip you’ve pieced together, do you really think you can kill me? It’s laughable. The Scorching Axe is considered the treasure of our Dorchi family—not just because of its lightning-based abilities, right?” Karu spoke with disdain. “Hmph! Even if your Scorching Axe has other skills, what does that matter? You’re just an intermediate Saint-level expert, while I, Suren, am already at the peak of the Saint level—a domain master!” Suren declared fiercely. As soon as he finished speaking, huge snowflakes began falling around him. As they landed on the ground, a thick layer of snow formed, which immediately turned into a solid ice layer! The air around them seemed to freeze solid! Standing in front of Suren, Karu felt as though he were frozen in place, unable to move. “Karu, this is the domain of my Ice Snake clan—Suren’s domain, the World of Ice and Snow! Among my clan, no one has ever reached the level of a domain master, but I, Suren, am the first! This World of Ice and Snow domain is just like that of the Frost Dragon! Karu, dying at the hands of the strongest leader in the history of the Ice Snake clan, you should feel proud.” Suren activated his domain, speaking each word carefully. Suren’s talent wasn’t particularly extraordinary, nor did he have any remarkable adventures. But he possessed unwavering perseverance, a heart full of revenge, and a determination to cleanse the shame that had weighed on his clan for three generations.

Three consecutive chiefs of the Ice Snake clan died at the hands of Thorok, the chief of the Dwarf tribe and wielder of the Blazing Axe—this was pure humiliation!
Sullen dreamed night and day of how to wash away such shame!
Originally, among those from therealm realm who entered the Divine Ruins, a powerful domain realm realm who entered the Divine Ruins, a powerful domain master like Sullen could have easily avoided going there.
But upon hearing that Karu, the current chief of the Dwarf tribe, was entering the Divine Ruins, Sullen joined the battle without hesitation.
By lowering his status and joining the fighters in the Divine Ruins, Sullen aimed to confront Karu directly there.
Under the leadership of the Dwarf King and therealm realm who entered the Divine Ruins, a powerful domain realm Commander, both therealm realm who entered the Divine Ruins, a powerful domain realm realm and the Dwarf tribe had completely banned conflicts between them—especially between level 8 experts.
Above level 8, unless fighting in the Divine Ruins, any such confrontation would result in pursuit from both sides. In extreme cases, these two supreme experts would even step in to eliminate those who violated the rule.
Each person only had one chance in their lifetime to enter the Divine Ruins.
This was also his only chance to fight Karu. If he missed this opportunity, he would need to be confident enough to escape the wrath of the Dwarf King and therealm realm who entered the Divine Ruins, a powerful domain realm Commander if he wanted to duel Karu again.
With a smile on his face, Sullen activated his domain. His gaze toward Karu was as if he were looking at a dead man.
Standing within the domain of the Ice and Snow World, Sullen appeared even more delicate.
With a slight lift of his lips, Sullen smiled for the first time.
As his lips moved, giant snowflakes in the Ice and Snow World drifted toward Karu.
With continuous hissing sounds, Karu’s clothes were torn to shreds by the snowflakes. In this world, snowflakes were not only a sign of cold but also deadly weapons.
Those goose-feather-sized snowflakes acted like thin blades, cutting through Karu’s clothes and even his skin.
Fortunately, the Dwarves had thick skin, so the snowflakes only managed to scratch their skin.
“Hahahahaha, Sullen, now let me show you another skill of the Blazing Axe— the Blazing Domain!” Karu shouted.

Karuu combined the two Sun Axe blades in his hands and recited a few spells. The two blades merged into one! The resulting axe was only the size of a single axe, but it began to emit a dazzling light!
“Sulun, do you know why your Ice Snake clan has been firmly suppressed by our Dodge family? It’s because of this Sun Axe! It’s called the Sun Axe because it allows its user to unleash a Sun Domain!” Karuu said loudly.
As Karuu spoke, the Sun Axe in his hands seemed to prove his words—emitting intense light, as if the sun itself had descended to earth. What Karuu held no longer resembled an axe but rather a sun!
As the Sun Axe transformed into a sun-like entity, the temperature around it rose sharply! On one side was a world of snow and ice, while on the other was a blazing Sun Domain! Ice and fire—two opposing domains colliding violently!
At the boundary between the white and fiery realms, mist rose rapidly with a hissing sound. This mist was formed by the rapid evaporation of extreme cold and heat.
The Sun Axe had now fully demonstrated its power as the most famous artifact among the dwarves—a skill that allowed its user to control a Sun Domain. Such a skill could elevate a saint-level warrior to the rank of a domain master!
Of course, there were limitations to using this Sun Domain skill. To activate it, one must be at or above the saint level; otherwise, too low a cultivation level would prevent the activation of the Sun Domain.
Under the influence of these two opposing domains, the surrounding space became distorted—cold enough to freeze one’s bones on one side, and hot enough to evaporate a person on the other.
Around these two domains, the skilled dwarves and magical beasts alike could no longer endure such extreme conditions and retreated far away.
The two sides continued fighting at a distance from each other.
“Haha, Sulun, didn’t you say you’d kill me today? Now, show me how you plan to do it!” Karuu laughed loudly as he unleashed his Sun Domain.

Suren frowned. In his records, there was never any mention that the Scorching Axe possessed such a skill! Nor were there any accounts among his ancestors who fought against the Karu ancestors of a skill within the Scorching Axe that involved a domain! After all, such a domain was precisely the nemesis of Suren’s own Ice and Snow World domain!
However, it couldn’t be blamed on Suren’s ancestors. Suren was the first of the Ice Snake clan to reach the level of a domain master, while his ancestors had not attained his current height. Thus, they never had the chance to force the Karu ancestors to unleash their Scorching Domain!
This led to inaccurate information for Suren, putting him in an awkward situation now.
Suddenly, a huge ice shard appeared in Suren’s Ice and Snow World! The diameter at its base was five meters wide! After forming, the ice shard began to shrink continuously!
As the massive ice shard shrank, the cold aura emanating from it grew increasingly intense. With its continuous reduction in size, not only did the coldness intensify, but the density of the ice shard also increased sharply!
Eventually, the huge ice shard was compressed into a small one only about a foot long. But once compressed, it seemed to become the center of the entire Ice and Snow World, with all the coldness in that world seemingly emanating from within it!