He created a barrier made of compressed fire that instantly fought against the overwhelming power of the ice formation. 

"I must admit, that b*tch does know how to plan well. She might not be the strongest one among all the King leveled Dragons but she made it up with her brilliant strategies." Arthus commended in a murmur.

Unlike him and his company who boasted an impeccable defense and is used to crus.h.i.+ng their enemies with brute force, the Queen Dragon of the North deals with her enemy using unexpected strategies that make him think twice of daring to attack her.

BAAM!~

BAAAM!~

BAAAM!~

As Elric tried to do his best to defend himself and the two coiled Eastern Dragons beside him, the northern Dragons continued to bombard them with ma.s.sive chunks of ice, it contained to stack against each other that Elric's location had basically turned into a mini-mount Everest.

No matter how Elric tried to melt them, new stacks of ice would just continue to drop down from all directions and so they ended up getting drowned in water instead.

The entire land started to freeze from the extreme cold due to the overwhelming attacks of Leah's Dragons. After all, It was a combined ice attack from not less than fifteen thousand Northern Dragons being dropped in one spot!

"Allow us to use our fire to help and melt these ice" Lesse suddenly suggested. 

"No. Focus your strength on defending yourselves. Save your energy. These might be just the start of their real attack." Elric was not dumb. Obviously, since the enemies are trying their best to trap them, they must be waiting for another barrage of attacks.

And just after spewing those words, Elric's instinct started to kick in. He could feel a terrifying killing intent coming from all directions. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to see what's coming due to the incredibly compressed ice surrounding them from all directions.

"Do it." Lesse whispered in the air as her eyes gleamed a chilling coldness. She had basically judged Elric and his company as dead by now.

SHOOOOK!~

SHOOOK~

SHOOOOOOK~

SHOOOOK~

Then out of nowhere, thousands, no, tens of thousands of incredibly sharp wind blades flashed from Elric's back. It was from the hiding Southern Dragons!

These Wind blades came from the compressed air being conjured from their extremely long and sharptails before it was swung towards their target. 

These tens of thousands of wind blades came out from southern direction where they remained hidden until the signal from Leah was called; the sheer number of the wind blades formed a ma.s.sive crescent blade formation, reminiscent of a scimitar going forward to cut Elric and his company into two!

"Hmp! You better do your job properly!" Arthur scoffed as he watched the Southern Dragons executing their deadly combined blow.

s.h.i.+NG~

The wind blade sliced through the thick ice like a hot knife to b.u.t.ter. The ma.s.sive mountain of ice was seamlessly cut through as it continued to travel towards the fire s.h.i.+eld that Elric created to protect themselves.

"Die!" Fargor shouted in his mind as he watched their combined attack slicing through the mountain of ice that was holding off their target.

Elric saw the incoming attack as warned by his incredible instinct. 

"Compress!" As a G.o.d of fire, Elric released more fire essence from his pores and used them to strengthen his fire defense.

"Prepare for impact!" He beckoned towards Lesse and Long who also hardened their coiling formation, strengthening their bodies and prepared to take on the incoming attack.

SHOOOOOOOSHK!~

And just as Elric's fortified defense successfully formed, the wind blades also finally reached them inside the mountain of ice.

BOOOOOM!~

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SWOOOs.h.!.+~KSs.h.!.+~

SWOOs.h.!.+~KSs.h.!.+~

SWOOs.h.!.+~ KSSSH~

The ma.s.sive scimitar made of wind blades met Elric's fire defense. But as if a wooden knife smashed against a steel wall, Elric's fire s.h.i.+eld was so compressed that even the deadly wind blades conjured by tens thousand Southern Dragons broke and shattered to all directions.

BAAAASHHK!~

BBAAASK!~

The redirected wind blades were not enough to defeat Elric's fire defense. Instead, it helped him break the ice mountain holding them off as it cut through the ice mountain from the inside.

"Hah..hah...This is our chance!" Elric felt the vibrations of the collapsing ice mountain. He could not help but gasp for more air as he had expended quite a lot of fire essence trying to defend themselves from that attack.

The Northern Dragons had stopped their attacks, currently, they backed out trying to recover their lost energy. As they backed down, the ice mountain was also starting to collapse from the sharp blades flailing around from the center.

THUDDUDUDUDUD!~

GRUGHGGH~

But just when Elric was about to issue the command to move away, he suddenly felt the earth carving down as if they were in the middle of a deep crater!

"Earth shaping skills!?" 

THUDUDUDUDUD~!

THUDUDUUDDUDDDD~!

The ma.s.sive Rock b.a.l.l.s are back!

Arthur was leading the thousands of Rock b.a.l.l.s behind, they were just two hundred meters away from reaching Elric when Arthur suddenly broke out of his Rock ball and revealed his humungous body. 

ROOOOAR!

The next moment, Arthur slammed towards the ground and activated his earth spell.

b.u.mMMP!~

b.u.mMP!~

With the giant rock b.a.l.l.s gaining momentum behind him, Arthur's oversized frontal arms pressed the ground in front and a gigantic earth ramp was instantly formed before him!

POOOM!~

POOOM!~

POPOPOPOOOM!~

And like giant marbles, these giant Rock b.a.l.l.s started to fly in the air thanks to the ramp that Arthur created, their terrifying speed and momentum brought along an incredibly destructive might that is sure to squash their target into dust the moment they land!

Lesse and Long saw the frightening number of the giant rock b.a.l.l.s suddenly jumping out of the raised ground. Like ma.s.sive meteors, they started to drop down towards them with increasing momentum!

They were still trapped inside the collapsing ice and were still unable to break away quickly! 

What are they gonna do!?

Elric was still not able to get a single breather when another attack followed after another. He could not help but be impressed at the meticulous planning they did just to make sure he would waste his defensive skills.

The time seemed to stop as he quickly calmed his mind. The power of the calmed soul kicked in. His mind rewinded everything that happened so far as to give him a better picture of the enemy's action.

First, they went for a frontal fireball attack, then the Western Dragons turned into ma.s.sive Rock b.a.l.l.s only to feign their attack against the two eastern Dragon. Their real intention is for Elric to move closer beside the two Eastern Dragons to maximize their next attacks focus in one spot.

Now that Elric was just meters away from the two Eastern Dragon, he will be forced to switch into the defensive. After achieving their desired reaction from Elric, the rolling giant Rock b.a.l.l.s quickly turns around and the Northern Dragons flawlessly executed the Frozen Prison formation, instantly trapping Elric and his company inside a mountain-like of densely packed ice pillars. 

Elric reacted with full defensive fire barrier to survive the intense coldness inside the Frozen Prison formation, but with him engaged in keeping their defense up, the Southern Dragons managed to gather enough power to unleash a slicing attack since the rolling Rock b.a.l.l.s would probably just bounce off from the extremely compressed ice mountain. 

After all, the southern Dragons are known to excel not in brute force nor magical spells, but with their unmatched cutting abilities. Not even pure steel is enough to stand against their wind blades!

It just happens that Elric managed to prepare against it and bolstered up his fire defense in exchange for him losing around eighty percent of his fire Elemental essence just for that improved fire s.h.i.+eld alone!

Unfortunately, Elric's move seems to be still under the enemy's expectation. After the ma.s.sive Wind blades failing to kill them inside the ice mountain, it proceeded to flail everywhere and broke the firm foundation of the ice mountain compressing them.

Now that the ice mountain was on the edge of collapsing and its foundation shattering, it was the perfect time for the rolling Rock b.a.l.l.s to do their demolition job with Elric and his crew as the focus!

To maximize their impact, the King Dragon of the north even created a list minute ramp to give the rolling Rock b.a.l.l.s a boost, making sure Elric will end up a meat paste on their feet!

These Dragons are here to kill him, the eastern Dragons and they don't mind squas.h.i.+ng his grandma's body as well!

Elric opened his eyes. Time seemed to slow down still. He could see the small dust flailing aimlessly around. The unconscious Kahayag was tightly tucked comfortably in between the two Eastern Dragons behind him.

He also could not help but notice the panicked look at the scaly face of Lesse and Long. They knew pretty much that despite having King and Queen Dragon bodies, getting crushed by tens of thousands of ma.s.sive Rock b.a.l.l.s means certain death! Not to mention, they were still not able to move freely because of the ma.s.sive ice still binding them!

Elric's gaze moved back to his grandmother's body. A longing smile crept in his face as a warm feeling came out of his heart.

"I will protect you, grandma. Until I get to taste the breakfast you made again, I will never stop protecting you."

Elric's body started to explode in overwhelming light.

SWOOOOOs.h.!.+~

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!~

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"They want us dead. It is death I shall reply."

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ROOOOOOOOARR!~