Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 357 - 345: Counterkill

"What, it’s not as powerful as I imagined." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

At the moment the Desolate Language Avatar stabbed the Flaming Dagger into Andrew’s chest, Liek thought.

He disguised himself as Pasha-sister’s appearance, there was no need to rush; with some casual acting, he could stall until his true form arrived.

But Liek couldn’t resist and made a probing move.

Because the moment he saw Andrew, Liek realized: this person was likely the source of that feeling he had sensed before—like an entire world pulsating and breathing.

"I’ve never felt this kind of sensation from any other Water Mage before." Liek was actually quite excited inside, "I’ve been stuck at a training bottleneck for some time, maybe this will be my chance to break through?"

That was why he was eager and, before his true form and subordinates arrived, he let the avatar make the first move.

The result of probing was: "His strength isn’t bad, but it’s nothing extraordinary."

Liek felt both disappointed and disdainful, as he casually pulled out the Flaming Dagger.

He heard a plop, and Andrew’s body, powerless, fell forward, plunging into the water.

"Mr. Wanda Wise? Mr. Wanda Wise!" Even if Pasha reacted slowly, she understood what had happened, her heart full of guilt, "It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have doubted Mr. Wanda Wise earlier, what was I doing?!"

She reached out, trying to pull Andrew.

However, her body suddenly froze, as her limbs were wrapped by four whips formed of flame.

In the darkness of the night, the Mini Fire Dragon calmly held one end of the whip in its small claws.

Liek’s voice came from the dragon’s mouth: "Don’t waste your effort, can’t you tell? Your companion is already dead, killed by me!"

He paused before continuing, staring at Pasha for a moment, then laughed: "I see! If I’m not mistaken, the ’Whale Eye’ is on you, isn’t it? Be honest, don’t resist, hand it over, and I can spare your life."

The Whale Eye, this was what Pasha carried with her, ordered to take to headquarters.

At the same time, it was what Liek and the large number of Flame Warriors were fully mobilized to find, among the scattered Water Mages across this Outer Battlefield.

Liek now had no interest in Andrew whatsoever, after all, someone who couldn’t even defeat his avatar and got killed directly couldn’t possibly be his breakthrough chance.

His gaze shifted to Pasha, smiling as he said: "Come on, hand it over—"

He didn’t finish, as his expression changed, seemingly sensing something unusual.

Then there was a loud bang!

The "corpse" of Andrew, which had fallen into the water, suddenly and unexpectedly exploded at that moment.

Like a powerful underwater bomb, its impressive might was matched by its terrifying control.

The streams of water knives caused by the explosion did not spread chaotically, but instead, under some invisible force, surged toward Liek’s Mini Dragon Avatar!

Swish swish swish swish, four streams of water easily severed the four fire whips holding Pasha.

Pasha’s limbs suddenly regained freedom, staggering a bit before she could stand firm on the water’s surface again, quickly looking up.

She saw the mini dragon swiftly moving aside, dodging the explosive impact caused by Andrew’s "corpse."

In terms of speed, Liek’s avatar was even faster than Pasha, who was known for her speed, completely beyond the normal standard of an Earth Fire Mage.

However, a figure suddenly broke through the water, as if waiting there all along, waiting in the path of the mini dragon’s movement, using stillness to control motion, patiently waiting for the opponent to deliver itself, then leaping out of the water—

One strike, piercing through the Mini Fire Dragon!

Impaling Liek’s avatar on the water-formed elongated blade!

The Mini Dragon’s body suddenly stiffened, followed by Liek’s painful and furious roar coming from its mouth.

Pasha struggled to see, her gaze piercing through the streams caused by Andrew’s "corpse explosion," landing on the figure that had pierced the Mini Fire Dragon, and in a moment, her eyes widened in surprise and joy, shouting, "Mr. Wanda Wise!! You’re... you’re not dead!?"

The figure that pierced the mini dragon was indeed Andrew.

The very Andrew who was supposed to have been killed by Liek with the Flaming Dagger!

In fact, Andrew had indeed been killed once just now.

At the moment the Flaming Dagger bypassed his three Water Shields and finally plunged into his chest, Andrew’s heart had actually suffered a tremendous impact.

"So strong! This guy from the Magic Guild, his power is really strong!"

Andrew had never seen such strong control from an Earth Fire Mage.

Not just Earth Fire Mages, even among the more stable Magic Power of Warm Fire Mages, Andrew had never seen anyone as stable as the man in front of him.

Andrew didn’t know yet that the opponent was the Magic Guild’s First Saint Son, Liek. What he did confirm was that the opponent’s magic power, control over magic, and stability could completely rival that of himself, the Water Magic Lord! Perhaps even... stronger!

It’s well known that Earth Fire Professionals are generally "high in explosive power but lacking in stability."

Andrew never imagined that an Earth Fire Mage could suppress him in this aspect!

"It is precisely based on this unparalleled control power that a Desolate Language Avatar composed of soul power can be condensed to such a tangible state, looking so real it could easily deceive the eyes?"

Andrew recognized that his opponent was using the Desolate Language Series. "With strong control power paired with the fusion of soul power, this bizarre tactic can be executed — attacking from behind, yet the final point of attack lands in front!?"

— The moment his chest was stabbed, Andrew discovered much more.

But there wasn’t time to further explore more details.

That Flaming Dagger contained an incomparably strong destructive power.

Andrew quickly concluded: he would die under this strike. At the moment the opponent hit him with the Flaming Dagger, he couldn’t resist anymore.

After arriving at such a judgment, Andrew simultaneously continued to resist, trying as much as possible to delay the arrival of his "death," and meanwhile fully activated a magic he thought he would never have a chance to use.

Lord Magic: Water Puppet Demon.

This spell was not among the traditional Water Magic styles in the Water God Mark, but rather a Lord Magic style that Andrew developed himself by combining the Water Element Series and Puppet Fire Series.

After completing the united magic of water and fire with Barbara, Andrew gained an additional Fire Element Attribute in his body, allowing him to borrow certain secret techniques of Fire Magic to a certain extent.

The Puppet Fire Series was not ordinary Fire Magic, nor was it Warm Fire Magic. It was Earth Fire Magic once performed by the deceased Grand Mage, Humboldt. Its core idea was to use magic power to condense a "Substitute Death Puppet," which could replace oneself when faced with a fatal blow, buying an extra life.

It was by combining a part of the core secret techniques of the Puppet Fire Series with his own Water Magic that Andrew developed the "Water Puppet Demon."

This allowed him to forcefully snatch a sliver of survival from a situation where death was imminent!

"You... you’re actually... not dead?"

At this moment, Liek’s Desolate Language Avatar was skewered on Andrew’s Magic Long Saber, its body writhing in pain, but it did not give up.

The small pair of Fire Dragon Wings on its body suddenly detached and then started spinning on their own like a pair of flaming boomerangs, flying towards Andrew’s throat and abdomen.

At the same time, an astonishing sound wave burst out from the small avatar of Liek, carrying an invisible heavy hammer-like soul impact: "Come on, keep going! No one can hurt me without paying a price! Come, give me another slash!"

Though his seemingly furious voice still contained calm and stability.

Andrew found his face turning a bit pale after having been shouted at from such a close distance by his opponent.

Not only because of the astonishing soul attack power within the shout but also, "My Water Puppet Demon, after all, is not a genuine Puppet Fire Series. Although I escaped the previous killing blow, part of the damage still passed through the connection between me and the Substitute Puppet to my real body."

Andrew kept silent, swallowed the mouthful of blood that welled up to his throat, then gripped the saber with one hand, stabbing it into the water from top to bottom while also pinning the Mini Fire Dragon to the water surface.

The blade instantly turned from water into ice.

Shortly after, the surface of the water turned to ice within a blink of an eye.

Inside Andrew, not only was there a trace of the power of Fire Elements derived from Barbara, but there was also a trace of Ice Power from the Ice Prison Gemstone, which allowed him to very freely control the "water temperature" of his inherent Water Element power.

Just two loud bangs could be heard!

The two flaming boomerangs formed from the Dragon’s Wings, just like the previous Flaming Dagger, suddenly shifted their final attack point in a flash while about to hit Andrew.

But this time, Andrew directly converted a layer of Ice Power into Ice Armor, covering his entire body, blocking the opponent’s attack and in turn freezing those Dragon Wings into ice shards!

"Ha!" Andrew finally made a sound, letting out a low shout.

The experience of having a life cut away was an enormous psychological blow to Andrew.

Right now, there was only one intense thought in Andrew’s mind, and that was: to eliminate this enemy before him!

Not far away, Pasha was completely stunned.

Whether it was shock at the sudden display of Ice Power by Andrew, or shock at the extraordinary killing intent revealed in Andrew’s eyes, which even he himself was unaware of.

A dense chill emanated from the Ice Blade in Andrew’s hand, then fiercely entered the body of the Mini Fire Dragon.

"Wait... wait a minute!" Liek cried out in pain.

But soon he could no longer shout out as the entire body of the Mini Fire Dragon was frozen into an ice sculpture.

Andrew twisted and turned the hand holding the saber.

The body of the Mini Fire Dragon, already frozen into ice, couldn’t hold out any longer. It shattered into pieces, fell onto the ice below, and then... broke into bits of ice shards.