The crystal giant at the very center stood up. The head it held in its hands glared furiously, its eyes locked on Yang Yi and Suna.It was confused.The white fog was supposed to be a protection. How had these two found their way here?But that didn't stop its rage.Any high-temperature object that dared defile the White Palace would be expelled, and these two were no exception.As the arctic current washed over them, the temperature around Yang Yi and Suna plummeted, dropping straight toward minus one hundred degrees. Frost began to crystallize on their clothes, and even the carbon dioxide they exhaled condensed into a visible mist.All the Ice-nest believers began to shamble toward them with slow, deliberate steps.Just in time, the bonfire was built, using wood soaked in Pale Worm grease for a long, sustained burn. Lighting it, however, was a major problem. In this extreme environment, using a flint and steel was practically impossible.It required magic.Suna, holding the Serpent's Tooth, unleashed a Radiant Flame, instantly igniting the entire mountain of firewood. The thermal radiation from the blaze melted the frost coating their bodies.From there, things got easier.Suna lit wooden arrows tipped with her molotovs and fired them off, creating patches of fire across the ice. The glacier was soon dotted with infernos that drove back the white fog, drastically improving visibility. Her goal was to create chaos, disrupt the battlefield, and provide cover for Yang Yi to take down the giant."Unforgivable! You are defiling this sacred glacier!" the crystal giant roared, its voice shaking with rage as it ran toward them with heavy strides. At first glance, its pace seemed slow, but each step covered nearly ten meters. Its actual speed was absurdly fast.Suna could now see the crystal giant clearly. Just as Yang Yi had described, it stood nearly ten meters tall with long, slender limbs. Its head was a massive block of ice, and it held an ice-egg in its hands, inside which the head of an old man was sealed, a crystal embedded in his forehead.It charged forward, shattering the Ice-nest believers in its path. With a point of its finger, the broken pieces of its followers were instantly sheathed in ice and transformed into Ice-nest Worms."Quickly! Extinguish these profane flames!"The Ice-nest Worms took to the sky, swarming toward the nearest fires."I'm ready, too," Yang Yi said, getting to his feet. He raised Broken Iron with his right hand, which was now grotesquely swollen and distorted. This was the first time he'd used Limb Enhancement. It had consumed 5 mana and taken about ten seconds, during which countless tiny spiders had burrowed into his arm to unlock its potential. Now, his right arm was thicker than his thigh, radiating power. The muscles within had even burst through the skin, though little blood flowed out.With the spell cast, his right arm's strength had reached an astonishing 11, enough to lift Broken Iron with a single hand.He charged toward the crystal giant, his own steps heavy and thunderous. He was a bit lopsided; his body's strength was severely unbalanced. While his right arm was at 11, more than four times stronger than before, his core and lower body strength were still at 8. The lack of coordination made his posture crooked, but it was manageable.He swung the two-handed sword with both hands, and with a casual swipe, smashed four or five believers into a pulp. The powerful gust of wind from the swing even knocked over several more behind them. He didn't stop, attacking only the believers blocking his path, rapidly closing the distance to the giant.The crystal giant was busy stomping on its followers, converting them into worms to fight the fires. But it was obvious that starting fires was far easier than putting them out. The conversion process took time, enough for Suna to loose several more arrows. After her twenty-odd arrows were spent, she switched to throwing the molotovs by hand. Made with Pale Worm grease, they burned just as well on ice as they did on water.When a large swarm of worms descended upon the bonfire next to her, Suna pulled out the Pale Worm Hand-cannon she had prepared. Aiming it at the sky, she pulled the trigger.A Pale Worm over three meters in diameter shot out of the muzzle. The recoil was immense, knocking Suna flat on her °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° ass onto the ice with a painful-looking thud. If she hadn't been holding it with both hands, the weapon would have flown from her grasp.The giant worm's mouth opened, creating a powerful suction like a vacuum cleaner, sucking in all the incoming Ice-nest Worms. The shambling believers were pulled in as well. The scene was oddly satisfying, like sweeping trash off a desktop. Suna held the hand-cannon steady, adjusting her aim to suck in any worms or believers that tried to get close. The Pale Worm slowly began to bloat, its body frosting over from the intense cold of its meal, though its natural resistance kept it from being affected for now.Back with Yang Yi.After smashing through countless believers, he finally closed in on the giant. The sheer pressure of its ten-meter-tall frame was something you could only truly experience up close. Taller than a three-story building, its body shimmering like a slender gemstone, and the surrounding temperature of over a hundred degrees below zero—all of it spoke of its immense power. An ordinary human before it was as helpless as a three-year-old child.[The giant's oppressive presence. Your Sanity has decreased by 10.]Yang Yi was unmoved. Gripping Broken Iron with both hands, he summoned every ounce of his strength and brought the massive sword down on the giant's knee with the force to split a mountain.CLANG!The deafening sound of metal striking stone echoed across the ice.But the mighty blow had no effect. Even Yang Yi was stunned. The durability of the giant's body was beyond his comprehension.His all-out strike had been caught by the giant with a single hand.The blade of Broken Iron was held fast in its grip, trembling as if struggling to break free. Even the Spirit of Fear sealed within the sword emerged, roaring silently at the giant. It was all futile. Yang Yi's attack had barely chipped a few fragments from the giant's left hand, causing almost no damage.Instead, an intense cold traveled up the sword, causing his right arm and the entire right side of his body to go numb."Are you done messing around?"The crystal giant hadn't even considered Yang Yi a threat. It lifted Broken Iron with its left hand as if it were a child's toy, hoisting Yang Yi's entire body into the air with brute force.This was the helplessness of a mortal facing something beyond reason. There was simply no way to win. Even with all his strength, wielding a two-meter-long greatsword, he was as threatening as someone holding a nail clipper.A powerful sense of despair and unwillingness to yield flowed from Broken Iron, seeping into Yang Yi's very bones—the residual emotions of the sword's creator.But Yang Yi was completely unmoved by this feeling. Instead, a barely perceptible, cunning smirk crossed his face.He let his frozen right hand go limp, keeping his balance, while his left hand produced a flintlock. He activated cannon mode.BOOM!The Glimmer Flintlock unleashed its fury.

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