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Chapter 292 The 'Ice Prison' that Balances Good and Evil

[The Ice Cave Passage of the Starfrost Sect's Underground Base]

Dust Star's crimson blade light poured down on Jeremiah like a torrential rain, each strike wrapped in scorching blood flames, distorting the air in the passage.

Jeremiah dodged and weaved amidst the flashing blades, his curly hair stained with melted ice water, and even the hem of his grey hoodie blackened by the flames.

The ice that once covered the passage has long since disappeared, leaving only wet water stains.

These water stains instantly turned into a white mist under the vaporization of the dust star's blood flames.

The entire underground passage was enveloped in an inexplicable heat, like a scorching sauna.

Star Energy Technique: Ice Prison!

Amidst the white mist, Jeremiah suddenly raised his hand, and a dozen icicles, each as thick as an arm, condensed and took shape in mid-air.

These ice shards gleamed with a pale blue, cold light, clearly containing more stellar energy than the ice-based spells used against Chen Kong.

But when these ice shards came within three meters of Chen Xing, she gripped the demon sword expressionlessly and gently twisted her wrist.

The next second, the crimson flames instantly swirled into a vortex, like the gaping maw of a giant beast, swallowing all the ice shards whole.

There was no ear-piercing collision sound, nor any trace of ice crystals shattering. Those seemingly sharp ice shards didn't even last half a second in the vortex of flames before being completely evaporated into water vapor, leaving not even a trace of ice crystal fragments behind.

"Jeremiah, is this all you can do?"

Chen Xing's voice came from within the vortex of flames. Her cold and beautiful face remained expressionless, with only a clear hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes.

Originally, after seeing that Jeremiah had mastered some elementalization, she felt that Jeremiah could bring her a lot of 'fun'.

But in reality, she was overthinking it.

Because Jeremiah's elemental transformation is currently limited to his limbs and he cannot even achieve a complete form change, his body still has 'vital points', making it impossible for him to fight without restraint.

Such an opponent is simply not worthy of her giving it her all.

Meanwhile, Jeremiah leaned against the wall of the passageway, panting heavily, a look of helplessness on his face.

If it were any other Star Envoy of the same level, he wouldn't find it so troublesome.

Because of his 'Star Core - Frost Giant - Elementalization', he is immune to most physical attacks.

'Star Source·Indolent Arbitrator·Asset Freeze' can further weaken the opponent's strength, achieving a balance of power.

However, these abilities were completely ineffective against Chen Xing, like punching cotton.

Not to mention the 'Extreme Cold' which is countered by 'Blood Flame'.

Speaking of 'asset freezing' alone, he knew very well that although Chen Xing had a lot of blood on his hands, he had not committed much 'sin'.

Therefore, while freezing his assets could weaken some of Dust Star's strength, it could not pose any real threat to it.

This is a tough situation. This isn't a battle between equals; it's a one-sided crushing defeat.

In the instant Jeremiah was distracted, Dust Star suddenly vanished from its spot.

The next second, her figure suddenly appeared to Jeremiah's left, and her demon sword slashed out horizontally. The crimson flames of the sword were like lightning cutting through the air, heading straight for his waist and abdomen.

The undisguised 'ultimate killing intent' on the demon blade cleaved through the surrounding mist, creating a clear vacuum zone.

Jeremiah's pupils constricted sharply, and his stellar energy surged wildly within him.

An attempt was made to activate the scales of the 'Indolent Arbiter' to balance Dust Star's attack and render the strike harmless. However, the scales had barely formed a vague outline when they were shattered on the spot by the scorching power within Dust Star's blade aura, dissipating into the air like bubbles.

puff!
Blood splattered onto the melting ice water, creating a striking red ring.

Jeremiah looked down and saw that his left ribs had been cut open by a dust star, leaving a deep wound that exposed the bone and even revealed his internal organs.

He staggered back a few steps, raised his hand to press on the wound, and pale blue ice crystals quickly spread from his palm, trying to seal the wound and stop the bleeding.

However, as soon as the ice crystals touched the edge of the wound, they were burned by the residual blood flames, sizzling and melting instantly into water, making it impossible for them to condense.

"how come."

Jeremiah’s voice carried a hint of disbelief.

It should be noted that his control over ice-attribute star energy had already reached its peak, but when faced with Dust Star's Blood Flame, his 'Extreme Cold' couldn't even achieve the most basic 'freezing'.

This means that Bloodflame's 'rank' is far above his ice-type star energy, representing absolute attribute suppression.

Without any hesitation, Jeremiah decisively took out a 'Frost Crystal Nanoparticle' unique to the Starfrost Sect and plunged it into his abdomen.

The next second, a large number of tiny nanobots began to work on his wound, eventually helping to seal it and isolate the burning flames of the dust star.

Throughout this process, Duststar simply watched calmly without launching any attacks.

Indifferent and arrogant.
At that moment, Jeremiah felt that he saw the 'shadow' of the Heavenly Way in Dust Star.

Only monsters like them would disregard the enemy's situation and act solely based on their own 'interests'.

And Dust Star is undoubtedly doing something similar right now.

She was waiting, waiting for him to demonstrate a method that would interest her.

Therefore, she could even do nothing and just wait for her injuries to heal.

And the source of this arrogance is her terrifying strength.

With this in mind, Jeremiah made his decision.

He closed his eyes, and the star energy around him began to surge wildly, several times more intense than when he condensed the Ice Prison.

The next second, pale blue ice crystals spread rapidly outwards from his body, covering the entire passage in the blink of an eye, forming a huge ice prison five meters high, trapping him and Chen Xing inside.

The inner walls of the ice prison were covered with tiny balance patterns, which emitted a cold light and began to frantically draw out the surrounding star energy as if they were alive.

Even the lingering scent of blood and flames in the air was gradually absorbed by these eerie patterns.

Within this icy prison, Chen Xingneng could clearly sense that the star energy within his body was showing signs of becoming uncontrollable, as if it were being forcibly drawn away by the scale patterns.

She raised an eyebrow, and a hint of interest finally returned to her cold and aloof face.

"The 'Giant's Ice Prison' is built around the Frost Giant and is complemented by the Sloth Arbiter."

“Jeremiah, it seems you have indeed grown a lot over the years.”

Jeremiah stood at the other end of the ice prison, looking at Dust Star who was curiously examining the patterns on the ice prison not far away. His face was pale, but his tone was firm as he said, "Star, I admit that I am far inferior to you, but if it is just to hold you off, I can still manage."

In response, Chen Xing's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Want to hold me back? We'll see if you have the ability."

(End of this chapter)