Lord of Cinder in American Comics

The mage and priest teamed up once again, showcasing their superb close-combat skills: the Irithyll Straight Sword froze the attack, only to be shattered by the Farron Swift Sword.

The two worked together to keep Deacon at bay.

But Deacon seemed to have thought of something, and abruptly stopped in his tracks, determined to stop Constantine and Ash from getting close to the corpses behind them, even at the cost of several lives.

Dickon believed that Constantine and Ash's urgent attack was for the amulet on the corpse's hand behind them, and subconsciously, Dickon regarded the amulet as the biggest threat.

Now, Deacon was becoming more and more composed under the attacks of the two, and he could feel the blood slave he had created getting closer and closer.

By gaining control over these hundreds of thousands of people, whether it's to enhance one's own strength or to control negotiations with humans, one's vampire empire will only grow stronger.

Dickon could even imagine himself being arrogant and domineering as he negotiated with humans.

Thinking of this glorious moment, Deacon attacked even faster, and most of his attacks were random and unfocused, just to prevent Ash and Constantine from getting past his lines.

This attack disrupted Ash's defensive rhythm in Deacon's eyes. Before he knew it, Ash's Irithyll Straight Sword flew out of her hand and hurtled towards Deacon.

Controlling his body, creating a void within it, the chilling straight sword pierced through Deacon.

Seeing that a major threat had been eliminated, Dickon arrogantly said, "Without your weapon, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve!"

However, Ash looked at Deacon with the eyes of someone looking at a dead man, without any emotion involved.

Irithyll's straight sword pierced through Deacon's chest, slowly freezing his blood and body along the wound.

Logan, relying on his immortality, regenerated his heart and feigned death behind Deacon. When Ashe threw the Irithyll Straight Sword, Logan seized the opportunity and attacked Deacon from behind with the sword.

Deacon instinctively wanted to turn into blood and leave, but the icy cold made his reaction sluggish.

As Logan pierced Dickon with Irithyll's Straight Sword, Geralt the Witcher somehow sat up and threw the amulet in his hand at Dickon and Logan.

"Now!"

Following Ash's instructions, the gunslinger accurately struck the amulet on Deacon's head with a bullet.

A burst of silver light shone down on the two locked in combat.

Dickon, who was originally fearless, felt the difference in his body, and his invincible method of infinite resurrection seemed to have lost its effect.

"What have you done to me! How awful!"

In the instant he felt defeated, he also realized that his method of resurrection was no longer effective. Deacon tightened the longsword at his chest to prevent it from leaving his body and causing Ash to get it again and cause him even greater harm.

At the same time, Dickon manipulated the blood within his body, spraying it outwards to form an oval-shaped sphere of blood around his body, enveloping himself and Logan.

This layer of blood is Deacon's defense mechanism, and the astute Deacon senses that this method of sealing his resurrection is gradually weakening. As long as he can hold out for this period, he will return as king.

So, in front of Ash and the others, this oval-shaped blood cell was constantly freezing, eventually forming a frozen blood cell.

## Chapter 191: The Solution for the Arc Reactor

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing such a victory. Hill immediately withdrew the planes that were ready to drop bombs.

Stark's incredulous voice came through the channel: "It worked just like that?"

Clutching his piercing chest wound and stuffing herbs into his mouth, Geralt shook his head and said, "The dueling charm only lasts for a while. After that time, he will still revive. Now we need to think about how to really kill this guy!"

[Duel Amulet: An item used to adjudicate duels. Within a certain time and effective range, it will remove all special effects. For a time, Lloyd, the chief god who wields the magic sword, ruled through duels. It is said that the Knights of Lloyd greatly feared this.]

"How long will your amulet last? How much time do we have to figure out a solution?"

Stark's words served as a wake-up call for everyone.

Geralt coughed up blood as he wiped the green grass and blood from the corner of his mouth, saying, "A few minutes or a dozen minutes. The effect will decrease depending on the strength of the enemy. I really can't judge the specifics."

Hill tentatively asked, "Could we seal him in composite armor and then dump him in a remote, secluded place?"

Unexpectedly, Stark immediately rejected this answer.

Stark appeared among the dazed crowd in NY, pointed to their path, and said, "These people are all controlled by this vampire. They've been moving towards the same goal and haven't stopped yet. We can't gamble on the range of his summoning."

The Blade, who had never played a role, added to Stark's suspicions, saying, "The vampire's bond comes from a mark in their blood. Even if you throw him into the Mariana Trench, these blood slaves will find him..."

"So we have to kill him? How about we just throw him into the steel mill's furnace?"

Stark, ever the one to pour cold water, is here to sabotage things again.

"Ahem, the steel mill's industrial water is directly connected to the water plant. Not to mention that most of the employees have become blood slaves, the factories around NY are basically shut down now."

Hill persisted, "Don't mages have teleportation abilities? Just have him open a portal to somewhere else."

"Hey, I'm a mage, not a god. I can't open doors in places I haven't been before or where there's no GPS location. You might as well think of other means of transportation!"

Constantine had barely finished his disdainful explanation when Ash followed up with her finishing blow.

Ash tapped the ice blood orb, drawing everyone's attention.

"Don't forget, there's a comrade inside! Besides, the power of the Irithyll Straight Sword will only cause the entire steel furnace to freeze again..."

All methods were rejected, and the anxious crowd could not think of a way to solve Dickon's problem.

The World Security Council was also actively devising countermeasures. Finally, the World Security Council came up with an alternative solution: to use a rocket to send Dickon into outer space. In the weightless environment of outer space, he would only move further and further away from the solar system.

However, their plan with Hill overlooked Logan. They also neglected to seek advice from professionals like Ash and Constantine.

Stark spoke up just as arrangements were being made to modify the intercontinental ballistic missile to enable it to carry out launch missions.

"So we need a means to completely destroy this blood, even every single cell, and to maintain a high-intensity, long-term output?"

“That’s right. Stark, that’s a very accurate summary.”

"Perhaps, I have a place where I can solve these problems."

Stark's wise voice provided an answer that surprised Hill and the World Security Council.

"where?"

“The headquarters of Stark Industries has an Arc Reactor designed by my father, which references the TFR tokamak device and can generate a plasma current of 3.7 MA and heat the central ion to 2 million degrees.”

However, Stark's proposal was immediately rejected by Hill.

"Stark, are you planning to detonate a hydrogen bomb on the West Coast?!"

Faced with Hill's accusations, Stark remained calm and continued in his composed tone, "It's just about stimulating plasma. Once all the plasma is released, there won't be any problem. Besides, weren't you just preparing to launch a nuclear weapon? How come things have changed when it comes to me?"

As Stark and Hill argued, the ice blood orb that Deacon had frozen into began to tremble irregularly.

Constantine used the old man's crystallizing staff to rebuild a layer of crystals on the surface of the ice blood orb, which temporarily stabilized the dangerous signal.

“We don’t have much time left. Deacon is becoming increasingly unstable. We can’t launch it into space right now either, so Stark, do as you say!”

In the end, it was Ash who made the final decision on the course of action.

"Stark, what are the exact coordinates?"

"West Coast, Stark Industrial Park, coordinates are xxxx.xxxx. I've started evacuating the night shift personnel and all security personnel from the park. Just head towards the largest glass building!"

With Stark providing the coordinates, Constantine began constructing the portal. Looking at the scenery on the other side, however, it was in the sky.

Seeing that Constantine's portal wasn't very precise, Stark pointed out the direction and explained to Constantine, "The target is the complex of buildings ahead. You need to lower the portal another 514 meters."

“Yes, that’s it. Keep going forward, see the plaza ahead? The Arc Reactor is right next to the plaza. Ash, I need you to go there first and prepare for the overload reactor.”

After directing Constantine, Stark then began directing Ashe. In such an emergency, it was natural to listen to whoever was more experienced. Under Stark's command, Ashe quickly reached the Arc Reactor.

When Ash saw the reactor, he realized that Stark could actually shrink this three-story reactor to the size of a fist.

While Ash was still in shock, Stark continued, "Push all the levers up and turn the reactor power to maximum."

"That's right, just press the overload safety button on the console at the end."

Once Ash had finished dealing with everything, the Exile Brothers carried Dickon's ice puck and ran across the portal.

“We can dismantle the surrounding steel frame, build a temporary platform, and fix this blood sphere on top of the arc reactor…”

Stark continued to direct the group, preparing to fix Deacon in an optimal position so that he could withstand the maximum amount of high-energy plasma.

"It's not that complicated, just tell me where to put him."

Constantine used the old man's crystal staff to control the reconstruction of the crystals on the surface of the blood sphere, making the blood sphere move slowly on the ground as if it had grown legs.

During the construction process, Dickon's blood cell trembled even more violently, and even the crystal covering it began to crack, forcing Constantine to cover it with another layer.

According to Stark's explanation, Constantine built a crystallized tripod, placing Dickon's blood cell at the very center, so that the whole thing looked like a beaker placed on an alcohol lamp.

With everything ready, Ash pressed the button to deactivate the overload protection device.

The scorching plasma, ignited from the arc reactor, then irradiated the ice sphere from below, finally passing through it and shooting into the sky.

At night, a beam of light several meters thick can be clearly seen shooting straight into the sky.

Faced with plasma reaching a temperature of 200 million degrees Celsius, Constantine's crystals quickly melted, followed by Deacon's frozen blood.

Seeing her soul count steadily increasing, Ash was certain that Deacon was losing life.

Gradually, as the crystalline outer shell and the ice blood sphere melted, the onlookers could see the situation at the center of the plasma.

A skeleton, blackened by plasma, was gripping a sword tightly, aiming to stab at the writhing sphere of blood before it.

The chilling aura of Irithyll's straight sword continuously bound the blood sphere that Deacon had transformed into, preventing it from escaping. At the same time, the blood sphere was constantly being evaporated by the high-temperature plasma of the Arc Reactor.

This method of eliminating enemies using the Arc Reactor didn't last long; Ash stopped receiving any new souls.

However, a clump of blood remained on Irithyll's straight sword, lingering there for a long time.

Ash seemed to remember something and shouted, "Damn it, ordinary people should cover their ears and not listen to any sound!"

Faced with such a warning, Hill and the World Security Council, as if they had rehearsed it beforehand, immediately cut off the audio signal with Ash.

Experts are analyzing Ash's lip movements in the recorded video footage.

"It's you again, Sithon."

The lip-reading expert had barely uttered the first letter of Sithon's name when he went into a frenzy, indiscriminately attacking everything and everyone around him.

Seeing this scene, the World Security Council also believed Ash's previous statement that "anyone who mentions his name will be converted into his follower."

Meanwhile, the World Security Council blurred all the video footage, intending to record and preserve it in a blurred state.

Before Ash could even utter the name of the demon god Xithon, he said in the channel, "Constantine, open a portal above the device and add the escaping plasma to the attack!"

The portal opened in the sky, instantly severing the plasma beam in half and joining the attack from the side.

Furthermore, Constantine opened multiple portals on the side, like radiation therapy, to re-converge the dissipated plasma and focus it onto the blood cells.

As the portal was established, communications around Ash became increasingly difficult. Eventually, they were completely cut off.