Lord of Cinder in American Comics

As usual, Ashe took the lead, and Constantine finished them off with Farron Arrows. The two began a one-sided battle in the orc horde.

Even Sun Wukong, who could slash his way from the South Heavenly Gate all the way to Penglai East Road, would sometimes experience dry eyes.

Ash and Constantine, facing so many grunts, couldn't help but feel sore all over from hacking and slashing.

To avoid becoming the next target, one must conceal one's strength and display only the smallest amount of power.

The two worked together seamlessly, hacking their way all the way to the giant skeletal beast.

The giant beast, which was feasting and eating voraciously, paid no attention to the arrival of the two. Instead, it stretched out a large, blood-soaked hand and invited them to join in.

Ash understood what this meant; people always want to show off their strength when facing someone weaker than themselves.

After finishing the last bite, the giant beast wiped its mouth with its blood-soaked right hand, leaving a trail of blood on its lips.

The behemoth, having recovered from all its damage, roared, scattering the surrounding food, and bowed slightly towards Ash and his companion.

"I'm going to beat you both to death with my fists."

Suddenly, a sentence came out of the giant beast's mouth. What was originally thought to be a weapon of war from the men in black turned out to be an intelligent being.

After the giant beast finished speaking, it charged towards the two of them, roaring all the way and inciting the surrounding beastmen.

In an instant, the battlefield was filled with roars.

Ash and Constantine attacked simultaneously, one firing a lightning spear and the other throwing a fireball.

The lightning spear and the fireball collided in mid-air and exploded, creating a sea of ​​fire in the space directly in front of the charging behemoth.

The behemoth charged headlong without offering any resistance, passing directly through the sea of ​​fire and crashing down on Ash and his companion's original location before anyone could even see clearly.

On the ice sheet that even heavy bombs couldn't break through, the behemoth's powerful punch shattered the thick ice sheet, and the shockwave sent the surrounding ice fragments flying into the sea.

After a long while, the sea responded, with a powerful surge of water rising into the sky, irrigating the area again and extinguishing Constantine's inferno.

Judging by its feel, it knew it had missed. Without bothering to observe its surroundings, the giant beast casually swept its way around.

The behemoth reacted instantly, dodging Ash's lightning spear and simultaneously blocking Constantine's fireball with its outstretched arm.

Faced with such a powerful enemy, Ash and Constantine had no choice but to avoid its attacks and retreat in different directions.

Missing its first attack, the behemoth continued its assault, relentlessly pounding the two figures on the ground with its tiny fists, like playing whack-a-mole, smashing large holes into the ice sheet.

The behemoth moved at an extreme speed, making it difficult for Ash and Constantine to even dodge. Ash, who kept trying to attack the behemoth, repeatedly lost her aim with her lightning spear, which just shot into the open.

Looking at the craters on the ice that resembled those on the moon, the behemoth glanced smugly at Ash and Constantine, as if to say, 'I see through your little tricks.'

At the hands of someone, the biting cold wind returned, freezing and sealing the pits once more.

"You don't actually think we'll rely on those ice caves, do you? No way, no way, no one really thinks that, right?"

Some obnoxious remarks came out of Constantine's mouth, and such words would get the most attention from the obviously intelligent skeletal behemoth.

"You're so busy hitting us, haven't you noticed what's happening in the sky?"

Constantine pointed to the sky, giving the behemoth a hint.

The giant beast, raising its head, saw the continuous stream of lightning spears extending into the clouds.

Ash's missed lightning spears were meant for this moment. To conceal her true power, she had to resort to this trick to reveal even greater strength.

The clouds, which were originally devoid of any electrical charge, were transformed by Ash into unparalleled lightning, which traveled along the interconnected lightning spears to the top of the behemoth's head.

Meanwhile, Ash had somehow moved behind the behemoth. Leaping through the air, Ash raised the lightning spear in her left hand to guide the lightning coming from the sky.

Roland, the gunslinger who was originally virtually invisible, also raised his piercing rifle and fired at the fastest rate of fire he could muster.

The mercury bullets fired from the piercing rifle connected precisely in a straight line in mid-air, with each bullet striking the same spot on the giant beast's back.

That spot, which was originally hit twice by the electromagnetic launcher, initially showed no signs of damage, but after being burned and flooded, the skeletal armor there was already in grave danger.

The piercing rifle's attacks caused even more cracks to appear on the behemoth's back.

Next, Ash threw out her lightning spear, which, guided by the lightning in the sky, accurately struck the same spot.

Under the fierce attack of lightning, the armor on the giant beast's back finally shattered.

## Chapter 79: The Fourth Fall of the Siege Assault Beast

Gunslinger and Ash's combined attack finally broke through the behemoth's armor, exposing a small area on its back.

However, the giant beast started clapping on its own.

"I never expected that you mortals could do this."

Seeing Ash fall from the sky, the behemoth didn't rush to attack her; instead, it praised her.

"You have done your best to get to this point. Now I will send you to see my master. I believe you will receive blessings there."

After the behemoth finished speaking, it raised its hand, as if to step forward and smash Ash to death.

Unexpectedly, Ash relaxed at this moment, stuck the knight's sword into the ice in front of her, and quietly looked at the skeletal behemoth.

"With such cool moves, don't you ever ask the magician behind you if he has any?"

Upon hearing Ash's words, the skeletal behemoth instantly turned around, searching for Constantine's figure.

"Idiot, I'm right behind you."

At that moment, Constantine's voice came from the back of the behemoth. He gripped the damaged armor with his right hand, securing himself to the behemoth's back, and with his left hand, he raised the spellfire and plunged it directly into the behemoth's body.

"Take this, it's a powerful barbarian curse."

[Purifying Flame: A barbarian-inherited sorcery. It allows flames to be sent into the enemy's body and then ignited in one blast. Originally used in rituals to purify living sacrifices, it is thus called the Purifying Flame. However barbaric it may seem, from another perspective, this very trait makes barbarian sorcerers fit the role of priests.]

Flames surged along Constantine's left hand, continuously flowing into the giant beast's body, eventually filling its entire skeletal form.

The enormous flames were too much for the giant beast to withstand, and it involuntarily knelt down on the ground.

Constantine, who had jumped down from behind the behemoth, snapped his fingers with a flourish.

Flames erupted from all parts of the giant beast's body, filling every part of its form and every crack in its flesh.

Then, enormous flames shot into the sky, continuously spewing from the damaged parts of the skeletal armor on the back of the behemoth.

The powerful, surging flames shot straight into the sky, even dispersing the clouds over the region and revealing the starlight behind them.

The erupting flames continued for a long time, until they burned the behemoth to ashes from the inside out, leaving only a skeleton of armor on the ice cap.

The once almost invincible skeletal siege assault beast has finally fallen.

Everyone who witnessed this scene cheered, and the bigwigs who were watching the satellite monitoring screens breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at that moment, a red signal flare was launched from the center of the position.

Signal flares are a common means of communication on the battlefield, used to provide simple intelligence notifications to friendly forces or to mark target environments when effective communication cannot be established.

On the battlefield at this moment, this red signal flare signifies that the position has been attacked and everyone has lost the ability to resist.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ash turned around and sprinted towards the interior of the position.

We crossed the beach and the defense line to reach the courtyard.

Chaos erupted in the courtyard as soldiers fought amongst themselves, each attack aimed at the other's vital points.

Meanwhile, the people who should have been in the command room were now clutching their throats, constantly heaving their chests, trying to strangle themselves while desperately trying to breathe.

Everyone was plunged into a surreal state. Roland, the gunslinger who was following Ash's footsteps, saw this situation and knelt down in despair, praying to everyone.

"This is the curse of the man in black. He can use language to plunge mortals into chaos. My father was tortured to death by him in this way."

In just a few words, Roland explained the reason for the chaos at the scene, and Ash understood the cause.

"He's still a long way from trying to cause trouble for me!"

Ash raised the Holy Bell of Yorshka, and drops of blue water appeared beneath it, a wave of energy sending these drops of blue water touching everyone present.

[Healing Tears: A miracle taught by Moen, an apostle of Archbishop Kalim. It can heal bleeding, poisoning, and cold-related ailments, affecting those around the healer. Moen was a renowned attendant of the goddess Quat, and this story tells of her being surrounded by death.]

Once this strange state was lifted, everyone returned to a calm state.

Cassell helped his daughter up from the ground and held her, comforting her. Stark rubbed the marks on his neck from where he had choked her, and walked over to Ash with a disgruntled expression.

"The guy in the black suit walked straight in, and no one noticed him until he stood in front of us."

Ash gathered more blue droplets of healing tears onto Stark's neck, making the marks disappear.

Feeling the cool water droplets touch his neck and noticing that there was no other discomfort there, Stark lowered his hand that was protecting his neck.

Stark pointed at Cassel and said, "Cassel was originally with the children, but anyone who heard the man in black speak was controlled by him. Cassel somehow broke free once and fired a signal flare, but the man in black still ordered him to strangle himself."

After a pause, Stark continued, "The man in black didn't stop; he just grabbed Jack and flew away."

Ash and Constantine ran there, while the man in black flew away, perfectly avoiding each other.

Upon hearing Stark's words, Roland the Gunslinger was both excited and furious. He pulled out his pistol, checked the ammunition, and was about to rush out.

Although Roland didn't spend much time with the little boy Jack, he treated the boy like his own child. To fulfill his mission of revenge and protect the child, Roland had to kill the Man in Black.

Ash reached out to stop Roland, saying, "Impulsiveness will only lead to death. We need to think this over carefully."

At the same time, thanks to the troops that Sheffield quickly dispatched, they also landed on the island.

He crossed the ice from the long island behind the position and reached Ash.

Ghost took the initiative to handle the takeover of troops and equipment, while Ash was discussing something with the mage Constantine.

After comforting his daughter, Kassel walked over to the two of them and said, "I'll be participating in the operation later too."

Ash was somewhat surprised and said unhappily, "Casel, are you kidding me? This is war, not some childish game of taking you to the island to find your daughter!"

“Jack was taken away from me, and I must bring him back.”

Kassel's tone was stubborn and resolute at that moment, and no one could persuade him otherwise.

If you can't persuade me, then don't. Ash said to Cassel, "Did you take the white tree branch I gave you?"

"I always carry it with me."

"Alright, when you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Stark, who had been eavesdropping nearby, chimed in, saying, "If Kassel can go, so can I."

## Chapter 80: The Counterattack Begins