I am a hero of the former civilization.

The ice layer crumbled, and there was no sound until a cold and strange voice rang out.

"You, too, have joined the moths that chase the flame."

"This?" The boy glanced at the badge on his shoulder, then gently spread his hands. "This is a disguise, and I hope you're a disguise too, if..."

"It would be best if we could figure out that human's abilities from you."

The sea, which had just collapsed, was now covered with thick frost again, and a respectable gentleman emerged from a dense cloud of ice mist.

He was dressed politely, holding a cane, and wearing a six-button brown trench coat, looking mature and elegant, with an air of ease and confidence.

“That fusion warrior is still alive, go and finish him off.” The man instructed softly, then raised his arm to Ryan. “So, can you give me this answer? A very important answer.”

Ryan looked at the boy, then at the gentleman. His faceless body couldn't express any surprise or other emotions; he simply asked a question in a strange voice.

"I didn't expect you to have infiltrated so deeply, even the pseudo-Herrscher has an official identity, making it really hard to tell friend from foe."

"How interesting, though. The one who tried so hard to kill me hates the Honkai, but the one who saved me is a henchman of the Honkai."

The voice was relaxed and cheerful, which made Binglu's expression freeze. She carefully examined this 'Adam' and felt an extremely bad feeling.

The boy stopped in his tracks. He didn't think too much about it, but he felt that such a question shouldn't have been asked by a pseudo-law user.

"you......"

Click.

The moment the boy asked the question, the ice had already frozen Ryan. It happened without warning and was so fast that no one could react at all. In the blink of an eye, a giant ice ball appeared on the calm sea.

Not right.

Ice Law squinted at the frozen target, feeling that something was very wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Just then, he saw the target's body begin to expand, causing countless cracks to appear on the ice ball.

This is......

The Honkai energy exceeded the critical point and exploded outwards in a surging manner.

boom! !

A column of water shot straight into the sky, scattering ice fragments in all directions. The once calm sea surface was now churning with huge waves, crashing against a suddenly solidified ice wall.

"Self-destruct?" Feng covered his face, and then, without Binglu's reminder, he realized that his idea was too naive.

After the giant wave came the storm, which caused cracks to appear on the entire ice wall. The feeling of something similar to his own ability made him raise his head, feeling that compared to this storm, his ability was like a newborn infant.

The afternoon sun became dim, and dark clouds obscured the sun.

It is authority, the true authority of the wind!

The two looked into the distance at the same time. In the center of that vortex of clouds, there was a clock tower, and a figure stood proudly on its top.

He held a long spear, stood ramrod straight, and stared at me with an indifferent gaze, yet it was like the look of a ferocious beast.

Rumbling--

Lightning flashed within the vortex of clouds, and the man floated up, like a god who controlled wind and thunder. It was this terrifying energy that made his indifferent eyes appear extremely fierce.

At least, he's much more ruthless than this Andevich.

call.

Binglu exhaled a long breath, suppressing her instincts with reason, without even thinking about the whole situation, because it was pointless at this moment.

The gentleman raised his hand, pointed into the distance, and sighed softly.

"It's him!"

Chapter 243 After the oriole, comes the hunter!

After the oriole, comes the hunter.

Ryan got the answer. After taking so many detours and wasting so much time, he finally saw results.

The instant the ice law appeared, he even felt a sense of liberation.

"It wasn't in vain that I remained patient and waited for you to come out."

Ryan didn't want to fight Andevich, but there were many things he couldn't explain, so he had to grit his teeth and keep fighting. All his apologies vanished the moment he saw the Herrscher.

Everything comes at a price, but at least these sacrifices are worthwhile.

So he did not hesitate to choose to self-destruct the puppet, and then released all his power, using this hurricane and thunderstorm to announce his arrival.

He finally exhaled, not even calculating how much Honkai energy he had left after consuming the puppet, or the enemy's strength. He only knew one thing:

Having come this far, there's no turning back now!

"Then come on."

buzzing...

The air resonated, and the vortex clouds in the sky suddenly began to rotate. Lightning bolts, like silver snakes, whistled down, and after evaporating the seawater, they formed a thick fog. But when the hurricane blew, the fog vanished without a trace.

Feng swallowed hard; his remaining humanity told him that this chilling feeling was called fear.

The Herrscher of Ice, however, was completely different. He continued his computer-like deductions and noticed a problem:

Although I don't understand the principle behind that clone, it must have consumed a lot of energy, which led to a sense of regret.

The target shouldn't have been any pseudo-Herrscher in the first place; if they had mobilized all their forces, this human would have been doomed. But then again, given their cunning, they wouldn't have shown themselves if there were absolutely no opportunity.

"Then I'll take this gamble with you, human."

The thought had barely crossed my mind when a sudden burst of lightning blurred my vision and silenced all sound, leaving only a vortex of clouds rapidly approaching.

Thunder and lightning roared, a single shot cleaved the sea!

Thump—Boom!

A giant wave, mixed with ice shards, suddenly burst open on the sea surface, shooting straight into the dark sky. The seawater and ice formed a radiating shockwave that overflowed the seawall and completely submerged the port area.

Then, the sounds of explosions and thunder finally reached our ears.

'So fast, and he used two powers; the combined destructive power is even more terrifying than I imagined.' The Herrscher of Ice's pupils contracted; he was the second person to experience Ryan's full power.

A wall of ice stretched out before them, with spiderweb-like cracks appearing in its center. A man with a gun was standing against it, continuing to penetrate deeper and deeper.

"combine."

The ice wall deformed rapidly, like outstretched arms compressing towards the center, causing Ryan's released Honkai energy shield to begin freezing.

trouble.

In a flash, the hundred-meter-long city wall transformed into a giant ice ball. Just as they were about to go around it, the ice ball began to deform, turning into a 'sea urchin'.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Hundreds upon hundreds of ice spikes covered everything around them, shattering the air. Ryan swept his spear, and the wind blade wall he created countered them, turning the ice spikes into a pile of crystal-clear powder right before his eyes.

Sparkling ice shards fell like willow catkins, and Ryan looked down to see the sea beneath his feet completely frozen, then flipped over, forming a 'fly swatter' at least a kilometer long, sweeping across with unparalleled force.

A flash of purple lightning.

An electric arc appeared on Ryan's body, instantly going from stillness to high speed, reaching a thousand meters in the air in a flash, and then pausing briefly.

"This is indeed troublesome. This Herrscher has become very skilled at wielding his authority and has even managed to somewhat restrain my control over liquids."

"Although it's a similar ability, it's completely different from Andevich's; it's more like a mage's path."

This Herrscher of Ice has been lying low for more than half a year, and I suppose she hasn't been sleeping much during this time. Unlike the previous three Herrschers, who were not very cultured and faced a decisive battle as soon as they gained power.

Having 2000 HW of Honkai energy and complete control over it is indeed very challenging.

He twirled the spear, gripped it with both hands, and a crack appeared in the gloomy sky.

Hurricane Gun.

Ryan slashed down with all his might, as if he had grasped a tornado hundreds of meters long, amidst a buzzing roar.

Divide the Sea Dragon Slash!

This strike could indeed split the sea, but now the sea surface had frozen, and Ryan heard a tooth-grinding cutting sound, as if he had struck an enormous shield.

Above, water vapor is condensing.

There was no need to look at it at all; freezing requires a carrier, and Ryan's manipulation of fluids could also provide early warnings. His body twisted in the light, forming a winding arc of electricity, while he held a hundred-meter-long tornado in his hand.

Clang clang clang clang.

Thousands of ice needles fell, striking the 'ice shield' in dense, overwhelming force. Ryan circled around to the side and, without a word, swept his Hurricane Spear across the area.

But after a moment, the tornado, which was powerful enough to cut through steel, became sluggish and eventually solidified into an ice sculpture. The fluid had turned into a solid, and after becoming thousands of times heavier, the speed of its sweeping motion naturally slowed down, turning into a giant spiral gun.

You think you can rely on just one trick to succeed, huh?

Ryan gritted his teeth, pulled out the spear that was almost frozen, and slammed his raised left palm down on it.

Thunderstorm with gusts of wind!

Arcs of lightning crawled all over the giant spiral gun, and countless cracks appeared with the arcs. Then, in the center, compressed air exploded, like a propulsion unit, activating the 'directional mine'.

Hundreds and thousands of ice blocks scattered in all directions at several times the speed of sound. Directional mines, hundreds of meters in size, were testing human imagination. In any case, within several kilometers, there were flying shrapnel, and the entire sea surface was churning with waves.

However, the reason it was a directional mine was that Ryan was outside the range of the scattering, and just as the fragments exploded, he rushed in and saw a huge ice ball.

Making a moving object stop requires a lot of effort; it's better to retreat into a turtle shell. The ice ball, which was estimated to be ten meters thick, had become pitted and uneven. The Herrscher of Ice pressed her hands on her short staff and saw Ryan charging towards her in a frenzy.

If the spear was a tornado just now, it has now become a gleaming, giant blade of lightning, with countless arcs of electricity coalescing together and radiating outwards in a menacing manner.

Everything it touched turned to nothingness, and with a single slash, it fell—

clang!

Sparks burst forth from the surface of the ice puck. This thing was much harder than before, yet it still couldn't withstand a single slash, even though the slash mark was healing at a visible speed.

"You're faster than me!?"

With the sharpness of my gun, I could easily strike the same spot. Waiting passively is tantamount to waiting to die, unless...

A counterattack.

Ryan suddenly thrust behind him, puncturing the distorted air with his bare hands, while a blurry figure moved rapidly through the sky, constantly throwing wind spears at him.

The ability to mimic a law enforcer is indeed familiar.

Ryan's eyes twitched, and he swooped to the side, gripping the giant lightning spear, and thrust it straight into the sea.