Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

Dago's understanding of the fusion of the domains of despair, coldness, and sword domain is also deepening, and he has gradually begun to demonstrate some completely different domain powers.

As he continued to release his domain, suddenly, Dago caught a glimpse of inspiration.

In an instant, the seemingly faint connection between the three domains suddenly became much clearer, and their cooperation became much closer.

"Click—"

The three intertwined domains suddenly contracted, solidifying several times over, as if they had transformed from one form to another.

"Whoosh—"

Dago's ice sword thrust straight forward, its tip slicing through the void. The dense aura of the three domains flowing from the sword tip was like an invisible, terrifying blade, instantly tearing open a large section of air before him and striking the massive body of the ice serpent with lightning speed.

"Click—"

With a crisp sound, several scales on the giant ice serpent, which had been almost unscathed since the start of the battle, shattered as they were cut into by extremely sharp blades, leaving long gashes from which bright red and blue blood flowed.

"hiss--"

The giant ice serpent, wounded and in pain, let out a low, furious hiss, but before it could react, the terrifying power of the three domains merging had already descended once more.

The snake scales shattered, and another long wound appeared on its body.

"Buzz—"

Clad in the Eternal Night Frost Armor, with his black hair flowing, Dago held his ice sword naturally at his sides, indifferently treading the void as he walked step by step toward the giant ice serpent.

The combined power of the three realms and the spiritual force field spread out together, descending one after another, continuously leaving wounds on the giant ice serpent.

The giant ice serpent retreated continuously, and for the first time, a trace of fear and retreat appeared in its scarlet, diamond-like eyes as it looked at the tall and slender young man before it.

It seemed that it was only now that it suddenly realized that the man in front of it who was trying to tame it had never been incapable of hurting it, but simply did not want to.

"Hiss—"

The giant ice serpent flicked its tongue, and with each injury, its ferocious nature, that of an ancient beast, was fully activated.

Streams of ice-based energy flowed from heaven and earth toward the Ice Crystal Serpent, and an even greater power seemed to be surging within its body.

"Submission?"

The sword-wielding youth, who arrived with an invisible, terrifying aura, looked down at it coldly, without any emotional fluctuation.

The giant ice serpent opened its mouth wide, as if to devour its prey!

The next instant, Dago's terrifying aura completely descended upon it, and layers of solid ice instantly formed. This was an ice crystal technique that combined the power of the Absolute Frost Domain. The giant ice serpent had no ability to resist and was directly frozen into a huge ice block tens of meters high.

Dago withdrew from his state of winter stillness, and the merging of the three domains around him gradually subsided.

"Did you see that, Bernal?"

With a casual gesture, he collected some of the blood that had spilled from the giant ice serpent's body, then turned to look at Bernal, who had run out to watch the battle.

"This thing is really hard to tame!"

"The ancient species are like this; the noble blood flowing in their veins will not allow them to easily submit to any being."

Bernal said slowly, "Maybe you'll have a chance to completely subdue it when you're stronger."

Dago nodded, then tossed the large ice serpent blood he had collected to Bernal.

"Is this enough blood?"

"That's about it."

Bernal caught the blood clot, frowning. "It's a pity it's just ordinary blood. If it were essence blood, that would be much better. For now, it's barely usable! Watch out, Dago!"

As Bernal was speaking, a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face. He flew backward while urgently reminding Dago.

Before Bernal could even issue his warning, Dago had already sensed the intense crisis looming behind him.

Dago turned around and stretched his arms outward, creating a barrier of solid ice, most of which covered the direction of Bernal.

Then, there was a muffled "bang".

The sealed ice block, which had only recently frozen, quietly exploded, turning into countless tiny ice dust particles.

Then, a serpentine shadow shrouded in deep blue brilliance tore through his solid ice barrier with incredible speed and suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Bang!"

Dago's figure vanished in an instant, but a deafening roar came from a distant mountain rock, and billowing dust rose into the air.

"Hiss—"

A massive ice serpent, its entire body shimmering with light and its single horn gleaming brilliantly, appeared unharmed where Dago stood, emanating waves of terrifying power far exceeding its previous might.

It raised its head and roared silently, causing the temperature in the area around it to plummet and large flakes of ice crystals and snowflakes to fall, as if it were venting its frustration and dissatisfaction at being suppressed by Dago.

"Boom!"

However, before the powerful ice serpent could vent its emotions for long, an even louder explosion came from afar.

The collapsed mountain rocks exploded, and the rising dust was cleaved by an invisible, sharp force, revealing a figure bathed in intense, dark blue flames.

A towering, robust body over two meters tall, with strong, yet not overly exaggerated muscles, and waist-length, flowing black hair beneath a face covered in dense, prominent black veins. While his handsome features were still discernible, his face possessed a more demonic and alluring quality.

"Has his inner universe exploded?"

Once in a state of "despair and darkness," Dago's eyes were pure black, and with each word he spoke, the surrounding void and light expanded and distorted.

An invisible wave of air spread far and wide, creating a surging green wave in the vast forest. As Dago walked out step by step, this green wave collapsed and parted to both sides.

"What an enviable talent and bloodline, an ancient seed."

As Dago spoke softly, his entire being silently transformed into a bubble that shattered and dissipated under the blazing sun.

When it reappeared, it was already standing in front of the giant ice serpent in a gesture of attack.

"Thump!"

Like the dull sound of a giant hammer striking a thick layer of ice, a visible, distorted shockwave exploded in the sky.

The enormous ice serpent plummeted down like a meteorite, crashing heavily onto the forest floor below, crushing and flattening large swaths of trees.

It let out a furious roar, its tens of meters long body twisting wildly, but it seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force and could not lift itself off the ground.

If you look closely, you'll see a figure enveloped in a beam of light standing on its neck.

Dago maintained the posture of pressing down with one hand. Despite the fact that the two were dozens of times different in size, he gave people the feeling that a giant was pressing down on an earthworm crawling on the ground with one hand.

"You're still not convinced."

Dago's five fingers were like mountains, ringing out, accompanied by the bulging muscles on his right arm, as a surge of violent physical power erupted.

The snake scales, which looked like exquisite works of ice crystal art, crumbled under his pressure. His five fingers slowly pierced into the flesh of the ice snake, from which crimson blood flowed.

"Then I'll beat you into submission completely."

As Dago calmly recounted his story, he exerted force, actually lifting the massive ice serpent, which resembled a small mountain, and slamming it down to one side.

"boom!"

The entire forest near the valley was trembling, and the earth was shaking.

Bernal stood motionless in the sky, far from the battle, watching everything with a dazed expression.

His relationship with Dago was complicated. Although he was a partner he could completely entrust his life to, he never truly understood Dago.

This power was the first time he had seen it in Dago, and his already crumbling soul seemed to be shaken even more loosely.

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Once, twice, three times.

Dargo learns how to "play with snakes," rather than how to tame one.

When a forest spanning several kilometers was almost completely leveled and smashed, Dagger lost count of how many times he had swung the hammer.

All I remember is that the large ice snake in my hand initially tried to resist, but before I knew it, it had become soft and limp.

"boom!"

With a final, powerful strike, he slammed the giant ice serpent under his feet.

Dago stepped on the body of the giant ice serpent, starting from its seventh inch, walking step by step over the broken and scattered ice crystal scales, and finally reaching the head of the serpent. He lowered his head and looked down at the pair of dim, scarlet serpent eyes.

"Are you convinced now?"

Dago asked calmly.

"hiss--"

The giant ice serpent beneath him emitted a weak hiss, its long, narrow, scarlet tongue flying up and lashing weakly at Dago's cheek.

It was as if it was answering him, admitting defeat.

Dago let the snake's tongue flick lightly, his face remaining expressionless.

His lips moved, and he began to chant the contract incantation that Avery had taught him. Dago bit his fingertip and drew an esoteric rune in the air.

"Witnessed by the gods of covenants and oaths, a ceremony to identify master and servant."

Dago uttered the last syllable and casually pressed the drawn rune onto the brow of the nearly lifeless ice serpent below.

However, the contract runes formed by blood and a little soul power could not be placed on the brow of the great ice serpent, as if they were being firmly resisted by an invisible force.

The heavily injured and dying ice serpent slowly raised its head, a faint light shining in its eyes, and stared at Dago with an incomparably proud posture.

"Pop—", the contract runes exploded.

The contract signing failed. How many times have you tried?

Dago couldn't remember, but he never expected that this young ice serpent would be so stubborn. Even though he was about to beat it to death, it refused to lower its head and acknowledge him as its master.