Chapter 384 Moon of Frost

Noah shot forward in the blink of an eye.

In less than a second, a new ice sword materialized in his hand, its blade blazing with a brilliant silver-blue radiance.

Tharlyssa barely had time to react.

She was still struggling to comprehend how Noah was continuing to fight despite his numerous injuries. Every time she thought she had gained the upper hand, he came back with another unexpected attack.

Nevertheless, her instincts took over.

She raised her hand, and a small shield of hardened blood instantly formed before her.

CLANG!

Noah’s sword struck the shield, leaving a deep slash across its surface.

The shield wasn’t sturdy enough to withstand the full force of his attack. Cracks spread across it, threatening to shatter it completely.

But before Noah could follow up, Tharlyssa’s right fist moved.

THUD!

The impact landed squarely on his cheek, face moved to another side.

Blood sprayed from Noah’s mouth as the force sent him hurtling through the air like a bullet.

Despite his impressive performance, the difference between their ranks remained significant. As someone at the Low Stage of the Mythril Rank, Tharlyssa still possessed superior physical strength and speed.

She watched him fly away with a wide, delighted smile.

Noah, meanwhile, kept his eyes on her as his body tore through the air.

His face was smeared with blood and many cuts, yet his glacier-blue eyes burned with an icy light.

Beneath his feet, the floating ice sword abruptly halted.

Then, responding to his command, it reversed direction and carried him straight back toward Tharlyssa.

At the same time, Noah began channeling his mana.

’Let’s see how you handle this!’

His mana consumption increased rapidly as enormous quantities of ice began forming around them.

More than twenty massive ice boulders, each exceeding twenty meters in size, materialized throughout the sky.

Yet Noah wasn’t finished.

He continued pouring mana into his ability, creating more than forty additional ice weapons. Swords, spears, lances, and other deadly weapons appeared around them, their sharpened points directed toward Tharlyssa.

For the first time, her expression shifted to genuine astonishment. As if wondering ’Where the hell is he getting all that mana?!’

After everything that had happened, Noah should have exhausted most of his reserves by now. Yet he was still creating enormous quantities of ice without showing any obvious signs of running out of mana.

What Tharlyssa didn’t know was that several factors were working in Noah’s favor.

His Ice Creation ability allowed him to produce ice with remarkable efficiency. His bloodline, the Monarch of Frost, further enhanced his control over his element. And under the silver moonlight, his overall power and mana efficiency had increased considerably.

As a result, the amount of mana required to create each ice construct was far lower than it would normally have been for other ice user.

That’s why even after everything he had done, his mana reserve hadn’t been completely depleted.

Tharlyssa, however, had no intention of standing around to figure out the reason.

She closed the distance between them once more. Her fist surged forward, enveloped in a dark crimson radiance.

Noah swung his sword to meet it.

CRACK!

The ice blade shattered upon impact.

But Noah had already anticipated the possibility.

The moment his sword broke, the remaining ice transformed, flowing over his forearms and solidifying into a pair of thick ice gauntlets.

Without retreating, Noah drove his right fist forward.

BOOOOM!

His gauntlet collided directly with Tharlyssa’s fist, sending a powerful shock wave through the surrounding air.

Before either of them could pull away, Tharlyssa’s other fist came flying toward him.

Noah responded in kind.

BOOM!

Their fists collided.

BOOM!

Another exchange followed, the impacts reverberating through the sky as the two engaged in close-quarters combat.

Her fist powerful enough to broke his gauntlet but with constant mana supply they keep regenerating.

Neither was willing to give the other an opening.

Their fists clashed repeatedly, red and silver-blue radiance bursting with every collision.

Yet even as they traded blows, both were preparing their next moves.

Noah noticed the blood swirling rapidly around Tharlyssa’s body. It moved faster with every passing second, gathering into increasingly dense currents of crimson mana.

Then she smiled.

Before Noah could react, she suddenly drove her knee into his stomach.

THUD!

"Cough!"

Blood escaped Noah’s mouth as the impact sent him flying upward.

However, unlike before, the corners of his lips curled into a faint smile.

His right hand moved forward. He extended his index and middle fingers, pointing directly at Tharlyssa.

And with that single gesture, he issued his command.

Every ice construct surrounding them began to move.

The enormous boulders shifted first, followed by the countless weapons suspended throughout the sky. They accelerated toward a single point, converging on the location where Tharlyssa stood.

From every direction, the deadly constructs rushed toward her like an unstoppable avalanche.

There was nowhere left to escape.

Tharlyssa’s expression tightened.

She immediately attempted to retreat, but the sheer number of incoming attacks left her with almost no room to maneuver.

Realizing that evasion was no longer an option, she chose to defend herself through sheer force.

The blood swirling around her body suddenly compressed, forming a dense, dark-red sphere.

CLASH!

The first ice boulder slammed into the barrier.

BOOOOOOMMM!

The impact sent violent shock waves rippling through the sky.

Then came the second boulder.

And the third.

One after another, the enormous ice boulders and countless weapons crashed into the crimson sphere, surrounding Tharlyssa in an unrelenting storm of destruction.

BOOM!

BOOOOM!

BOOOOOOM!

The blood barrier trembled under the continuous assault, its surface rippling with every impact.

Meanwhile, Noah remained at a distance, his body covered in blood and his breathing growing increasingly heavy.

He watched the unfolding destruction without taking his eyes off his target.

Above him, the frost dragon spread its enormous wings.

Its jaws opened wide, gathering an immense quantity of silver-blue energy before unleashing a torrent of frost flames toward the battlefield in sky.

The freezing flames swept across the sky, engulfing the converging boulders and weapons in a brilliant storm of silver light.

The bombardment continued.

Explosions echoed above the burning World Tree, their radiance illuminating the surrounding city.

And then, finally, the storm began to subside.

The countless weapons had vanished beneath the frost, while the enormous boulders had fused together under the combined force of Noah’s attacks and the dragon’s freezing flames.

What remained was a colossal sphere of solid ice, its rough surface shimmering with a brilliant silver-blue radiance.

It hung suspended in the sky above the burning World Tree.

For a moment, it almost resembled the moon itself, as though a second moon had descended upon the city.

Noah stared at the enormous frozen sphere, his expression unreadable.

Had he succeeded?

Crack.

A faint sound emerged from within the ice.

Noah’s eyes narrowed.

Crack.

Another fracture appeared across the sphere’s rough surface.

Then another.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

Countless fissures began spreading across the silver-blue shell.

Ice sword fromed in his right hand as he was realy for next attack. Mana wrapped on ice blade as he moved closer to the frost moon.

Sword moved to his right back side.

Crack

Crack

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[A/N: Well I will reveal the reason why Noah’s blood tastes so good to her later. Hehe~ it’s not meaningless that she became obsessed with him...I mean she is twisted and crazy for real.. anyways. Enjoy it!!]