Chapter 82: Domain: Frozen Void
The ground began to tremble and cracks formed on the surface. The grass, tree, stone, and everything within a radius of 500 meters melted as a green, boiling lava came out of the land's surface. Massive mountains made of green lava erected from the ground, waiting to erupt with a blast.
As soon as Li Mo activated his domain, Nyx informed Yang Chen about it. He and his group quickly moved to a safer location and observed the battlefield, standing on a small cliff.
Yang Chen was shocked to witness the whole environment transforming into an entirely different place.
'Nyx, How can Li Mo use domain?
'Wasn't the domain supposed to be an ability only a spectral master or above realms can use?'
'Wait…! Did he reach the spectral master?' Yang Chen gasped in shock as he thought of the possibility.
'Indeed, Master. He temporarily ascended to spectral master by crushing the green gem inside his heart'.
'Green gem?'
'Did you know what it is, Nyx?'
Yang Chen could tell that the green gem was definitely Li Mo's hole hard or at least, It should have a connection to it.
'I don't know. Master.'
'I was starting to study it with the help of my eyes, but I couldn't gain much information in that short instance.' Nyx spoke in a dejected tone as she was unable to provide any useful information.
'It's okay, Nyx.'
'Instead of being dejected, help me deal with Li Mo' Previously, Li Mo and Tang Bingyin were in soul sage realm but now that Li Mo rose to spectral master realm and activated his realm, Anyone can tell Tang Bingyin wouldn't last long against Li Mo.
Yang Chen's intent wasn't to just save Tang Bingyin. He knew very well Li Mo would target them after he dealt with Tang Bingyin. That's why He asked Nyx to kill Li Mo.
Nyx was about to agree, but her eyes turned towards the battlefield as she sensed a strong energy radiation, and it was stronger than the energy radiated during Li Mo's domain activation.
She already had an idea of what it could be and after confirming with her eyes, Nyx said to Yang chen in the same dejected tone.
'Master, I think She doesn't need her help to deal with that weakling'
'What do you mean?' Yang Chen was stunned after he heard her words and asked for an explanation.
While Nyx began her lecture, Li Mo's eyes widened in utter shock as he looked at Tang Bingyin.
"How? How can you?"
"Did you already reach Spectral master, and you were playing with me the whole time?"
"Why? Why is God so unfair?" Li Mo doubted his life as he sensed the energy overflowing from Tang Bingyin.
It was the process of activating the domain!
"No!! I won't give you a chance to activate your domain" With Li Mo's shout, The ground under Tang Bingyin's feet trembled and cracked. Tang Bingyin backed away from that spot, and she saw a volcano, made of green lava, rising from the place.
"The fun time is over. This battle has been going for far too long" Tang Bingyin saw that Li Mo was slowly starting to learn how to use the domain, and she wanted to end this battle before it became a nuisance to deal with.
'Even if I haven't reached spectral master and my domain is just in the fragmented form, It should be enough to deal with this trash' Tang Bingyin thought as she gripped her sword's handle.
In spectral cultivation, There were two conditions that cultivators had to fulfill if they wanted to ascend to the spectral master realm. First condition was relatively easy and obvious, they had to reach Soul sage tenth stage.
The second was the hardest. They need to learn and activate their domain and only by activating a perfect domain, Cultivators can break the layer and reach Spectral master.
After reaching Spectral master, Cultivators goes on to improvise their domain range, firepower and imbuing, creating various attacks.
Tang Bingyin has yet to form a perfect domain and is still in the soul sage tenth stage. Her domain was nothing but a fragmented shell, and it was more than enough to counter Li Mo's domain.
"Domain: Frozen Void…" With her words, The air seems to have stopped flowing.
No, To be exact, the air was froze.
Ice formed on the land's surface, freezing the green lava and the numerous volcanoes, and snow fell from the sky. It was truly a wonderful sight to behold.
Surprisingly, Frozen void's range exceeded Li Mo's domain in its fragmented state. Li Mo's domain range was 500 meters, whereas Tang Bingyin's domain exceeded 600 meters.
Li Mo's mouth opened in shock as he felt his domain crumbing, showing signs of shattering into pieces. He quickly clapped his four hands and muttered a few words and re-enforced his domain.
'How? How can she be so strong?' Li Mo gritted in frustration. No matter how hard to enforce his domain, Li Mo saw that Tang Bingyin's frozen void was slowly overtaking his domain.
More than half of his domain was froze and covered in icicles.
'It's not good. I need to create an opening and escape from here' As he thought of this, Li Mo picked up the overflowing volcano beside him and threw it in Tang Bingyin's direction.
"Give up the struggle. It's futile" Tang Bingyin didn't even move. She raised her hand, facing the incoming volcano, and muttered.
"Freeze" As the volcano came within a certain range, it immediately froze.
"Shatter"
With another command, The frozen volcano shattered into pieces.
Li Mo didn't stop there. He waved his hand and the green lava moved towards the Tang Bingyin like a sea wave. He used another move, creating tsunamis, and sent it in her direction.
Li Mo didn't know that he had lost this battle, as early as he had his domain frozen.
In the battle of opposing elements, Tang Bingyin's ice element reigned supreme and Li mo's poisonous lava wasn't even a match from the beginning.
Tang Bingyin just needed two commands to deal with Li Mo's relentless attacks. A few moments later, The battlefield was covered in icicles, frozen volcanoes and tsunamis.
Currently, 70% of Li Mo's domain was frozen, and it was in a broken state. He tired himself out by using countless attacks and re-en forcing his domain continuously.
On the other side, Tang Bingyin didn't break a sweat. She watched Li Mo's struggle with an emotionless face.
Li Mo's heart was filled with panic after seeing that none of his attacks worked. Moreover, His spectral energy output was low and if he re-enforce his domain a few more times, It will drain completely.
Continuing to fight any further would be a slow death for him. As Li Mo felt the scythe of death around his neck, his Intelligence came back.
He began to devise a plan which would help him to escape from this ice witch.
"Did you tire yourself out already?" Seeing that Li Mo was silent and didn't continue to attack, Tang Bingyin asked while she used her ability to coated her sword with ice.
Li Mo didn't speak and had a scared expression on his face.
'Did he finally give up?'
'Well, I am not in a position to care about it. I can't maintain the domain for too long.'
'I need to finish this battle now'
Tang Bingyin was still a soul sage, and her spectral energy output can't handle the consumption of a domain for an extended amount of time.
Her spectral energy output was larger than others in the same realm and likewise, Her domain was too powerful compared to others, and It consumed more spectral energy. Tang Bingyin didn't hide her murderous intent anymore and Li Mo who just devised a plan to escape, shivered in fright.
Feeling her intense bloodlust, He felt that his decision to escape was correct. He patiently waited for her to approach him.
"It's time for you to die" Tang Bingyin disappeared from the spot instantly and her speed was amplified after using the domain.
Li Mo couldn't see her at all. Even though, He was a realm higher than her.
"Arghhhh!"
In a flash, Tang Bingyin appeared in front of him and stabbed her sword in his chest. It penetrated deep within his heart and blood seeped through the gaps. Li Mo growled in pain and snarled at her.
"Hehe, You fell right into my plan"
After saying this, He didn't wait for Tang Bingyin to react and forcibly exploded his domain. At the same time, He covered himself with large chunks of lava to bear the impact.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Hahaha, Just you wait."
"I will definitely have my revenge" Li Mo blasted the volcanoes beside him and used the impact to fly high in the sky.
Unexpectedly, The direction he flew coincided with the direction where Chen Miya, Xinran and villagers evacuated…..
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A/N: This chapter length is 1.5k words, 500 words more than my usual chapter length.