Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 378 - 366: Solid as a Rock

The three crab pincers, each equivalent to Tier Nine strength, attacked from three directions simultaneously. If this were the Flame Realm, it would be akin to being besieged by experts on par with Lady Dragon Taming, Flame Turtle, Grandpa Falk, and Dean Charlie.

Andrew knew that counterattacking was not an option this time. He immediately transformed his sword into a shield, and the heavy sword formed by flowing water dispersed and turned into three black shields, suspended in three directions to fend off the three crab pincers.

Originally, the lifebound magical artifact of a mage doesn’t have the function of changing form like this, not just for Water Mages, but also for Warm Fire and Earth Fire Mages.

But Andrew was not a traditional mage; he was a Magic Lord.

Seeing that the Flame Warriors in the Water God Realm could transform Dragon Transformation weapons into Dragon Transformation armor, he immediately learned by imitation, transforming the sword into a shield.

Previously, Andrew’s heavy sword took its "momentum" from the Water God Realm, pointing towards the Flame Realm.

At this moment, the shield revealed a trace of the "Shield of Flowing Fire," one of the two strongholds of the Warm Fire Commerce Association from the Flame Realm.

Aside from its main base, Warm Fire City, the Warm Fire Commerce Association has two fortresses, the "Crimson Battle Lance" and the "Shield of Flowing Fire," one for offense and one for defense, aiming at the western Magic Guild.

With Andrew’s current knowledge, recalling his experience of visiting the Shield of Flowing Fire, it was easy to find: "The overall layout of the Shield of Flowing Fire city, like this Water God Realm, also contains a kind of ’momentum,’ and also implies some kind of... ’rule’!"

Andrew inherently had a trace of the fire element attribute, so he promptly incorporated the momentum of the Shield of Flowing Fire into the three shields he had formed, further enhancing their defensive strength.

Just as the shields were forming, the three crab pincers arrived.

With a series of almost simultaneous thuds, Pasha fell, later held up by a water elemental life form to prevent her from falling into the water. Two blue glowing wings flew back to Pasha’s side to protect her. Pasha herself was bleeding from the mouth and nose and had lost consciousness.

Andrew was also in bad shape; during the collision, Andrew practically bore almost all of the impact, while Pasha was just affected.

At this moment, Andrew’s face was as pale as paper.

But...

He held up!

He still held up! The combined power of three Tier Nine forces attacked together, causing the three black water shields to tremble violently, injuring Andrew inside and knocking out Pasha, yet still failing to breach the shield’s defense!

He held up hard!

"So this kid really doesn’t plan to break through? He hasn’t thought about breaking through?"

The female Warrior Chief stood in front of the Flame Warriors, arms folded, squinting slightly as she looked at Andrew.

She originally thought Andrew and Pasha were acting as if they weren’t going to break through because they had some special plan or move, like pretending not to break through but actually looking for the opportunity to escape immediately.

So she hadn’t made a move, staying at the side to hold the line, in case there was a backup plan.

She didn’t expect Andrew and Pasha were just stubbornly holding their ground.

"Why?" The female Warrior Chief couldn’t understand at all, thinking it was utterly foolish and senseless because there was no point.

"Clearly outmatched, clearly there’s some possibility to break through, yet choosing to fight to the end. Either they’re stupid, or there must be some special purpose or intent... Wait! Could it be these two kids’ plan is — ?"

The female Warrior Chief suddenly thought of something and temporarily withdrew her gaze from the center of the encirclement, turning to look outside the battle array.

Only to see the night calm and the sea peaceful, except where the encirclement was ablaze with fighting.

A glance revealed nothing unusual.

The female Warrior Chief frowned, thought for a moment, and took out a communication device, contacting a trusted subordinate not present: "What’s happening on your end? Why haven’t you come to support us? Did you notice anything strange?"

After a moment of silence, her subordinate’s voice returned: "Apologies, ma’am, we’re already on our way! Anything strange? Uh, no... those Water Monkeys have been beaten badly, haven’t they? Is there a problem on your end, ma’am?"

The female Warrior Chief replied: "Good if there’s no problem. Hurry over." She cut the communication, shook her head, thinking, "Seems I was overthinking it."

Her gaze returned to the center of the encirclement.

Seeing the crab pincers surrounding the shields, constantly hammering them, yet the shields remained unbreakable.

The problem was... the shields held firm, but behind them, Andrew was finally starting to feel exhausted.

The heavy blows landed one after another, seemingly endless.

Andrew felt as if he were a clove of garlic in a press, or a piece of fruit in a juicer, every bit of his strength being squeezed out and then drained away!

Until suddenly, the assault stopped.

Andrew was momentarily stunned, his gaze bypassing the shield surfaces around him, only to see that the crab pincers had temporarily withdrawn.

Replacing them was a figure beside him, appearing unknown.

It was the female Warrior Chief!

The defense formed by the three black shields was finally breached by the repeated pounding of the crab pincers, creating a small gap.

The female Warrior Chief instantly reacted, moved swiftly, stepped forward, and appeared beside Andrew!

"Such... such speed!"

Andrew vaguely saw the trajectory of the female Warrior Chief’s movements.

Her way of moving was peculiar, in a straight line, but sideways like a crab, with a "side-stepping" manner, infiltrating the shields.

After the Flame Warriors practiced the new Dragon Transformation Combat Techniques, the weakness in speed was compensated. Andrew knew this from his encounter with Capella.

But even Capella could only partially "compensate" for the Flame Warriors’ speed weakness, rather than turning speed into a complete advantage for them.

The female Warrior Chief’s side-stepping speed was fast enough to rival the Crimson Knight, even reminding Andrew of Catherine!

"You..." Andrew wanted to ask, "How do you move so fast? Is it an advanced method of using the new Dragon Transformation Combat Techniques, like the ’Theban Battle Array’?" But couldn’t manage to voice the question.

Because once near, the female Warrior Chief remained silent and, with that same side-stepping speed, delivered a brutal elbow strike, hitting Andrew’s chest heavily!

This strike was more powerful than any of the crab pincers.

And Andrew hadn’t managed to recall his black shield, effectively taking the hit directly with his body.

"Ugh..." Andrew spat out a mouthful of blood, his body swayed, finally unable to sustain, dropping to one knee.

Then the female Warrior Chief’s voice sounded casually: "I decided to kill you here instead of capturing alive. You are too strange; killing is the safest option."

She looked down at Andrew, who knelt before her: "Do you have any last words?"

Andrew didn’t answer, kneeling on the water’s surface, bowed his head.

His body trembled uncontrollably, finding even the act of kneeling immensely difficult.

Only when truly attempted can one realize: the challenge of drawing enemy forces into an encirclement and holding them off is immense!

Seeing this, the female Warrior Chief’s lips curled into a smile. She said, "No last words? Very well." She revealed her iron elbow again, aiming at Andrew’s head, her expression suddenly cold and ruthless, "Now you can die."