Chapter 582: Crushing

Chapter 582: Overwhelming Supremacy

"Human?"

Bassam's eyes narrowed with a glint of danger as he gazed upon the figure standing atop the distant sea of clouds.

He did not recognize Li Wei.

The gap in their power was simply too vast.

It never occurred to Bassam that this might be someone familiar.

When Li Wei had first encountered Bassam, he had only just reached the fifth tier of magecraft, still far from breaking through to the sixth.

There was no way Bassam could remember him.

Thousands of meters apart, the colossal Ice Emperor opened his massive maw.

That enormous mouth resembled a rift in the abyss itself, exhaling breath that froze all things.

A frigid current swept across heaven and earth, turning even the cloud layers to ice.

An overwhelming blizzard of snow and ice surged toward Li Wei.

In Bassam's estimation, even a demigod-level expert would struggle greatly against the Ice Emperor's assault.

Relying on its immense size and the tremendous energy contained within, the Ice Emperor could crush most eighth-tier beings through sheer bulk alone—

Even demi-gods were not exempt.

With the Jade Ice Palace behind him, Li Wei had no intention of letting the freezing currents rampage unchecked.

His thoughts stirred, divine power coalescing into a blazing sun above his head.

Radiant sunlight bathed the land below.

Warmth illuminated the world.

Dispelling the cold, melting frost, thawing glaciers.

The chilling torrents expelled by the Ice Emperor dissolved entirely before Li Wei’s solar orb.

The dark clouds overhead scattered completely.

On the ground, people watched as sunlight broke through—then rain poured down in sheets.

Yet the deluge fell only beyond the snowy peaks; within them, tranquility reigned, showing no sign of disturbance whatsoever.

Rather, with the dissipation of the gloom came the warmth of the sun, lifting spirits among the gathered masses.

As the clouds dispersed,

And the silhouette of the Ice Emperor emerged in the sky,

All joy vanished instantly from every face.

Despair painted each visage in shades of gray-black.

They remembered well the last time they beheld the Ice Emperor—

The entire city of Vorelred had been transformed into ice sculptures, barely one in ten surviving.

To the survivors of the City of Ice and Snow, the Ice Emperor was synonymous with death itself.

Now, seeing once more the very being who brought such devastation upon Vorelred, some collapsed to their knees, praying desperately for life.

Though merely an exchange between Li Wei and the Ice Emperor,

Its impact resembled a natural catastrophe.

Beyond the snow-capped mountains, relentless rain fell, transforming vast stretches of land into sheets of water.

At the surge of icy aura from the Ice Emperor, the falling rain instantly crystallized into countless hailstones, crashing into the snowfields and gouging out crater after crater.

Hail battered the earth with sharp cracks.

Even the ruins of the City of Ice and Snow began collapsing under the bombardment.

Bassam observed Li Wei, who bore the blazing sun above his head, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

This human demigod seemed... rather formidable.

Blocking the Ice Emperor’s freezing breath so effortlessly—

Clearly, he himself must intervene.

Without hesitation, Bassam merged his lower body with the Ice Emperor, assuming the same ultimate form he had used when facing the Eight-Winged Angel of Light.

Drawing upon the Ice Emperor’s strength granted him near-infinite power.

Boom! Boom!

The Ice Emperor surged forward through the ocean of clouds, charging straight at Li Wei.

Though its movements appeared sluggish,

Its sheer size meant that even the slightest motion shifted it thousands of meters—

Closing the distance in an instant.

"Spear of God-Slaying!"

A spear forged from ice and void-force lunged toward Li Wei.

Li Wei extended one hand forward. The sun hovering above seemed pushed by his palm, hurtling toward Bassam’s divine-piercing spear.

Bang!

The Spear of God-Slaying shattered upon contact.

After a brief stalemate, the divine sun was pierced and disrupted by the spear’s force.

With a thunderous explosion, the radiant orb burst apart, becoming a dazzling fireball.

Crackle! Crackle!

The Ice Emperor unleashed torrents of cold to resist the burning heat of the flame sphere.

Bassam, controlling the Ice Emperor, spat forth a beam of instant-freezing deathly light.

The beam pierced through the fireball, shooting directly toward Li Wei.

The attack came without warning—he had no time to dodge.

Nor did he intend to.

Behind him lay the Jade Ice Palace—if he evaded, it would suffer instead.

Thus, he had to withstand the blow.

"Divine Fusion Phoenix Flame!"

Li Wei raised his right hand, and a bright red vortex appeared in his palm.

A dazzling beam of flame shot out from the center of the vortex.

The fire elements within the flame beam rapidly released an overwhelmingly violent energy under the effect of elemental fusion.

The attack range of the flame beam instantly expanded hundreds of times over.

Zzzzz!

The ice-blue and purple-black freezing death ray clashed evenly with the bright red and orange divine fusion phoenix flame line.

The two forces continuously pressed against each other.

The spatial region at the center of their collision was shattered.

Basam suddenly felt a familiar sensation.

When he had previously battled the eight-winged radiant angel, their combat power had been so immense that they directly shattered space itself.

This caused both of them to plummet into the chaotic currents of spacetime.

It took Basam an agonizingly long time to return from those temporal storms to the main material world.

Li Wei also understood the consequences of continuing this battle.

Thus, he raised his left hand.

He pointed his index finger straight toward the sky.

The sun hanging high in the heavens seemed to be drawn by some force.

All the scorching solar energy between heaven and earth condensed at the tip of Li Wei's left index finger.

"Infinite Sun!"

The sun at his fingertip rapidly expanded.

In the blink of an eye, nourished by divine power, it swelled to a thousand meters.

Basam looked up, gazing at the sun above his head, his expression filled with astonishment.

Li Wei waved his hand, sending the sun above crashing down toward Basam.

Basam wanted to dodge, but having already fused with the Ice Emperor, he could not evade.

Facing the oncoming sun, all he could do was muster his full defensive power.

Boom!

The sun struck Basam, crashing down upon the Ice Emperor's crown.

The Ice Emperor's freezing death ray attack was interrupted.

His enormously vast body was pushed backward by the sun, carving a massive furrow through the sea of clouds, revealing the azure sky beyond.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Ice Emperor swung his whale tail with all his might, trying to block the sun.

Basam's face was pitch black—not metaphorically, but literally.

His entire body had been roasted.

Turned to charcoal.

As the Ice Emperor stubbornly resisted, he suffered the greatest damage.

He was caught between the Ice Emperor and the infinite sun.

Boom!

The Ice Emperor ultimately failed to withstand the infinite sun.

He crashed to the ground.

The sun fell to earth and exploded with tremendous force, sweeping away all the icy land within hundreds of thousands of meters.

On the pristine white snowfield, it left behind a massive, pitch-black crater.

Thud!

With great difficulty, Basam extracted himself from atop the Ice Emperor's head, his blood nearly completely evaporated.

If not for the divine power bestowed upon him by the Void Demon God,

he would have surely perished long ago.

The Ice Emperor beneath him was also gravely wounded.

His entire body was burned beyond recognition.

The chilling aura emanating from him had greatly diminished.

Looking up, he saw that Li Wei had already appeared less than a hundred meters away.

Basam stared intently at Li Wei, finding him increasingly familiar the longer he looked.

"I feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"

"Just who are you?"

Basam was also deeply puzzled—who was this incredibly powerful human?

Such terrifying strength was simply beyond imagination.

If he hadn't clearly sensed that this human before him was semi-divine,

he would have thought he'd encountered a god descended into the mortal realm.

This power was simply too overwhelming.

Even expending all his strength, he could barely reach one percent of Li Wei's might.

Basam calmly gazed at Li Wei, knowing his death was certain.

He said calmly: "His Majesty the Void Emperor will seek vengeance for me."

Li Wei chuckled and replied: "Don't worry. You go first—I'll send your emperor to join you shortly."

Scarcely had the words left his mouth when a divine fire dragon materialized above Basam's head.

It swallowed him whole in one bite.

After consuming Basam, the fire dragon spiraled toward the heavens.

Finally, it exploded at the edge of the sky, transforming into a rain of flames across the firmament.

Basam's ashes scattered in the wind along with the countless flames.

Li Wei turned his gaze toward the dying Ice Emperor on the ground.

He knew that the Ice Emperor was actually of the Void Whale race, born with the natural gift of traversing the void.

The Void Emperor's mount was also a Void Whale.

The King of Void Whales—Plemyus.

If what Basam had said earlier was true, then this Void Whale before him was very likely a descendant of Plemyus, King of the Void Whales.

If one could tame a Void Leviathan, future activities within the void and the Astral Plane would become far easier.

However, the Ice Emperor was simply too massive.

Li Wei didn't even know where to put it.

Even his magically expanded miniature world couldn’t accommodate the Ice Emperor.

According to Barssam, this Ice Emperor was still in its juvenile stage as a Void Leviathan.

Once fully grown, it might well become a continent drifting through the Astral Plane.

Li Wei descended and communicated with the Ice Emperor,

asking it to submit to him,

to spare its life.

The Ice Emperor had never intended to serve Barssam.

It was all Barssam forcing it.

The Ice Emperor had even sent out distress signals to Saint Xi once.

Li Wei seized the Void Core that Barssam had implanted inside the Ice Emperor.

That made it impossible for Barssam to transform the Ice Emperor into a true Void Leviathan or open a void passage.

Thus, the Ice Emperor narrowly escaped death.

Otherwise, it would have become a living portal left by the Void Emperor in the Material Plane—

its fate would hardly have been pleasant.

The Ice Emperor seemed to remember how Li Wei had once helped relieve its suffering.

After Li Wei proposed submission, the Ice Emperor quickly agreed,

offering up its soul imprint.

Li Wei left behind a soul imprint, consumed vast divine power, and opened a sufficiently large spatial gate, sending the Ice Emperor to the Astral Plane near the Material World.

The Astral Plane suited the Ice Emperor better for survival.

There, it could awaken its dormant bloodline powers and innate abilities as a Void Leviathan.

Boom!

With a long cry,

the Ice Emperor dove into the spatial channel Li Wei had created.

In an instant, Li Wei recognized the spatial talent inherent to the Void Leviathan lineage.

Upon entering the channel, the Ice Emperor felt no discomfort; instead, it moved like a fish in water, letting out joyful calls.

After sending off the Ice Emperor to the Astral Plane,

Li Wei turned away from the battlefield and returned to the Ice Jade Palace.

Guthvie stood outside the palace, gazing at the sky, waiting for Li Wei’s return.

"Why are you standing here?"

Li Wei appeared directly beside her—he had teleported back, not flown.

Only upon hearing his voice did Guthvie realize he had already returned.

She turned to see him unharmed and let out a breath of relief.

"I'm so glad you're safe."

She looked deeply into his eyes, paused briefly, then sighed and said, "Unfortunately, I couldn't help you. The aftermath of your battle was beyond what I could handle."

Li Wei smiled and replied, "You don’t need to push yourself. Leave battles to me. You also have other strengths."

"For instance, management skills—you’ve done wonderfully leading nearly a thousand people. That's something I can't do."

"Besides, if we both went out fighting, who'd take care of our child?"

Guthvie blushed slightly, gave Li Wei a gentle punch on the chest, and whispered, "Don't talk about such things here."

Twenty years ago, when they parted ways, twenty years passed without seeing each other again.

She regretted not having borne him a child back then.

Last night, she brought up the topic with Li Wei, hoping to conceive a child with him.

Even if he were to leave again someday, at least there would be someone to keep her company.

So Li Wei embarked on the great endeavor of creating new life with Guthvie.

Yet, he wasn’t sure whether he could father children anymore.

He was no longer flesh and blood.

Though he looked and felt human, his body was formed entirely of condensed divine essence, lacking even basic cellular structure.

Therefore, he worried about this matter.

Still, he hadn’t told Guthvie that his body consisted solely of divine energy.

To her, after being intimate with Li Wei, her own body seemed much improved.

After all, his essence had transformed into divine force.

When consciously controlled, divine power acted beneficially toward Guthvie, enhancing her physical condition.

Perhaps it could even allow her to carry a divine offspring.

Thinking of legendary tales filled with protagonists bearing godly bloodlines,

Li Wei believed that a body composed of divine energy should indeed be capable of producing descendants.

Divine power was nearly omnipotent.

Achieving that feat shouldn’t be impossible—even childbirth itself.

Theoretically, if Li Wei adjusted his perception of gender according to cosmic laws, it could be accomplished.

As long as aligned with natural law, divine power could achieve anything.

After overcoming her shyness, Guthvie spoke earnestly:

"All survivors from Velred City have assembled and are ready to depart at any moment."

With the appearance of the Ice Emperor, the migration plan advanced rapidly.

Those previously reluctant to cooperate immediately changed their minds, becoming more eager than anyone else to leave.

Encountering the Ice Emperor once again

made them keenly aware that this place could be destroyed at any time.

They possessed absolutely no means of resistance.

If one wishes to survive, the only way is to leave this place.

Li Wei nods and says, "Very well, I shall open the portal now."

"The preparations on Maple Leaf City's side are nearly complete as well."

At the plaza of the Mage Tower in Maple Leaf City.

Everyone from within the Mage Tower has gathered here.

In total, there are fewer than a hundred people.

This represents twenty years of accumulation by the Maple Leaf City Mage Tower.

The reason everyone has assembled here is because that legendary figure from the Maple Leaf City Mage Tower has returned.

(End of Chapter)