Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 362 - 350: Crab-Shaped Desolate Beast

There is no doubt, this is an expert fighter.

In terms of strength, he is even comparable to Liek, a Tier Seven peak Flame Warrior, and also the captain of the Holy Son’s Personal Guard directly under Liek’s command.

But his uniqueness isn’t just in his strength, but also in his aura and fighting style.

This Outer Battlefield Flame Warrior is different from those Flame Warriors Andrew has encountered in the Flame Realm.

Perhaps to adapt to the environment of this Outer Battlefield, which differs from the Flame Realm, or perhaps to battle against the Water Mages, necessary adjustments have been made. The Flame Warriors here have lost a bit of dominance and spontaneity in their force, gaining a weight and heaviness akin to the earth.

This not only doesn’t weaken the destructive power and explosive force the Flame Warriors pride themselves on, but rather, like a long-overdue volcanic eruption, it becomes more destructive and concentrated once it explodes!

"Impressive!"

Andrew decided to address the issue before him seriously, not considering the matters at headquarters for now.

He did not rush to strike but stayed calm, observing his opponent’s movements and techniques.

Strictly speaking, this was the first Flame Warrior Andrew encountered after reaching the Outer Battlefield—when he first passed through the Teleportation Gate and arrived at the Outer Battlefield, Andrew immediately collided with and toppled a Flame Warrior, but everything happened so fast at that time that he didn’t even have time to react before the opponent was taken out.

At this moment, Andrew’s eyes glowed with a faint blue light, while the Water God Mark on his forehead seemed to vaguely transform into a vertical eye, observing every movement and energy flow of the opponent carefully—

"The power is strong, especially the explosive force is abnormal."

"Although the speed is still not as fast as a Crimson Knight of the same Fire Element, it’s already better than the Flame Warriors I’ve fought in the Flame Realm."

"The armor type is not heavy armor but rather light armor chosen by the Crimson Knights."

"A punch that causes a phenomenon similar to an undersea volcanic eruption! This indicates he’s definitely not a novice Tier Seven, but a top figure in Tier Seven, possibly about to break through to Tier Eight?"

Andrew observed and analyzed simultaneously. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Everything in front of him seemed to slow down at that moment.

Andrew almost waited until the opponent’s fist was about to hit him, then slightly sidestepped to avoid the punch.

As he lightly brushed past the opponent, he used his hand like a blade, delivering a slanted cut on the opponent’s chest armor, neither too light nor too heavy.

"Haha, come on, why is it so soft, completely powerless!"

The Flame Warrior squad leader completely ignored Andrew’s hand chop. After his punch missed, he stepped heavily on the water to turn around, pouncing towards Andrew once more, "I know you’re eager to break through and don’t want me to entangle you, but if you’re so casually exposing your back to me—"

He stopped mid-sentence, suddenly dazed.

In his view, Andrew must be eager to escape his entanglement and get away quickly.

After passing by each other, Andrew should logically have distanced himself as fast as possible.

Simply put, he thought Andrew should have run away.

Fleeing headlong, without turning back!

However, at this moment, not far from the Flame Warrior squad leader, Andrew, gently holding Pasha, landed steadily on the water. But instead of running, it seemed he had no intention of breaking through; instead, he turned back, facing the Flame Warrior squad leader directly!

"Armor-Stripping Blade."

Andrew thought silently to himself, with an expressionless face.

The seemingly indifferent hand chop just now could not have been as simple as it appeared on the surface.

"These Outer Battlefield Flame Warriors are indeed different from the Flame Turtles, Capella, Fleur, and Sally that I have encountered before," thought Andrew. "But essentially, they are the same! Fundamentally, the Flame Warriors here are no different from those in the Flame Realm!"

Take the nameless Flame Warrior squad leader in front of him, for instance; he has also trained in the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique like Capella.

The only difference is that the Dragon Transformation Weapon he condensed wasn’t something like an axe spear but instead... the light armor he wore.

No matter how much the armor’s style appears Crimson Knight-like on the outside, its core essence is still the aura of Dragon Transformation Weapon, the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique!

Andrew could easily determine that this Flame Warrior squad leader’s proficiency in the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique was not as refined as First Saintess Capella’s.

"Because this person condensed a Dragon Transformation Weapon—or rather, Dragon Transformation Armor—but he didn’t summon the ’Fire of Extinguishing’, let alone the massive ’Dragon Shadow’ behind Capella."

Andrew concluded, "There’s no need to draw him into my ’inner world’ as I did with Capella, to cleanse the power of the ’New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique’ from her body and soul. For this guy, I’ll just use the method I employed in the Inner Sea Desert to exorcise Desolate Beasts, severing his connection with the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique should suffice."

This was the magic contained within Andrew’s one hand chop just now.

Armor-Stripping Blade.

Composed of multiple water magic spells of varying tiers from the Water God Mark, derived from traditional Water Magic but more targeted.

"You... what are you looking at, kid?!" The Flame Warrior squad leader seemed completely infuriated by Andrew’s action of not escaping but instead turning to face him.

In a single swift step, he appeared directly in front of Andrew.

Behind him, due to the impact from his heavy stepping on the water, a pillar of water shot up, echoing the previous water waves caused by Liek’s Desolate Language Avatar explosion.

With a thud!

The fist, as large as a sandbag, hit the center of Andrew’s forehead.

The Flame Warrior squad leader who landed the punch on Andrew looked baffled, then somewhat confused.

He couldn’t quite understand why, but he could clearly feel: this punch had no power.

Moments later, he looked down and saw that: his Dragon Transformation Armor was shattering piece by piece, like peeling wall plaster, falling poof poof into the water beneath his feet.

Realizing this, the Flame Warrior squad leader found himself in the water too, having been "stripped" of the power of the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique by one blow from Andrew, retaining only part of a Flame Warrior’s power, but no longer at Tier Seven peak, no longer capable of Walking on Waves.

"Oh... glug glug... damn... glug glug... I... I can’t swim!" He screamed in terror, feeling unspeakable absurdity.

This... should be a loss, right?

The question is, how exactly was it lost??

Even in a one-on-one against Holy Son Lick, this Flame Warrior had some confidence; if not winning, he could most likely rely on strict defense to remain unbeaten.

He truly couldn’t understand, through what means he had been defeated!

From Andrew’s perspective, the Flame Warrior’s head was already submerged by the waves, with only two hands above the water, futilely struggling, seemingly trying to grasp some nonexistent last straw to save his life.

Andrew stepped forward, grabbing the opponent’s hair to lift him out of the water, then casually tossed him onto the shallow waters of a nearby island.

With just one encounter, one move, Andrew completely defeated a Tier Seven peak Flame Warrior, yet there wasn’t the slightest hint of pride or excitement on his face or in his heart.

This is because—

The core logic of the Armor-Stripping Blade is designed for Flame Warriors transformed into Desolate Beasts due to the old Dragon Transformation Combat Technique’s loss of control, aiming to address such issues with Water Magic.

It was not meant to target the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique!

Yet it was effective against the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique, and remarkably so.

What does this imply?

It implies that the new Dragon Transformation Combat Technique, touted to resolve the Flame Warriors’ power-loss control turning them into Desolate Beasts, hasn’t truly solved the problem at all!

Andrew had decided temporarily not to think about the matters over at headquarters, but now once again thought back to the headquarters, particularly to that giant monstrous crab which had once severely oppressed the Black Whale Headquarters from above the clouds.

Andrew, who had only speculated before, was now over ninety percent sure: "That crab, it’s nothing else. It’s probably also a ’Desolate Beast’. But not the kind that resulted from practicing the old Dragon Transformation Combat Technique, losing control over their power like those wreaking havoc in the Inner Sea Desert.

But one that practiced the New Dragon Transformation Combat Technique, thinking its power would no longer lose control but ended up losing control even more completely—a crab-shaped Desolate Beast!"