Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 370 - 358: Tier Six Water Magic: Retreating Counterattack!

Chapter 370: Chapter 358: Tier Six Water Magic: Retreating Counterattack!

"Can’t take it, so does that mean you can’t beat me?"

A glimmer of eerie light flashed in Liek’s eyes.

If it were the Third Saint Son Yorkshire, he would have probably erupted into rage: "Why can’t I beat you? Who says I can’t beat you? I’ll prove I can!" And then he’d go on a highly emotional, frantic spree.

Liek was different.

He was very confident, having great faith in his perception and judgment.

Since he had the feeling that "this punch might not be stopped," it was highly likely it couldn’t be stopped—and that was no big deal at all!

The key was how to respond.

Liek flipped his hand, and in his palm, a flame with a hint of purple erupted "Boom!"

The flame was thick with nether death qi, representing Liek’s true specialty: the "Necromancy Fire Series."

Within the ghostly flame, a drop of fresh blood was faintly visible, wrapped inside and burning fiercely.

Liek’s strategy was simple: ignite the Blood of the Fire God in his hand using his lifebound magic series.

Given his strength, it was naturally impossible to burn the Blood of the Fire God completely, as President Beiru would ignite the Warm Fire Order.

But even a slight ignition caused his combat power to surge dramatically in an instant!

"What are you doing?"

Andrew’s voice rang out, seemingly aware of Liek’s actions, with surprise and anger in his tone, "Stop! This isn’t yours at all!" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Liek’s lips curled into a mocking sneer, "What, scared? Didn’t you want to decide the outcome with one punch, live or die? Sure, I think it’s time to end this too."

Even now, did Liek still want Andrew’s secrets?

Of course!

Was he still intent on killing Andrew out of fear?

That hadn’t changed either!

The difference was, this time, Liek had a great idea, a perfect solution: kill Andrew’s body but preserve his soul, and then use the "Necromancy Fire Series" to refine Andrew into an "Earth Fire Corpse Servant."

That way, he could eliminate the threat and uncover everything he wanted to know!

With a thud, it was as if a heavy drumbeat struck deep within the hearts of everyone on the scene.

Both sides finally collided.

Then Andrew’s body was seen bouncing back like a cannonball, akin to a skipping stone used on water, bouncing over the surface ten times before barely stabilizing, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

With an instantaneous combat power reaching as high as Tier Eight, combined with a solid breakthrough to a real Tier Six, in facing Liek at that moment, it seemed Andrew didn’t measure up!

"It’s over."

Liek stood his ground, appearing unscathed, exuding an aura of complete control.

He took a step forward, intending to give Andrew no chance, to completely crush Andrew’s physical form.

However, at that moment, something strange happened—

When Liek took his first step on the water’s surface, pushing his body forward, his second step was into the water, wetting his shoes! The third step became unbearably sluggish, as if dragging thousands of pounds of mud because when he took that step, the water surface reached Liek’s waist, but it wasn’t that the water was rising, it was Liek descending.

With a splash, Liek couldn’t take a fourth step, instead, he completely splashed into the water with a look of bewilderment.

He was clearly the one who blasted his opponent away, yet at this moment, it was he who fell into the water!

Unlike the Flame Warrior whose Dragon Transformation Armor was slashed off by Andrew, Liek could swim, so he wasn’t at risk of drowning.

Even though caught off guard, a couple of gulps of water were hardly an issue.

What Liek truly cared about and couldn’t comprehend was, "What happened? Why can’t I walk on waves anymore?!"

He knew very well that his wave-walking ability didn’t stem from his actual tier—no matter the profession, Tier Four professionals couldn’t possibly walk on waves—Liek knew he could only do so because of that mysterious blood.

Now, he suddenly lost the power to walk on waves...

Liek finally thought of something, and abruptly looked up again towards the place where Andrew had been blown away.

He saw Andrew struggling to lift himself on the water’s surface, with a noticeable burn on his left shoulder, possibly affecting the Magic Turbine located there.

Yet, in that injured left hand, Andrew was holding something.

It was a drop of blood.

That was the same drop, just a breath ago, which was still inside Liek’s palm fire... the Blood of the Fire God!

In a split second clash, although blown away and injured, Andrew seized a chance within a fraction of a millisecond to snatch back what rightfully belonged to the Warm Fire Commerce Association from Liek’s hand!

"Give it back..." Liek stared fixatedly at the Blood of the Fire God in Andrew’s hand. Those who knew him knew he rarely lost his composure; if briefly unbalanced, he quickly regained control.

But now, Liek’s handsome face twisted as he suddenly roared, "Give it back! Give me my thing! It’s mine! It’s only mine!!"

Liek’s body gradually emerged from the water again.

A pair of bone wings formed by flames unfolded from his back, with a wingspan stretching over ten meters.

Even without the Blood of the Fire God, Liek was still the top among the younger generation in terms of strength.

His rank as the First Saint Son, rated within the Magic Guild over the First Saintess Capella, wasn’t due to the Blood of the Fire God, but because he had achieved the status of a Tier Four Earth Fire Mage at the youngest age!

His bone wings flapped, seemingly trying to pull him back to the water surface of the Outer Battlefield with his Tier Four power!

Yet as Liek’s soaked upper body emerged from the water, he suddenly turned pale as his expression changed dramatically, spurting a mouthful of fresh blood, followed by a second, then a third, and silently bleeding from his nose, ears, and eyes.

With a splash, Liek fell back into the water, dyeing it red around him.

At this moment, Liek felt as if all his internal organs had shifted.

A metaphoric heavy hammer had seemingly ignored all his defenses, and at a completely unguarded moment, exploded from within him, pounding at each cell, each magic power conduit!

It was Andrew’s power, who was knocked away by Liek!

On the surface, Andrew had been blasted away, and in that seemingly exaggerated, apparently one-sided manner.

In reality, part of it was due to the explosive power Liek gained by igniting the Blood of the Fire God, being truly strong, but a larger part was because Andrew himself chose to retreat.

Because sometimes retreating is instead the fiercest, firmest, even most brutal attack—

"Tier Six Water Magic Technique: Retreat and Counter!"

Andrew didn’t just snatch the Blood of the Fire God from Liek.

The ignition of the Blood of the Fire God by Liek came after Andrew’s punch counterattack.

When Andrew launched his punch, he had only one thought: to defeat and kill Liek. That’s it!

This initial intent wasn’t shaken in the least by Liek igniting the Blood of the Fire God, in fact, upon realizing Liek’s true source of combat power exceeding his actual tier lay in the Fire God’s Blood originally belonging to Warm Fire Commerce Association—

"It was already over! The game between you and me, as well as the struggle." Andrew looked up, gazing at the First Saint Son who, after falling into the water this time, struggled even to stay afloat. "You just said ’it’s over’? Here’s the real end! I say, it’s over."