Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1598: Calamity Crow vs. Extreme Frost
Previously on Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies...
As the guardian of the Northeast Major Region, Han Shanzuo might look like a slacker on ordinary days, but his strength was absolutely beyond question!
The vast majority of beast-race Transcendents possessed close-quarters combat abilities that surpassed ordinary Transcendents, and because of their animal attributes, they even had many more bizarre abilities than Strengthening-type Transcendents.
But a beast-race ability user with an 18,000-point ability index could shatter mountains with nothing more than the raw force of his physical body!
Black-White Commander's two attempts at defense had both failed, which made his expression turn grave.
His body rapidly shifted to white, and the Calamity Crow's massive form descended in an instant, its beak slamming into him.
"Smack!"
Black-White Commander turned into an ice sculpture, which was then shattered directly by the Calamity Crow.
But moments later, he reappeared from the frozen wasteland in the distance, his body condensed from white frost and snow.
Black-White Commander extended his right arm, and the chill in the air coalesced into a javelin dozens of meters long, gripped firmly in his palm.
He aimed at the Calamity Crow, drew his arm back like a longbow, then hurled it viciously toward the Calamity Crow's body!"Zzzt!"
The sound of the air being torn apart was enough to burst one's eardrums. Its speed was nearly unimaginable. So he was actually an ice-element ability user.
Facing the attack, the Calamity Crow's only response was to swing up its right wing.
"Rustle, rustle—"
The black wing unfurled like fan blades, each one gleaming like black gold.
"Boom!!"
The ice javelin smashed into the Calamity Crow's wing and exploded into pieces! It didn't cause any damage to the Calamity Crow's body whatsoever.
"Oh? This is quite amusing."
Silver Armor propped his chin on both hands, watching everything happening in the battlefield below with great interest.
Like a high noble enjoying a gladiatorial arena performance.
Black-White Commander stared at the Calamity Crow, already forming a basic assessment of its abilities in his mind.
"Two abilities have been confirmed so far."
"First, a curse that binds the target with restraining force."
"Second, an incredibly tough physical body."
"Therefore, engaging it in direct close-quarters combat is not a wise strategy. However, its massive body might be the breakthrough point."
Black-White Commander's eyes swept over the Calamity Crow from head to toe, and he finally settled on his battle plan.
He crouched slightly, then shot toward the Calamity Crow like a cannonball!
The Calamity Crow let out a wild screech: "Well done, let me tear you apart, you bastard!"
Its talons slammed hard into the ground, its wings vibrated, kicking up enormous gusts of wind, and its entire body launched skyward like a rocket.
Black-White Commander raised his head to look at the sky. "Is it planning to attack me with a high-altitude dive?"
This was indeed a clever tactic, because attacks launched from the air were the hardest to predict in terms of trajectory.
Black-White Commander wasn't stupid. He had no advantage in an aerial battle.
So instead, he chose to sprint rapidly in an arc on the ground, and along the way, he attacked the human soldiers frozen into ice sculptures.
If the Calamity Crow up in the sky wanted to stall for time, every second wasted would mean a dozen or more human soldiers killed!
Sure enough, the Calamity Crow saw through Black-White Commander's intention, but it hadn't planned on stalling for time anyway.
"Caw! Caw!"
A shrill cry rang out from midair as the Calamity Crow, like a black arrow, dove headfirst toward the ground!
"Rumble!!!"
Black-White Commander's reaction speed was extremely fast. He managed to dodge the strike from above, but the shockwave from the impact still blasted him over a thousand meters away.
A massive crater was gouged into the ground, and the Calamity Crow soared into the air once more.
It had just barely missed hitting Black-White Commander by a hair.
Otherwise, even if it only grazed him once, the Calamity Crow had one hundred percent confidence that it could directly shatter his physical body!
That was the confidence of a beast-race ability user with an incredibly powerful physique. Simple, direct, no tricks!
Absolute power could break through all the flashy nonsense in the world.
But this time, Black-White Commander came prepared.
He wasn't going to give the Calamity Crow another chance to launch its aerial attack.
This time when the Calamity Crow landed, he absolutely had to seize the moment!
Black-White Commander watched the Calamity Crow, whose head was buried in the ground as it tried to adjust its posture to take off again. He quickly steadied himself, then took a deep breath.
"Extreme Freeze!"
A wave of white frigid air burst from his mouth in a long, flared cone shape, reaching the Calamity Crow in an instant!
In just a single moment, a thick layer of frost condensed across the Calamity Crow's black wings. The frozen, clumped-together feathers made its attempt to take off a complete failure.
"What the hell is this?"
Even Han Shanzuo was taken aback at this point. That bone-piercing chill made him shiver uncontrollably.
The larger the body, the greater the impact it suffered.
"Caw! Caw!"
It struggled violently, flapping its wings to shake the frost off onto the ground. Those chunks of ice flew in every direction like sharp blades, striking indiscriminately.
But while it was stuck on the ground, that was the perfect opportunity for Black-White Commander to attack!
"Even the king of the sky turns into a flightless ground chicken once its wings are sealed by ice."
"Now then, it's my turn to attack!"
Black-White Commander sprinted rapidly around the Calamity Crow's enormous body, unleashing wave after wave of frigid attacks.
Even if the Calamity Crow managed to shatter the ice layers on its wings, the cold aura continued to affect it, causing frost to accumulate on its body and preventing it from taking off right away.
"Damn thing, you think I can't get you just because I can't fly?"
The Calamity Crow let out a string of curses in Han Shanzuo's Northeast accent from its beak, and then... it actually turned into a flightless ground chicken, spreading its wings and charging at Black-White Commander.
"Caw! Caw!"
The Calamity Crow screeched as it ran. Even as a grounded bird, the sheer size gap between them was still right there.
It flapped its wings, kicking up massive amounts of snow, earth, and rubble. It even tore nearby buildings apart to use as weapons, turning the debris into chunks of stone flying faster than bullets toward Black-White Commander.
Attacks of this level naturally couldn't cause much damage to Black-White Commander; they could only slow him down.
Black-White Commander wasn't falling for it at all. He simply waved his right hand in the air, and a massive amount of frost instantly froze everything mid-flight in midair.
He began circling around the Calamity Crow in loops, and because of its enormous body, the Calamity Crow found it very inconvenient to turn around in such a tight space.
"You bastard, are you trying to spin me dizzy?"
The Calamity Crow had no idea what the other party was planning, but it couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.