The Golem Mage Chapter 1105: Ice Lord 2.

Clang!

Titan raised his mace to defend against the Great sword, but the ice weapon shattered in the process because Earth Takeda had struck a vulnerable point with enough force. However, he didn’t stop there as the blade continued downward until it finally struck Titan’s left shoulder, driving him down onto one knee.

“Take that, you block of ice,” Earth Takeda declared. Instead of replying, Titan wrapped his left hand around Takeda’s own before casting a spell.

[> Mid Tier Spell — Ice Clone Escape <]

In an instant, his semi-kneeling body transformed into a faceless ice sculpture before Earth Takeda’s eyes.

Confusion flashed across his face as he could not comprehend how such a thing had happened. Then, he heard a creaking sound, followed by a soft thud. A massive surge of ice particles rose not far from the sculpture, and in the next instant, Titan’s body reformed there, completely unharmed.

Earth Takeda felt a surge of frustration. He was still entangled with the ice sculpture clone, which seemed to have been made from crystallized ice. To make matters worse, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t seem to wrench his trapped hand free from the lock.

The only way out would have been to sever his own left arm, but he had no intention of doing that. So, he banked on Wind Takeda, who was already attacking again, as his chance to escape. If Titan was knocked out, then his spell would be reversed, leaving him free.

Wind Takeda returned at once, launching another horizontal slash coated in razor-sharp wind energy. In response, Titan swung out as well, an ice mace materializing in his hand mid-motion.

Seeing Titan hastily create a mace to meet his attack like that, Wind Takeda smiled slyly, believing he would finally gain the upper hand in this exchange. He was not wrong.

However, there was one slight miscalculation on his part. Titan had done all of that just to make him feel that way. This was because Titan had noticed that, although each avatar was different in its own way, they all shared the same trait—overwhelming confidence, a belief that they were stronger than anyone else in the same realm.

So, at this moment, he was deliberately preying on that overconfidence. When his mace struck the sword, it shattered into brittle shards without even offering much resistance. But what Wind Takeda had not expected was that, even after the mace shattered, Titan was still able to control it.

With a slight motion of Titan’s hand, which was now glowing with an icy blue aura, the shattered fragments in the air became even sharper as his mana coated around them. Then, all of them shot straight toward Wind Takeda.

The attack caught him off guard, but he reacted quickly by thrusting out his hand and bending the wind in the air to his will, trying to overturn the shards and deflect them away from him. However, his mental control and power were not on the same level as Titan’s.

A few ice shards broke through the wind veil he had raised.

“Ahhh!” Wind Takeda cried out, staggering backward as some of the ice shards lodged into his eyes, while the others pierced his skin and spread frost across him. On the other side, seeing how much pain Wind Takeda was in, Earth Takeda finally decided to step in.

He cast the Earth Fang spell on himself, sacrificing his left hand by cutting it off in order to break free and move to Wind Takeda’s aid. He gritted his teeth through the pain as he re-conjured another earth axe and was about to swing it toward Titan, who had been moving in to finish Wind Takeda off.

But the moment Titan noticed Earth Takeda had broken free, he twisted mid-motion and swung out his hand again. This time, another ice mace materialized in his hand. This one, however, had an ice chain attached from the handle all the way to the spike ball, allowing him to close the distance and ensure his strike reached Earth Takeda before the axe could connect.

Boom!

A loud sonic crack rang out as Titan’s backhand attack struck Earth Takeda square in the jaw, knocking him out cold. But Titan had no intention of leaving any loose ends this time. In the next instant, he appeared before him after he had slid across the ground as though on skates, though his speed made it seem almost instantaneous to those watching from the crowds.

He used his left hand to hold the Earth avatar’s head before it could hit the ground and, in one continuous motion, he drove his right hand straight into its neck, killing it instantly.

Blood stained his icy blue hand as it emerged from the other side of the Earth avatar’s throat.

Earth Takeda finally opened his eyes from his dazed state. Due to overwhelming pain, he was unable to believe what he was feeling. Life was slipping away from him slowly. He knew he had been killed, so he just simply closed his eyes and left the rest of the battle to the remaining avatars.

As Earth Takeda’s form began to crumble into dust, brown particles floated towards the Progenitor. “Noooooo!” Wind Takeda, having just regained a sliver of awareness, ripped his bloodshot eyes open. He saw Titan withdrawing his hands from the disintegrating body. “I’ll kill you!” Wind Takeda bellowed, unleashing two swift slashes from alternating angles. Titan deflected each strike effortlessly, raising a hand to block and redirecting the attacks with the vambraces on his arms. The instant the final blow was parried, he witnessed Wind Takeda leap into the air, Katana aimed downward in an attempt to impale him. “You simply refuse to learn, do you?” Titan remarked, extending his left hand to intercept the blade. The weapon sliced through his hand, and he pivoted it sideways, allowing the blade to slide until its hilt met his palm. Without significant effort, he tightened his grip, ensnaring Wind Takeda’s arm. Wind Takeda’s face contorted in surprise, but escape was no longer an option as an ice spear materialized in Titan’s free hand. The crowd observed as Titan plunged it forward, aiming directly for Wind Takeda’s chest, mirroring the thrust that had just been made against him. In a desperate act of self-preservation, Wind Takeda attempted to use his own left hand as a shield, just as Titan had done. However, he then realized they were both sliding across the icy terrain. Before he could react, his back slammed hard against a rock, leaving him dazed. This momentary disorientation allowed Titan the opening he needed to drive the ice spear directly into him. Wind Takeda gasped, his breath catching as he was impaled. He seemed poised to speak, but each time he opened his mouth, only a spurt of blood emerged. “Just perish here peacefully,” Titan declared. Turning, he noticed he was the last to conclude his fight; the other Takeda avatars had already been vanquished by the golems. He then watched as Wind Takeda’s essence drifted through the air, drawn towards the Progenitor body still suspended aloft.