“Extreme Cold · Condense.”
Her ice-cold voice fell, and the temperature in the air quietly dropped. Above her, eerie cold ice gathered into a crystal ice phoenix.
“Screech!”
A phoenix-like cry rang out as the ice phoenix in the sky flapped its wings and flew toward the tide of rats. A terrifying wave of cold swept across the entire area, countless stretches of ice spreading over the ground. Along with one sound after another, a large number of mutated rats were frozen into ice sculptures.
Another quarter of the rat tide was frozen solid in the air, losing their lives beneath the ice.
Chen Bing didn’t say a word. She simply dissipated the ice phoenix in the sky once the numbers were about right, then looked at Huo Yu without speaking.
“Summon—Blaze Flame Demon Tiger.”
At Huo Yu’s feet, endless spiritual energy gathered. Crimson runes formed on the ground, and a tiger several meters tall, its entire body wreathed in flames, slowly emerged.
“Roar!”
With a mighty roar, the remaining mutated rats couldn’t help but retreat a few steps. Panic and fear actually appeared in their eerie green gazes.
“Ah Er, go!”
Huo Yu patted the Blaze Flame Demon Tiger’s thigh and pointed at the mutated rat tide ahead.
“ROAR!!”
With a thunderous roar, the Blaze Flame Demon Tiger transformed into a crimson beam of light and charged straight toward the mutated rat tide.
“Rumble!”
Scorching flames swept across the entire battlefield. The ground shook, dust flew into the air, and countless mutated rats were trampled to death, knocked flying, or burned alive by the flames covering the tiger’s body.
Huo Yu stared intently at the mutated rats on the battlefield. Finally, when the numbers seemed about right, she unhesitatingly recalled the Blaze Flame Demon Tiger.
Then she looked at Bai Xuan, her meaning clear without words.
And not just her—Chen Bing and Qin Tian were also looking at him. They had already silently agreed that Bai Xuan deserved a spot in this “god-making” operation.
They were just fake, man-made gods.
But Bai Xuan was a true deity of infinite power—the God of Nature!
“I understand.”
Bai Xuan could naturally sense their feelings. He hadn’t expected such a dramatic turn of events, but he had to admit it felt pretty good inside.
Nodding, Bai Xuan turned his gaze to the remaining mutated rat tide.
By now, they didn’t want to stay any longer. Quite a few had even started fleeing backward. If not for the military blockade and the endless barrage of firepower forcing them to stay put, they would have run off long ago.
So, how about I just show some normal power?
A flicker of blue light passed through Bai Xuan’s eyes. All the mutated rats, which had been trembling and fleeing, suddenly stopped, then began struggling frantically.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang…”
Suddenly, one mutated rat’s body burst apart. Then another, and another, until every single mutated rat’s body exploded, splattering massive amounts of blood into the air.
Under the sunlight, it looked oddly beautiful.
“What is this…”
If Qin Tian, Chen Bing, and Huo Yu had shown overwhelming power, at least everyone could understand it—they could see how the mutated rats died. But with Bai Xuan’s ability, they truly had no idea what had just happened.
Why had the mutated rats’ bodies frozen in place? Why had they struggled but couldn’t move at all? Why had their bodies exploded?
“Man, heaven is so unfair. Before the spiritual energy revival, I was just an ordinary office worker. After the revival, I awakened a pretty good ability and thought I’d turn my life around. But it turns out I’m still just ordinary.”
“So this is the gap between geniuses and regular people? I’m really feeling it now!”
“Is the country trying to create gods? Or did they actually pull a real god out for filming?”
“We all fought together for so long and only took out a little over half of the mutated rats. And they each just took out a quarter in one go?”
“Get it straight—they all willingly dispersed their abilities after clearing a quarter. Any one of them could have wiped out the remaining rats in a single move.”
“Is it really necessary to be this over-the-top…”
All the ability users from the Spiritual Energy Bureau couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the terrifying combat power of these four. Being able to join the bureau meant their talents were considered excellent among ordinary people. But still…
Heaven really is unfair no matter what.
Huo Yu looked at Bai Xuan curiously and asked, “Why did their bodies explode?”
“Originally, I was going to drain their blood and condense it into a mythical beast like you all did. But I thought better of it and went with a rain of blood instead.”
“It feels like this is more spectacular.”
Bai Xuan didn’t directly answer Huo Yu’s question. He just watched the blood raining down ahead and smiled.
Or rather, that was the principle.
Because he wanted to create this effect, their bodies had uncontrollably stopped, struggled, and finally burst apart.
Who could blame them? They were part of nature, after all.
“Dang it, I wish I could show off like you guys too!”
Ye Feng looked at the four with envy and jealousy. If he had awakened a combat-type ability, he could have played around just as flashily.
“By the way, Qin Tian, why did you summon a Thunder Dragon? Isn’t your ability the Divine Dragon? Why not just transform into a dragon yourself?”
“And Chen Bing, you awakened the power of Extreme Cold. Why go with an Ice Phoenix?”
“Huo Yu summoning a Blaze Flame Tiger makes sense to me, but why did you two do what you did?”
As if something occurred to him, Ye Feng looked at the two with some confusion.
“Do you remember how long my body is when I transform into a dragon?”
Qin Tian looked at Ye Feng speechlessly after hearing his question.
Even though he had awakened the Divine Dragon ability and could command wind, rain, and thunder like a mythical dragon, it seemed that because his current power was still far too weak compared to the dragons of legend, he only grew to just over a meter long when transformed.
It was less like a dragon and more like a strangely shaped snake.
Would that be showing off in front of others? That would be exposing his flaws! It was way better to just condense a Thunder Dragon—way more impressive.
Chen Bing just glanced at him and said flatly, “Would plain Extreme Cold power really showcase my strength as well as an Ice Phoenix can?”
“…”
Ye Feng closed his eyes. Sure enough, they were all just showing off.
After that, cleaning up the battlefield didn’t require the Spiritual Energy Bureau’s people—specialized personnel handled it.
In total, over eight thousand mutated rats lay dead. Some had turned to charcoal, some had become ice sculptures, and others had exploded into bloody, mangled messes. Their deaths were truly gruesome.
By then, many ability users were lying on the ground or leaning against walls around the area.
They hadn’t felt it during the fight or while watching the spectacle. But after it was all over, they suddenly realized their bodies were exhausted to the limit.
