Blockage

In order to create these special icicles, magic essence was consumed like flowing water, and it would need to be used again in a short while.

However, the effect of the special bullets made with so much magic essence was better than Su Ran had imagined.

As the icicles were shot out, they left a stream of faint blue light in the air, shooting straight towards the pursuers composed of Earth Fire Lizards and exploding in an instant.

A translucent, crystalline layer of frost covered the black scales of the Earth Fire Lizards.

The bone-chilling cold penetrated through the frost into every Earth Fire Lizard, causing the blood flowing in their bodies to slow down and their muscles to contract suddenly.

To the naked eye, the Earth Fire Lizards seemed to be affected by the frost, to the point that they had even lost the strength to move and could only be fixed in place.

Even if the impact on the eyeballs from the scene was not as shocking as the piercing cold from just now…

If Guo Zixiang were to turn back at this moment, he would definitely think that the scene happening now was even more unforgettable than his previous experience.

A slender young girl holding a blunderbuss, single-handedly blocking the path of the pursuers.

Countless Earth Fire Lizards were covered in a translucent layer of frost, standing motionless in place.

It could only be described as terrifying.

Of course, she knew her own business.

As the creator of the special bullets, Su Ran knew that if she didn’t continuously supply the other party with bullets, the magic she used wouldn’t last for too long.

Both the scorching sun high in the sky and the stress-induced heat rising from the Earth Fire Lizards’ bodies were helping them to stubbornly resist the cold brought by Su Ran.

These pursuers were a notch stronger than the Earth Fire Lizards that had surrounded Guo Zixiang.

Killing them would not be so easy.

In the end, Su Ran was still only at Sequence One.

Being able to stop a whole swath of Earth Fire Lizards at once was entirely dependent on the special nature of her witch ability and the Ring of Pride in her hand that could constantly replenish her magic essence.

With both of these factors, Su Ran was able to achieve what seemed to be a powerful destructive force at the moment.

When Su Ran truly advanced to Sequence Two, then when she faced these pursuers again, using the same magic would be enough to annihilate them.

‘Calculating the time, if I speed up, I should be able to catch up.’

Guo Zixiang was carrying Liang Bo, so moving would certainly not be as convenient as Su Ran moving alone.

After Su Ran gave the Earth Fire Lizards another special bullet, she would prepare to set off and meet up with them.

But reality was beyond Su Ran’s expectations.

The ground, which had stopped trembling, now began to tremble again, and the frequency had become more intense.

Realizing something was wrong, Su Ran decided to leave this place immediately.

Suddenly, Su Ran felt a violent shake.

Several cracks appeared in the ground where she stood, threatening to swallow her whole.

Fortunately, Su Ran remained calm in the face of danger, stepping on the already cracked ground to a safe area.

The Earth Fire Lizards that had been frozen in place by Su Ran were not so lucky.

When the ground cracked, they were in a state where their movements were restricted by the frost.

The difficulty of leaving was much greater for them than for Su Ran.

In the end, the pursuers composed of Earth Fire Lizards were, under the control of the Earth Fire leader, dropped into the abyss of the fissures and swallowed, becoming a part of its body’s magic essence.

Watching the Earth Fire Lizards gradually fall into the abyss and disappear, Su Ran had a sense of déjà vu.

But the situation did not allow her to think much.

She needed to prepare to leave this place immediately.

However, just as Su Ran was about to leave, she saw a black mass in the distance, like a small black mountain, gradually approaching.

A large amount of scattered magic essence emanated from the black mass.

Su Ran realized that the black mass in front of her was the Sequence Three Earth Fire leader.

From the small, mountain-like Earth Fire leader, Su Ran discovered a clue.

The other party didn’t seem to be able to perfectly control the magic essence in its body.

It hadn’t yet compressed its magic essence.

There were no signs of liquefied magic essence on its body, which meant that the true sequence advancement was not yet complete.

In other words, the Sequence Three aura she was sensing now was just piled up by a large amount of magic essence.

This kind of Sequence Three still needed to condense its magic essence into a liquid state to be truly stable.

But it was estimated that due to the death of a large number of Earth Fire Lizards, in order to maintain its authority as a leader, it had to personally come forward.

After learning this, Su Ran shifted her gaze away.

Unfortunately, Su Ran’s gaze, which she had directed at the Earth Fire leader as she was about to leave, was noticed by it.

‘Damn it!’

In an instant, Su Ran felt as if she were in icy seawater, but she knew this was not an illusion.

It was her subconscious constantly reminding her that she needed to leave now.

She had been discovered by the Earth Fire leader!

Roar!

A rumbling sound gradually approached in Su Ran’s direction.

The surrounding trees fell in response, not providing any obstruction at all.

Beside the Earth Fire leader, there were also many of its kin charging along with it.

Glancing behind her, Su Ran saw that if she took the path Guo Zixiang had left by, these magical beasts would soon catch up to all of them.

So, Su Ran chose another path, leading the black ocean behind her, and walked away without looking back.

Before leaving, Su Ran also conveniently shot the special icicle bullets she had prepared behind her.

This was originally what she had prepared to delay for time.

Now that Su Ran needed to face more pursuers, it was naturally also suitable to use.

The bullet shot from the blunderbuss instantly turned into a translucent, thin mist of ice crystals, targeting the group of Earth Fire Lizards chasing behind Su Ran.

But this time, the delaying effect was not as good as she had originally imagined.

The added Earth Fire leader opened its mouth and spat out several fireballs in succession.

Perhaps in terms of quality, the fireballs were no match for Su Ran’s ice crystals, but the advantage was that the Earth Fire leader spat out a larger number of them.

Just by relying on these fireballs, the thin mist of ice crystals that Su Ran had originally released had the thickness of a stack of A4 paper.

And now, after being weakened, the position near the center was only a thin layer, not even half as thick.

With a roar, the barrier formed by the thin mist of ice crystals in front of the Earth Fire leader was pierced through.

For the kin beside the Earth Fire leader, the effect of the thin mist of ice crystals on them was minimized by the leader.

For the Earth Fire Lizards that were relatively far away, they were not so lucky.

Their ranks were generally only Sequence One, and not at the limit.

The moment they came into contact with the thin mist, they were frozen into popsicles.

The extreme cold of the ice crystals raged within them, and even their blood seemed to be frozen together.

For Su Ran, as long as she could block the footsteps of the Earth Fire Lizards, even for a little bit of time, it was enough.