Few Seconds Ago
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The moment Caden opened the wooden door, his gaze fell on the shadowy mysterious figure draped in a hooded black cloak.
His heart skipped a beat and a familiar systematic voice resounded in his head.
[Reporting Danger...]
[Switching to Defense Mode]
[Activating S-Ranked Innate Skill:Frost Life]
Caden's eyes widened in shock "What?" He exclaimed, His eyebrows curled up "Who the hell are..."
Boom!
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The explosion ripped through the hotel, a blazing inferno that engulfed the structure in a maelstrom of flames and debris.
The blast wave shattered windows, buckled steel, and sent shards of glass and concrete flying through the air.
His eyebrows furrowed, in that moment… he understood everything. "You damned Red Continent!!!" He gritted his teeth.
In the heart of the explosion, Caden was torn apart. His body ripped asunder by the frenzied flames.
His limbs were scattered, and his screams were lost in the roar of the inferno.
Yet, amidst the chaos, a single shard of ice seemed to materialize, its frozen tip glinting in the flickering light of flames.
The shard flew through the air, striking at Caden's dispersed form with precision.
As the ice shard touched his scattered limbs, Caden's figure began to reassemble, his body reforming with a sickening crunch.
The flames seemed to recoil, as if repulsed by the cold presence of the ice.
Caden stood, his body whole once more, amidst the raging inferno. His eyes glowed with an unearthly light, as if the ice shard had imbued him with a dark power.
[S-Ranked Innate Skill: Frost Life has successfully activated]
[You've encountered a Redman Assasin]
[You've received a special task]
[Special Task: Exterminate that Redman Assasin]
[Task Reward: 10x Stats upgrade, 1 Advancement Card, 1 Super Golden Gift Box]
His gaze turned grim, and he could hear the screams of Purplemen who were being incinerated by the blazing inferno.
The hotel continued to burn around him, but he stood unscathed, a testament to the strange and terrifying power of the ice shard.
He looked down to see a pentagon-shaped magic circle flickering beneath his feet. He understood everything.
The shadowy, mysterious figure draped in a black hooded cloak stood unburnt by the flames.
He was stunned. "To think you're still alive. Hehehehe, is this the power of the S-Ranked Skill? Caden Ryder." The childish voice of the mysterious figure shook the air.
Caden clenched his fist tightly, his eyes burning with unending hatred. "Dog of the Red Continent!" He cursed out.
He waved his hand, causing the entire space to be frozen in a matter of seconds.
He raised his hand, materializing ice spears, it was unleashed against the mysterious figure.
Despite watching everything. The mysterious figure didn't move a single inch.
Why?
Because the magic circle still exists!
In a split second, the pentagon-shaped magic circle flickered, and the entire space was engulfed in flames once again.
Caden's entirety incinerated within minutes, but his body was reconstructed in a matter of seconds. Returning back to his full form.
He glanced at this magic circle once again, understanding it clearly, "Infinite Blood Formation," He muttered.
The mysterious figure was startled for a second, his eyes gleamed in excitement "What a surprise, I was sent here to assassinate the fast-rising star of the Purple Continent"
"But to think you know so much about us already." In that moment, the body of the mysterious figure began to glow as he stretched forth his right hand.
"Hmmmm this is interesting" He paused for a second, slightly tilting his head "How do you know so much about us?" He questioned. Caden's lips curled faintly, and he stepped forward.
His legs got burnt but it was reconstructed by the power of frost, right now….he's one with ice.
He doesn't have any organs, no heart, no brain, not a single drop of blood. All has been merged with frost.
Even if he incinerates a thousand times, as long as his S-Ranked Skill: Frost Life is active.
He would reconstruct himself a thousand times.
But he switched to offense, overwhelming the entire space once again with ice. But this time he didn't stop here.
He waved his left hand in the air. Frost condensed, ice burned, and its thick, cold fire spread across space.
A disastrous blizzard erupted, raging like an hurricane.
In a split second, the Infinite Blood Formation was suppressed. Frost reigned absolutely.
The mysterious figure was overwhelmed with the beauty of snowflakes scattered across the air, his eyes widened in excitement. "So beautiful," He screamed with his hands stretched out, "Is this the power of Frost Life?" He giggled.
Seeing that his infinite blood formation was completely suppressed by Caden. He decided to act.
His entire body engulfed in black flames as he supersped. Covering the distance between himself and Caden.
[Reporting...]
[An Unknown S-Ranked Skill has been detected]
Caden's eyebrows furrowed in that instant. He engulfed the figure in ice, but his ice was burned by the black flames.
Bang!
A collision occurred.
Camden was sent crashing into three burning walls, he spat out blood. Trying to recover when he was attacked again.
"Inferno Bliss!" The mysterious figure chanted, and the entire space was engulfed in black flames.
Caden coughed up blood, he could feel the blackfire seeping through his frosty skin.
This wasn't an A-Ranked Skill attack after all.
It's a battle between S-Ranked Skills!
A two elemental chaotic clash. Caden was still understanding his newly obtained S-Ranked Innate Skill.
Compared to an expert, he's still inexperienced, there was no way he would win.
He fired tens of ice spears but they melted within seconds.
Caden's eyes flickered with uncertainty, seeing that he would be engulfed by the blackfire.
The infernal blackfire pushed him to the wall, his surroundings was engulfed in black flames.
He had already been cornered, even though he had multiple S-Ranked Skills and SSS-Ranked Skills.
Even though he had the Primordial Dragon Physique, he was still too weak.
His Mana Convergence Stage was at Mana Trainer and his Sword Level was still at Sword Apprentice.
He never expected any assasination attempt so he had to pause his growth, he needed to raise his reputation further.
He was going to focus on himself when he returned back to Morningstar, by then he would have sometime to himself.
He had already mastered multiple House Ryder's style techniques and had memories of magic spells, but against an expert level assasin.
Such offensive methods were useless. He knew he was being toyed, this assasin hadn't even gone all out yet.
Even in his past life, when he was the Ghost of Purple. He was only a Sword Level, Sword Grandmaster.
Even if he used S-Ranked Skill: Future Sight, what could he do? Did he even have the major strength to counter and retaliate?
He had no options left, his newly obtained offensive skill was being repelled by an expert assasin. Even though he didn't fear death, it was still too early for him to die.
He had only achieved a fragment of his grand plans. "What the hell are you thinking about?" The assasin spawned right before him.
"Keeuukkk" Caden coughed out bloods as a blackfire punch connected with his stomach, he was sent crashing into a wall.
He collapsed on the ground, struggling to stand when he felt the burning building vibrating vigorously.
He felt a familiar connection, he sensed a familiar mana.
His eyes widened in shock. "This is…"
In that moment, Alyssa's body broke through a burning wall, she was connected to her master. Even from the Red-Pool City.
She could still sense her master's anguish even if it occurred on another continent. The mysterious figure was startled, slightly tilting his gaze.
His eyes met the murderous gaze of Alyssa Silversword. And before he could even react.
Her raging punch enveloped with condensed mana connected to his face, and he was sent crashing out of the burning hotel, his back crashing into five buildings simultaneously.