The steamship sailed nearly three kilometers out before slowly coming to a stop.

On the ship, everyone looked back at the distant island with lingering fear.

At this moment, the island had long been completely swallowed by a massive storm connecting heaven and earth.

Fierce winds howled, and lightning flashed with thunder rumbling.

Countless wind blades, flames, seawater, and gravel churned wildly within it, forming a Domain of death sufficient to shred all things.

That was close.

This thought popped up in everyone's minds simultaneously.

If they had left a few seconds later, I'm afraid even this ship would have been sucked in and torn to pieces.

Polina stood at the bow of the ship, the sea breeze blowing her brilliant blonde long hair and vividly outlining her voluptuous figure.

Her azure blue beautiful eyes gazed with great interest at the world-destroying scene in the distance, her red lips parting slightly as she let out a heartfelt sigh of praise.

"What skill is this again?"

"It's too exaggerated."

"I've never seen any mage whose skill range could be this wide."

"Good thing we ran fast."

Li Hao stood behind her, his face showing a smug sense of shared honor.

"Although this is also our first time seeing it."

"But this was definitely cast by our captain!"

He paused and analyzed in a matter-of-fact tone,

"After all, that Park In-maeng from Kimchi Country has the class of Flame Emperor."

"He should only know how to use fire-type skills, right?"

Polina nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

"That actually makes a lot of sense."

She cast her gaze once more toward the center of the violent storm, a light of curiosity flickering in her eyes.

"It's just that I don't know, a skill with such a range—"

"—just how powerful its might is, and whether it can take care of that Park In-maeng."

...

Above the dilapidated island.

Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf, raising his head calmly to look at the sky.

The center of that massive 【Blade Storm】 was actually completely covered by a deep blue flame at this moment.

Park In-maeng's figure flickered in and out of view at the center of those flames.

Countless knife-sharp wind blades frantically sliced at his body, kicking up dense strings of damage numbers.

However, whenever his health dropped to a certain dangerous threshold,

he would quickly absorb the endless deep blue flames around him to heal himself.

The flames at the center of the storm seemed to have become his inexhaustible blood bank.

Even though the wind blade attacks were densely packed enough to make one's scalp tingle, Park In-maeng's health consistently remained in a relatively healthy state.

Zhou Huai curled his lips.

As expected.

Classer are not that easy to kill.

Time ticked away second by second.

After a full thirty seconds, that world-destroying 【Blade Storm】 finally slowly subsided.

The wind stopped.

The rain ceased.

Between heaven and earth, an eerie silence returned once more.

Park In-maeng's figure slowly descended from the air.

His appearance at this moment, although slightly disheveled, had no major issues on his body.

It was just that his handsome face had long been twisted by endless rage.

He looked at the deserted island around him, his fists clenched tightly, knuckles turning white from the exertion.

Dead.

They were all dead.

Those elites from Kimchi Country that he brought along had all died in this damned storm!

How could he not be furious?!

"I want you to die!"

Park In-maeng let out a roar suppressed to the ultimate limit, his voice hoarse, like an injured beast.

The next second.

The seemingly ordinary mage robe on his body unceremoniously bloomed with a dazzling, deep blue radiance!

Immediately following that, two figures identical to him actually walked out slowly from within that radiance!

Zhou Huai looked at the triplets that suddenly appeared before him and raised his eyebrows with great interest.

"A Avatar?"

A ferocious and cruel smile appeared on Park In-maeng's face.

"This is no ordinary Avatar!"

He pointed at the mage robe on his body that exuded powerful energy fluctuations, his voice filled with venom and madness.

"These are Avatars created using the legendary-tier equipment 【Shadow Robe】 on my body!"

"They possess one hundred percent of my attributes inherited, and at the same time can use all of my skills!"

"You could say these two Avatars are just like my main body!"

His icy eyes locked firmly onto Gandalf, as if looking at a dead man.

"Next, I'd like to see!"

"How you face a me whose strength has increased threefold!"

The moment his words fell,

three identical figures simultaneously raised the staffs in their hands high!

Three distinct yet equally terrifying magical fluctuations erupted with a boom!

However, the very instant they were about to finish chanting their spell,

Zhou Huai moved.

He simply raised his right hand calmly and gave a gentle grip toward the direction where Park In-maeng was located.

"【Forbidden Spell: Geocenter Gravity Field】!"

Hum——!

Park In-maeng only felt an irresistible, terrifying pressure, like a mountain ten thousand zhang tall, suddenly descending from the sky!

That pressure was so immense that the spell he had just half-chanted was instantly interrupted!

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

The three figures were actually bent at the waist in unison, uncontrollably dropping to one knee!

The solid ground shattered with a loud bang the moment their knees hit the floor, spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly in all directions!

"This... what ghost of a skill is this again?!"

Park In-maeng gritted his teeth and raised his head with difficulty, his handsome face filled with unbelievable shock.

Zhou Huai thought for a moment and answered in a deadpan tone,

"This skill is called—"

"—Since you see the Tathagata, why do you not kneel?"

Park In-maeng: "???"

Zhou Huai sneered inwardly.

What if there are two Avatars with identical strength?

All of my Gandalf's skills are area-of-effect damage.

Suppressing one of you is suppressing, suppressing three of you is still suppressing all the same.

Storms raged in Park In-maeng's heart.

He never could have imagined that the Forbidden Spell Mage before him had actually become terrifying to such a degree!

Powerful skill after powerful skill emerged endlessly, pressing down on him until he could barely breathe!

He wanted to struggle, wanted to withstand this terrifying pressure and forcefully chant a spell.

However, Gandalf's chanting speed was far faster than his.

"Alright, shut up."

The bland voice was like the Reaper's verdict.

"【Forbidden Spell: Thousand Mile Ice Seal】!"

Crack——!

Absolute zero descended once more!

That terrifying chill, like an invisible tide, instantly completely swallowed those three figures kneeling on the ground!

Just one second.

Three lifelike ice sculptures appeared in place.

"Crack!"

One of the ice sculptures shattered first.

A figure broke free from the ice encapsulation, their face still carrying the lingering terror of surviving a disaster.

However, the remaining two figures were not so lucky.

One of them was trapped within the indestructible 【Ice Prison Cage】.

Although he was still subconsciously releasing skills in an attempt to break open the ice wall,

his icy eyes had become dull and lifeless, losing all focus.

As for the other one, his brain had been completely frozen.

He maintained the posture of kneeling on one knee, unmoving, as if he had become an eternal sculpture.

Zhou Huai looked at this scene before him and, controlling Gandalf, walked forward unhurriedly.

He shrugged at the only Park In-maeng who had broken free, a playful smile appearing on his face.

"Look, hasn't this become one-on-one again?"

He stretched out his finger and pointed back and forth at the other two ice sculptures.

"It's just that I don't know whether this is the main body or a Avatar."

"If the main body got frozen, that would really be a joke."

The moment his words finished falling,

that Park In-maeng who had just broken free from the ice encapsulation shuddered violently.

The next second, with a "poof," he unceremoniously transformed into a brilliant cluster of bubbles,

vanishing without a trace.

Immediately following that, the dull-eyed Park In-maeng trapped in the 【Ice Prison Cage】 also turned into bubbles at this time.

The entire island was left with only that ice sculpture whose brain was completely frozen, maintaining the posture of kneeling on one knee.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Huai couldn't help but chuckle himself.

He never expected that you, the main body, would actually run into that ten percent trigger probability of freezing the soul.

I don't know whether your luck is good or bad after all.

Zhou Huai hesitated no longer; he slowly raised the 【Eternal Judgment】 in his hand, preparing to send this Flame Emperor of Kimchi Country on his final journey.

However, right at this moment,

"Rumble——!"

a terrifyingly thick blue lightning bolt unceremoniously descended from the sky!

It tore open the dim sky, carrying world-destroying might as it fiercely struck that solitary icy island!

Zhou Huai's brows furrowed slightly.

Within that blue lightning bolt, a robust figure suddenly appeared!

It was precisely Thor, the Thunder God of the Freedom Federation!

He had actually arrived at this critical juncture!

Seeing that Thor didn't even glance at Gandalf, he extended his palm crackling with electric snakes and gave a gentle grip toward the ice sculpture encasing Park In-maeng.

"Crack!"

With a crisp snap!

The solid ice sculpture instantly filled with cracks and shattered with a loud bang!

Thor smoothly hoisted the still soul-frozen Park In-maeng into his hand.

After finishing all this, he slowly turned his head to look at Gandalf, grinning to reveal a mouthful of white teeth.

"Look, didn't I arrive right on time?"

"Heroes should make their entrance at the most crucial moment!"