Dominion's End

V4C7: Tier Two Duel, Part Two

Dominion's End Volume 4: Battle for Lan City

Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)

Chapter 7: Tier Two Duel, Part Two—translated by Michimochi 

After communicating with Xiaorong and confirming that he knew what he needed to do, I jumped straight out of the window and formed my ice dagger in midair. Semi-transparent branches shot out. I was pushed right at the cocoon. Since I hadn't mastered this move yet, my face almost crashed into it. Fortunately, I pulled the ice spear out in time and used the force from the push to pierce right into the top of the cocoon.

I drove the spear head in and felt satisfied but immediately met resistance. I tightened my right hand around the handle, then grabbed the ice dagger on my thigh with my left hand and stabbed it right in the same area as the spear head.

With this stab, the blade sunk directly into the cocoon, but that was as far as it went. If only I could summon the spear, I would have been able to jab directly into the aberrant's skull. But I couldn't, which sucked, and no matter where I stabbed the ice dagger, it wasn't like I could hope that the aberrant had plastered his face against the edge of the cocoon. That kind of posture would be way too uncomfortable.

I pulled the ice dagger out and jumped upward immediately. After landing on a branch, I jumped again, this time even higher. I formed a thick slab of ice above me and flipped around in a circle, my feet pointing up, head pointing down. I kicked the thick ice heavily. Using the rebounding force, I flew downward like a cannon. Halfway down, I twisted my body up again, then landed right on the spear. The whole shaft sank in, piercing into the cocoon. However, it couldn't withstand the force. First, it bent. Then, the entire shaft splintered.

The giant cocoon vibrated violently. Looks like I got a direct hit. Nice. I was really getting worried that the aberrant inside might not be all that big, so the spear wouldn't be able to reach the target. Since there was such a huge reaction, I must have successfully pierced it, and it wasn't some insignificant, small wound either.

I immediately grabbed the remaining ten centimeters of the shaft. In one breath, I released a great amount of ice energy, so much that I didn't even have the energy to spare to deal with the caterpillars that were rolling over to me. Fortunately, I had Xiaorong with me. A great number of icy branches shot outwards all at once. One by one, the branches sent the thorny caterpillars flying.

I could even feel Xiaorong's grievance and pain, but there was no way to comfort my friend. I could already feel something obstructing the ice power that I had just forced into the cocoon. I had to focus on increasing the ice energy I was sending into the giant cocoon.

By now, the vibration from the giant cocoon was so violent that I could have been shaken right off, but it wasn't much of a problem to me since I had my ice ability and Xiaorong's branches. Unless I were mortally injured and had no choice but to let go, if I wanted to stay on top of something, no one would be able to move me, not even half a step.

At the same time, I didn't want to be injured heavily just for the sake of staying right where I was. So when I felt the cocoon's inner energy about to erupt, I hastily retreated away from the giant cocoon.

At the same moment, icy branches shot out and entangled with the white silk not far away, pulling me over at the same time. However, the force was too great, and I flew past where I wanted to be. I grabbed both the ice and silk to pull myself back in place. I needed to practice this move more, or I'd eventually end up tragically smacking into a window.

I was positioned on top of the giant cocoon. All below me were those colorful caterpillar balls. They all came rolling toward me wildly. Even those who didn't have claustrophobia would feel claustrophobic from this.