The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics

“It's clear that two unrelated abilities have appeared on one creature.”

Synd raised her sword, and a circular wall of fire immediately rose around her, forcing back all the ice wraiths trying to besiege her.

Logically speaking, even if Synd's flames could harm the ice wraiths, they shouldn't fear a small wall of fire with their ability to become ethereal. What truly made them retreat was the unknown.

The rising flames were the best choice to obscure vision. The ice wraiths hadn't evolved the ability to see through flames, and they didn't know what was waiting for them behind the wall of fire.

Their foster father, the Supreme Heaven, had told them that the unknown represented danger. Unless they were in a life-or-death situation with no way out, he advised against taking risks.

Life is more important than anything. Only by surviving can you do things. These were the principles their foster father taught them.

So, with a temporary advantage, the ice wraiths chose to retreat. Their foster father had also told them that there were all sorts of capable people in this world, and there were quite a few who could grab them even in their ethereal state.

Therefore, none of the ice wraiths present particularly relied on becoming ethereal. They only used it as a means of attack and a second option when facing attacks. For them, the first choice was always to dodge.

“Breath!”

The white ice wraith gave the order again. This time, more than a dozen ice wraiths appeared, all having returned after completing their rescue missions.

At the command, more than twenty ice wraiths inhaled simultaneously. After their chests expanded to an unbelievable size, they simultaneously exhaled icy breaths from their mouths.

In reality, each ice wraith had a different lung capacity. The amount of cold air their lungs could store also varied. Take the leading white ice wraith, for example. He could store 0.5 times more than a normal ice wraith.

As a white, mutated individual, his changes weren't just in the color of his body. His physical fitness was also comprehensively stronger than other members of his race.

According to the Supreme Heaven's calculations, even Yang Le, transformed into an ice wraith, was slightly weaker than this child in terms of physical ability. It could be considered that the student had surpassed the master.

However, outstanding individual ability wasn't necessary in teamwork. Therefore, when these little guys were training in the dimension, they spontaneously set many team restrictions, including the amount of air they inhaled.

Everyone, regardless of individual combat, had to strictly follow the training regulations once they were in the teamwork phase. They had to twist themselves into a rope, a rope that could help their parent.

More than twenty ice wraiths formed a circle, breathing cold air at the wall of fire in the center. At first, the scorching flames could resist the cold air, but after a long time, they couldn't.

After all, the ice wraiths were numerous and attacked from multiple angles. The current result was within the white ice wraith's expectations.

After the wall of fire shrank, Synd's figure was finally exposed again, but she didn't seem to realize she was surrounded. Instead, she always wore that confident smile.

“Just this little power, and you dare to try to kill me?” Synd laughed loudly, mocking the ice wraiths for overestimating themselves.

“It's like trying to put out the sun with a fan, a pipe dream!”

Synd swung her sword, and the surrounding wall of fire burned more fiercely again. The difference was that this time, with Synd's intervention, the wall of fire rotated, turning into a fire tornado and spreading in all directions.

From beginning to end, the ice wraiths didn't stop breathing, but their concerted efforts couldn't do anything about this fire tornado. Instead, it seemed to be fueling the fire, making it burn even more vigorously.

“Scatter!”

The white wraith gave the order again, and the other ice wraiths immediately spread their wings and fled in all directions without hesitation, reaching the point of strict adherence to the captain's orders.

“Want to escape? Not so easy!”

Synd obviously wouldn't let this opportunity pass. Blazing flames rose beneath her feet, pushing her forward like a booster, and she rushed in front of an ice wraith in the blink of an eye.

This time, the speed was much faster than before. The ice wraith she had chosen obviously couldn't react. By the time he activated his ethereal ability, it was too late.

The flaming greatsword cut off his left hand and left wing. When the flames licked his body, the ice wraith completed his transformation into an ethereal state, but it was too late. The blade had already cut into his body.

The ice wraith, having lost his wings, fell from the sky. Synd clicked her tongue in displeasure. Although she hadn't completely severed him, her sword had already cut through her opponent's skin, and the flames had already invaded his body.

That ice wraith was at the end of his rope. Before long, her flames would roast him from the inside out.

The dying cry of his fellow clan member attracted the attention of other ice wraiths, including some who had a good relationship with the injured. They were concerned and lost their composure, abandoning their evasion to rescue their fellow clan member.

This was exactly what Synd wanted. The flames on her body burned even more fiercely, and she smashed to the ground like a meteor.

Truly like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, Synd wielded the flaming greatsword and recklessly vented her desire for slaughter. In just a few seconds, she had already killed three ice wraiths. Just when she thought she would continue to kill all the enemies like this, an accident happened.

“Clang!”

A translucent ice cone blocked Synd's sword. No matter how much the rising flames scorched it, they couldn't melt it, which greatly exceeded Synd's expectations.

Slightly moving her gaze, Synd discovered that the owner of this hard ice was the white ice wraith. Although she had never seen this race before, Synd could still read the emotion of anger from his eyes.

“I thought you were a calm leader?” Synd teased.

“A qualified leader can't lose his mind because of the death of his subordinates.”

“A qualified creature won't be indifferent when his fellow clan members die.” The white wraith said coldly. The next second, purple energy burst out from his body and merged into the hard ice in his hand.

“The Supreme Heaven's immortal weapon.”

When the Supreme Heaven was raising these children, he didn't just teach them to use the powers they already had. As a mage, wouldn't it be too wasteful not to teach his children to use magic?

Unfortunately, Celestial magic requires a lot of talent, and the ice wraiths aren't a race with high magical affinity. There were very few who could learn Celestial magic on their own, and the white wraith was one of them.

The surging Celestial energy poured into the hard ice under the white wraith's command. Coupled with the Supreme Heaven's creation, an ordinary piece of ice instantly turned into a divine weapon, and also became one of the white wraith's capital to fight against Synd.