In the Ice Fortress, there were actually over a dozen youths, both male and female, who were Shen Feng's disciples. They had always been devoted to protecting Shen Feng and his plans, even risking their lives. Among them were disciples Shen Feng had found from orphanages. Upon seeing someone charge in, these youths rushed forward without hesitation, attempting to stop the intruder.
Luo Hui was one of them. His ability was merely the control of glass, a trivial matter. Now, as he charged forward, he also wished to fight, solely to protect his teacher from harm. Thus, he cast aside all thoughts of his own life and death.
Alas, reality was cruel. Facing the approach of a powerful enemy, he fearlessly launched his attack, but even the glass failed to harm the opponent. A casual punch from the enemy landed on his arm.
Luo Hui thought, "Not good, this is bad..."
Unfortunately, it was too late to dodge now. The opponent only needed to make direct contact with a person to transmit a powerful shockwave into their body. Thus, this youth, who had already lost both legs, had his body instantly explode, disappearing in an instant like an overinflated balloon, leaving only a pool of blood and bone fragments.
"Luo Hui, Zhou Dingyang, Hu Weizeng... pitiful children, to think you would die here now!" Yu Renshu's eyes reddened upon seeing these students being killed one by one. In her rage, she immediately unleashed her ability, causing the surrounding seawater to churn. Streams of water surged into the Ice Fortress, preparing to attack with the seawater.
However, Andorf said, "Do the two of you women also intend to stop me? Even these students cannot withstand a single punch from me. Although my right hand cannot move, I can surely kill you with my left hand alone. If you know what's good for you, get out of the way quickly, hand over the meteorite, and I will leave. No one will be harmed!"
The reason he could say this was his strong confidence in his strength. Vibration was an extremely powerful skill. Vibration was a natural force. The collision of meteorites with Earth was a form of vibration, and the production of sound was also vibration. The power generated by vibration was enough to destroy a planet, and such power was undoubtedly a devastating blow to others.
Force was the strongest ability, and force had many forms of expression. In the air, it manifested as wind. If it produced collisions, it manifested as vibration. If it generated heat, it was thermal energy. It could be said that force was omnipresent and controlled everything.
Yu Renshu sneered, "They are already dead. You expect so many of us to retreat unscathed? Are you thinking too much? Today, even if the entire sea drowns this ice mountain, I will not let you leave alive. At worst, we'll perish together. Talking about letting us go is simply laughable!"
Yu Renshu's favorite play was "Legend of the White Snake," and she particularly admired the line spoken by Lady White Snake: "Pour out the waters of West Lake, flood Jinshan, and I will rescue Xu Xian!"
And at this very moment, she faced a similar situation. Except this time, it wasn't to save someone, but to defend against an enemy. Thus, she also had the most pessimistic thought. Even if she spread radioactive seawater across the entire mountain, she would absolutely not let the opponent succeed. At worst, it would be a mutual destruction!
Andorf calmly said, "Go ahead and try. I'll see who ultimately wins!"
As he spoke, he glanced towards the distant mountainside. He saw that an ice platform had been constructed there, and the meteorite was placed upon it. Shen Feng was still maintaining his previous posture, touching the meteorite with one hand.
Andorf pondered, unable to understand why Shen Feng was still like this. Logically, if an enemy were to attack, Shen Feng would definitely make a move, no matter what. Yet, he remained in his previous posture. Could it be that he had encountered some unexpected situation?
"No matter what, Shen Feng cannot act now. This is my opportunity. To achieve this goal, I can only resort to some desperate measures!" Andorf thought to himself.
At this moment, the entire sea surface began to vibrate. Countless waters from afar rushed towards this ice mountain, gathering and rising higher, continuously spreading towards the summit. Seawater had already entered the Ice Fortress and was still rising. If this continued, the entire ice mountain would be submerged by the seawater. The toxic substances within this seawater attacked indiscriminately. Although the bodies of ability users were very strong, they could not withstand this radioactive seawater for too long.
Andorf also sensed that something was amiss. If the battle could not be resolved quickly, and the seawater spread, everyone on his side would die. A situation of mutual destruction was not what he wanted to see.
Thus, Andorf thought of a solution. He stomped his foot on the ground, and a powerful tremor transmitted into the earth. Instantly, numerous cracks appeared on this ice mountain, and the entire mountain began to shake. Ultimately, the entire Ice Fortress collapsed, and many rocks tumbled down from the summit. These rocks were composed of ice, and falling onto a person would crush them into a pulp.
Mu Ying, upon discovering the current situation, took a deep breath. Logically, this was an ice mountain, which should be her home ground. Yet, it was being disrupted by an enemy. The arrangements within the fortress were in disarray. Thus, she disregarded everything and formed countless ice blocks into sharp spears, shooting them continuously towards the distant enemy.
"Bang bang..." These ice spears or ice cones, upon hitting Andorf, would immediately shatter. This was because these ice blocks clearly could not withstand the intense vibrations. They would collapse upon contact with a human body.
"You like them to shatter? Then next, I'll let you taste something larger. In the face of absolute power, can you still withstand it?" Mu Ying gritted her teeth and said.
Immediately, a massive ice block weighing a thousand pounds from the roof began to fall directly down. Facing the collapse of the entire fortress, Mu Ying did not attempt to block it. Instead, she accelerated the fortress's collapse. Thus, the roof fell, weighing a thousand pounds. Even an ability user might not die instantly from such a blow.
At the same time, a large stream of water transformed into a water dragon, lunging and clawing towards Andorf, seemingly intending to tightly entwine him and restrict his movements.
Facing this situation, Andorf dared not underestimate it. Especially the thousand-pound ice block falling from the roof. Even if he could shatter it, he would be swept away by the immense impact force in an instant. Thus, he performed a clumsy roll to dodge to the side, precisely flanking the ice block. Simultaneously, facing the entwinement of the water dragon, he punched out. The air vibrated continuously, actually dispersing the water dragon.
The vibration of the air could disperse water flow. This was similar to how water poured from a roof onto the ground turned into countless droplets. And now, Andorf used his ability to transform the water dragon in the air into numerous water columns. These water droplets could no longer restrict his movements.
However, quite a few water droplets still landed on him. These radioactive substances immediately caused damage to his cells. Fortunately, this seawater had been diluted. If it were undiluted radioactive elements, his body would have rotted away in an instant.
"But you are more violent than my current earthquake, aren't you? I'll see how these seawater can drown me!" Andorf became angry as he noticed the seawater in the distance continuously rising. He had wanted a good ending for everyone, but these two women were unreasonable and insisted on stopping him. Therefore, he had no choice but to act.
Using his skills would inevitably consume his lifespan. This was unavoidable because the more powerful the ability, the more energy it required. And the energy it consumed would rebound upon him, reducing his lifespan.
Andorf punched the ground. Instantly, the entire sea surface vibrated slightly, and this vibration continued to intensify. An abnormal, giant earthquake appeared. The water surface continuously undulated, and the seawater that had just gathered began to spread out in all directions with the appearance of the earthquake. As for himself, he instantly became aged, appearing like an old man in his seventies or eighties from afar.
Just then, a giant ice block was about to fall from above Shen Feng's head. Yu Renshu wanted to stop it upon seeing this, but it was too late. She could only watch helplessly as the ice block fell.
"Shen Feng!" Yu Renshu exclaimed. She felt her hope was about to be extinguished, as she was about to watch the person she loved die beneath the ice block.
But at this moment, the ice block falling from the ceiling instantly shattered. Shen Feng withdrew his stiffened hand, moved his neck, and the entire person looked haggard. Many of his once jet-black hairs were interspersed with white strands, indicating that he had not had an easy time during this period, having consumed a large amount of brain cells, causing his hair to turn white.
"What exactly is going on? What has happened in the outside world these past few months? Has the fighting started now?" Shen Feng asked Yu Renshu and Mu Ying in the distance after regaining his senses.
Shen Feng felt as though he had spent a very long time in the spiritual world, so in his imagination, several months might have passed in the outside world. And now that he had woken up, he discovered the danger. If he hadn't casually unleashed a wind blade that shattered the giant ice block above his head, he would likely have been crushed underneath by now.
"What several months? Only three days have passed. What happened to you? Why did you suddenly stop moving? Why are you only waking up now?" Yu Renshu quickly asked.
Shen Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then, he took out a glowing card from his pocket and tossed it over, saying, "Keep this card for me. As long as this card is in hand, you can log into the account! I don't understand what's going on, but it seems like it's quite dangerous here!"
Yu Renshu caught the metal card and, without thinking, tucked it into her close-fitting pocket for safekeeping. Since this thing was important, it had to be kept.
Andorf, seeing Shen Feng awake, immediately felt it was troublesome. He quickly said, "Shen Feng, we shouldn't be fighting amongst ourselves over the meteorite. After all, we are all humans, and we shouldn't be fighting each other. We are all of the same race. Continuing to fight amongst ourselves is not the right way. We should work together to break through technological limitations, then travel to other planets and leave the solar system!"
Mu Ying said, "Shen Feng! Don't listen to this guy's nonsense. He has already killed 13 of your disciples. Many people outside have also been massacred. Hurry and save the critical situation!"
Upon hearing this reminder, Shen Feng looked around the entire Ice Fortress. He saw that giant ice blocks were continuously falling from above. These were the remnants of his previous days. On the ground and walls, there were many bloodstains. Some of the blood was still steaming, while some had already frozen. Within the blood, there were also hairs and bones. If he wasn't mistaken, these were his students.
"Now I just want to ask you one question: did you kill my disciples?" Shen Feng's expression immediately changed. Although he had already anticipated that there might be many casualties in the battle, seeing many students turned into minced meat and snow piles, he still felt unbearable, and his anger began to surge.
"Shen Feng, don't be so angry now, because I need to tell you a situation. We also have many casualties, especially many warships that were attacked by your subordinates, and have suffered heavy losses. Now that your subordinates have suffered damage, and we also have casualties, we should be even. If you can still remain rational, then let's discuss how to deal with this meteorite. If we can jointly develop it and set aside disputes, then we can all sit down and talk, even if you take the lead!" Andorf said.
"Shuofeng Blade!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Feng was furious. He immediately slashed out a giant wind blade. Although it was not charged, this strike still cut through many ice and snow pillars and shot directly towards Andorf.
Andorf understood Shen Feng's terrifying power. He had been carefully dealing with him all along, but at this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong. There seemed to be an attack coming towards him in the air. Thus, he immediately used the air to block in front of him, forming a barrier, which was the same principle as Shen Feng's Wind King's Domain.
"Clang..." The wind blade, upon colliding with this barrier, immediately repelled Andorf. However, the wind blade also ended there and disappeared.
"Fortunately, I blocked it. I'm fine!" Andorf thought with relief, because he was still alive.
"Boom..." At this moment, a dark shadow flashed through the air. In an instant, Shen Feng appeared behind Andorf, and in Shen Feng's hand, he held a beating heart.
"You seem to have forgotten that my speed has already surpassed the speed of sound. Although you blocked the wind blade, you won't be able to survive next!" Shen Feng said coldly.
Andorf looked down and found that a bloody hole had suddenly appeared on his chest. It turned out that his chest bone was already broken, and the warm heart in his chest cavity had disappeared. He had not even seen the opponent's figure just now. Shen Feng was too fast. Before he could react to the vital point, he had already been attacked, and the opponent had even penetrated his chest with his bare hands and taken his heart.
"It's over, we're going to lose..." Such a thought suddenly appeared in Andorf's mind, and then he immediately lost consciousness and fell to the ground. The heart is the most important part of the human body. Once attacked, one will die.
Before his death, Andorf understood that Shen Feng could kill him in the blink of an eye, so his strength was undoubtedly unmatched. And others were even inferior to him, let alone stopping Shen Feng. Especially now that Shen Feng had gone mad, his revenge would be unstoppable.