Chapter 208: Turning into Ashes

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Fu Shinan never expected her system to be able to absorb crystals, let alone all of them. This enraged the Venerable, causing him to explode in fury and seek to destroy everything. He used his extremely low temperature to freeze those around him who had low supernatural powers.

The members of the Black Snake Organization believed the Venerable had gone insane. After all, only a madman would freeze their own allies without distinguishing friend from foe. The surviving members relied on their special abilities to protect themselves, but they knew it would not be enough if the Venerable continued his rampage. The power of a Venerable was far beyond what their abilities could match.

‘What is happening? Why is it still frozen? Your ability should have no limits!” Sun Han and the others huddled together, using Sun Han’s fire ability to momentarily shield themselves from the cold. But how long their protection would last depended on Sun Han’s ability.

Sun Han felt overwhelmed. His ability was average, and he had been relieved to be rescued. When he saw the chaos unfolding, his instinct was to flee.

However, upon seeing Fu Gui approaching in a crazed state, he realized there might be someone he knew among the chaos. To his surprise, it was Sister Fu, on the verge of death. Before they could exchange a word, would they turn into popsicles?

Fu Gui supported Fu Shinan and used his fur to keep her warm.

Fu Shinan looked at her familiar teammates and felt tears welling up. The voices she heard while unconscious were indeed her team. And the reason she almost cried was because she was frozen.

“What do we do?” Sun Han cried. He didn’t want to freeze to death, but his ability was on the verge of collapsing. Once the fire was extinguished, they would be done for.

“You bunch of lowlifes, how dare you steal from a god! I’m going to freeze you all into oblivion! You worthless trash! You don’t deserve to live!” The Venerable, relied on crystals, believed himself to be more than just an ordinary person. To him, the world was ending, and he saw it as an opportunity to become the king. Without crystals, his power was no longer unlimited, and this only served to enrage him further.

But he still had one last chance—to absorb Fu Shinan, who had absorbed all the crystals!

This time, he would not fail.

Sensing the Venerable’s deadly intent towards Fu Shinan, Ji Zan launched an attack with even greater hatred. However, facing a completely deranged Venerable proved to be even more challenging.

Supporting her body, Fu Shinan gazed at her surroundings with a determined expression. She silently questioned the system in her mind, [After absorbing the crystals, do I no longer possess any other powers?] The system did not respond. It was still asleep.

Fu Shinan insisted, “The system needs to be forced to turn on. If you secretly upgrade now, I, as the host, will be frozen.” She punctuated her words by stabbing her own artery with a dagger and threatening to die. Once again, the system showed reluctance to witness the host’s death!

As expected, the system replied slowly, “Although the system can use all the crystals to block it, it will have to give up on upgrading. Host, are you willing to proceed? This is not a last resort. The system hopes you will seriously consider it.”

“No need to consider. Block it!” Fu Shinan glanced at the retreating Ji Zan and made up her mind. She would mobilize the power of the crystals through the system. Though she didn’t have access to the crystals at the moment, this was the only way to resist the crazed Venerable. Otherwise, they would all be frozen into nothingness. She didn’t want to resort to this if there were any other options, but it seemed that the Venerable’s powers could freeze one’s consciousness.

Sun Han was now unable to use his superpower. Luckily, Fu Shinan had already harnessed her energy and shouted, “Ji Zan, stand behind me!”

“You’re asking for death!” The Venerable scornfully viewed Fu Shinan overestimating herself. However, when he released the ice once more, he heard a crackling sound. It was the collision between his special ability and the crystal!

Ji Zan was quick to realize that something was amiss. Both his and the Venerable’s abilities would trigger an explosion, and he couldn’t fathom the power behind a crystal explosion. He exerted all his strength to move Fu Shinan, Sun Han, and the others away swiftly.

As they fled, a loud crash emanated from the building. A massive tongue of flame burst forth, accompanied by a tremendous impact. Observing the expanding blast radius, the group ran faster and faster. With Ji Zan’s teleportation and wind prowess, they narrowly escaped the explosion’s reach. As for the others, they were trapped inside the building and reduced to ashes by the ensuing winds.

Perhaps the Venerable hadn’t anticipated that his actions would result in murder and robbery as always. Moreover, all his hard work had been in vain….