Chapter 841: Chapter 705: Pursuit_2

Catalina’s gaze was sharp.

The Extreme Frost cold air within the person who was hit towards the pursuing troops exploded in an instant!

At the same moment, the magic in Xu Shuo’s hand released, a blinding golden radiance suddenly filled the entire forest.

“Evasive maneuvers!”

A commanding shout came from the pursuers’ rear.

The light cavalries at the front simultaneously flipped their bodies amidst the rapid movement, hiding beside their horses, as the golden light radiated piercingly towards the rear.

In the rear, the heavy cavalry quickly raised a shield; among them was the commanding officer, his eyes squinting from beneath his helmet towards the front.

The dazzling light flashed past, as if causing no damage at all.

But the Extreme Frost cold air hidden within the light had already silently spread outwards, inch by inch freezing everything from the soil, roots, to the leaves.

Crack crack crack…

Faint snapping sounds began to arise.

The horses’ panicked and short neighs suddenly echoed through the forest, accompanied by the alarmed shouts of dozens of people upfront, but all these sounds appeared in an instant and disappeared just as quickly.

An icy cold air spread through the forest.

Crack crack crack—-

In the midst of the heavy cavalry squad, the commander’s heart suddenly shivered as he felt his armor was covered by a layer of frost, which continued to penetrate inward.

A strong breath circulated in his flesh and blood, warding off the cold air, but it made him shiver nonetheless.

When the golden light dissipated.

The people looked towards the front, only to see that the light cavalry along with the trees and the ground had become encased in ice, icicles hanging from the branches above, the ground smooth and cold, and the mist carrying the chill was still circulating within the woods.

The frontmost troops had completely turned into ice sculptures, the heavy cavalry in the middle fared slightly better, with only some horses unable to withstand and became stiff and frozen dead.

“Ice magic?”

The commander frowned as he looked at this part of the forest.

The Pope of the Holy See of Light, he didn’t use their most thoroughgoing sun magic, but instead used the erosive type of ice and snow magic.

It was indeed a bit surprising.

“General?”

The captain of the heavy cavalry inquired as he looked towards the commander.

Their losses were not severe; this was an elite force, and as long as they did not face a magic attack right in front of them, the vigor inside their bodies would be enough to shield them from this cold penetration.

It was just that this icy forest in front of them somewhat hindered their pursuit.

It was not that the soldiers couldn’t get through.

But their horses might lose control if affected by the cold air.

The commander waved his hand and said: “Go around from the side, first seal off this forest, they won’t be able to run away.”

“Yes!”

…

As the golden light suffused the entire forest.

Catalina’s silver pupils turned into sharp vertical slits, naturally seeing through the light, driving her horse to keep up with the speed of the people in front.

She looked back at the people behind.

Then she returned her gaze, her face full of confusion.

“Did you just use magic?” Catalina shouted to the person in front.

“I did,” Xu Shuo said indifferently.

“You did? What kind of magic?”

“Illumination magic.”

“…”

Just now, Catalina clearly did not feel any fluctuation of magic; she only noticed that the magical energy around was abundant, but it had not formed into a complete spell.

So the magical energy that the person had just gathered was indeed only condensed together.

And then it was dispersed in an instant.

The sudden dispersal of the magical energy produced an aurora, and except for being a bit dazzling, there was really no damage at all.

Catalina was momentarily at a loss for words.

But she grew a bit more wary of the Pope of Light’s precision in controlling magical energy.

For ordinary people who can’t sense or control natural energy, for this person, it seemed as easy as eating and drinking, even capable of instantly dispersing it at will.

Even for Ice and Snow Elves born from nature.

It’s very difficult to do this.

Anyway, Catalina couldn’t do it.

If she had gathered so much magical energy and yet failed to form magic sigils, she would probably have been backlash to death.

“Why didn’t you take the opportunity to attack just now?”

Thinking all this, Catalina couldn’t help but ask.

Xu Shuo surveyed the surroundings casually and said: “Drawing the sigils takes a lot of spiritual power, let’s talk about it next time.”

Catalina: “…Is that it?!”

Don’t you expend spiritual power when you gather magic energy?

Suddenly, Catalina felt the horse beneath her becoming sluggish, its running speed dropping significantly in an instant.

This meant that its Blood Qi had been completely exhausted.

Her gaze shifted, and she forcefully slapped the horse, propelling herself upwards towards the young man who had not yet gotten too far ahead.

Xu Shuo sensed the movement and slightly turned his head to glance back.

But Catalina had already landed on the back of his horse, standing cross-footed, occupying just a corner, immediately bending down to maintain her balance on the galloping horse.

“Jumping over now is useless; it’s too quiet around here,” said Xu Shuo to the person behind him.

“So what?”

Catalina looked around warily upon hearing this.

Xu Shuo continued: “If the enemy could set up an ambush in the city in advance to wait for me, they naturally have also prepared for the possibility that I might detect something amiss. Therefore, there must be another ambush ahead, and it’s unlikely that we can make it out of these woods. Haven’t you noticed that the pursuers have not continued to chase us?”

Catalina was startled: “You knew about the ambush? And you still keep going forward?”

“What else can we do, turn around and fight against those hundreds of people? Unless we escape back the way we came, we can only keep moving forward.”

“Is escaping back not an option?”

“I’ve spent a day and a night coming back here. Do you think I would run back just because of this?”

“…So you’re just thinking that the day’s time cannot be wasted?”

“…”

The young man said nothing more.

But Catalina felt that she might have already guessed the truth.

After spending time together these past few days from the Holy Land of Elves to the human continent, she had pretty much figured out what kind of person this generation’s Light Envoy was.

Although the young man appeared mild-mannered and easy to talk to, and sometimes was indeed easy to talk to, his actual temperament was extremely assertive.

It wasn’t so much obstinate and willful.

But when it came to being resolute, he wouldn’t allow you to go against him.

You can insist on your disagreement, but he will stick to his point.

Then you’ll gradually find that if you don’t follow his line of thought, it’s very likely that your own choices won’t be completed either.

Like a certain Ice and Snow Elf that adamantly refused to enter the Light Church last night.

Catalina: “…”

Catalina sat sideways at the back of the horse, inwardly mocking this generation’s Light Envoy while vigilantly monitoring the surroundings.

The next moment, the horse beneath her suddenly neighed, its front hooves fiercely stomping the ground, leaping high into the air and dashing forward!

Catalina almost got thrown off!

She reached forward frantically with her hands and immediately grabbed onto the flying silver hair of the young man.

Then the hooves landed again, and the spirited horse agilely dodged the surrounding obstacles, continuing to sprint forward.

“Let go.”

A cold voice came from ahead.

Regaining her senses, Catalina quickly released her grip.

“Since you’ve come over, just create a shield to block for the horse, we can use it to get out of these woods,” said Xu Shuo again.

“My power…”

“Doesn’t matter.”

“Okay.”

Since the person in question was indifferent, Catalina didn’t hold back any longer.

Her power, in any case, always carried the breath of frost. Even employing common magic would generate extremities of cold, a trait of the Ice and Snow Elves.

Catalina began constructing Magic Sigils in her hand, but at that moment, countless arrows surged out from the dense forest!

Xu Shuo sneered upon seeing this.

This kind of trick; the Duke of Silver had already played it once against him in the Coniferous Forest.

First a trip rope, followed by area attacks.

A consistent tactic of forest encirclement.

Xu Shuo didn’t use his spiritual power on magic but was constantly wary of traps in the forest, swerving the horse to avoid ground traps.

As arrows were about to rain down from above, Catalina hurriedly constructed the sigils, rapidly covering them with frost magic.

Crack, crack, crack!

The sharp arrows fell onto the frost, instantly freezing, turning into ice shrapnel, and scattering in the air, leaving a trail of icy residue.

Shield magic isn’t a one-time use.

It requires continuous energy support.

Therefore, Catalina’s mental state visibly deteriorated with fatigue; her skin, already pale, now looked almost translucent.

Xu Shuo kept his gaze fixed straight ahead. However, in the next moment, his eyes suddenly showed shock.

He grabbed Catalina from behind, the two spun in place and leaped into the air, but the horse, carried by its momentum, continued charging forward, engulfed by a massive fire dragon that blasted towards it.

Boom!

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