CHAPTER 1521: CHAPTER 1521: RADIANT ILLUMINATION

The surging and fierce power swept through the snowstorm in an instant, and the dazzling yellow radiance withdrew from the void, illuminating the firmament.

The brilliant aurora hanging high in the sky was dimmed at that moment beneath the dazzling light.

Rote raised his head blankly, only to see a huge and illusory humanoid radiant figure unfolding above him.

This figure was entirely constructed of pure yellow radiance, with traces of purple lines sketched amid the brilliance.

He was so colossal that the entire sky was occupied by his figure, and the ever-glimmering ’Fox’s Fire’ floating in the air seemed like ribbons entwined around that massive figure.

"Is that... a god?"

Rote’s eyes widened, and for a moment, he was speechless.

The gigantic figure slowly opened its embrace within his field of view, and the surging snowstorm seemed to pause for a brief moment.

The thick clouds that shrouded the sky also became slightly thinner under the brilliance.

The resplendent radiance pierced through the clouds, shining down on the earth along with the ’Fox’s Fire’ hanging in the sky.

Rote turned his head, looking at He Ao, who was bathed in the brilliance, his mouth slightly agape.

But before he could ask anything, he felt light all over, followed by a sudden dive.

He Ao directly descended toward the city below.

"Ah!!!!"

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Edge of the Noble District

A staggering figure slowly emerged from the entrance of the wide street, raising its head to look ahead.

A huge circular plaza stood at the end of this broad street, connected to five or six narrow alleys behind it.

Ramshackle stone houses were stacked on both sides of these alleys.

In the relentless snowstorm, almost every house was open, with a large beast skin mat sewn together spread out in the snow before the door, displaying various goods on top.

Thin silhouettes sat inside, closely watching potential passersby on the street.

Yet, the street was already piled with snow in this new wave of the snowstorm, with hardly any pedestrians in sight.

Silence hung in the air, with almost no one speaking, as though the whole street were asleep.

"Here it comes."

A soft shout echoed from the snowstorm.

"Look over there, a noble lord from the Noble District! The first noble lord tonight."

The street suddenly burst into noise, like boiling broth, with intense hustling and bustling.

"Lord, take a look at this, fine beast teeth, sold cheap, you can pack and take them, just a small piece of bread or a little bag of flour will do."

"Lord, see mine, handcrafted pottery jars and pots, top-grade goods, could you take a look?"

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The figure walking out from the broad street raised its head, looking at the merchants shouting around, and slowly walked towards the one selling pottery.

"Lord, look at this pottery jar, it’s really good," the pottery merchant rushed out from behind the door in an instant, his thin cheeks laden with a smile, "Just a bit of food as a reward, any food would do..."

"Food."

The figure did not look at the pottery but raised its head, gazing at the pottery merchant, slowly speaking.

"Yes, food will do, bread, flour, if you have smoked meat," the merchant instantly became excited, "just a tiny bit, even a little..."

"Meat—"

Upon hearing the merchant’s words, the figure’s eyes widened suddenly.

Then in the next instant, a massive crack appeared on his cheek, and was instantly torn open from the inside.

A transparent monster resembling solid ice burst out from the half-shed skin, opening its sharp-toothed mouth towards the merchant.

This reaction was so swift that the pottery merchant’s eyes widened, his mouth agape, with no chance to utter the next word.

Whoosh—

Yet, just as the monster was about to bite off the merchant’s body, a beam of radiance streaked through the snow-laden sky, striking the monster.

Instantly, the thick solid ice swiftly spread upwards, freezing the entire monster into an ice sculpture before its mouth could snap shut.

Whoosh—

A woman in a snow-white elegant gown dashed out from the street’s depths on an ice skateboard, tilted to a halt in the plaza.

She arrived.

Seeing the frozen monster, Kela breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, the pottery merchant who had not been bitten slowly ducked his head, squatting slightly, withdrawing his head from the monster’s mouth.

He moved away, glancing at the monster’s menacing sharp teeth, and swallowed hard.

It was at this moment that the surrounding silhouettes finally reacted, exclaiming in terror, "Monster!!!"

Kela retracted her gaze, looking towards the depths of the street.

A rushing ice reindeer pulled a long sled, emerging from the depths of the street, stopping in front of Kela.

In the sled sat two unconscious children and a conscious little girl, who were brought behind Kela.

From the direction the ice reindeer had just come, figures gradually emerged from the dense snowstorm.

Among them were people still normal for the time being, as well as those already completely mutated into monster forms.

Kela had frozen quite a few monsters along the way, but still many monsters were coming from other streets and areas.

Whether intentionally or not, earlier He Ao on that street had drawn numerous monsters to attack.

Most of the monsters in the northern region likely perished there, otherwise, these monsters should have already slaughtered these streets.

Kela inclined to think it was intentional.

After all, with the power He Ao exhibited, it would be easy to disengage from the battlefield, and there was no need to linger there.

Unless he intentionally attracted monster attacks there to achieve a clearing purpose.

As Kela’s gaze moved forward, those monsters emerging from the broad street saw Kela as well.

They accelerated instantly, those retaining humanoid forms swiftly tore open their skin as well.

They quickly reached the street entrance, the intense hunger spreading across the street instantly.

Some monsters charged at Kela, while others charged at the crowd behind Kela.

These people were standing not far behind Kela at the time, some seemingly wanting to watch the commotion, others trying to sell something to Kela.

"Monster!!!"

When the monsters rushed over, these people hurriedly retreated in fear.

But their speed was nothing compared to the monsters, who appeared right before them in an instant.

Bam—

Just when the claws were about to pierce their bodies, tearing them into pieces, a white light flashed, and all the monsters were frozen.

Kela bypassed the monsters charging at her, who were also frozen, walking over to the stunned crowd, glancing at them.

Quickly, her gaze fell on a middle-aged man in the crowd whose clothes were the most intact and who wasn’t as gaunt.

Her voice was calm and graceful, yet like a gentle hammer waking everyone from panic, "Make sure everyone in nearby streets leaves here immediately."

The middle-aged man withdrew his gaze from those claws, looking at Kela’s eyes fixed on him, slightly confused, but before he could say anything, he saw Kela had already turned around, facing the wide street.

He looked at the luxurious dress and didn’t even dare to look up at Kela’s back, quickly kneeling on the ground, trembling as he said, "At your command, miss."

The people around also immediately knelt down, trembling, "At your command, miss."

Saying this, they hurriedly got up and stumbled towards the street behind under the lead of the middle-aged man.

Having just had the experience of almost being killed by a monster, no one dared to approach forward anymore.

But at this moment, Kela had no time to pay attention to them because a new wave of monsters had already charged over.

She let those monsters come a little closer, then raised her hand, freezing them swiftly.

Her freezing range was also limited; the farther the distance, the weaker the power.

Soon, another wave of new monsters surged out from the alleys connected to that wide street, densely packed.

White radiance swept across the streets, instantly freezing those newly emerged monsters.

At this moment, Kela somewhat understood the pressure He Ao faced just now.

There didn’t seem to be that many people in the noble area, but the monsters seemed to keep emerging endlessly.

Boom——

And at this time, a violent rumbling sound came from the end of the street.

A huge monster, more than twenty meters tall, slowly flowed towards the street exit along the colorful radiance in the sky.

Kela raised her hand, and a faint white radiance gathered at her fingertips.

At this moment, a bustling and noisy sound came from behind her.

It seemed to be the sound of bottles and jars breaking, or possibly the sound of staggering packing.

Among them were also mixed some arguing and cursing.

Just now, those people indeed began to lead others in running outside.

But this ’escape’ was not orderly; it was interspersed with chaos and noise.

At this time, many people saw the approaching gigantic monster and emitted harsh screams, seemingly colliding into the crowd in panic.

Next was another bout of chaos.

The person Kela chose, clearly had significant prestige in the vicinity, quickly organized the escape.

But his prestige and ability were still not enough to make so many people orderly in such a short time.

And amidst these noises, the gigantic monster also rushed very close to Kela’s position.

She raised her hand, sealing off the street once more, freezing the gigantic monster and surrounding small monsters together.

The gigantic monster seemed to want to struggle a bit, but in the end was completely frozen.

The street briefly quieted for a moment, not waiting for Kela to catch her breath, several more gigantic monsters emerged from the end of the street.

And behind her, the crowd was still noisy, packed in narrow roads, everyone wanted to run first, but no one could run fast.

There were even children squeezed into corners by the crowd, crying.

Kela quietly watched the gigantic monsters walking out from the street ahead, raised her hand again, faint radiance gathered at her fingertips.

And at that moment, those gigantic monsters began to suddenly accelerate, charging towards Kela at speeds multiple times faster than ordinary monsters.

Kela immediately raised her hand, freezing the street.

The front few monsters were swiftly frozen, but the two monsters in the rear were a bit far, the power weakened slightly, and were not completely frozen.

But before Kela could continue, the auroras above those two monsters seemed to flicker slightly.

They suddenly broke free from the ice, instantly smashing the ice on the previous gigantic monster, rapidly charging towards Kela with several monsters.

Kela raised her hand, and radiance shone at her fingertips.

These monsters were not enough to harm her, but if the defense was breached, the people on several streets behind her would be instantly killed.

And the crowd behind saw these big monsters charging, becoming even more chaotic and noisy, even directly blocking the already narrow roads.

At this moment, a brilliant radiance pierced through the fierce wind and snow, illuminating the entire land.

Kela looked up, only seeing a gigantic phantom radiant figure reflected in the firmament, opening its embrace, filling the entire sky.

This massive radiance pierced through the clouds, through the wind and snow, like a scorching sun, illuminating the land, raising the gaze of the entire world.

The gigantic monsters, at this moment, also slowed their steps.

Sacred, vast, great, one word after another surfaced in Kela’s mind.

Is that, a Divine Being?

And amidst this radiance, the noisy crowd behind suddenly quieted down.

Kela quickly snapped back, lowered her head, looked at the slowly moving monsters ahead, raised her fingertips.

White radiance swiftly swept across the street, turning those monsters into ice sculptures.

Taking advantage of this gap, she turned back to look behind her.

The crowd behind was still quickly flowing, but under that brilliant radiance, there was no sound, no noise, only brisk moving footsteps.

Some even entered rooms, pulling out those who hadn’t come out before.

The whole group began to orderly and swiftly evacuate along the streets.

They remained panicked, remained chaotic, yet as if repeating the experience countless times, orderly and quickly moved along narrow roads.

Though still noisy, it was no longer as tumultuous, and no one blocked the roads.

Adults protected children, those with strength carried the elderly, in a very short time, they quickly left the streets and moved in a fixed direction.

And in the distance, new streams of people gathered, moving along the roads.

They had no conflicts, everyone naturally found their position, orderly and quickly evacuated.

In the crowd, there were still some trying to cut in line or push, but were soon stopped by others in the queue.

The entire crowded crowd really flowed like water, quickly ’flowing through’ the streets, heading towards the unknown distance.

Kela watched all of this, with a touch of confusion and daze in her calm gaze.

How was this achieved?

But she quickly reacted, looking towards the ice reindeer beside.

The ice reindeer immediately lifted its steps, dragging a sled, carrying three children, following the flow forward.

At this time, the little girl holding the wooden box turned around, looked towards Kela.

She gently raised her hand, waved, making a goodbye gesture to Kela.

Kela stared at her, slightly stunned, then raised her own hand, gently waved, returning with a gentle smile.

Boom boom boom——

And at this moment, a rumbling sound came from behind her.

She turned around, looked backward, seeing gigantic monsters, running quickly along the street, towards this direction.

Kela calmly watched all this, at this moment there was no one around her.

She spread her arms, glanced at the gigantic figure in the sky, brilliant radiance surged from her palms.

The snow beneath her feet surged violently.

Then in an instant, a magnificent snow wall emerged from beneath her feet.

Raising her up into the sky.