About three minutes later, the opportunity Colin had been waiting for had arrived.
The two Ice and Snow Monsters, deliberately restrained by Silent Shadow and the Fire Element, gradually began to distance themselves from each other.
Now each was fighting on its own.
The Ice and Snow Monster restrained by the Fire Element, which was larger, was a bit farther from Colin, while the slightly smaller one was nearly in front of Colin.
"Now!" Colin's eyes flashed as he cast the long-prepared witchcraft—Temple Ring Binding·For Flesh Binding!
A translucent white orb suddenly shot towards the slightly smaller Ice and Snow Monster and then transformed into a translucent white halo, firmly binding it.
Colin burst forth, swinging his hand to cast the Second Rank Lower Fireball Technique!
"Roar—!"
The larger Ice and Snow Monster, seeing this from a distance, changed its expression dramatically and roared angrily, trying to bypass the Fire Element in front of it to aid its companion!
However, under Colin's control, the Fire Element gave it no chance.
The Fire Element also gave a silent roar and rushed towards the Ice and Snow Monster like a shooting star, flaring up like a fire explosion, and in an instant, it transformed into a Flame Giant, no smaller than the Ice and Snow Monster!
Sizzling!!
The Flame Giant tightly bound the Ice and Snow Monster.
"Roar!!"
The Ice and Snow Monster roared anxiously, its body radiating intensely and transforming into a blizzard mixed with faint blue crystals!
If it were a conventional physical binding, the Ice and Snow Monster would have probably broken free now in its elemental state.
However, the Fire Element's embrace of death was not merely physical confinement.
Fire clashed continuously with the snow, and the Fire Element, unconcerned about the losses, blocked as if on a suicide mission, causing its energy to visibly weaken quickly.
However, the results were striking.
The Ice and Snow Monster, still in its elemental state, was firmly bound in place, utterly unable to move.
"Roar—"
Just then, a mournful roar suddenly erupted.
Hearing the roar, the larger Ice and Snow Monster's eyes, blue as water crystals, sparked with a deep ink blue.
The swirling ice flowers inside it suddenly ceased, as if time had frozen, with only the deep ink blue slowly spreading in the Ice and Snow Monster's crystalline blue eyes.
The next second,
Boom!!
The larger Ice and Snow Monster exploded like a bomb, with a blue circular shockwave erupting from its center, shooting out endless icy blue snowflakes that turned into sharp blades.
The surrounding snowscape, as if enduring shelling, was instantly pockmarked with countless craters!
Fortunately, Colin had intentionally moved the two Ice and Snow Monsters toward a direction away from Ancient North Village while controlling both the Fire Element and Silent Shadow—splitting them apart.
Thus, although the Ice and Snow Monster's explosion was tremendous, it didn't cause more casualties in Ancient North Village.
As for the Fire Element, already at its last gasp, it had now completely dissipated without a trace under the powerful attack.
After shaking off the binding, the larger Snow Monster immediately dashed towards Colin.
Colin watched the Snow Monster, his expression unchanged, and opened his palm.
Whoosh!
A blazing white flame appeared in his hand.
In his palm, the blue ice crystal left by the slightly smaller Ice and Snow Monster quickly turned to ash.
Seeing this, the larger Snow Monster roared furiously a few times, and its flight speed involuntarily quickened.
Colin waved his hand lightly, nonchalantly summoning a new Fire Element.
Such less intelligent creatures were much easier to deal with than a wizard of the same strength.
During the recent fight with Joyce, Colin was constantly tensed, with his Superbrain operating at full speed, carefully analyzing the witchcraft Joyce used and his intentions.
Despite that, he nearly lost several times—the accumulation of witchcraft and combat experience of an older wizard should not be underestimated.
But the Ice and Snow Monsters in front of him, even with both of their strength combined surpassing Joyce, posed far less pressure than the latter.
Now that one had been dealt with, the remaining battle likely held no suspense.
Colin continued to wave his hand, enchancing the Fire Element with strengthening witchcraft.
Whoosh!
Heat waves scattered, instantly turning the falling snow into rain.
The Ice and Snow Monster's footsteps hesitated imperceptibly, then it continued rushing forward!
Swish!
The Fire Element spat out a scorching ray.
However, the moment the orange-red ray touched the Ice and Snow Monster, it easily penetrated the creature.
Then, the figure of the Ice and Snow Monster vanished like a phantom in the fierce blizzard.
"Thinking of running... it won't be that easy."
Colin's expression remained unchanged upon seeing this.
Having been on guard since the Ice and Snow Monster's first escape, he quickly caught sight of the monster, now reduced to a blue ice crystal, not far away.
Swoosh!
Waving his hand to dispel the Fire Element and activating Flying Witchcraft, Colin rose from the ground.
This time, he didn't believe anyone would interfere with his pursuit of the Ice and Snow Monster!
The battle was temporarily over.
Colin's figure chased after the Snow Monster Core and quickly disappeared into the relentless storm outside.
About fifteen minutes passed.
Finally, there was some movement in the eerily silent Ancient North Village.
The village chief, Hunter, cautiously led a group of villagers out from the dome-shaped snow houses.
What met their eyes was a scene of devastation.
Fragments of dome-shaped snow houses and mangled bodies were everywhere; if not for the snow restraining the flow of blood, the scene would have been even more bloody.
This time, the returning Ice and Snow Monster showed no mercy and abandoned its usual playful behavior, going straight for destruction and slaughter.
At a glance, at least a hundred dome-shaped snow houses had their roofs torn off, and most of the people inside were probably dead.
A wave of sorrow enveloped the crowd that had emerged.
Suppressed cries of grief rose continuously.
In the face of this natural and human-made disaster, they had no power to resist.
Young Robin clenched his lips tightly and his slender fists even tighter, his blue knuckles clearly visible.
He thought for a moment, then turned and ran off.
"Robin, where are you going?" Village chief Hunter called out instinctively.
But Robin ignored him and just kept running.
The village chief sighed and turned to say to the villagers behind him,
"The monster should have been driven away by the wizard! Let's take this time to dig out those collapsed snow houses and see if anyone is still alive!"
The villagers scattered, searching for any possible survivors.
Although they hid in windowless dome-shaped snow houses and couldn't see the outside world,
they had still heard the monster's dreadful screams, so no one doubted Chief Hunter's conclusion.
Boom.
Panting, young Robin was running when he suddenly collided with a figure around a corner.
Robin, holding his head, looked up and a flicker of joy passed through his eyes.
"Lord Dempsey!"
"What are you in such a hurry for?" Dempsey looked at him a bit puzzled.
Then, gazing into the distance, he asked nervously, "Has the Ice and Snow Monster come back?"
He had always cherished his life and had hidden in a snow house the moment the Ice and Snow Monster came the second time, only slowly emerging after the villagers went out to check for danger.
Robin shook his head vigorously. He looked at Dempsey, took a deep breath, and said loudly,
"Respected Lord Dempsey, I want to learn witchcraft from you! I want to protect the village!"
"Learn witchcraft?" Dempsey furrowed his brows almost imperceptibly and shook his head sternly, "You don't have that Talent."
Of course, that was just an excuse; he really didn't have the time to teach a native witchcraft.
The hope in Robin's eyes instantly turned to disappointment, his head drooping and his back seemingly losing all strength as he slumped.
Dempsey paid him no more mind and stepped past the young man to see what was happening.
He had been hiding in the snow house all along, hearing only some roars and explosions, and knew nothing else.
But from the sounds, it seemed like another Snow Monster had come?