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#431 - Chapter 165: King vs. King (Part 2)

Facing this sudden onslaught of White Walkers, the human army did not panic. Instead, they reacted swiftly. The heavily armored knights immediately turned their horses to meet the charge head-on. They raised their shields, leveled their lances, and fearlessly charged towards the White Walker knights.

Countless brave warriors noticed the arrival of the White Walkers, including Robb, Jaime, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros, Greatjon Umber, Sandor, Brienne, Tormund, and many others. They quickly steered their warhorses and charged towards the most intense part of the battlefield without hesitation. Even Mag the Mighty and his giant guard, after dealing with the giant wights, roared and charged forward with their oversized weapons. All wights in their path were mercilessly crushed, as if they were insignificant ants.

However, the power of the White Walkers exceeded everyone's expectations. These elite White Walker knights each possessed immense strength, comparable to the strongest humans. Most of them were Tier 3 creatures, only slightly weaker than giants, but completely superior to humans in terms of attributes. Faced with such enemies, the human warriors faced an unprecedented challenge.

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In the sky, Liu Yuan and the Night King were locked in a fierce battle. His attribute points were very balanced, making him a well-rounded warrior. He possessed not only powerful attack and defense but also agility and keen reflexes. In contrast, while the Night King possessed great power, he was relatively weak in other areas. This difference gave Liu Yuan an advantage in the battle.

The Night King roared and summoned six ice shards from the void. These ice shards were imbued with chilling ice magic, shooting towards Liu Yuan like crossbow bolts. However, with his powerful mental strength, Liu Yuan could clearly sense the trajectory of the ice shards. Whenever an ice shard targeted him, he felt a slight stinging sensation. Therefore, he skillfully dodged, successfully avoiding all the ice shard attacks.

At the same time, Liu Yuan used his speed advantage to quickly close the distance with the Night King. He knew that close combat was the best way to unleash his strength. As the distance shortened, Liu Yuan's momentum grew stronger, putting immense pressure on the Night King. Realizing the situation was unfavorable, the Night King began to prepare for Liu Yuan's close-quarters attack.

The last ice shard was cleaved into fragments by his blade, and the released frost power condensed a layer of frost on his body. Seeing that ranged attacks were ineffective against Liu Yuan, the Night King slammed his hands onto the back of the ice dragon, instantly unleashing a dazzling blue light. The ice dragon let out a painful roar.

Liu Yuan paused his charge and performed a sudden backflip. Sharp ice crystals suddenly emerged in front of him, followed by more ice crystals, like pillars, constantly growing from the dragon's back. It was very similar to the earth-based magic 'Spikes' in games, with over thirty ice crystal spikes appearing in a row.

Liu Yuan used the spikes as leverage to roll backward. Behind him was the dragon's neck, leaving him no room to avoid. So, he focused his strength on his feet and stomped down heavily, the powerful force directly shattering that cluster of ice spikes. Even the ice dragon suffered from the impact, and in pain, it wailed and flew straight upward.

This sudden change caught Liu Yuan off guard. He reacted quickly, plunging his sword deep into the dragon's back to stabilize himself, while his eyes remained fixed on the Night King opposite him.

The Night King was expressionless, but the intense blue light flickered in his eyes, revealing his inner turmoil. It strode towards Liu Yuan, condensing a huge ice shield in front of him, like a broad buckler.

Liu Yuan sheathed his longsword, held it horizontally in front of him, and flew towards the Night King like an arrow, preparing to meet the upcoming shield strike.

The Night King charged like a crazed elephant, Liu Yuan gripped the sword hilt with one hand, and pressed the other hand against the back of the blade.

"Boom!" The two collided violently, and the ice beneath their feet instantly filled with cracks. The powerful shockwave shattered the surrounding ice crystals. Liu Yuan realized he had a slight advantage in strength, but the frost magic transmitted from the ice shield condensed a layer of frost on the blade and armor. He felt that this level of elemental damage did not affect him much. So, he began to exert force, gradually applying pressure to the Night King.

Just then, "Crack, crack!" Cracks began to appear in the ice shield in front. Liu Yuan tilted his head slightly, and a sharp longsword suddenly thrust out from the crack, the tip of the sword sparking brightly against his helmet. This Night King was indeed as insidious as he had expected.

Liu Yuan reacted quickly, reversing his grip and slashing upwards, forcefully splitting the ice shield in half. Then, he raised a foot and kicked the Night King in the chest, forcing the Night King to retreat a few steps. However, the Night King did not give up. Wielding the "Lightbringer" in its hand, it pounced on Liu Yuan again.

Liu Yuan agilely dodged the Night King's fierce attack, and then swung the longsword in his hand, slashing fiercely towards the Night King. The blade severed the spikes on the Night King's shoulder armor and finally stopped on the Night King's faceplate. "Damn, this ice armor is too hard," Liu Yuan muttered. At the same time, he tightly grabbed the Night King's sword-wielding right arm with his left hand, raised his right hand, and slammed the pommel of his sword hard against the Night King's faceplate.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!" A series of heavy blows rang out. Liu Yuan smashed the Night King's faceplate five times in a row, finally managing to shatter most of it. The Night King refused to be outdone. It condensed a small ice shield in its left hand, raised the shield, and tried to block Liu Yuan's fierce offensive. For a time, the two sides were locked in a stalemate, unable to determine a victor.

Just as the two sides continued to fight, Liu Yuan keenly noticed a slight gap behind the Night King. Without hesitation, he took the opportunity to exert force and leap high into the air, his figure flashing behind the Night King in an instant. Then, he used a stunning "Mountain-Splitting Strike", swinging the longsword in his hand with fierce momentum, targeting the Night King's back.

The Night King also noticed Liu Yuan's movement, but it was too late to dodge. It quickly turned around and barely blocked the blow with the longsword in its hand. However, the attack power of Liu Yuan's slash was too great, and the Night King could not completely resist it. It was knocked back by the powerful impact and fell directly onto the back of the ice dragon.

Liu Yuan did not stop his attack. He rushed forward again and stomped heavily on the Night King's chest with one foot. Due to the huge inertia, his body even sank into the Night King's chest. The Night King finally could not withstand such a blow, spitting out a mouthful of blue blood and letting out a painful roar.

The ice dragon seemed to sense its master's danger and suddenly swooped down. During the rapid descent, it also kept rolling, trying to get rid of Liu Yuan's attack.

Liu Yuan's center of gravity was suddenly lost. The slash that should have landed on the Night King deviated due to the ice dragon's violent movements and stabbed into the back of the dragon next to the Night King's head. He was almost thrown off, and the blade that pierced into the ice dragon's back also cut out a deep wound of two meters. If it were a living dragon, it would be gushing blood at this time.

The Night King took advantage of this opportunity, its legs seemed to merge with the ice dragon, quickly running away, and opened a distance from Liu Yuan. The dark blue eyes stared at Liu Yuan, bursting with intense hatred. It spewed out a cold breath from its mouth, freezing the surrounding air into ice.

Liu Yuan raised his middle finger at the Night King. Although the Night King did not understand the gesture, it also understood that this was definitely not a good meaning, and responded with a roar, probably scolding.

But Liu Yuan didn't understand a word, nor was he interested in arguing with a monster that could speak human language. He poked his head out and looked at the surrounding situation. Although the time had passed not long since he and the Night King fought, it was a life-and-death dozen minutes! And the ice dragon's speed was extremely fast, they had now penetrated deep into the Ghost Forest, quite a distance from the Wall.

As the ice dragon continued to fall, the distance from the ground became closer and closer. Liu Yuan could even clearly see the wights surging in the forest. These wights came like a tide, as if to devour everything. What exactly did the Night King want to do? Could it be that he wanted to wait until he landed on the ground, and then let these endless wights besiege him?

Liu Yuan frowned, secretly thinking about countermeasures. If he really acted according to the Night King's plan, then he would be in great danger. He must not let the enemy have his way! So, he made a decisive decision and decided not to act according to the other party's ideas. He used the Gecko Wall Climbing skill, his figure approaching the Night King like a ghost. The Night King noticed his intention and hurriedly drove the dragon to sway left and right, trying to throw Liu Yuan off the dragon's back.

However, Liu Yuan tightly grabbed the right wing, as firm as a rock. No matter how violently the ice dragon struggled, he was fearless and held on tightly.

Just then, seeing that the distance from the ground was only a few dozen meters, the Night King's face revealed a hint of playful smile. Then, its legs quickly merged into the ice dragon's body. In the blink of an eye, only a head was exposed outside.

Liu Yuan immediately understood the Night King's intention, it turned out that it wanted to take this opportunity to kill him by falling. After all, according to common sense, humans falling from such a high place have almost no chance of survival. The Night King cleverly integrated into the ice dragon's body, using the huge dragon body to cushion the impact.

"Humph ~ Dream on!" Liu Yuan snorted coldly, seized the opportunity, and unhesitatingly raised the longsword in his hand and slashed fiercely towards the root of the dragon's wing. He only heard a crisp "Crack" sound, the huge dragon wing was instantly cut off at the root, the ice dragon suddenly suffered pain, issued a deafening roar, desperately swinging its huge body. However, the ice dragon that lost a wing could not maintain its balance at all, it could only spin in the air and fall rapidly in another direction.

Liu Yuan took the opportunity to let go of his hands, using inertia to fly forward. He just shook it gently and stayed steadily in the air. He turned his head to look, only to see the ice dragon carrying the Night King falling together. Just as they brushed past each other, Liu Yuan's eyes happened to meet the Night King's face full of surprise!

"Hahahaha, you're stupid! I can fly." Liu Yuan looked at the Night King's stunned face and laughed loudly. At such a close distance, the ice dragon simply did not have time to react. Liu Yuan watched the Night King and the ice dragon crash hard on the ground, breaking countless trees. "Boom!" A loud noise, deafening.

Seeing that there were still wights active in the nearby forest, Liu Yuan knew that the Night King was not dead. When the smoke cleared, he saw the broken ice dragon body, the dragon head twisted in a strange posture, and the dragon body almost folded in half from the waist.

Just as Liu Yuan was preparing to take out a few explosive beads to test it out, the ice dragon's body suddenly bloomed with dazzling blue light. Then, it exploded without warning. A powerful ice energy spread rapidly from the center of the explosion. All objects affected were frozen in an instant, and the branches of those trees were even torn into ice chips by the strong wind.

With a loud noise, the ice dragon's huge body suddenly exploded, and everything within a hundred meters in diameter centered on it was reduced to nothing.

Even Liu Yuan, who was in mid-air, could not escape. He only had time to protect his face with his arms, and was instantly frozen by a powerful force, turning into a big ice cube. The whole person was frozen in it, and then fell from the air, heavily falling on the frozen ground, and even bounced twice.

The surrounding forest, which had already turned into frost, now had countless ice blocks shattered, making a crisp sound. In the very center of the explosion, a huge ice prism broke out of the ground, towering into the clouds. The Night King slowly walked down the high platform, stepping on the ice slag. Its face was getting paler, as if it had lost its vitality.

The Night King came to Liu Yuan, his eyes as cold as frost. He reached out and raised "Lightbringer", and the blue ice flame quickly adhered to it, making it exude a chilling cold light. "Die! Human..." This was the first time the Night King spoke, his voice low and hoarse, full of killing intent and anger. He gripped the hilt of the sword tightly and aimed at Liu Yuan's head, and stabbed down with all his strength.

However, just as the tip of the sword was about to touch Liu Yuan, the frozen ice suddenly shattered, and Liu Yuan rolled out of it, narrowly avoiding this fatal blow. But how could the Night King give up? A trace of annoyance and unwillingness flashed in his eyes. He once again wielded the "Lightbringer" in his hand, raised the sword and slashed at Liu Yuan's back armor, hitting him out like a golf ball.

After Liu Yuan landed smoothly, he immediately supported himself with one hand and moved his limbs. He saw large pieces of ice debris sliding from the joints of the armor. He patted the ice slag on his body, and made sure that his body was fine. Although the Night King's sword was powerful, it did not break through the armor's defense and did not cause any damage to him.