Edited by Aelryinth

The difference in strength was too great. The frost immediately froze the young man's solid. The process only took a few seconds.

The ranger was dumbfounded. He stood there, too scared to intervene.

The tourists were terrified too. They did not expect the alive and well young man to turn into ice and die so quickly!

Bartholomew smiled after glancing at his artwork. He turned around and went up the mountain.

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No one dared to stop him. The ranger even forgot to alert the Magic Association. Bartholomew soon disappeared from their sight.

Bartholomew went into the woods. He halted in his track, as if he was waiting for someone.

Some time later, a man wearing a hat concealing half his face came by. He had a chilly aura.

"Did you bring it?" the man with a hat said.

"Of course!" Bartholomew tossed the briefcase he was carrying to the man.

The man treated the briefcase very seriously. He quickly caught it and carefully opened it to check its contents.

"Don't worry, we have a brilliant pharmacist, too. It should be on par with a Tyrant Titan's heart," Bartholomew said.

"It's very important to us, we can't afford anything to go wrong," the man said.

"That won't happen on my side," Bartholomew smiled.

The man was about to say something when he heard some movement from the trees nearby.

"Someone is following you!" the man grunted.

"It's not that big of a deal, I took something just now. I bet the Magic Association has sent someone over because of it. I can handle them myself," Bartholomew smiled.

"Humph, you know the consequences if anything goes wrong!" the man snorted, before hiding behind a tree. His figure faded away under the shadow. It was difficult to notice his existence without taking a close look.

"Come on! I, Bartholomew, have been in the Guild of the Wicked for so many years. Do I really need to be scared of a little Magic Association? Just go, leave it to me," Bartholomew said indifferently.

The man backed away to a certain distance, but he did not leave the area. He was even more cautious now. He wanted to see who the people were. He had been told that someone was on their trail recently. He did not want any trouble, as it would only displease someone!

Some time later, a young man and woman showed up in the woods. They went straight for Bartholomew with menacing faces.

"What now? Did they only send you two here? Is that really how Athen's Magic Association treats the Verdon Dusk?" Bartholomew was a madman. He chose not to leave even after he knew the people of the Magic Association were going to show up soon.

"What Verdon Dusk?" Mo Fan replied, confused.

Bartholomew had never lacked for women. Not just every woman was able to catch his attention either, yet he could not shift his gaze away as soon as he saw Mu Ningxue. How was it possible for a woman to be so gorgeous? It was his first time thinking that an Asian woman was actually truly attractive to him!

"I don't know you two, but it's normal for me to forget a thing or two, considering the number of things I've done. Why don't you remind me who you are?" Bartholomew asked. He was not worried at all.

"Xuexue, I think we might have found the wrong guy. This guy is a retard," Mo Fan said after seeing Bartholomew's strange reaction.

"He should be the guy," Mu Ningxue said.

"It's me, of course it's me, I'm honored to be in the thoughts of a beauty like you," Bartholomew blurted out.

"Are you Bartholomew?" Mo Fan stepped forward and asked.

"Yes, I am Bartholomew."

"The Silver Ornament Master of the Guild of the Wicked, Bartholomew?" Mo Fan asked.

"That's me, thank you for introducing me to the beauty beside you," Bartholomew replied smoothly.

"So you're the one collecting young children's hearts and feeding them to the sea monsters?" Mo Fan went on.

Bartholomew was startled.

So that was the reason why the two of them were here? Bartholomew was a little surprised. After all, he had done his best to hide his activities, making it unlikely for anyone to notice!

However, Bartholomew was still not worried. There was no point worrying, since they had already found him.

"That's me! Are you the parents of one of the children? Tsk tsk tsk, so the beauty is already a mother. Such a pity, I prefer girls that are still pure and clean..." Bartholomew shook his head as he spoke, continuing to mock them.

"Oh, so you're the one we are looking for..." Mo Fan nodded. His eyes suddenly flickered with strong murderous intent. A wild aura surged at Bartholomew as Mo Fan snapped, "Go to Hell, then!"

Three Soul-grade Flames engulfed Mo Fan. He had suddenly erupted like a living volcano without any sign beforehand.

Mo Fan charged at Bartholomew like a burning shadow. A ferocious fiery dragon followed Mo Fan's punch and lunged forward. The sprouting flames set off its imperious bearing!

Mo Fan was extremely quick with his move. His punch was filled with overwhelming rage!

He had encountered many bad guys, including members of the Black Vatican who proudly shared their beliefs to justify their evil deeds, but he found Bartholomew the most annoying. Even saying a word further to him was a disgrace to his soul. He only had the urge to blast him to pieces now!

Bartholomew was taken by surprise too. How did such a young man attack with such great might all so suddenly? Luckily, his cultivation was impressive enough for him to form a thick layer of ice in front of himself quickly!

The ice served like several layers of armor. The fiery dragon had difficulties breaking through them. Bartholomew stared at Mo Fan coldly, waiting until the flames were gone before walking out from the ice.

"What a surprise! Tour cultivation is pretty impressive considering your age. If you were going up against someone else, they might struggle against you, but unfortunately, your opponent is I, Bartholomew! You are simply courting your..." Bartholomew grunted.

"Shut the f**k up and die!" Mo Fan was enraged. Wild lightning bolts fell from the sky as soon as the flames dissipated. The lightning poured down like a great storm, blasting the area that Bartholomew was in!

Bartholomew tried to use the trees as his cover, yet he realized the trees were being blasted to pieces instantly. He suddenly found himself in a large exposed area, targeted by hundreds of lightning strikes!

Bartholomew no longer dared to lower his guard. He immediately put on his defensive Equipment while shaping rocks to defend himself.

"Do you know the consequences of making me mad!?" Bartholomew's expression darkened.

Frost scattered in the air as the temperature fell rapidly. It looked like icy dust was falling from the sky continuously, gradually forming a Domain around Bartholomew. Mo Fan's flames and lightning were immediately suppressed by it. The flames faded away, while the lightning dissipated.

"Piss off!" Bartholomew raised his hands. The icy particles flew at Mo Fan, each as fast as a bullet, freezing the rocks, trees, and flowers that they landed on.

The icy bullets were too dense, and even Mo Fan's Soul-grade Flames could not stop them. He was forced to back away.

His opponent was obviously a Super Mage. His Ice Magic and Domain could easily outmatch Mo Fan's Fire Element!

"Humph, so you're only an Advanced Mage..." Bartholomew had a disdainful grin after figuring out Mo Fan's cultivation level.

Mo Fan's spells were quite unstoppable at first, extremely close to the Super Level, hence Bartholomew had panicked a little. However, after a few rounds, Bartholomew discovered that despite the outstanding strength of his opponent's Fire and Lightning Elements, they still had not reached the Super Level. His Domain was still able to suppress his opponent's magic!

It was surprising for an Advanced Mage to possess such strength, but an Advanced Mage did not stand a chance against a Super Mage!

"Nirvana Ice Domain!" Mu Ningxue unleashed her Domain too. Silver-white frost scattered in the air. Snowflakes resembling goose feathers fell from the sky rapidly, forming a silver feather close to her.

Mu Ningxue stepped on the silver feather like an elegant snow fairy!

"Ice Element...hahaha, you dare use your Ice Domain against me? Aren't you making a fool of yourself?" Bartholomew burst out laughing.

Mu Ningxue was not willing to say even a word to this scum. More silver-white feathers appeared in her Nirvana Ice Domain. Some scattered across the ground, some circled her, while the rest drifted in the air, awaiting their queen's orders!

Deadly ice motes remained on one side and the snow swan silver feathers on the other; the two Domains clashed with one another in the woods like two armies of Ice Magic!