The single fortified ice spear shot forward, moving at a speed that was even faster than the ice bullets from before.
If anyone could feel mana, then they would know how much of it was packed inside the spear.
And for demons, sensing mana was their second nature after their love of souls.
When the wind demon saw the ice spear and sensed the mana contained within the spell, he quickly shouted,
"GET AWAY FROM THAT SPEAR! DON'T DEFEND AGAINST IT!"
The wind demon didn't even try to defend against the spear with his shield.
He knew that his wind shield wouldn't do anything against the powerful spear.
His shield could easily deal with many weaker projectiles, but against a single, very powerful projectile, his shield would lose its effectiveness.
In a way, even the ordinary mana shield that a demon without elemental affinity could conjure up would be better than his shield.
Not that the ordinary shield would be able to stop the spear without investing an extraordinary amount of mana into it.
With his speed, the wind demon was able to easily move away from the ice spear's trajectory.
But the same couldn't be said for the other winged demons.
Not all demons were created equal. Some types were better than others in certain aspects.
Even among the demons with wings, not all of them could fly fast or maneuver that well using their wings.
And with the demons in the first level of the demon realm, most of the demons fall into this category.
They saw the ice spear, they felt the intense aura of icy mana contained inside the spear. They had already thought to dodge the second the ice spear flew towards them.
But even with the wind demon's command, not all of them could move their bodies as well as their minds wanted to.
The ice spear shot past the spot where the wind demon used to be, and it quickly made its way towards the demon that flew right behind the wind demon.
Without even slowing down its momentum, the fortified ice spear tore through the demon's body, leaving a head-sized hole in the demon's body, and the condensed ice mana started doing its job.
The amount of mana contained inside the spear was more packed than the other spells, causing the freezing effect on the enemies that were hit by it to intensify tremendously.
Within seconds, the demon who had been hit by the ice spear began freezing at an alarming rate.
Starting from the hole in its chest, the ice mana had succeeded in freezing the demon's head and arms in just a full second.
The demon soon fell to the ground as he lost the ability to control his body with his brain frozen, along with his life.
But the fortified ice spear didn't stop there.
The first demon wasn't even able to slow down its momentum as the fortified ice spear hit three, four, more demons on its way as it kept moving upward.
If the demons weren't scattered as they were currently, the ice spear would be able to take even more demons with it, as it still flew upward even after hitting 5 demons in succession.
The wind demon gulped, seeing 5 of his subordinates being taken out just like that.
The ice demon didn't even move a spot from his ice platform, he just opened up his palms and 5 demons were taken down within seconds.
'We need to hurry!'
The wind demon then cast a spell before shouting, "Fly as fast as you can!"
"Wind Domain."
As his spell manifested, a strong wind began blowing from behind the flying demons, pushing them forward to make them fly faster.
"Keep moving! Dodge! Don't try to block the attacks!" The wind demon commanded as the ice demon began sending more ice spears.
The ice spears weren't as strong as the ice spear from before, and the wind demon knew that he could block the ones that flew right in front of him.
And even the one that hit their targets didn't have the strength to continue moving forward and blast through more demons.
The ice spears just stabbed themselves onto the demons that were in their way and stayed there, spreading the ice mana to freeze their targets.
But the problem now was their numbers.
It wasn't as many as the bullets, but there were more than 5 of them at the same time. All flying towards the winged army.
And with the wind demon abandoning defense altogether just to arrive faster, more and more of his winged army was taken down.
With his Wind Domain boost, more demons were able to dodge the spears, but there were still casualties every time a volley of ice spears was shot towards them.
"We just need to get close! This ice demon specialized in long-range combat! We will win if we get close to him!"
With this command, the wind demon pushed through the volley of attacks, ignoring the screams of his underlings and the silence right after they were completely frozen by the ice spears.
The ice demon was now only about 28 meters away. Once he got past that, the wind demon knew that the attacks wouldn't be as vicious as before.
"Just a little more!" The wind demon shouted as more and more demons behind him fell to the ground with their bodies frozen.
With such a short range between the ice demon and the flying demons, the latter got even less time to react to the attacks, causing the number of casualties to double.
But with the wind demon's constant command and reminder to keep pushing through, with a promise that they would defeat their enemy if they got close, the winged demons pushed through.
'We made it!' The wind demon thought as he finally got close to the ice demon.
They all landed on the huge ice platform that Kayn had created.
Without further command, the winged demons knew what they needed to do as they began circling all over the ice demon.
"You are now surrounded at close range! You won't be able to do anything anymore! Just surrender yourself, and we will make your death quick!"
The person in question, the ice demon, didn't react at all to all the flying demons surrounding him from all sides.
He even stopped casting the ice bullets and spears.
The ice demon seemed to have cast a barrier of ice earlier, but it was the only thing that he got.
There wasn't any clue to what made the ice demon so calm, even though he was being surrounded by more than 10 demons from all sides.
The wind demon kept his wings and arms ready. He would cast a powerful spell the second the ice demon made his move.
However, the wind demon suddenly noticed something.
Sensing the mana moving around in his surroundings, the wind demon realized that the barrier spell that the ice demon had cast before was somehow getting thicker and thicker.
The barrier was see-through, but the amount of mana gathering inside the barrier was increasing even though the ice demon didn't cast any more spells.
Then he realized the layer of ice beneath the ice demon's feet was getting thinner and thinner while the ice barrier got thicker.
It was as if the barrier was absorbing the ice elements from its surroundings.
The wind demon didn't know what the ice demon wanted to do, but he knew what he needed to do.
"ATTACK!"
With his command, the winged demon all made their move.
Some who could use spells began drawing their runes, the ones who couldn't charged forward.
Then the voice of the ice demon broke through the chaos of the situation.
"You're quick on the uptake, but unfortunately, you chose the wrong answer."
When he finished saying that, the demons who charged forward were already a few meters away from reaching him, while the spells of the other demons had just manifested.
But the ice demon remained calm as he finally cast a spell of his own.
"Frost Barrier: Burst"