In the desert, over the remains of the rubble.
Although there is still silence at this moment, there is a dignified envelope.
Cang Yu looked at Wang Teng in amazement, and said softly, "Don't be impulsive. These alien races are all domain masters. We are not rivals at all."
"Now Xiao Qing'er is our race's hope, do you want to watch her be taken away by the alien race?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Wang Teng's eyes. He didn't expect that at this time, this Cang Yu was still concerned about Xiao Qing'er.
However, he has his own ideas, and he is sure to protect Xiao Qing'er, so he didn't plan to leave, and instead asked indifferently:
"How many can you handle?"
Cang Yu was anxious, but the current situation made her too much to think, so she gritted her teeth and said, "At most two!"
"Even if it's me, I can deal with up to two people without defeating them."
"Maybe it can only handle one person!"
She directly explained her own situation, hoping that "Zeller" could recognize reality, instead of hitting a rock with a pebble.
"One or two?" Wang Teng groaned for a while and nodded, "It should be enough!"
"Try to help me hold two people!"
"These people are really hard to solve at once, they can only come one by one."
As he said, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't regard it as too difficult.
"You..." Cang Yu didn't know what to say anymore.
"Hahaha, boss, these snake people don't seem to want to give up resistance." The young man named Wright laughed.
"Then don't talk nonsense, just solve them directly, toast and not eat or drink fine wine." The silver horn youth shook his head and said coldly.
"Have you said enough?" Wang Teng suddenly raised his head to look at the people in Gangyi Squad, and asked lightly.
Everyone in the Gang Wing team couldn't help being stunned. They didn't expect this snake-human clan man to dare to talk to them like this.
"Enough said, just go... die!" Wang Teng's expression suddenly turned cold, and his eyes looked at them without any fluctuations.
The voice fell, and the surroundings were quiet.
"Sneez!" Wright sneered directly.
"A trivial native, still a cosmic level, where does the confidence come from?" Jiang Yu giggled.
The faces of the others were also mocking, and their eyes were full of jokes.
Wang Teng's expression was plain, and he was not at all annoyed by the other party's sarcasm.
Cang Yu on the side was anxious.
Even Xiao Qing'er looked at him worriedly.
boom!
The next moment, a roar suddenly sounded, and Wang Teng disappeared directly into the same place, turning into a rainbow light, rushing towards the silver-horned man with the head.
"Huh!" The silver horned man snorted, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, and he greeted him with a palm.
The others are all watching a good show, with no intention of doing anything at all.
A cosmic native, actually did something to their captain. Isn't this looking for death?
This snake-human clan man doesn't know if he can stop their captain's move?
No, half a trick should be enough!
A trace of sarcasm passed through Wang Teng's eyes, and his fists blasted out.
Five Elements Boxing!
A series of terrifying fist marks burst out, suppressing the past like an overwhelming sky.
As soon as the fist marks were printed, everyone's discoloration changed suddenly!
The silver-horned man felt the deepest, and the terrifying fist imprint directly hit his head, causing his complexion to change slightly, and he burst into a shout.
"roll!"
The Force merged into the palm print, causing the palm print to skyrocket in an instant, and slapped it out fiercely.
boom!
The fist prints and palm prints collided in the sky, bursting with roars, and finally both collapsed, turning into the aftermath of the original force and rewinding in all directions.
Two silhouettes shot out backwards, straddling several kilometers before stopping.
quiet!
There was silence all around!
Everyone in Gangyi team looked dumbfounded and unbelievable.
The cosmic-level Snake-Human native actually shook their captain back thousands of meters. The first time the two met, it was completely equal.
But this is incredible.
How can the power gap between the two sides be equal?
Cang Yu was also full of astonishment. How could this "Zele" strength be so strong?
Does he still have something to hide?
Xiao Qing'er's sullen eyes widened, with a strange expression of "this is really my dad".
The silver-horned man's complexion was extremely gloomy, and he was shocked by a cosmic native, which was undoubtedly a blow to his inner pride.
They are genius students of the Star Academy, or domain master-level powerhouses, how could they be retreated by a cosmic-level native.
He could not accept this fact.
"Very good!" The sneer on the silver corner man's face was closed, he looked at Wang Teng blankly, and spit out two words coldly in his mouth.
Obviously, he was completely angry.
Others put away their joking expressions and stared at Wang Teng coldly.
Wang Teng hooked his fingers at the other party, the contempt in his eyes was beyond words.
"Captain?" Everyone in Gangyi squad cast questioning eyes at the silver horn man.
"Do it!"
The silver-horned man waved his hand and gave a cold sigh. He didn't plan to fight alone.
Everyone in the Gangyi team suddenly grinned and attacked Wang Teng.
Knife light, sword light, axe light, fist print, palm print... all kinds of attacks were directly bombarded.
"Zele!" Cang Yu rushed over worriedly.
"Let's start, you can hold the two of them." Wang Teng said calmly.
Cang Yu feels helpless, but the matter is over, it is useless to say more, she can only fight side by side with Wang Teng.
I just hope that they can survive this disaster safely.
If it didn't work, she could only do her best to take Xiao Qing'er and Zeller away.
However, at this moment, Wang Teng waved his hand.
Suddenly!
In the sky, several huge figures suddenly appeared.
A dark red blood crow!
A ferocious giant scorpion covered in iron armor!
A strange and white beast like a jade!
Huh!
The dark red blood crow spread its wings, endless flames swept, wrapped in feathers like gold and iron and shot out.
Roar!
The ferocious giant scorpion roared, the cyan flame whizzed out, turned into an attack, and greeted him.
That snow-white jade behemoth looks harmless, but it is the most terrifying existence. A master-class aura swept out, and a bright yellow light condensed on the two sharp horns above its head. As a terrible beam of light rushed straight out.
The hideous expressions on the faces of the Gang Wing team suddenly stiffened.
What is this special? ? ?
For a moment, they already felt bad.
However, the attack has already been sent out and cannot be recovered, so he can only head-to-head with the opponent.
Boom!
In the sky, a series of attacks and collisions erupted with a terrible roar of the Force, sweeping across all directions, stirring up the sand below.
Hum!
There was a humming sound in the space, and the entire space seemed to be imprisoned for a moment. The dust was flying in the air, the attack and collision were stagnant, and the aftermath of the force also stopped the spreading trend.
But soon, everything returned to its original state.
The explosion caused by the collision broke out completely.
Xiaobai and the Iron Armored Fire Scorpion blocked the attack of the two. Although they are the middle emperor, they are very powerful and can resist the attack of the domain master.
Elizabeth directly retreated one of the domain master-level warriors, making him extremely embarrassed and almost injured.
This person is indeed the spiritual teacher Tang Cheng!
His strength is also one of the best among the Gang Wing squad, and the means of mentoring the spirit is extremely clever, otherwise it would not necessarily be able to withstand Elizabeth's attack.
At this time, he was shaken back several thousand meters, his face was gloomy, his eyes fixed on Elizabeth, and he looked extremely jealous.
Wang Teng also shot, and the five elements fist blasted out, and the fist prints were all over, blocking the attack of the silver-horned man.
Even Cang Yu was shocked by the scene before her. She really didn't expect "Zeller" to have so many back players.
Are these three behemoths all his spiritual pets?
Such a powerful spiritual pet, this "Zeller" is really deep enough.
No wonder he said so vowedly that he would keep the other party behind, because he had such a powerful backhand.
All kinds of thoughts flashed in her mind, but the two domain master-level attacks in front of her had already come close, and she couldn't help but think about it.
boom!
Cang Yu also relaxed a lot at this time, watching the attack in front of him, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and suddenly shot.
A war sword appeared in her hand, swept out, and the poison force in her body exploded, turning into a jade-green sword light.
Chi Chi Chi Chi...
This sword light was extremely terrifying, and there was a poisonous force attached to it, and when it hit it, it immediately snorted.
The two domain master-level attacks suddenly showed signs of disintegration.
Their faces were solemn, and they didn't expect this snake-human tribe woman to have such strength. It seemed that she had been underestimated before.
It was just that in an instant, everyone in Gangyi team seemed to be completely stunned by the counterattack of Wang Teng's trio.
Everyone didn't expect the reversal to come so quickly. They just had a chance to win, but now it seems that they may not be able to win the opponent.
The strength of these three Snake People natives is a bit outrageous!
Moreover, that universe-level snake-human clan man actually possesses three extremely powerful spirit beasts, one of which is still at the top emperor level, which is equivalent to the world master level.
Damn it, right?
Is this something a native can have?
Even the genius students of their Star Academy, may not be able to have such a powerful three-headed spirit pet, okay?
"Who are you?" The silver-horned man stared at Wang Teng and asked coldly.
He didn't believe it was a simple native of the snake-human race.
In the Star Academy, not many people knew about the existence of Wang Teng’s three great spirit pets, and only the few master-level masters who had encountered them in the Secret Realm of Chaos had seen them, and they naturally didn’t. Will talk about it everywhere.
So these people simply couldn't recognize Wang Teng.
"I'm just a snake-human race that you look down upon." Wang Teng said lightly.
"Impossible, how can an indigenous person have such strength!" The silver-horned man did not believe his nonsense at all.
"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, it's all people who are dying anyway." Wang Teng said.
"You are too mad!" A cold light shot from the eyes of the silver horn man, extremely cold: "I really think that with the three-headed spirit pet, we can win us?"
"Try it, you'll know!" Wang Teng didn't want to talk nonsense, and rushed directly at the silver horn man.
"Huh!" The silver-horned man snorted coldly and said, "I want to see how good you are."
He didn't want to admit that he would be inferior to a cosmic martial artist.
A cold light broke out in his eyes immediately, and his fingers suddenly pointed towards Wang Teng.
Fire silkworm means!
A group of scarlet flames suddenly whizzed out from his fingertips, turned into a pillar of fire, and rushed straight towards Wang Teng.
boom!
Under this finger, the void trembled, as if it was about to collapse. The temperature where the flame passed by suddenly rose, and the surrounding air was twisted.
Wang Teng's eyes narrowed slightly. In his opinion, these are only secondary. After all, compared with the different fires of the world, such a temperature is nothing.
The real crisis is still a looming red glow in the pillar of fire. If you don't observe it carefully, you can't find it at all.
Fortunately, Wang Teng was extremely sensitive to flames, and he immediately noticed the danger of this attack.
"My combat skill is at the master level, you can't stop it!" The silver horned man sneered.
Wang Teng sneered in his heart, his eyes flickered, and he also pointed out.
Round combat skills, he has never lost anyone.
Realm master-level combat skills, actually embarrassed to show it off.
Overlord refers!
A beam of golden light condensed in his hands, and soon formed a small golden ball, and then a beam of golden light that was not too thick, even some small golden beams burst out.
This finger...
grand!
overbearing!
It shot out with an unstoppable momentum and directly collided with the opponent's fire pillar.
Boom!
Two beams of light, one large and one small, instantly condensed in mid-air.
Suddenly, a small crimson light galloped out from the fire pillar, like a small fire silkworm, with a piercing scream, rushing towards Wang Teng.
"Hahaha, my fire silkworm refers to the real killing and cutting on the fire silkworm. The fire silkworm is the power of the domain. You are a cosmic native, can you master the power of the domain?" The silver horned man laughed and said. Still with a little contempt.
boom!
As soon as his voice fell, a roar erupted from the tiny golden beam of light, a field of power swept out, turned into countless sharp meanings, and rolled towards the little fire silkworm.
The fire silkworm seemed to let out a mournful cry, and collapsed instantly under the sharp meaning.
The pillar of fire condensed by the silver-horned man also collapsed instantly, but the golden light of the thickness of his fingers flashed, passing through the heavy flames, and galloping toward the silver-horned man.
"How is it possible!" The silver-horned man's complexion changed drastically, and he hurriedly dodged to avoid, abruptly moving three inches to the side.
laugh!
But it was too late, the golden light was extremely fast, and directly penetrated his left shoulder, bursting out a cloud of blood.
This is just the surface. In the wound, countless sharp meanings exploded, and they were about to sweep into his body, as if they could destroy everything.
The silver-horned man's complexion changed drastically, his face was inconceivable, and he immediately pulled away and violently retreated. At the same time, he hurriedly used the original force to squeeze the sharpness out of his body. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and took out a healing pill and swallowed it.
"Tier 3 Golden Domain!" He looked at Wang Teng with fear in his eyes. He never thought that this cosmic-level snake-human race would really be so strong, and he mastered the power of the third-tier domain in the cosmic realm.
He just used the power of the third-order domain.
But the opponent's domain perception seems to be more thorough and in-depth than him, otherwise, under the same level of domain power, the opponent would definitely not be able to defeat his domain power so easily.
"Damn! I still underestimate him!" The silver-horned man was upset in his heart, but he was more of hatred.
This aboriginal dared to hurt him, so he was looking for death!
Murderous intent flashed in his eyes, a war spear appeared in his hand, the force of the fire system stars burst out, and the power of endless flames swept out, entwined on the spear.
"kill!"
A loud shout came from his mouth, and the silver-horned man rushed towards Wang Teng, his war spears shot out in the void, and countless flames condensed into fire snakes, biting Wang Teng.
When the fire snake passed by, the temperature rose sharply, causing waves of air to twist, and the air twisted.
The sand on the ground became extremely hot under the sweep of the flames.
Wang Teng's eyes flashed, this man's strength was indeed extremely powerful, the domain power that the opponent had just displayed had obviously not yet fully exploded, but he didn't know how far it could be, and he had to deal with it carefully.
His fighting consciousness is also very strong, and he can avoid the vital points in time under the situation just now. This alone is not something that an ordinary warrior can do.
Wang Teng never underestimates people who are better than himself.
A domain master-level powerhouse, and a genius student of the Star Academy, Wang Teng would never think he had only such a strength.
At this moment, facing the opponent's attack, Wang Teng did not retreat in the slightest, and an ice blue spear appeared in his hand.
This is a master-class weapon, and among the treasures left by the master of Huohe, there is a master-class ice spear.
Now, Wang Teng’s ice talent has reached the **** level, and he has the [Ice Eucharist]. Above his talent, he is definitely an ice genius at the enchanting level. He just happened to meet a fire warrior, and he couldn’t help but feel a little eager to try it. I want to see how far I can play to the strength of the ice system.
In an instant, Wang Teng was swept out of the extreme chill, and then he stepped on the void under his feet, and his whole person turned into an ice blue light, facing the silver-horned man.
The spear in his hand burst out.
Master-level ice combat skills...Ice Magic Spear!
The spear light turned into countless ice and cold light, covering the entire sky, colliding with the fierce snakes gathered from the opponent's war spear.
boom! boom! boom……
The violent roar resounded across the sky, reverberating endlessly.
Under the blessing of the two talents, the original force of the ice element is even more icy and extremely cold than the average ice-type warrior. At this moment, it is sweeping in all directions, and even directly freezes the attack of the silver-horned man.
"What a strong chill!"
Cang Yu looked at Wang Teng with a different color in his eyes.
This guy has mastered the strange flames, and now shows such a powerful chill attribute, plus the overbearing and sharp attribute just now, it is already the original force of the three attributes.
Is he really a snake-human race?
This question resurfaced in her mind.
On the other side, everyone in Gang Wing Team was also shocked.
Is this snake-human tribe a bit against the sky?
That kind of icy cold attribute, even those talented students of the Star Academy, may not be able to master it.
Xiao Qing'er was watching the battle and she was stunned. When she heard Cangyu's explanation before, she hadn't felt so deeply yet. At this moment, seeing Wang Teng fighting with others, she knew that her father was so strong.
There was confusion and deep astonishment in her eyes.
Is this really his dad?
When a person behaves too differently from usual, even the closest person will wonder if he is himself.
She suddenly remembered Wang Teng's performance these days, it seemed that it was really different from before.
Could it be...
Xiao Qing'er's face turned pale, as if she had thought of something, but she was unwilling to accept that fact in her heart.
"Will not……"
She clenched her fist tightly, her eyes fixed on Wang Teng's body.
At this time, all of those fire snakes were frozen, forming ice sculptures in the sky. A figure was surrounded by ice, slowly drifting, and the clothes all over his body had no wind.
The spear in his hand pointed diagonally at the ground, and the cold light flashed on it, which seemed to be brewing an extremely powerful killer move, which was disturbing.
"Do you only have this strength?" Wang Teng said lightly.
Last time, in a special situation, he was yawned by the other party.
But now, from the last time to the present, in a short period of time, his strength has changed a lot.
Moreover, he was able to release Xiaobai, Elizabeth, and the Iron Armored Fire Scorpion, restraining other domain master-level warriors, and even Cang Yu, a domain master-level pinnacle warrior, to help.
Fighting alone, he has no fear of a domain master-level warrior.
"This guy!" The silver-horned man quickly backed away, avoiding the icy chill, looking at Wang Teng with a gloomy expression.
The chill made him extremely uncomfortable, and he was also afraid of abnormalities.
And Wang Teng's words made him a little bit ashamed and angry, and a pair of eyes burst into resentment.
It is a shame that he, a domain master-level powerhouse, was forced to such a position by a cosmic-level native.
"See how long your Force can support? I don't believe that you, a cosmic martial artist, can fight the Force with my domain master."
The silver-horned man gritted his teeth, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and said.
Wang Teng suddenly chuckled, with a smile on his face.
Fighting the force, who has he been afraid of?
This guy is still too naive!
The silver-horned man didn't talk any more nonsense, the war spear in his hand broke out again, and the power of the flame swept through, attached to the power of the domain.
Wang Teng's complexion remained unchanged, the force of the ice system burst out all over his body, the spear light was like a dragon, and the sky was peerless.
boom! boom! boom……
In an instant, the two fought wildly in the sky. The icy blue ice force and the scarlet fire force continued to collide. The entire sky seemed to be divided into two halves, with ice and fire each occupying half, especially Spectacular.
Even the desert on the ground is now half charred and half frozen, which is extremely peculiar.
The destructive power of the two fights is too amazing!
Everyone in Gangyi team was completely shocked by the battle between the two. They couldn't calm down for a long time, and the eyes looking at Wang Teng were already full of solemnity.
They no longer dare to underestimate this so-called indigenous snake human race!
Even those few spirit pets made them feel very difficult. Under the entanglement of those three spirit pets, they couldn't get away, otherwise they would be able to help the silver horned man at this time.
Although the two spirit pets were only middle-ranked emperors, they were very difficult to deal with. They didn't fight them head-on at all, they just wanted to hold them back.
Moreover, there is a superb emperor-level storage array on the side. When the two middle-level emperor-level spirit pets can't support it, they will help them in time so that they can't kill it.
There was also the woman of the Snake Race, who was also very powerful, and one person restrained the two domain master-level powerhouses.
A big melee broke out in the sky, and the violent roar couldn't help echoing. The force of horror shattered the surrounding void, and swept through, causing the void to appear a series of spatial cracks.
The silver-horned man saw this scene with a trace of ugliness on his face.
"It's over!"
He spoke coldly, bursting out extremely powerful domain power from his body, and a peculiar wave spread in all directions, turning into a huge crimson domain, pulling Wang Teng into it.
"not good!"
Cang Yu looked at the battle group of the two Wang Teng, with a hint of anxiety on his face.
The opponent's domain is very strong, "Zeller" is indeed very strong, but he is only cosmic, and he is definitely not as good as the alien race in terms of domain.
"Hahaha, that snake-human native is dead, and the boss who actually forced the domain to burst out completely." Wright sneered.
The other members of the Gangyi team also sneered, seeming to think that Wang Teng would undoubtedly be defeated.
When Cang Yu saw the expressions of several people, his complexion became more solemn, and he became more worried about Wang Teng in his heart.
Xiao Qing'er's face turned pale, while worrying about her dad, she was also full of doubts, and her heart was extremely complicated.
Within the domain, the silver-horned man looked at Wang Teng with murderous intent in his eyes, and slowly said:
"I have to admit that your strength is indeed very strong, but I have no patience to wait until your force is exhausted."
"So, please go on the road now!"
boom!
When the voice fell, he waved the war spear in his hand, and the endless flame power gathered, wrapped him, and then turned into a terrifying flame behemoth.
This flame behemoth is covered with lin armor and has a single horn on its forehead.
If you look closely, you will find that the horn is very similar to the silver horn on the forehead of a man with a silver horn.
It's just that one is flame condensation, and the other is born with it.
"Sixth-order domain!" Wang Teng's eyes flashed, looking around, he immediately felt that the opponent's domain had reached the sixth-order high.
Roar!
The flame beast roared, and the terrifying pressure was released. It looked at Wang Teng with cold eyes, and then rushed towards him.
Wang Teng's expression was awe-inspiring, and he did not neglect, and the power of the domain in his body also swept out, turning into a huge ice domain.
The power of endless ice swept through, turning into a landscape of ice and snow, and the surrounding crimson fields were suddenly repelled.
In an instant, within a few thousand meters of Wang Teng's surroundings, everything turned into a world of ice and snow.
The scope displayed by the ice and snow domain is not weaker than that of the crimson domain.
People from the outside world naturally saw this scene, and they were shocked.
"This field..." The Gang Wing team widened their eyes, their faces were full of weirdness, as if they were hell.
Cang Yu's expression was also stunned. He didn't expect that the area of ice that "Zele" displayed would actually be on par with the opponent.
In the field of ice.
Standing on the ice and snow, Wang Teng has recovered his original appearance. The endless ice and snow surrounds his body, making him like an emperor in the ice and snow.
Roar!
The power of the domain was condensed, and a huge dragon emerged from the ice and snow.
Naturally, this was not a real Frost Chiron, but he was formed by the power of his own domain.
The Frost Chiron is an extremely powerful starry beast in the Frost Element. It is extremely talented and fits perfectly with the laws of origin between heaven and earth. It is naturally the most suitable to transform the power of the domain into Chiron's appearance.
What's more, he has seen a real Chilong himself and is very familiar with it. There is no obstacle in the simulation at this moment.
The huge icy dragon hovered behind Wang Teng, and its huge icy head slowly protruded and enveloped Wang Teng's head, lifelike and extremely majestic.
When seeing the huge Chilong's body, the giant flame beast whizzing from the opposite side suddenly paused, as if there was a trace of extremely humanized horror in its eyes.
But Wang Teng did not give him a chance to react.
"go!"
A cold low voice suddenly resounded in this ice and snow world, like this ice and snow world was full of icy meaning.
Roar!
The ice dragon roared, that huge body seemed to turn into a flash of ice blue lightning, rushing out quickly, carrying the power of endless ice and snow, and rushing towards the flame behemoth.
Roar!
The flame behemoth obviously knew that it was not allowed to retreat at this moment, and it would immediately let out a roar, and the power of the domain within its body completely exploded, and even among the power of that domain, it seemed that there was a more mysterious aura.
The power of origin!
That is the power of flame origin!
When the more terrifying source of power radiated out, the flame behemoth showed a trace of cunning in its eyes, and then rushed out again.
"Humph!"
Wang Teng snorted coldly, a strange ice-blue pattern flashed in his eyes, and he didn't see any movements. The Frost Chiron Dragon also burst out of a wave of original power.
As early as when he cast this Frost Dragon, he was already preparing to hide a trace of Frost Ice in it.
If the opponent is only using the power of the domain, this origin power will naturally not be available, but if the opponent really understands the origin power, then this ice origin power will become his final killer move.
Fortunately, he didn't guess wrong, the silver-horned man still understood the origin of the flame.
Sure enough, the students of the Star Academy shouldn't be underestimated.
It's a pity that just as the opponent was going to hit Wang Teng by surprise, when Wang Teng burst out of his original power, the opponent had no time to react.
boom!
The next moment, the two giants collided, and a terrifying roar erupted.
The power of the field collides!
The power of the source collides!
All the power burst out at that central point at this moment, but the wrestling of the two forces compressed everything in it.
As a result, an energy sphere was directly formed at the center, in which the two extremely contradictory forces of ice and flame eroded and antagonized each other, forming a terrifying energy field.
If it broke out, it would be extremely terrifying.
Fortunately, one energy soon gained the upper hand and gradually overwhelmed the other energy.
It can be seen from the outside world that crimson red is constantly being engulfed by the color of ice blue in the center sphere, gradually shrinking into a corner.
And the flame behemoth on the opposite side was also in collapse, the flames on its body were frozen, and the heat was dispelled.
Roar!
The flame behemoth let out a terrifying roar.
Unfortunately, it was in vain.
boom!
The next moment, a terrifying roar resounded, and the energy ball in the center finally exploded.
The power of the ice swept out with an overwhelming trend, and instantly drowned the behemoth of flames.
Roar!
The flame behemoth finally let out a mournful cry, and the huge body slowly collapsed.
In the eyes of the outside world, the flame field is also collapsing inch by inch, and the power of ice and snow is like the arrival of winter, covering the earth with unstoppable force and freezing everything.