Chapter 459 Unexpected Gains (3k)
“What do we do now…”
Seeing the approaching Frost Ghosts, Qiu Hui felt her breathing freeze. The white mist she exhaled was tinged with cold. She then turned her head stiffly towards Old Ludon, asking as if to comfort herself.
What else could they do? She actually knew what might happen next, but she didn’t want to face it directly.
“I don’t know…”
Shaking his head, Old Ludon said softly,
“I’ll hold off one of the Frost Ghosts for you.”
As if he had made a decision, he took another drink of wine. This time, he didn’t hang the wine pouch back on his waist, but tossed it aside casually.
Judging by the attitude of these Frost Ghosts, they wouldn’t be able to escape. It was better to give these young people some hope.
“Find an opportunity and run quickly.”
Then, he reversed his grip on his curved saber, and a silver-white bird shadow surged from his body, transforming into a domain that expanded outwards from him. His hair surged upwards like tangled vines, and his aura instantly reached the peak of an Initial Stage Battle King.
“Want to run? With just you, a weak and frail Initial Stage Battle King?”
One of the Frost Ghosts, riding a horned bull and an Initial Stage Battle King, looked down from above and let out a strange laugh. A cruel expression appeared on his face as he waved his hand gently, “Kill them all! Don’t keep the old priest waiting.”
“Roar—”
Upon hearing the command of this Initial Stage Battle King Frost Ghost, the High-ranking War General Level Frost Ghosts let out excited roars. They transformed into black shadows and rushed towards Su Jiu and the others, surrounding them.
“Alas…”
The Frost Ghosts’ strange tone made everyone shiver slightly. Old Ludon sighed and glanced at Su Jiu again. Seeing the serenity on his face, he was slightly stunned.
“Docharu, this is too slow. Why don’t you let me handle them all together?”
Another Frost Ghost riding a horned bull smiled faintly, leaped up, tightened his grip on his ice blade, and moved. With a sinister grin, he rushed directly towards Su Jiu and the others. The chilling killing intent caused the air in the snow forest to suddenly freeze.
Feeling the sharp sword light, Old Ludon’s expression changed drastically. He was about to raise his curved saber, his sharp eagle eyes scanning the Frost Ghost. Suddenly, his eyes fixed, and he silently thought:
“Such speed.”
He suddenly slashed towards the air on his left. A “clang!” sound echoed in the air, followed by brilliant sparks. Then he swept horizontally again, and the roar of metal collision sounded once more.
“Clang, clang, clang—!!!”
In just five seconds, with repeated collisions, Old Ludon’s face was covered in sweat, and he exhaled a breath of white mist, his arm trembling slightly. It was too strenuous to face monsters of the same level alone in such an environment.
“Doru, I’ll deal with the ones behind. You drag that old man.”
The next moment, with a voice, another Frost Ghost riding a horned bull transformed into a black shadow, cloaked in frost and snow, and charged towards Qiu Hui and the others.
“Scatter quickly!”
Ludon roared, his expression growing uglier. Then, he felt a black figure flash past his side. His movements were slightly sluggish, and he could no longer stop it.
Feeling the suddenly surging killing intent, Qiu Hui’s expression changed greatly. She was about to raise her hand to block the Frost Ghost. After all, only she was at the Half-King Level. If she didn’t block, the Senior Students behind her wouldn’t be able to withstand even one blow.
As the chilling killing intent approached, Qiu Hui’s face turned paler. Just as she gritted her teeth, waiting for the immense force to hit her hand, a figure suddenly blocked in front of her.
“I was originally waiting for the humanoid Frost Ghost to make a move, but now I have to kill you first.”
“Ci la—”
Two sword lights flashed in the snow forest, the sound of blades cutting through the air extremely fast. Suddenly, Qiu Hui heard it, and then she felt a few drops of blood turn into frost and hit her cheek.
This process lasted only a brief moment. When the students and Ludon came back to their senses, they were shocked to find—
Su Jiu stood in front of Qiu Hui, with a Frost Ghost’s head on the ground. Another head was hanging from his sword. His black pleated skirt fluttered slightly on the snow, like a swordsman in the snow, powerful and cold, fishing alone in the cold river.
And those Big-tailed Squirrels, who were previously acting arrogantly, quickly fled, their plump faces displaying an expression of “I won’t disturb you anymore.”
“You… you are not a Half-King, not even an Initial Stage Battle King!”
Qiu Hui and the others were stunned. The former uttered in a low voice. Old Ludon exhaled a breath of white mist. After learning that Su Jiu was not an Initial Stage Battle King, his expression remained solemn. He turned his head to look at the back of the “long-haired man,” his hands still trembling.
The scar-faced man was instantly killed just now. Although there was only one word difference between an Intermediate Battle King and a High-rank Battle King, their strengths were vastly different. If the Su Jiu in front of them could not contend with a High-rank Battle King…
They would all still die.
The surrounding Frost Ghosts, after their two leaders were killed, couldn’t help but…
“Heh heh, I didn’t expect… I misjudged. Human… No, little girl from the Mermaid clan.”
The long-haired man, who was just about to mount his horse, turned around slowly due to the swords’ clang. He dragged his ice blade and casually raised it, stirring up specks of snow.
“The Great Priest just said that the sacrificed person was not strong enough. Adding you, it should be about right.”
His yellowish-brown eyes swept over the bodies of his subordinates on the ground, then looked Su Jiu up and down, his gaze stopping at the silver scales on his neck, revealing a cruel smile.
“You can try, but most likely, I’ll extract your Magic Crystal… After all, you’re just a newly promoted High-rank Battle King, and you can’t even use Law properly.”
Facing the opponent’s taunts, Su Jiu glanced calmly at his face, his gaze falling on the thumb-sized sapphire Magic Crystal inlaid on his forehead. His voice was flat.
With that, he drew his sword, like a finger, splitting open the heads of the two Initial Stage Battle King Frost Ghosts. He then picked up two black Magic Crystals emanating frost and held them casually. Then, dragging his long sword, he walked towards the long-haired man through the snow.
“Heh heh… You’re quite arrogant to extract Magic Crystals in front of this Commander.”
Seeing Su Jiu’s actions, the long-haired man’s eyes flashed with a dense killing intent, discernible through his aura.
He couldn’t sense the opponent’s true level, but since he killed his subordinates just now without using the power of Law, it was highly likely he hadn’t reached the High-rank Battle King.
“Heh heh, you haven’t reached the High-rank Battle King yet. Even if I don’t use Law properly, I can still kill you easily.”
Thinking this, the fierce frost energy suddenly surged from within him. The white External Qi was like cold ice, instantly freezing the moisture in the air into ice crystals. The ice blade in his hand vibrated slightly, and its edge appeared incredibly sharp under the rendering of the white cold energy.
“Heh heh, just be a sacrifice material honestly.”
With a cold laugh, his body flickered, tearing through the air. The sharp whooshing sound made everyone think the previous situation would repeat itself, and their faces turned a little pale.
Hearing the long-haired man’s words, Su Jiu’s expression remained calm. He then took a step forward, and his long sword drew a semi-circular arc towards the sky. A green arc flashed in mid-air. With a “clang” explosion, a vortex of air burst out from the collision point, shaking the entire forest, causing frost and snow to fall like lice.
“You seem weaker than those black-clothed people from the Ancient God Sect. You made me nervous, I thought you were very strong.”
Su Jiu remained in place, smiling faintly. The imprints on the snow became deeper, but his body didn’t move at all. His long skirt fluttered slightly.
In mid-air, the long-haired man’s arm trembled continuously. He lowered his head to look at the ice blade in his hand, blood sliding down the ice blade into the snow. He glared at Su Jiu fiercely and roared, “You’re hiding your strength!… All in black—didn’t we agree not to attack each other until we find the heir of the Snow Demon Clan?”
He could sense that they were both ice attribute, but the green ice external qi on the opponent’s body was like an overlord, suppressing his own ice. At the moment of the clash, his strength was suppressed to less than eighty percent.
Seeing that Su Jiu had the upper hand in the exchange with the long-haired man, the Senior Students were overjoyed, their faces showing expressions of having survived a disaster. Meanwhile, Ludon’s face was filled with unprecedented relief—
He had bet correctly, and the other party was even stronger than he had imagined!
“Is she really a student? A student who is a High-rank Battle King? No academy in Dragon Country could produce such a talent,” Qiu Hui couldn’t help but sigh slightly after her relief.
“Perhaps she is hiding and disguised as a student to accomplish something?” Ludon shook his head slightly, his gaze falling on the black-skirted figure, and he sighed inwardly. Even with the specialized elite training in Bear Country, it was difficult to produce a student of this caliber.
Compared to the surprise of these people, the Frost Ghosts who were waiting for an opportunity, with their monkey-like faces, looked extremely ugly. The Intermediate Battle King Frost Ghost wearing a shaman robe looked a little serious.
They never expected to encounter human powerhouses in a place like this. This sacrificial plan would probably be ruined.
“All in black, also looking for the Snow Demon…”
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu couldn’t help but think of those people from the Ancient God Sect. However, they shouldn’t have any reason to intervene in the conflict of the Snow Demons, at least, that’s what the novel content suggested.
Her eyes narrowed, and then she looked up at the sky, saying with a smile, “If you clarify about those people, perhaps I can consider letting you go.”
“Heh heh, if this Commander wants to leave, you can’t stop me.”
The long-haired man replied with an unchanged expression, then exchanged a rather subtle glance with the old shaman. The latter lightly tapped a staff, and the invisible energy shield in the sky instantly disappeared.
In just a moment, the long-haired man and the shaman Frost Ghost transformed into two black shadows and flew towards the sky. Su Jiu had no time to stop them.
As they flew away, a huge cold wind suddenly surged from the sky, blowing the snow everywhere to cover them, leaving only the Battle King Level Frost Ghost dressed as a warrior looking up at the sky with a bewildered expression.
“They got away…”
Shaking her head, Su Jiu scanned the numerous Frost Ghosts on the ground who didn’t have time to escape, and chuckled, “But these are enough for the little fool to absorb, and there’s even plenty extra.”
Then she suddenly transformed into a long sword and shot out. Immediately, the sound of flesh being torn apart echoed through the snow forest. Then, shadows fell onto the snow, blood splattering everywhere, their fate unknown.
Su Jiu picked out the Magic Crystals one by one and put them away. Just as she was about to lead the stunned group away.
She casually glanced at the maiden still hanging on the long-haired man’s mount, then slowly walked towards her. After approaching, she looked at the maiden’s attire with some uncertainty, then looked at her neck, and her gaze completely froze.
“This is…”
