Chapter 470: Battling the Frost Ghost Demigod (3.5k)
The commotion naturally attracted the attention of the two below. Aisha looked up at the two, wanting to go and help, but was stopped by Mr. Herb shaking his head. The latter pointed to the Night Peak and said helplessly:
“We can’t participate in battles of this level. Just focus on using your talent skill for that girl.”
Frowning, Aisha pondered for a moment, then raised her arm again, aiming at the summit of Night Peak. She closed her eyes gently…
However, she didn’t notice Old Herber walking outwards with a solemn expression.
Meanwhile, in the sky.
When the external qi on his body had recovered sufficiently, Su Jiu dared not to delay and quickly activated the first layer of Elegy.
She needed to stop the opponent as quickly as possible. With that, the Loquat Branch in her hand fiercely aimed at the figure two hundred meters away, muttering:
“Prosperous Dream.”
An unfathomable aura surged from the Loquat Branch. The withered fruits on the branch seemed to plump up again, and phantom green leaves filled the branches, as if regaining new life.
The bright white flowers in Su Jiu’s eyes also began to tremble. She closed her eyes gently, and the next moment, her eyes snapped open, as if the faint blue eyes of the Ice Dragon Transformation were also tinged with a hint of white light.
“How can you use external qi in the Holy Land? But even if you can, what then? You’re not even at the High-Rank Battle King level.”
The figure in the distance frowned at Su Jiu, her words filled with confusion, but she quickly sneered. The frost arrows in her hand seemed to be condensing even more, and would be shot out within three breaths.
“Flash.”
In response to the mockery, Su Jiu lightly uttered a single word, just like Bai Zhi’s First Life. Her body left an afterimage in place, and the world seemed to turn white. “Whoosh!” The sonic boom of the air seemed to be a beat slower, following behind.
“What’s going on… the guardian token shattered?”
A “ding!” sounded from the alchemy jade pendant at her waist.
Watching Su Jiu’s movements, the figure still nocked an arrow, completely unprepared. Suddenly, her hand hurt, and then specks of light glittered on her neck. Looking down at her waist, her pupils widened slightly.
The High-Rank Battle King level guardian jade pendant had shattered, and her right palm was scratched by a few leaves that had materialized from external qi. The few blood drops splashed out as if mocking her.
She froze the wound casually. This Frost Ghost Demigod turned her head to look five meters to her side, where a figure in a black dress stood alone and floating. Then, her eyelids twitched violently, and a chill surged from her heart.
Just a moment of underestimation, and she was almost beheaded. Although she wasn’t a head-on fighter among Demigods, she wasn’t someone that even a High-Rank Battle King could provocatively challenge.
Soon, the chill turned into anger. She lowered her voice and sneered, “I didn’t expect you to have such a skill. You almost got me. But a skill like this, compressed energy for a killing blow, your body must be almost depleted of stamina by now?”
Hearing this, Su Jiu looked inward. Seeing the energy consumption similar to a single sword draw, her expression became serious. She gritted her teeth, her expression revealing that she had been figured out, and whispered, “So what? It’s more than enough to deal with you.”
She needed to make the opponent’s attention completely focused on her. Bai Zhi’s situation could not be interfered with. She knew very well that even if her previous attack had landed, the opponent would have instantly countered and parried, causing no significant damage.
Therefore, using the high mobility of “Prosperous Dream” to stall the opponent was the best strategy.
“Heh heh, although I’m not good at close combat, dealing with someone like you who isn’t even a Battle King is still quite easy.”
As expected, the Frost Ghost Demigod’s smile grew brighter. She completely shifted her attention to Su Jiu, and with a shake of her arm, the frost qi longbow shattered into ice shards, transforming into a rather wide zhanmadao. The hilt had a small blue rule circle.
Frost and snow floated on the zhanmadao. With a shake of the blade, icy intent surged towards Su Jiu, causing the very air to fluctuate intensely.
Seeing that the opponent had locked onto her, Su Jiu first breathed an internal sigh of relief, then her face showed a solemn expression. Green cold streams surged out, and the demon god mask was finally put on again.
The second level of Elegy was activated!
“Rather than passively receiving that charged skill, I can reduce the damage I take by attacking offensively.”
The ferocity in her eyes suddenly blazed. She moved, her Loquat Branch swinging, stirring up ripples of airflow. She flickered behind the opponent and raised her hand to stab fiercely.
Against Su Jiu’s attack, this Demigod-level Frost Ghost was already on guard. Due to the significant difference in their strength, she quickly understood Su Jiu’s movements.
Her wide blade, carrying an unparalleled frost external qi, whistled incessantly. Then, she twisted and swung it fiercely.
“Clang!”
A crisp collision sound echoed throughout the sky. Under this fierce impact, the snow in the mountain range below continuously fell, and the thick snow on the pine needles on the trees immediately fell to the ground with a “swish, swish.”
Just as the situation seemed stable, the air continuously flickered with black light. Su Jiu’s figure flashed crazily, and the Loquat Branch in her hand was swung continuously like a long sword. “Clink, clink, clink—” Amidst the clash of swords and blades, a red light seemed to ignite between Su Jiu’s fingers.
After another dozen exchanges, the Demigod-level Frost Ghost repelled Su Jiu several tens of meters away with a counter-attack. She lowered her head to look at her arm, muttering in confusion, “What’s going on, my blood is actually reversing and blocking the flow of external qi?”
She quickly discovered the abnormal condition of her body. The fluids within her body were constantly churning as if about to surge out, as if controlled.
“Cough cough… Is this what a Demigod is? With the protection of the laws, they completely crush me in all aspects.”
After catching the ice blade’s strike, a trace of crimson flowed from the corner of Su Jiu’s mouth under the mask. Without reaching the Half-King level, she had no advantage in mental power against a Demigod.
If this high-intensity battle continued for another two minutes, she would likely be completely defeated.
Suddenly, this Demigod-level Frost Ghost seemed to sense something. Looking at the blood-red light still flickering on Su Jiu’s hand, her face instantly sank, and she coldly sneered, “I knew it! Every time it reached a critical moment, I couldn’t use my external qi. You’ve actually used your blood to block my meridians…”
“Since you’re playing dirty, what if I swing a blade at that climber?”
With that, she let out another cold laugh. The ice blade was aimed at the figure not far from the peak, and a strong light surged on the blade.
Although she couldn’t attack from within, she could attack from the outside.
Su Jiu did not reply. She glanced at Bai Zhi’s position. Blood continuously dripped from her cracked tiger mouth, and the blood drops dripped down the Loquat Branch, with healing light constantly flashing.
She needed a breather, but the opponent gave her no chance. She could only act defensively, with no time to wait for Bai Zhi.
“Roar!”
At this moment, a sword body cut through the air, accompanied by a dragon’s roar, landing in Su Jiu’s other hand. She looked down and tightened her grip on the Dragon Pattern Long Sword.
Fortunately, E Huo had arrived.
“Lunar Crescent Dream.”
Taking a deep breath, Su Jiu flickered again, arriving above the Demigod. A phantom moon seemed to appear on both blades.
The light illuminated the madness on the girl’s face. Her vein-plumped hand twitched the sword body, and the powerful energy surged down, like a sky-splitting strike.
“Petty trick!”
The Frost Ghost Demigod met it with her ice blade. A large stream of airflow impacted outwards from the point of contact. The next moment, she exerted force on her arm, curling it upwards and pressing down, closing the distance.
“No!”
Feeling the pressure from her arm, and seeing the figure pressing down, Su Jiu was about to exert force, but her arm had no strength at all. Her entire body felt as if it had lost sensation.
“If it weren’t for that bizarre technique, you would have died long ago.”
The Frost Ghost Demigod’s purple lips curled into a cold smile. Two azure ice rings appeared on her hand, increasing the force. Instantly, Su Jiu’s figure was slammed down heavily from above, like being hit with a tennis ball.
“Boom!”
The next second, like a falling aircraft, she landed on the snowy plain, stirring up a large cloud of snow. Su Jiu gritted her teeth, using the Dragon Pattern Long Sword to brace herself and slow down the recoil. She couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood, and the expression on her mask slowly faded…
Su Jiu’s gaze passed through the swirling snow. Breathing heavily, she looked at the Frost Ghost Demigod in the sky, silently praying for her wounds to react quickly.
She had just pierced the Demigod’s neck twice with the Lunar Crescent, which would cause serious injuries even to a Demigod. Her arm was immobilized, and she could only silently hope for a miracle.
As her body landed, the Demigod Frost Ghost in the sky “Whoosh!” pointed towards the direction where Su Jiu had fallen, and dense ice cones appeared behind her.
Su Jiu’s pupils reflected those ice cones. She hurriedly asked E Huo behind her to transform and resist. Unexpectedly, E Huo was similar to her. After that blow, it seemed to have fallen into a coma, its form only passively maintained.
“I can’t die here.”
Wanting to walk, Su Jiu found her steps staggering. In her moment of desperation, she could only hold the Loquat Branch in her mouth, intending to swing it back, completely disregarding the blood already seeping from her mouth.
If she died, the child and Bai Zhi would also die.
In the sky, the ice cones were the size of adults and surged out instantly!
The ice cones shot out with “whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!” sounds, causing the air to fluctuate violently. Soon, the ice cones stopped shooting, revealing a golden light barrier. The barrier was held up by Old Herber, who stood blocking with his cane.
“You…”
Just as the shooting was underway, the Demigod Frost Ghost was about to speak when suddenly blood slid down her neck. Her eyes widened slightly. If the wound were any larger, she would have died on the spot.
“When?!”
Without thinking further, she quickly covered her neck, her face filled with surprise and anger. She was almost killed by someone who wasn’t even a High-Rank Battle King.
After freezing the blood on her neck, her face showed a furious expression. Frost and snow surged on her body, and the longbow glittered in her palm. She nocked an arrow, drew the bowstring, and aimed at Su Jiu and the other.
Within the shield, Old Herber frowned at the Demigod Frost Ghost nocking an arrow. He turned and said in a deep voice, “I’ll take you with me. She’s injured, she won’t be able to catch up to us.”
“Demigod level…”
Hearing this, Su Jiu, leaning against the Dragon Pattern Long Sword, slowly retracted her gaze and fell upon Old Herber beside her. A wry smile appeared on her face. She spat out the Loquat Branch and said hoarsely, “Hoo… Mr. Herb, you should go. That arrow has a locking mechanism. If we stay here, we’ll both die.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s words, Herber was stunned for a moment. After a period of silence, he exhaled a puff of white mist and softly asked, “Are you sure?”
“Hurry and go.”
Su Jiu looked up at the arrow that was about to be shot, feeling a sense of drowsiness. Her body had already begun to fail.
She didn’t understand why she had gone this far for Bai Zhi. Perhaps it was because of the child, or perhaps it was because of feelings, or maybe guilt.
The look in that First Life’s eyes was too strange, it was as if… like the self sitting at the dressing table in Bai Zhi’s dream.
“I will take good care of that girl for you.”
Old Herber nodded, looked at the resigned girl once more, and sighed in his heart. Then, with a flash of his body, he had already fled into the snow forest.
“Haha! Your companion has abandoned you too?”
Seemingly noticing Old Herber’s escape, the Demigod Frost Ghost in the sky was stunned for a moment, then burst into piercing laughter. The hand holding the ice string, along with the upward curve of her lips, relaxed slightly.
A loud “whoosh!” sounded. An ice arrow shot down from the sky, passing through a blue light circle and seemingly accelerating.
Looking at the arrow that was instantly before her eyes, Su Jiu’s eyes gently closed. Perhaps in the next moment, the arrow would pierce her head, and she would die a gruesome death.
Whatever, why bother with looks after death?
Come on.
Become a headless corpse.
However, before the arrow arrived, she smelled a fragrance, similar to the scent of the illusionary flower sea, but different. Suddenly, something brushed past her forehead.
There was no pain, it was very light and soft… She slowly opened her eyes. It was a white petal with golden threads, looking luxurious and cold.
“Dare to touch this seat’s woman?”
