Master of Nine Stars

Given the pair’s current condition, Bai Muqing found it hard to believe they were fighting for survival. These two… they were more like demons, like butchers!

And as the heart of their battle shifted, they left behind pile after pile of corpses. The sight was truly spectacular, yet utterly chilling…

“Hah!” The Shuangxue covering Rong Ling’s body buzzed as its small Heaven-piercing Halberd viciously pierced the head of the Snow Corpse before it.

If one could say that Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei were fighting with sheer skill and raw power, then Rong Ling… on a battlefield like this, was a pure cheat.

The reason was simple: bloodline suppression!

Rong Ling couldn’t turn the enemy Snow Corpses and Snow Ghosts to its side in a single encounter.

But with Rong Ling’s status being what it was, any Snow Corpse or Snow Ghost that came face-to-face with it and heard its loud roar…

…the movements of the Snow Corpses and Snow Ghosts would show a hint of hesitation, even a moment of paralysis.

It was an instinct carved into their very bones. This Soul Beast trait couldn’t be erased. Facing a Snow General Candle, they were inherently inferior.

The mental state of the Snow Corpses and Ghosts was very complex…

Almost every Snow Corpse and Ghost that died at Rong Ling’s hands went through the same internal monologue:

‘Wait, isn’t that a Snow General Candle?’

‘That’s the leader of our Snow Corpse and Ghost clan!’

‘Huh? No, wait, it seems to be our enemy now?’

‘Ah, right. The enemy leader just killed me…’

“Hah~!” The Shuangxue covering Rong Ling’s body vibrated wildly as it pointed at a giant Snow Ghost that had just flown over. “You’re too tall!” it roared in a series of angry buzzes. “I can’t reach your head! Kneel!”

The giant Snow Ghost was baffled, but its body betrayed it. Subconsciously obeying its leader’s command, its knees buckled, and it knelt on the ground.

SHINK! Rong Ling thrust its halberd forward, forcefully piercing the giant Snow Ghost’s head.

The Snow Ghost’s face was filled with bewilderment. Even at the moment of death, it hadn’t figured out what had just happened…

“Hmph~” Rong Ling flicked its cape, lifted its small face, its candle-like eyes twinkling, and with a proud expression, it turned its head to look at its masters.

But its masters were still fighting bravely and hadn’t looked at it at all.

For a moment, Rong Ling felt a little wronged. It scampered over in its masters’ direction, preparing to show off its impressive feat once more in front of them.

‘If I do that… I’ll get praised by my masters, right?’

‘Will the female master agree to let me call her “Mama”?’

‘Gah! There are so many Snow Corpses and Ghosts over by my masters! They’re about to be overwhelmed!’

Seeing this, Rong Ling’s body instantly disintegrated into Shuangxue. It didn’t even bother running; only its suit of armor and cape were left, floating rapidly forward.

“Da Wei, up!” Rong Taotao had also noticed the dire situation. He suddenly roared and quickly raised his left hand.

Beneath Gao Lingwei’s feet, a Snow Ghost Hand erupted from the snow, lifting her more than four meters into the air.

Warned by Rong Taotao, Gao Lingwei was already prepared. She bent her knees to steady herself while simultaneously placing her left hand behind her, forming a Wind and Snow Blade once again.

Just then, the Snow Corpses and Ghosts swarmed forward. Ghosts squeezed past ghosts, corpses piled on corpses, as they lunged toward Rong Taotao at the center.

“Explode!” Rong Taotao fiercely stomped his left foot on the ground!

Starfield Soul Skill: Star-Stepping Split!

BANG!

Instantly, a shockwave pushed outwards in all directions. Wails rose up as shattered stars exploded!

Using a Starfield Soul Skill against Snow Realm Soul Beasts…

…was incredibly effective, to the point of being a dirty trick!

That stomp might not have killed any of the Snow Corpses or Ghosts, but the pain a Starfield Soul Skill inflicted on Snow Realm Soul Beasts was simply unimaginable.

WHOOSH~

The Wind and Snow Blade followed the arc of Gao Lingwei’s swinging palm, slicing diagonally downward from the air. In the blade’s wake, only severed limbs and shattered bones remained…

“Hmm?” Gao Lingwei raised an eyebrow slightly. She keenly observed that Rong Taotao hadn’t only used the Starfield Soul Skill: Star-Stepping Split.

‘That’s…’

‘That’s Snow Realm Soul Skill: Frost Shattering Eight Directions!?’

Gao Lingwei was stunned. ‘When?’

‘When did Rong Taotao embed an ankle Soul Pearl, and one for the extremely rare and astonishingly effective Frost Shattering Eight Directions at that!?’

Indeed, Rong Taotao’s stomp hadn’t just produced a field of shattered stars; it had also created a rapidly expanding Frost Ring!

That special Shuangxue, empowered by Soul Power, was rapidly spreading outward in a circle!

At this very moment, all around Rong Taotao, the bodies of the teeming Snow Corpses and Ghosts were instantly tinged with the color of frost!

Getting covered in a bit of Shuangxue was nothing. Fighting in this environment, who wasn’t covered in it? But the problem was, the Shuangxue spreading from the Frost Ring was imbued with a special effect!

The movements of those Snow Corpses and Ghosts had actually slowed down!

One must understand, the Snow Corpses and Ghosts had just been injured by the shrapnel from Star-Stepping Split, and for Snow Realm Soul Beasts, this kind of pain was almost unbearable.

Without a doubt, aside from the ones directly blown away by the shockwave, the other wailing Snow Corpses and Ghosts wished their parents had given them two more legs, wanting to retreat as fast as possible.

But under these circumstances, their retreat speed had drastically decreased!

What a contradictory and astonishing scene this was!?

Snow Corpses and Ghosts were Snow Realm Soul Beasts. They were born and lived in the Snow Realm. Their bodies were built to adapt to this frigid environment, so without a doubt, their resistance to Shuangxue was extremely high!

But even with their extremely high resistance to ice and snow, the movements of this horde of Snow Corpses and Ghosts were still slowed!