Master of Nine Stars

Rong Ling stood on a stretch of scorched earth, surrounded by dead old trees. Their dry branches forked and spread, like the grotesque hands of demons.

"Where... is... this?" The frost and snow that formed Rong Ling’s body trembled as he asked curiously. He instinctively shuffled his feet, hiding behind Rong Taotao’s leg.

Rong Taotao glanced around. Despite the terrifying environment, a smile appeared on his face.

Rong Taotao said softly, "This is a world of my creation."

"Enemy!" The frost and snow of Rong Ling’s body hummed. A moment ago, he was hiding by Rong Taotao’s leg, but now, in the face of danger, he stood protectively in front of him.

In that moment, loyalty and emotion conquered fear. From his fragmented, frosty palm, Rong Ling even drew a small, snow-made Heaven-piercing Halberd!

And before Rong Ling, the branches of the dead old tree actually began to stretch out slowly, reaching for him under the glow of the blood moon in the sky.

"Hah!" Rong Ling shouted, thrusting the small, snow-made Heaven-piercing Halberd forward fiercely!

Rong Ling didn’t know what had happened. How could this small Heaven-piercing Halberd, by stabbing a withered branch, "kill" the entire enormous, dead tree?

Regardless, the dead tree stopped stretching. Its branches twisted and froze in place.

"Let’s... go!" Rong Ling shouted, only to be swept into Rong Taotao’s arms.

"Hmm?" Rong Ling’s body broke apart and re-formed, turning itself around. His armor was now on backward and his helmet was reversed as he tilted his head up to look at Rong Taotao.

However, his helmet was the type worn by ancient generals—a half-helm.

The armor could be worn backward, but with the helmet reversed, Rong Ling’s face was covered.

He used his Heaven-piercing Halberd to prop up the helmet on his head, revealing a pair of candle-like eyes that looked curiously at his master.

But Rong Taotao just smiled, patting his armor lightly. "This is the Spiritual World I created. I am the ruler here."

Rong Ling was very curious. "Ruler... is... what."

"Er..." Rong Taotao scratched his head and gestured forward. "Look, your friend."

Rong Ling’s body shattered again. By the time the frost and snow re-formed, his body had already turned around, and he saw a Cloud Dog not far ahead.

However, the Cloud Dog that should have been composed of white clouds was now orange-red, as if pieced together from a Fire Cloud.

Rong Ling: "Wow..."

"This is actually the world of the Ice Crystal Evil Face. Your lady once used it on me," Rong Taotao said softly as he walked forward. "I’ve made some improvements. It seems I’ll have to watch more horror movies for inspiration."

As he spoke, Rong Taotao walked forward step by step, holding Rong Ling. The dead trees behind him spread out, surging to his feet and stretching up toward the sky.

Just like that, Rong Taotao stepped onto the dead branches and walked step by step into the sky.

Standing high in the air, Rong Taotao stopped, and the dead branches beneath his feet also stopped spreading.

’Is this... the world of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon?’

Rong Taotao pursed his lips. The next moment, the blood moon in the sky transformed into a blazing sun.

In an instant, the dark red sky turned azure blue, with wisps of White Cloud floating within it.

The withered earth turned into lush grassland, where little white and yellow flowers quietly bloomed.

Beneath his feet, the withered trees instantly came to "life," sprouting green shoots. Faintly, he could even hear birds chirping.

In Rong Ling’s line of sight, the dry land in the distance had somehow turned into a great lake. At its edge, a few small deer were drinking water.

Blue skies, white clouds, birds chirping, and the fragrance of flowers...

’What a Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon!’

’I, Rong Taotao, am about to take flight!’

’Who agrees? Who objects!?’

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