Master of Nine Stars

The Snow Corpse was also stunned for a moment. ’Who would’ve thought a gift would just fall from the heavens like this? This kid is as slippery as an eel, impossible to catch, yet he’s actively throwing himself at me?’

A vicious glint filled the Snow Corpse’s eyes. It opened its gaping, bloody maw and went to bite the back of Rong Taotao’s neck.

"THUD!"

With a muffled sound, a fist made of snow appeared from nowhere and slammed heavily into the Snow Corpse’s temple.

Gao Lingwei, both shocked and furious, kept her long legs churning as she grabbed Rong Taotao’s Ironspear Point and charged forward.

In her left hand, a cluster of Snow Burst Balls formed and exploded ahead of them!

"Hmm?" Gao Lingwei’s body suddenly froze!

Clutching the Ironspear Point tightly and pulling Rong Taotao along, she whipped her head around, only to see his body suspended horizontally in the air. A Snow Corpse had actually grabbed his ankle?

"Go! Go!" Rong Taotao yelled, enduring the searing pain.

In fact, the Snow Corpse hadn’t grabbed his ankle at first, but his thigh!

But as Gao Lingwei charged forward, dragging him with her, the Snow Corpse’s sharp nails raked down Rong Taotao’s leg, leaving five long gashes!

From his thigh to his calf, and all the way to his ankle, those five gashes... they were perfectly straight!

If there had been two fewer, he could have gotten an endorsement deal from Adidas...

Gao Lingwei hesitated no longer. Blood seeping from her palm as she clutched the Ironspear Point, she charged forward viciously.

Rong Taotao swung his Great Xia Dragon Sparrow back, plunging it straight into the Snow Corpse’s head. At such a critical moment, the pain actually sharpened his mind. The thin blade of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow pierced precisely between the Snow Corpse’s brows, popping the Soul Pearl out from its skull!

"Promotion! Sword Mastery, Three-Star Peak!"

"Promotion! Snow Realm Soul Skill: Snow Soul, Excellent Level!"

’Sheesh... Can’t I just level up through normal training?’

’Do I have to go through life-or-death situations to get a promotion?’

’Is it because my focus is sharper under this level of training?’

’No, that’s not right. I’m always serious when I train, aren’t I?’

Rong Taotao kicked out wildly, shaking off the Snow Corpse clutching his ankle. At the same time, he frantically gathered Snow Burst Balls in one hand, which went off with a BOOM! BANG! amidst the horde of corpses.

"Swing me! Swing me over!" As the Snow Burst Balls thundered, Rong Taotao’s voice echoed in Gao Lingwei’s mind. "From top to bottom, swing and smash!"

Gao Lingwei "carried her heavy burden forward." While dragging Rong Taotao, she slit a Snow Corpse’s throat with the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow in her other hand.

Hearing Rong Taotao’s command, Gao Lingwei tightened her grip on the Ironspear Point, and with a vicious heave, swung him from back to front.

Clinging to the Halberd Shaft as Gao Lingwei swung him, Rong Taotao’s body traced a wide arc through the air. Blood sprayed from his tattered military pants, forming a circle in mid-air...

The scene was somewhat brutal, yet also somewhat beautiful.

"Ice Glass!" Rong Taotao stomped on a Snow Corpse’s shoulder. The immense momentum was enough to crush it to the ground. The moment he landed, he unleashed Star-Stepping Split again!

"THUD!"

Several Snow Corpses howled and retreated.

Although Gao Lingwei had activated her Ice Glass in time, she still staggered back two steps. After all... there was only the length of a Heaven-piercing Halberd between her and Rong Taotao—2.5 meters at most!

SWOOSH!

A hand made of snow burst out from the ground.

The exquisite hand of a Snow Charm Demon grabbed Gao Lingwei’s ankle and flung her violently toward Rong Taotao.

In Gao Lingwei’s line of sight, Rong Taotao suddenly sidestepped, revealing the Snow Corpses in front of him.

Gao Lingwei quickly drew her Long Halberd and thrust it forward.

"SHINK!" One... two... three!

A full three Snow Corpses were skewered on the Long Halberd like a shish kebab. Stacked together, they were sent flying backward by the force of her charge.

It was at this moment that Gao Lingwei suddenly realized that aside from the Snow Corpses skewered on her halberd, there were no more in front of her!

"Drop it! Drop it!" Rong Taotao’s figure zipped past Gao Lingwei. He grabbed her arm and ran for his life.

Gao Lingwei quickly dropped the Long Halberd, grabbed Rong Taotao’s hand in return, and ran forward with him.

And as Rong Taotao ran, he left a trail of crimson, bloody footprints in the vast white snow...

"XIA! FANG! RAN!" Rong Taotao roared, his voice so piercing it cut through the howls of the corpse horde and echoed throughout the valley.

Xia Fangran, sitting on the edge of the cliff, looked annoyed. "What do you want?"

Rong Taotao fled for his life, a horde of furious, raging Snow Corpses behind him, but the path ahead was clear.

Rong Taotao was heard shouting, "Nothing! I just felt like calling your name! There are no enemies up ahead, and I was getting bored..."

Immediately after, Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei ran up the face of the cliff. Ice flowers bloomed under their feet, allowing them to sprint straight up the 90-degree vertical wall.

"What the fuck!?" Xia Fangran was clearly furious. He looked down at Rong Taotao. "Are you provoking me? Is this a provocation?"

Li Lie couldn’t help but burst out laughing. "Hahahahahahaha..."

Li Lie! The God of Instigation!

Hearing Li Lie’s hearty laughter, Xia Fangran laughed in fury, his face twisting into his classic thin-lipped smile. "Well now~ Since you’re so capable, how about I raise the stakes tomorrow? Let’s make it five hundred Snow Corpses! Five hundred, okay~?"

’Wu Bai? I know him well!’

With extreme bravado, Rong Taotao suddenly burst into song: "You will wipe away the tears you accidentally shed, and pretend that none of it matters~ Smashing our love to pieces, then driving it all out of..."

Xia Fangran scrambled to his feet, stomping the snow in a rage. "Waaah!!!"

Rong Taotao jumped in fright. His volume dropped significantly as he quietly added the last line: "...your wounded heart~"

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