Master of Nine Stars

”Remember when we hunted the Snowflake Wolf King? Human cannonball!” Rong Taotao sent the thought, immediately squatting down.

Gao Lingwei’s eyes lit up. With a quick leap, she bent her legs and landed on Rong Taotao’s shoulders.

”Dual-Handed Snow Burst!” Rong Taotao stomped, pushing powerfully off the ground as he fiercely thrust his shoulders forward. ”Off you go~”

’When you have a chance to go straight for the throat, who bothers with playing it safe?’

’Just get it done!’

’This brother-sister duo is clearly not in the right headspace. Time to finish them off while they’re reeling!’

As Rong Taotao’s shoulders thrust forward, Gao Lingwei’s coiled legs kicked out, launching her body forward like a javelin!

She was moving so fast that she triggered nearly every hidden Water Prison Whip trap along her path!

The spheres hidden in the water rapidly released streams of Water Whips, but Gao Lingwei’s figure was a mere flash. By the time she triggered the traps, she had already shot past their attack range.

The lashing Water Whips seemed to suddenly lose all life, falling to the ground as limp as Water Snakes.

The sight was absolutely spectacular.

As Gao Lingwei shot forward, a trail of Water Whips erupted behind her, only to fall limply to the ground.

Rong Taotao also launched himself forward, waving his hands continuously as tiny starfalls rained down, further disrupting the already flustered Yi Family siblings.

BANG! BANG! Following Rong Taotao’s command, Gao Lingwei finally detonated the Snow Burst Balls she had been charging in her hands, giving her forward momentum an extra boost!

With no time to think, Yi Han threw out a hand toward Gao Lingwei. In the next moment, countless water droplets levitated into the air, and a massive Water Dragon Tornado began to form.

However, compared to the Water Dragon Tornado Tang Meng had used in the previous match, Yi Han’s formed a bit slowly, and his aim wasn’t very accurate.

Gao Lingwei’s body was instantly covered in frost and snow as she shot right through it. The frost on her Frost Snow Helmet swirled away from her face, revealing a pair of piercing eyes. ”Look straight at me!”

At her rousing shout, Yi Han, of course, didn’t dare to look into Gao Lingwei’s eyes. He even subconsciously averted his gaze at her command.

Similarly, his sister Yi Bing—terrified and frantically dodging the tiny starfalls—retreated several steps. She gathered a Water Ball in her hands and recklessly fired it in her brother’s direction.

’A Charged Water Cannon!?’

BANG! That wasn’t the sound of a Charged Water Cannon, but of another Snow Burst Ball detonating!

Not only had Gao Lingwei charged Snow Burst Balls in her hands earlier, but she also had a Snow Burst on her left ankle that had only just now detonated!

Propelled by the Snow Burst, Gao Lingwei dropped low, narrowly dodging two jets of water. Pushing off the ground again, she slammed into the evasive Yi Han with unstoppable momentum, knocking him out of bounds with a single shoulder check.

SWOOSH~ SWOOSH~ SWOOSH~ By knocking Yi Han away, Gao Lingwei had also come to a stop.

And the moment she stopped, she was ”Imprisoned.”

Gao Lingwei was just about to charge at Yi Bing when a Water Flow Whip bound her arm. In the next moment, more Water Flow Whips coiled around her body, pinning her firmly to the spot.

Gao Lingwei raised a slight eyebrow. While casting Frost Snow Freeze Water Whip, she turned to look toward Yi Bing and uttered a single word: ”Fight?”

That single, simple word terrified Yi Bing. Her pupils contracted violently, and she stumbled back several steps before falling right on her butt outside the ring...

”TWEET~! The match is over! Pine Soul Soul Martial wins!”

Seeing this, Rong Taotao couldn’t help but click his tongue.

’They would have been better off just fighting normally. At least they might have had a decent back-and-forth like in the first round; it wouldn’t have been so embarrassing. You shrink the battlefield to your own baseline only to take yourself out of the fight?’

’Gao Lingwei was completely tied up and couldn’t even move. What the hell did you retreat for?’

’Da Wei is just way too intimidating.’

’You really can’t afford to be scared before the fight even begins. Once that mindset takes hold, how much of your actual strength can you even use?’

’Our opponents probably researched the Snow Prison Arena Soul Skill and were terrified of being dragged into a duel. And yet... Gao Lingwei was just bluffing. She never actually activated the Snow Prison Arena...’

’Man... Da Wei’s been hanging around me for too long. She’s starting to get a little crooked too, all bluffs and tricks...’

Rong Taotao hurried forward, spreading frost to help ”untie” Gao Lingwei. ”You’re like a War God, you know,” he said, ”the kind who makes a triumphant return after three years.”

Gao Lingwei shot Rong Taotao a smiling glare. ”I would have preferred it if she was just feigning weakness, you know? Luring me in and taking the opportunity while I was bound to stab me in the eye.”

Rong Taotao pursed his lips. ”You don’t feel right unless you get hurt, is that it?”

As her Frost Snow Armor dissipated, Gao Lingwei’s tracksuit was once again a crumpled mess.

While smoothing out her clothes, she said, ”It’s fine. I have my Armor. They can’t do anything to me, just like they were helpless against Tang Yang in his Water Rhinoceros Armor.”

Rong Taotao: ”...”

’Can’t you be a decent person for once?’

’Why did you have to drag me into it?’

After a brief silence from the audience, applause and discussion finally broke out.

”Unbelievable. A team like that should’ve been knocked out in the first round. The expert commentators are right sometimes—that team really did just get in by a fluke.”

”Theoretically, they shouldn’t have been this pathetic. Their strategy must have been flawed.”

”That girl from the Snow Realm has the same vibe as Master Zhang San shouting down the bridge! Her opponents weren’t beaten; they were scared to death, haha!”

”To be fair, Soul Martial Artists really need to focus on their mental fortitude. If a physically strong adult has the fragile mind of a child, they’re useless in a fight! They’d be lucky to use even ten percent of their real strength.”

”You can’t blame the losers entirely. That Gao Lingwei’s aura is too overwhelming, her presence too fierce!

But this is also a good thing. I bet she’ll definitely be recruited by the Snow Burning Army in the future. With people like her guarding our borders, we can all rest easy...”

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