Chapter 130: I Have a Move—Do You Dare to Take It?

Qingxi stared blankly at the Frost Fiend, who was being driven back step by step by dozens of prodigies, and suddenly remembered the supplementary note on the secondary list of the Demon-Suppressing Roll.

“Everyone, count me in!”

Without another word, he loosed several arrows from several hundred meters away. Each one pierced precisely into the Frost Fiend’s wounds.

The scorching aura exploded within them, maximizing the damage inflicted on the Frost Fiend.

The other prodigies also began attacking without restraint, deliberately targeting the wounds and making the injury even worse.

“These people… they’re utterly shameless!”

Zhou Shitong was practically furious.

After much effort, he had discovered a hidden paradise and successfully broken through to the Half-Step Spirit Dipper Realm, becoming the strongest cultivator among the younger generation.

Combined with his formidable combat strength, he believed he could stand alone against a Sect-Master-level fiend.

And today, he had indeed suppressed the Frost Fiend, accomplishing what the other prodigies on the New Star Ranking had been unable to do.

Yet halfway through the battle, he discovered that he had lost because of his realm.

His aura could not last, and he lacked stamina for the latter part of the fight. In the end, his combat strength declined, and the Frost Fiend blasted him away.

Now, watching dozens of prodigies join forces to suppress the Frost Fiend, he felt as though someone had plucked the peach he had nearly ripened himself. Naturally, he could not help but seethe.

Still, Zhou Shitong could not say much.

Though the prodigies present were somewhat shameless, their intention was ultimately to slay the fiend.

If he dwelled on it too much, he would only appear narrow-minded.

With that thought, Zhou Shitong poured all his resentment and anger into his silver spear. After a furious roar, he thrust it out like a radiant lance.

“Crack!”

The Frost Fiend was preoccupied with defending against the other prodigies and had neglected its guard. The fierce spear light pierced through its body, revealing pale-blue blood.

The intense pain ignited the Frost Fiend’s killing intent.

“Frozen for a Thousand Miles!”

It suddenly unleashed a bone-chilling cold. The temperature around them plummeted, and the earth was covered by ice half a meter thick, which rapidly spread in every direction.

In the blink of an eye, the entire area within three hundred meters was blanketed in ice and snow. The prodigies had no time to dodge before being frozen into ice sculptures.

Qingxi happened to be at the edge of the affected area. His front foot was sealed in ice, and the piercing chill surged toward him, making him shiver involuntarily.

At that moment, a current of warmth welled up within his body, melting the ice and snow beneath his feet and restoring his freedom of movement.

“Could it be because of my Low-Grade Fire Spirit Body?”

Qingxi’s eyes lit up.

“Correct. The host possesses a Low-Grade Fire Spirit Body, which can automatically protect its master at critical moments.” The System’s Little Assistant immediately provided an explanation, greatly bolstering Qingxi’s confidence.

Taking advantage of the many prodigies being frozen, the Frost Fiend stomped down with a vicious grin. The vast sheet of ice beneath them shattered and transformed into countless ice blades that shot through the air.

“Watch out!”

Qingxi did not care whether anyone could hear him. While shouting a warning, he activated his supreme movement art, Shadowstep, crossing a hundred meters in an instant and entering the frozen area.

With the Fire Spirit Body protecting him, the frost forming over his body quickly melted into warm water, dripping onto the hard ice.

Qingxi positioned himself before several frozen figures and fired a succession of scorching arrows. They collided with the incoming ice blades, and both sides shattered upon impact.

Seeing the familiar faces behind him safe and sound, Qingxi breathed a sigh of relief.

The others had not been so fortunate. Some were injured more severely than others, while several were even more unlucky—their skulls were pierced by ice blades, and they died on the spot.

“Frost Fiend, you’re courting death!”

Zhou Shitong was the first to break free of the ice, his eyes blazing with fury.

Among the prodigies slain by the ice blades was a disciple of the Violet Heaven Sect, his junior brother. How could he not be enraged?

“A mere spark dares to act arrogantly!”

The Frost Fiend sneered. Raising its arm, it condensed a massive spike of ice and struck Zhou Shitong, sending him flying. He landed face-first and slid across the ice for a long while before finally coming to a stop.

Qingxi seized the opportunity to use his Fire Spirit Body to activate the flame totem within the Wordless Heavenly Tome. Waves of fire spread across the ground, accelerating the melting of the surrounding ice.

The supreme prodigies ranked within the top ten of the New Star Ranking, including Shen Qianzhong and Laughless, relied on their own strength to break free.

Those who were somewhat weaker shattered the ice encasing their bodies several seconds later.

Qiu Yingying, Wang Shui Ling, and Mu Yue escaped with Qingxi’s help and let out long breaths of relief. As they gazed at the young figure standing before them, complicated emotions stirred in their hearts.

Looking at the prodigies who had fallen, everyone else felt the sorrow of the rabbit mourning the fox.

“You bastards, hurry up and come help!”

Zhou Shitong leapt to his feet and roared before once again thrusting his silver spear at the Frost Fiend.

“Get lost!”

The Frost Fiend condensed a massive claw from solid ice and swept Zhou Shitong away. His strength had yet to return to its peak.

Then it glared at Qingxi with a hateful gaze.

“A Fire Spirit Body? I’ll kill you first!”

The moment he was targeted, the omen of Great Calamity appeared in Qingxi’s mind. He cursed the Frost Fiend’s entire ancestry under his breath and immediately activated Shadowstep, fleeing the area at a speed faster than reincarnation itself.

The Frost Fiend possessed no movement art, but its speed was not slow. Its eyes glowing crimson, it gave chase.

“Fiend, don’t even think about escaping!”

Zhou Shitong had been driven mad with killing intent. He activated Wind-Thunder Step and pursued them at even greater speed.

The remaining people followed without hesitation.

They had paid such a heavy price today and gathered nearly every prodigy on the New Star Ranking. If they still could not kill a fiend in the Yuan Dipper Realm, then before long, the entire Cloud River Prefecture would laugh them to scorn.

“Why are you chasing me?”

Qingxi did not dare stop for even a moment, and his heart was filled with misery.

He had merely saved Qiu Yingying and a few other acquaintances without drawing attention to himself, yet that alone had earned him the Frost Fiend’s hatred. His luck was truly abysmal.

If he could do it all over again, he felt it would have been better not to meddle in other people’s affairs.

As the saying went, better for a fellow cultivator to die than for oneself. Only now did he truly understand what those words meant.

The ancients had certainly never deceived him!

“All human spirit bodies deserve to die!”

The Frost Fiend roared and hurled an ice spike. Qingxi felt an icy chill along his spine and pushed Shadowstep to its limit, narrowly evading the attack.

“I’m only a Low-Grade Fire Spirit Body. Is there really any need to chase me so desperately?”

Qingxi fled wildly, inwardly realizing that he was being hunted because of his constitution. In that case, it seemed he would have ended up in this situation whether he had saved anyone or not.

With that thought, he hastened his pace, until the clothes on his body nearly caught fire.

Fortunately, Zhou Shitong, Laughless, Qiu Yingying, and the others were following behind the Frost Fiend. Whenever they found an opportunity, they attacked, creating a certain amount of interference.

Otherwise, Qingxi would have been caught before long.

“Hahaha! It seems you can’t catch me!”

Qingxi noticed the omen in his mind change from Great Calamity to Moderate Calamity, and then to Minor Calamity. Seeing the Frost Fiend falling farther and farther behind, a smile suddenly curved across his lips.

His mind raced as he considered how to kill the Frost Fiend.

Suddenly, inspiration struck.

Qingxi abruptly pointed at the Frost Fiend and shouted with all his strength, “Frost Fiend, I have a supreme art specifically designed to slay fiends. Do you dare take it head-on?”

“I’ll take your mother head-on!”

The Frost Fiend cursed viciously. It condensed an ice wall behind itself, blocking Zhou Shitong and the others, then drove both legs into the ground and unleashed the fastest speed of its life, crossing several hundred meters in an instant.

A bone-chilling aura descended over him. Qingxi’s entire body stiffened, and he could no longer even move his feet.

Yet he remained completely unflustered. He raised a finger and pointed at the Frost Fiend from afar.

“Body-Fixing Technique!”

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