Lin Luoluo immediately reached out and touched the golden light floating before her chest.
The instant her fingertip touched it, information about the Life Skill flooded into her mind.
But Lin Luoluo soon froze.
"How... how could it be an ice-element Life Skill?!"
Lin Luoluo was utterly bewildered.
If she remembered correctly, wasn't Xiao Bai supposed to be Shadow System?
Those black tentacles and that sinister throne had nothing to do with ice, no matter how she looked at them.
How had she come to comprehend an ice-element Life Skill?
Because Bai Chen had bound himself to Lin Luoluo unilaterally,
much of his information was shrouded in fog from Lin Luoluo's perspective.
That included the two abilities Bai Chen had obtained later: the S-Rank Moon Ice Domain and the D-Rank Skin Hardening. Lin Luoluo knew nothing about either of them.
Bai Chen had no time to explain all that to Lin Luoluo now. The two guys in front of them were closing in.
"Xiao Luoluo, I have lots of elemental types, and I'll have even more in the future."
"Let's deal with these two first."
As his words fell,
the details of his newly acquired Life Skill appeared in Bai Chen's mind.
[Life Skill: Profound Ice Burst (S-Rank)]
[Effect: For three minutes, all attacks deal additional frost damage and apply a freezing effect to the target. While the effect lasts, the target's movement speed is reduced. The Life Skill can be ended at will during this period. Once ended, it detonates all freeze marks, dealing double ice-element damage!]
At that moment, the two Second Tier Contract Spirit Masters from the Jiang Family looked at Lin Luoluo standing frozen in place and assumed she had been scared witless.
The burly man bared his teeth in a cruel smile.
The Black Tiger beside him let out a low roar. Every time its thick paws struck the ground, the earth trembled slightly.
The pink-haired man elegantly wagged a finger. His Illusion Dream Butterfly rested on his shoulder, brilliant scales drifting from its wings.
Step by step, they approached Lin Luoluo.
"Little sister, if you're scared, go ahead and scream!"
the pink-haired man said in his high-pitched voice.
"Your companion's sleeping so soundly that she won't hear you crying for help."
The burly man grinned viciously as well.
"Besides, this place is so remote the birds don't even shit here. Even if you scream your throat raw, nobody's coming to save you!"
To their surprise, however, Lin Luoluo showed none of the panic or fear they had expected.
Her little face, usually so timid, was now cold as ice.
She raised her eyes, flames of anger burning in their clear depths.
"No one?"
Lin Luoluo's voice was calm, but as cold as tempered ice.
"Then that's perfect."
The instant Lin Luoluo's words fell, the air behind her twisted without warning!
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
Countless Shadow Tentacles burst from Bai Chen's body!
A massive throne formed of pure shadow energy abruptly appeared behind the girl!
At the same time, a flowing black-and-purple gauze dress appeared out of thin air, instantly covering her delicate body.
An eerie light, seemingly from the abyss, flowed across its skirts, making her look like a queen of the dark night descending into the mortal world!
"Hum—"
An invisible wave spread out from Lin Luoluo.
The temperature of the surrounding area began to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye!
A faint icy mist appeared in the air. A layer of white frost swiftly formed on the grass and tree trunks, and the two men's breaths instantly turned to white vapor.
At that moment,
the smiles froze on the faces of the two men advancing step by step.
They stopped at the same time and stared in uncertainty at the girl before them, who seemed like an entirely different person, her aura unleashed in full.
The flesh on the burly man's face twitched. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Why do I get the feeling... there's something sinister about this little girl?"
The playful look vanished completely from the pink-haired man's face, replaced by a grave expression.
"Didn't the information say her Contract Spirit was a water-element Slime? Why is black mist floating all around her, and why has the temperature dropped so much?"
"The pressure I'm feeling is nothing like what a First Tier Contract Spirit could put out, either!"
That black throne, that purple gauze dress, and the chill that threatened to freeze their very souls...
All of it was far beyond their understanding!
How was this an ordinary First Tier Contract Spirit Master?!
At that moment, the same thought occurred to both of them.
"Could it be... an Evil Contract Spirit?!"
What the hell? I've been recognized just like that?!
Inside the throne, Bai Chen, who served as its core, could barely keep his composure.
Was my demonic god aura really that obvious? Couldn't I hide it at all?
But it was fine.
Once I kill these two, who'll know I'm an Evil Contract Spirit?
As long as all the witnesses disappear, I'm a pure and kind Contract Spirit!
"Throne Form, activate!"
"Profound Ice Burst, activate!"
Without hesitation, Bai Chen immediately activated both powerful abilities at once.
But just as he was about to throw Skin Hardening on as well...
"Mm..."
A muffled groan escaped Lin Luoluo's lips above the throne.
Bai Chen's command came to an abrupt halt.
"Xiao Bai... my... my Star Energy is almost drained!"
Lin Luoluo's voice rang out in his mind. She had already used Tentacle Throne once during her fight with Kalina.
And before that, although they hadn't used any Life Skills in the battles along the way, those fights had consumed a considerable amount of Lin Luoluo's Star Energy.
Even though Lin Luoluo had S-Rank mental strength and a Star Energy reserve far exceeding that of Contract Spirit Masters at the same tier,
Bai Chen's consumption was still close to draining her dry.
Lin Luoluo was only a First Tier Contract Spirit Master. Her total Star Energy simply wasn't enough to support him activating high-tier abilities one after another so recklessly!
Bai Chen immediately abandoned the idea of activating Skin Hardening and forcibly stabilized the Throne Form, which was on the verge of collapsing.
It was fine. Xiao Luoluo had no Star Energy left in her body,
but he still had reserves of his own!
They were more than enough to send these two pieces of trash on their way!
"Are you ready... to meet your deaths?!"
In an instant, black tentacles blotted out the sky and surged toward the two men in an overwhelming wave.