Boom!
As Xu Xiaoshou's final word fell, Shouye finally abandoned the last shred of hope in his heart. He stepped on the void and shot forward.
Refuse?
If one truly stood upright, why fear a crooked shadow? Xu Xiaoshou had refused again and again. Even if, as he claimed, his connection with Ghost Beasts was not as excessive as imagined—
There still had to be one! And as long as there was.
As a member of the Red Robes, it was Shouye's duty to take Xu Xiaoshou down! "Full-Night Shadow Cover."
With a low shout, Shouye's entire body turned into a streak of pure black light and drilled straight toward Xu Xiaoshou.
How could Xu Xiaoshou dare let his guard down?
This was the pinnacle of the Cutting Path realm! It was the first time in his life facing a Cutting Path expert at full strength—and one at the very peak of that realm. How could he afford even the slightest lapse?
"Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling..."
The ice lotus petals in his palm pulsed. Then Xu Xiaoshou yanked hard.
"Ice Chamber Prison!"
At his command, the massive hailstones crashing down through the void were instantly mobilized.
The vast power of the frost calamity howled out from the ice flames, linking every hailstone together and, in an instant, enveloping the entire space before him.
"Condense!"
The moment his words fell—
"Crack, crack—"
An enormous cage of ice, without a single blind spot, completely imprisoned the black shadow Shouye had transformed into.
This Ice Chamber Prison had been inspired by Chao Shu.
Xu Xiaoshou still remembered how, back at the inner court of the Tiansang Spirit Palace, Yuan Tou and Chao Shu had come looking for him in the little grove. The latter had used a similar ice-type technique to trap Xu Xiaoshou completely.