"What was your goal?"
"I wanted you to... feel pain."
Certain she would not be harmed, the girl smiled arrogantly, reached out a finger, and lightly tapped Zhao Bai's forehead.
A piercing pain.
The skin between his brows was burned, but strangely, she was only provoking him and did not rush to take Zhao Bai's life. She turned her gaze to Mei instead.
"What do you want to do?"
Hearing the question, the girl lowered her head as though seriously considering it. She answered, "Killing a child in front of their parents, killing a student in front of their teacher, killing a lover in front of their partner... doesn't that sound exhilarating?"
"You think we're a couple?"
"Aren't you?"
The girl shook her head and laughed maniacally. "It doesn't matter if you deny it. I'll gut her, dig out that incomplete Herrscher Core, and complete my ultimate evolution."
"And you can only watch helplessly."
Her crazed voice echoed throughout the ski resort. Like an insane cat, she let out shrill, wild cries.
She did not notice how grim Zhao Bai's expression had become. Like the depths of the sea, it had fallen into deathly silence before the arrival of a tsunami—a sign that death had been completely declared.
The entire world fell silent.
The two blades trembled, releasing violent waves of power.
Catalyzed by rage, they crossed that seemingly unbreakable barrier almost instantly.
Frozen Hell Ice Sky, Blood Sakura Annihilation.
With a thunderous boom, Zhao Bai was like a god—half his body dazzling ice crystals, the other half blazing flames.
The little girl did not care in the slightest. Instead, she sneered, raised a finger, and pressed it hard against her own temple as she said arrogantly:
"Can you kill me in one hit?"
"If those two blades of yours