Breakthrough! Heavenly Veins Fusion Unleashed! Four Great Ice Attributes!

Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, winter vacation had arrived.

The Jiang family's villa sat halfway up the mountain.

Jiang Yu closed his eyes, the veins on his forehead bulging as though he were enduring some unbearable pain.

Until...

Within Jiang Yu's spiritual world, ice-blue stardust transformed into a vast nebula.

And the number of stars in the nebula had increased sevenfold, reaching a total of forty-nine.

At this point, Jiang Yu had independently broken through to become an intermediate mage.

"Phew..."

He let out a long breath, wiped away the sweat on his forehead, and said with unconcealed pride, "Becoming an intermediate ice mage at six years old, while my fire element has also reached the completion of the second level of the beginner rank!"

But Jiang Yu's attention quickly shifted to his spiritual world.

[Rank increased: Beginner Mage → Intermediate Mage. Evolution Points -1000. Remaining: 1390.]

[Function unlocked: Talent Fusion.]

"Talent Fusion!"

Jiang Yu looked at the new function on the panel, his heart filled with excitement.

The next moment, the panel's notification sounded again.

[Congratulations. Ice Affinity and Ice Spirit Core can be fused. Fusion requires 300 Evolution Points.]

[Confirm fusion?]

Naturally, Jiang Yu did not hesitate in the slightest before choosing to confirm.

Looking at the successful fusion on the panel, Jiang Yu curiously opened the introduction for Frost Demon Iceheart.

[Frost Demon Iceheart: A-grade Talent. Increases ice-element cultivation speed, grants the top-grade Ice Spirit Core Frost Demon, increases ice-element casting speed, Ice-element star grade +1.]

Even Jiang Yu could not help but suck in a breath when he saw this talent.

A full four effects!

Among them, the Ice Spirit Core had directly evolved into the top-grade Frost Demon, tripling its power!

Even more heaven-defying was the final effect: Ice-element star grade +1.

This was the talent Jiang Yu had longed for!

As for the increased casting speed, Jiang Yu felt that he was practically becoming a spellcaster with no weaknesses. It was better than nothing, anyway.

This one talent fusion had brought Jiang Yu an enormous surprise!

"C-grade requires ten Evolution Points, B-grade requires one hundred, A-grade requires five hundred, and S-grade requires one thousand. Looking at it this way, the value for money of talent fusion is truly outrageous!"

Just as Jiang Yu was indulging in his excitement—

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the door.

Jiang Yu got up and opened it, revealing a delicate and lovely little face outside.

"Xinxia, let's go."

Ye Xinxia wore a gentle smile as she said softly, "Brother Jiang Yu, I'll have to trouble you again."

"It's nothing."

Jiang Yu smiled, then stepped forward and pushed Ye Xinxia's wheelchair toward Bo City Girls' High School.

Bo City Girls' High School started its winter break a day later than Tianlan High School.

So today, Jiang Yu was planning to accompany Ye Xinxia to pick out some New Year goods.

It had been this way every year. Ever since he was little, Jiang Yu had never missed it.

Walking along the quiet path and breathing in the fresh air, Ye Xinxia turned her head to look at the handsome young man beside her.

"Brother Jiang Yu, my healing element will be able to cast magic soon."

"Teacher Xia He said that my healing-element cultivation should be enough to get into a magic academy."

Hearing the girl's words, Jiang Yu could not help but smile.

"Then from now on, I'll be counting on my Xinxia to keep me alive."

Hearing this, a faint blush rose over Ye Xinxia's fair cheeks.

She shyly lowered her head and whispered, "O-Okay..."

Seeing Ge Xinxia's first love, Jiang Yu smiled.

Amid the cheerful chatter and laughter of the group, the journey became much livelier.

By the time Jiang Yu escorted Ge Xinxia to Mingwen Girls' Middle School, it was already evening.

At this hour, most of the students at Mingwen Girls' Middle School had already left campus.

"Wow, Xinxia, is this your brother? He's so cool!"

A girl in a blue-and-white school uniform asked.

Ge Xinxia dodged the question and said, "Lin Xue'er, Ge Suyun is waiting for you in the classroom."

At Ge Xinxia's reminder, Lin Xue'er hurriedly said goodbye to her classmate.

"I'll organize the class photos first. Later, wait for my sister in the classroom, and we can go home together."

After saying that, the vibrant girl waved and left.

Jiang Yu murmured softly.

"Lin Xue'er? Lin Xue'er?"

He looked toward the depths of the cafeteria, where the western sunlight had failed to reach that dark corner.

He did not dwell on it and pushed Ge Xinxia toward the classroom to organize the photos.

Before long, Ge Xinxia was carrying an extra canvas bag printed with cherry blossoms.

The two went downstairs.

By then, the sun had completely set, and a dark curtain had enveloped the entire campus. Only the sparse streetlamps cast a faint glow.

At that moment, Lin Xue'er had also come across the classmate Ge Xinxia had met.

Her nose twitched slightly as she asked curiously, "Do you smell something? It smells like a rotting corpse... Oh! It's the smell of the sewers."

Lin Xue'er immediately came up with a bizarre comparison.

Ge Xinxia stared intently at the cafeteria ahead, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Because a huge shadow stood at the cafeteria entrance.

She instinctively grabbed Jiang Yu's sleeve.

"Brother Jiang Yu, look, that is..."

"Mm. It smells like a demon."

Jiang Yu said calmly, without the slightest hint of panic.

What a joke. Would a mid-tier mage be afraid of a servant-class giant-eyed rat?

"A demon! You're not joking, are you?"

Lin Xue'er was so frightened that she could barely stand, her body trembling violently.

There seemed to be some terrifying monster lurking in the darkness...

"Brother Jiang Yu!"

The shout snapped Lin Xue'er back to her senses.

She saw a tall, imposing figure standing before her.

Jiang Yu stepped forward and cast magic without any preparation.

"Frost—Ice Vines—Bone-Chilling!"

Dark-blue star trails seemed to form in an instant!

The entire process did not even take half a second!

As the starlight connected, the sultry summer sky was suddenly swept by a burst of icy chill.

The next moment.

Fierce frost spread across the entire path, rapidly extending toward the darkness within the cafeteria.

The giant-eyed rat seemed to sense the danger, and its blood-red eyes, as large as balls, lit up.

A thick brown beam of energy shot forth.

Yet the moment the energy beam struck the blue frost, it was completely shattered.

The frost reached the giant-eyed rat's feet, and it squealed as it tried to flee!

But the outcome had long been decided.

A huge, grotesque monster ice statue formed with a snap of Jiang Yu's fingers.

The ice statue turned into powder and scattered in the wind, erasing every trace of the giant-eyed rat's existence!

"Brother Jiang Yu, you..."

Ye Xinxia, who had been about to tell Jiang Yu to run, was left completely at a loss by the scene before her.

Lin Xue'er also stood there with her mouth agape, staring at the scene in disbelief.

"So, so strong..."

she said instinctively.

"Come on, I'll take you home."

Jiang Yu calmly pushed Ye Xinxia away.

Lin Xue'er gazed at him with admiration. This young yet powerful Demonic Law mage...

She had to tell her sister about what had happened today!

Jiang Yu was simply too cool—serious and powerful.

And without him, Lin Xue'er did not dare imagine what would have happened next.

Yet Ye Xinxia's thoughts were in turmoil.

Why? Wasn't Brother Jiang Yu awakened to the fire element? How could he also use the power of the ice element?

And Brother Jiang Yu had only cultivated for six years, right? Was he already this strong?

This completely overturned the Demonic Law theory Ye Xinxia had learned at school.

But these were all Brother Jiang Yu's secrets. He surely had his own reasons.