Pfft-
The damage was slight, but the insult was devastating. Shui Bing'er's words stabbed straight into Tang San's proud heart. Coupled with the backlash from his shattered Clear Sky Hammer, another spray of bloody foam and ice crystals burst from his mouth.
"You..."
Tang San's aura grew even weaker, but his bloodshot eyes remained fixed on Shui Bing'er. The rage, hatred, and hostility in them were undisguised, as though he wanted to cut her into a thousand pieces.
Never mind that Shui Bing'er had crushed his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul beneath her foot right in front of him, then mocked it as nothing special. That act alone had offended him deeply.
Simply attacking Xiao Wu and freezing her into an ice sculpture was enough to put Shui Bing'er on his blacklist of those who followed the "way of seeking death." Like Huo Wu of Blazing Academy, she was someone he would surely kill someday.
Anyone who dared hurt Xiao Wu, whether Huo Wu before or Shui Bing'er now, would never escape him.
Shui Bing'er naturally noticed the anger and hatred in Tang San's eyes, but she did not care in the slightest. Her ice-blue eyes were clear as mirrors and still as lake water, lowering slightly as though she had never considered him worth a glance.
"You're nothing special, either."
As her words fell, a blast of bitterly cold air swept past. Without giving Tang San another chance to speak, it froze his exposed head into an ice sculpture, the humiliation on his face still clearly visible.
Just like Xiao Wu, he looked utterly lifelike.
"Xiao San-!"
Just then, Yu Xiaogang came running from the entrance passage, disbelief written all over his face.
Ning Fengzhi and Flender had called him away earlier to discuss something highly beneficial to the