Swallowing the Starry Skies: Ice Wind Snow Maiden
Chapter 45

Ferocity

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The scar stretching from his forehead to his chin looked all the more sinister against the surrounding snow and ice. Whenever he furrowed his brow, it writhed across his face like a centipede coming to life, as though recounting the brutal battle that had left it there. Its uneven surface resembled furrows carved by time and pain, brimming with an endless aura of slaughter. Under the sunlight, one side of the scar sank into deep shadow, like an abyss radiating a bone-chilling menace. The other side was traced by a sharp edge of light, like a gleaming blade poised to tear apart everything before him. When he turned his head, light and shadow shifted across the scar, making it seem alive, roaming freely over his face. It appeared to possess a will of its own, its expression constantly changing with the faintest movement of his facial muscles. At times it resembled a man-eating tiger. The lines on his forehead deepened as he frowned, and the scar twisted with them, making the fearsome "king" mark on a tiger's brow seem even more savage. His wide, glaring eyes radiated murderous ferocity, as though he might pounce on his prey the next moment and rip it to pieces. At other times, it looked like an enraged giant serpent. The area from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth swelled up like the coils of a massive snake, its faintly trembling lines as lively and dangerous as a serpent flicking its tongue. It gave off a bone-chilling menace, as though it might open its gaping maw at any moment and swallow anything that dared approach. Sometimes it was like a hungry wolf. The scar on his chin tightened as he clenched his teeth, pulling downward with a force that made it resemble a wolf baring its fangs, ready to strike its target a fatal blow. Its savagery seemed capable of freezing the air around him. Combined with his cold, deep-set eyes, it created an overwhelming presence that made the blood run cold. His gaze was like a frigid pool with no visible bottom, bleak and utterly still, as though every emotion in the world had frozen within it, leaving only endless indifference and detachment. Like a biting winter wind, a mere sweep of his eyes could make someone feel as if they were standing amid snow and ice, a penetrating chill rising from the depths of their heart. When those cold, deep-set eyes met the sinister scar on his face, it was like winter layered with a blizzard, multiplying his intimidation many times over. His gaze seemed to pierce the scar's weathered past, yet also to draw an even deeper, colder strength from the cruelty of the experiences it represented. Whenever he fixed his eyes on someone, the chill in his gaze seemed to spread along the scar, as if to envelop them completely in its icy atmosphere. The scar gave his gaze a tangible vessel. His ferocity was no longer merely an intangible feeling; the scar's twists and ridges made it all the more direct and unmistakable. In a confrontation, he had only to narrow his eyes slightly for cold glints to shoot through the crevices of the scar like ice blades, striking straight at his opponent's heart. The scar seemed like an evil mark awakened by his freezing gaze, shifting into ever more savage shapes along with his expression—sometimes a glaring fiend with murderous intent in its eyes, sometimes a raptor poised to strike, its gaze full of vigilance and aggression. The instant someone met his eyes, it was as if they were facing a primordial beast emerging from the depths of darkness. Fear would crowd out every other thought, leaving them desperate to escape that terrible gaze, which seemed capable of freezing even their soul. The scar only intensified his intimidating presence. His gaze was like that of a lone wolf on a winter night, cold and piercing, as if it could see straight through a person's soul. The scar resembled the marks of sharp fangs on a wolf's muzzle, making his danger and brutality impossible to ignore. When he stared at someone, the chill in his eyes mingled with the ferocity of the scar, bearing down on them like a physical weight. The person under his gaze could not help but grow afraid, as though they had wandered into the territory of a savage beast that could tear them to pieces at any moment. In battle or moments of tension, the scar became an amplifier of his savage nature. As energy surged through him and his blood began to race, the scar took on a strange purplish-red hue, like flames raging across his face. The passion of battle twisted his expression, and the scar writhed violently with it, as if shouting encouragement to his fury. In that moment, he looked like a demon crawling out of the abyss of hell. His ferocious presence was enough to leave the enemies around him trembling with fear and sapped of their fighting spirit.

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