"So the Angel Was So Close to Me"

Ye Guyi was a level 28 Grand Spirit Master at this moment, and upon discovering that Dottore was merely a level 25 Grand Spirit Master, she felt indignant. She swung her Angel Sword and slashed toward the Air-Locking Cube that had trapped her, but the cube remained completely unscathed.

"Do not waste your efforts, Miss Ye Guyi." Kong Bo extended his hand in a gesture of invitation.

"Don't even think about it!" Ye Guyi swung the golden Holy Angel Sword in her hand again and again, hacking strike after strike against the barrier of the Air-Locking Cube, yet the Angel Sword proved utterly incapable of breaking through.

"I told you, you cannot refuse." Kong Bo said coldly.

"I... am I really allowed to? Very well, I leave it to you." Ye Guyi spoke at this moment, but judging by the look in her eyes, Kong Bo realized she was not speaking to him.

Then, in Kong Bo's eyes, Ye Guyi's entire temperament underwent a transformation as if she had been reborn. Her angel wings unfurled, radiating a holy light, and the Holy Angel Sword became even more brilliant and scorching. Ye Guyi then swung her sword, slicing Kong Bo's Air-Locking Cube directly in two. She pointed the Angel Sword at Kong Bo, her gaze noble and indifferent.

"You wish to obtain the trump card of the Angel God?" Ye Guyi said coldly. "Bring out all your own trump cards. Let me see the capabilities of a level 25 Grand Spirit Master; otherwise, bullying the weak with your strength is truly quite boring."

"As you wish." Kong Bo activated his Spirit Avatar, and three moons circled around his body. At the same time, he retrieved the Mechanical Triangle from his storage ring. With a thought, it transformed into four Moon Shuttles, and as the pale blue Frost Moon flickered, the four shuttles were imbued with the Ultimate Ice attribute of the Frost Moon.

"Go!" Kong Bo pointed his right hand, and the four Moon Shuttles flew directly toward Ye Guyi.

"Then let me test your mettle!" Ye Guyi's eyes were filled with battle intent as she flew toward Kong Bo.

"?" The combat style Ye Guyi displayed next left Kong Bo feeling quite astonished. As Kong Bo manipulated the four Moon Shuttles to pierce toward her, Ye Guyi stepped onto one of the shuttles to vault over it. Just then, another shuttle lunged at her from the side, but Ye Guyi swung her Angel Sword to knock it away, using the momentum of the swing to spin her body and deflect yet another shuttle.

Simultaneously, Kong Bo used the two shuttles he had initially deflected to aim at Ye Guyi's back and fire Frost Rays. Ye Guyi accelerated to dodge the two beams, closing the distance to Kong Bo until she was in melee range, where she unleashed a slash at him.

"Bang!" As the scorching Angel Sword struck toward him, Kong Bo rapidly condensed a large amount of Ultimate Ice attribute energy in front of him, blocking the blow and knocking Ye Guyi back. The two stood on the ground once more, staring at each other, circling around their center point. Kong Bo continued to watch Ye Guyi through his beak-shaped mask, and Ye Guyi stared straight back at him.

"Ultimate Ice—is this your trump card?" Ye Guyi asked.

"Hmph, your trump card, on the other hand, has truly surprised me," Kong Bo said. "Or rather... your trump card has truly given me a pleasant surprise..."

Kong Bo's tone rose slightly. "I never expected an angel to be so close to me. Should I call you Ye Guyi now, or should I use that name erased by Spirit Hall for nearly ten thousand years: Qian Renxue, the former Angel God? Did you think I hadn't watched Ye Guyi's matches?"

Kong Bo thought to himself that this transmigration was truly worth it. He hadn't expected that a great beauty from ten thousand years ago would be lingering on until now; that was a guaranteed addition to his harem.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand!" the Ye Guyi before him retorted in haste. But such an eager rebuttal only confirmed to Kong Bo that the person currently in control was not Ye Guyi herself, but Qian Renxue acting as a substitute.

"No matter, Miss Angel God, let me see your true strength," Kong Bo said.

Before Kong Bo's voice had even faded, "Ye Guyi" charged at him once more. Kong Bo's four Moon Shuttles lunged at her again, but she dodged and weaved, relying on the speed of her Angel Spirit to bypass the shuttles and reach Kong Bo's melee range, where she slashed at him.

Kong Bo had been mentally guided by Gu Long'er, making his spiritual power much stronger than an ordinary person's, which granted him heightened perception. He managed to dodge the strike.

"Ye Guyi," however, was a veteran of a hundred battles. She countered with a backhand strike; after Kong Bo dodged her downward slash, she immediately changed the direction of her blade to thrust at him with incredible speed. Kong Bo did not dodge this time, instead using an Ice Shield to block the lightning-fast strike.

"Ye Guyi" immediately withdrew her sword, pivoted to Kong Bo's right, and thrust again. Kong Bo blocked it once more with his Ice Shield.

At this moment, Kong Bo's four Moon Shuttles aimed at "Ye Guyi," firing four Frost Rays toward her. A deep yellow spirit ring lit up on Ye Guyi's body, and she unleashed a brilliant golden sword qi to slash against the four Frost Rays. The collision of ice and fire attributes created a massive cloud of mist that swallowed both their figures. In the split second before they were obscured, Kong Bo caught a flash of light where "Ye Guyi" stood.

"Waiting for me here? I was waiting for you too." A faint smirk tugged at the corner of Kong Bo's mouth. He stopped hiding his spirit ring age and revealed his second, purple spirit ring. Frost Moon Protection activated instantly, and a sturdy Ice Shield formed behind his back. With a "clang," it blocked "Ye Guyi's" strike. At that exact moment, Kong Bo used another of his Air-Locking Cubes, this time targeting himself.

The Air-Locking Cube had a range of effect, and by choosing himself, Kong Bo naturally enveloped both himself and "Ye Guyi" within it, sealing off her retreat.

Kong Bo turned around, using his hand to manipulate the Ice Shield to pin "Ye Guyi" against the barrier of the Air-Locking Cube. Simultaneously, his first purple spirit ring lit up, and his first spirit skill, Moonlight Blessing, provided him with a 5,000-year spirit skill level amplification. His Ice Explosion was now primed and ready.

Kong Bo then said to Qian Renxue, "Miss Angel God, as you can see, I possess the Ultimate Ice attribute, and you have no path of retreat. I imagine you have heard of the spirit skill possessed by spirit beasts of the Far North called Ice Explosion; as it happens, I know it too. I will give you two choices: either agree to my deal and come to my side, or I will trigger the Ice Explosion now. I am quite curious—can Miss Ye Guyi's body withstand an Ice Explosion amplified by my 5,000-year spirit skill?"