Seeing Jiang Lingyin act with such shamelessness and contemptible malice, Gu Huaibei was overcome with shock and fury. Her face twisted into a savage grimace.
Though the dark-skinned man looked like a complete stranger, Gu Huaibei knew he was none other than Chen Bai, whom she had not seen in a long time.
Chen Bai had always been in the Ice and Snow Palace.
He had silently protected and helped her.
She even suspected that the Ninth Cycle Improved Cultivation Method she had practiced for a time over the past few years had come from Chen Bai.
Chen Bai had used his methods to buy off Zhou Jintian, who had coaxed the Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art out of her. Then Chen Bai had personally worked out its principles and ultimately created an entirely new Ninth Revolution Technique.
That had allowed her path of cultivation to continue.
Today, she had broken through to the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm. As she battled Jiang Lingyin, Chen Bai had even sent a tenth-tier, upper-grade Beast to lend her a hand.
She had thought she had already secured victory, but she had still underestimated Jiang Lingyin's treachery. At the critical moment, Jiang Lingyin had switched opponents with her master, Ning Bingyue, then summoned three life-bound Flying Swords to slay the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow!
That had instantly turned the tables.
If she had to face Jiang Lingyin and her master, Ning Bingyue, alone, she stood no chance.
Just as she was about to lose, Chen Bai had suddenly appeared.
With a single move, he had knocked her master unconscious.
That had put her and Jiang Lingyin back on equal footing.
But she had never expected Jiang Lingyin to use the Seven Absolutes Poison Needle of the Seven Absolutes Poison Sect against Chen