But very soon, she sensed that something was wrong. That wind gave her the feeling that it could seep through every crack, as though it possessed the power to snuff out all life.
The Morning Star power surging through her Apertures could indeed resist the Breath of Winter to a certain extent. Yet in the process of resisting it, the Morning Star power she had gathered was continuously being snuffed out, extinguished, or blown straight out of her body by the cold wind.
At this moment, she was like a campfire beneath a blizzard, gradually losing her own warmth—her life force—and strength—her Spell Power.
By then, she had already vaguely sensed that something was amiss. But her proud, face-conscious nature kept her from making a move. Instead, she raised her delicate chin and gritted her teeth as she held on. "Not bad. It seems that over these past three days, it wasn't just this young lady who improved—you've made quite a bit of progress too. But today, victory will ultimately still belong to me!"
While speaking, she appeared perfectly composed on the surface, but secretly activated the power of Morning Star: Yaoguang.
The ability granted to her by the Firmament Starfield was far more than simply reflecting Morning Stars within her Apertures and amplifying her strength.
The stars in the sky possessed all manner of attributes and abilities. Once Su Xingying condensed the seed of a star core, she could borrow a fraction of a Morning Star's power.
Ordinarily, with the stars so far away and her own strength still shallow, she should not have been able to establish too close a connection with the Morning Stars above.
But as the saying went, when strength fell short, resources made up the difference. The Star Stone she wore had come from