Blood splattered! Several horrifying wounds, deep enough to expose bone, were left on the Nine-Tailed Fox's snowy white forelegs!
Stella let out a pained cry. Her massive body staggered, and she nearly collapsed to the ground.
The male lion Vincent had transformed into pressed his advantage without mercy. Enduring the searing pain in his eyes, he rose onto his hind legs again. His other claw flashed coldly as he prepared to follow up and deal the Nine-Tailed Fox a devastating blow.
Just then—
The temperature inside the arena suddenly plummeted without warning, as though it had instantly leaped from the scorching heat of summer into the frigid depths of the polar winter.
Biting cold swept through the area, and countless ice crystals condensed in the air. Vincent, still poised to pounce, was rapidly covered in a thick layer of ice. In an instant, he became a massive lion ice sculpture.
Ignoring the agonizing pain in her forelegs, Stella steadied herself and viciously slammed her enormous fox paw into the ice sculpture.
The sculpture shattered on impact, exploding into countless glittering shards of ice mixed with indistinct bits of flesh and blood that scattered across the ground.
Amid a cloud of pink smoke, the enormous Nine-Tailed Fox vanished. Stella returned to human form, her face pale and her breathing ragged, fine beads of sweat covering her forehead.
She looked at her still-bleeding arm, and a trace of dejection flashed through her eyes.
"My talent for combat really is too weak."
At that moment, she was filled with guilt. This was why she usually disliked fully transforming into a beast, especially fighting in her largest form. The target was simply too big and easy to hit.
For a moment, doubt and frustration over her own aptitude surged uncontrollably through her heart.
"Stella,