Summer Ghost stood amid the swirling frost and snow, his eyes narrowed as he studied Ren Ye, a vicious smile on his cheeks that an ordinary person could not have faked.
He advanced on short, thick legs, half his dwarfish body buried in the crusted snow. Seen from afar, he truly resembled a giant rat that had gained sentience-not merely ugly, but inexplicably horrifying.
"The five of us were just worrying about not being able to find you, and you came here to die yourself? Heh, heaven truly favors me." After learning Ren Ye's identity, Summer Ghost's earlier fear had instead vanished without a trace. "You must have been lying low here for quite some time, waiting for one of us to be alone? You Little Brat do have some brains and patience!"
"Unfortunately, even if you are the Ancient Emperor Successor, with Supernatural Abilities that astound the world, you're still nothing more than a mere Third-Rank Supernatural Ability User!"
"You want to risk your life to pick us off one by one and catch me out? But we're less than thirty li from the bridgehead. Haha, I don't need to kill you, much less fight you to the death! I only have to hold out a little while, and my four brothers will arrive to share your destiny with me!"
He pressed forward step by step, soon coming within twenty paces. Suddenly bending over and clenching his fists, he roared, "Little Brat! Killing the Human Emperor in Great Emperor Jiuli's Tomb today will let the five of us vent some of that Great Emperor Ancestor's anger for him!"
"Feed the Gu with blood, let strength course through the heavens-Banshan Divine Strength Gu!"
His furious roar rang through the blizzard.
Boom!
A smoky, ethereal green aura erupted from Summer Ghost's