Freezing sword qi instantly swept toward Youyi, ice shards flying everywhere. The cold was so intense that fine cracks spread through the surrounding ice.
Youyi remained unhurried. With a light flick of his well-defined fingers, a mass of dark ghost qi surged from his palm, forcibly blocking the barrage of Ice Swords. The ghost qi and cold collided and exploded, instantly blasting away the ice covering half of Ice Valley.
"Tsk, tsk. Still so hot-tempered."
Youyi dodged the flying ice shards, that same infuriating smile still on his face.
"What fun is there in freezing here in Ice Valley all day? Come back to the Netherbone Palace with me. You'll want for neither wealth nor glory."
"Utter nonsense!" Jingyun shouted angrily. Her figure flashed again, and her Ice Sword condensed a sword radiance over ten feet long, thrusting straight toward Youyi's heart.
"Today, I'll rid the world of you, you scourge, so you can't go around harming anyone else!"
Youyi sidestepped the sword radiance and struck back with a sinister gust aimed straight at Jingyun's back. Just as it was about to land, a golden-red streak of Immortal Sword qi suddenly slashed across its path, cleaving the gust in two.
Yue Mingsha stood beside Jingyun, Immortal Sword in hand, her tone icy. "Since when did the Netherbone Palace become so shameless, coming onto someone else's territory to run wild? If you want to touch my junior sister, you'll have to get past me first!"
"So it's Sect Master Yue Mingsha of the Divine Prison Immortal Sect." Youyi's smile faded somewhat as his gaze swept over the two women. "This is a private matter between Jingyun and me. Please stay out of it, Sect Master, lest we spoil our amicable relations."
"You barged into my junior sister's secluded cultivation grounds to