"You won't fall to your death, will you?"
"No, but it's too embarrassing. I'll have to watch out for this in future battles, too," Shen Ye said.
He reached out and tilted his hand slightly-
Gate!
A gate appeared.
Crash-
Shen Ye smashed through the gate, ran uphill along the path behind it for a while to slow himself down, then smashed through another gate-
Just as he had at the Human World Martial Arts Tower, he released gates one after another, finally landing safely.
Thud!
Shen Ye dropped onto his backside, then lay down, panting nonstop, unable to get up at all.
Damn it.
My attribute points just aren't enough.
Looks like I need to keep raising my base attributes.
I need to work on farming traits, too.
"Hey," he said between gasps.
"What?" Big Skeleton asked.
"I probably can't go to your world tonight-I can't even lift my hands right now," Shen Ye said.
"That's fine. The citywide manhunt won't end that quickly anyway. Better to rest up here and lie low." Big Skeleton took it in stride.
"What do you think of that move of mine?" Shen Ye gazed at the sky outside.
Gales howled.
Wind and snow raged together.
Snowflakes fell everywhere-in the courtyard, on the branches, and inside the room.
"Hmph, average," Big Skeleton said.
"You call this average?" Shen Ye protested.
"Of course. You just haven't seen enough," Big Skeleton said firmly.
Time passed slowly.
The wind and snow continued.
"...Can you stop this move?" Big Skeleton asked.
"I don't think so," Shen Ye said with difficulty.
His face had turned blue from the cold.
-Freezing to death from my own spell would be ridiculous.
But that danger was very real right now.
A knock sounded outside.
"Shen Ye? Are you all right? I