"A duel?" Bai Qinchen walked up to the ice sculpture as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world. He reached out a finger and tapped the cold crystal with interest, making a sound.
He glanced at the eyes within the sculpture, which looked ready to spit fire. His lips curled into a thoroughly mocking smile as he said disdainfully, "Do I look like a fucking idiot to you?"
"I never fight men one-on-one." As he spoke, his gaze passed over the frozen Tang San and settled on the blue cocoon of light behind him, which still pulsed rhythmically and radiated a vast presence of life. His playful smile deepened, taking on a sinister quality that sent chills down the spine.
"I'm going to fight your mother... one-on-one." With that, he ignored Tang San, who roared madly within the ice like a trapped beast, and turned to walk toward the cocoon nurturing Ah Yin's rebirth, one step at a time.
The cocoon had undergone another astonishing transformation.
It was no longer merely a mass of light. The golden divine patterns flowing across its surface shone ever more brilliantly, and within it, the graceful outline of a woman was already clearly visible.
That silhouette had beautiful curves and shapely contours. Though a hazy curtain of light still lay between them, her peerless beauty was already evident.
An immense presence of life pulsed like the tides. With every rise and fall, the human silhouette grew more solid, as though a perfect work of living art was receiving its final touches, ready to break free of its cocoon and descend into the world at any moment.
"Tsk." Bai Qinchen walked halfway around the cocoon with interest, as though admiring a rare treasure.
He finally stopped and turned his head, looking toward