The moment Qin Tiexin jumped up from behind the rock, three Armor-Piercing Spear had already been shot out first. The gun shot through the air, and its trajectory was almost invisible in the night, leaving only a sharp whistling sound.
Snow Baleful Intent Tiger Although the spiritual energy in his body is disordered, his reaction speed has not slowed down at all.
It dodged sideways, and the first shot grazed its fur, digging a deep hole in the snow. Then it pressed its front paws hard on the ground, and the ice exploded, and ice fragments flew around. The second and third shots were slightly changed in trajectory by the exploding ice fragments. One shot passed the shoulder blade, and the other missed completely.
Qin Tiexin had expected this. He did not expect that three shots would be able to kill a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage's Demon Beast. The javelin was only the front shot - the real killing move came later.
The moment he fired the javelin, he had already stepped on Metal Phase Steps and approached to a position less than ten steps away from Snow Baleful Intent Tiger. Edgeless was trailing behind him, and the tip of the knife carved a deep mark on the ice.
Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's pair of amber vertical pupils locked onto his figure. It was not completely destroyed by Spirit-Eroding Pill - although the spiritual power in the body was not functioning smoothly and could not release Law Technique at the Foundation Establishment level, the physical body of A Thousand Hammerings and a Hundred Refinements was still intact. Its speed, strength, and reaction were still at their peak.
The moment Qin Tiexin was approaching, it didn't retreat but moved forward. With a low growl, it pounced towards him. The speed was faster than Qin Tiexin expected - the pounce was almost gliding close to the ground, and its thick front paws swept his waist and abdomen with a heavy sound of wind.
Qin Tiexin held Edgeless in front of him and forcefully received the claw.
Bang!
The blade collided with the sharp claws, and there was a harsh sound of gold and iron. The force from the tiger's claws made his mouth numb, and the whole person was pushed back by the impact and slid several feet on the ice before he stabilized his body. Snow Baleful Intent Tiger was also shocked by the rebound force of Edgeless and took a step back, but it quickly regained its center of gravity, shook its head, and stared at him with amber pupils.
Qin Tiexin took a deep breath, without pausing, and stepped forward again, Edgeless lifted up from bottom to top - Mountain Shattering. The blade slashed towards Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's jaw with heavy force.
Snow Baleful Intent Tiger did not forcefully connect. Its body twisted to the side at an almost impossible angle, avoiding the blade, and swung a claw from the side, so fast that only an afterimage was left. Qin Tiexin blocked it with his left arm, and used the outside of his arm to forcefully connect the claw. His clothes were torn, and three blood marks appeared on his arm guards. Fortunately, Body Tempering Ninth Layer's defense prevented him from suffering too much damage.
He used the power of his claws to pull himself into a position. At the same time, he turned his right hand and the short knife was already in his hand. He sank down and stabbed Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's front leg joint gap with the knife - Blood Vortex Thrust.
The short knife penetrated the joint gap accurately, but it only penetrated less than half an inch before it seemed to be stuck in the tough fascia.
At the same time, Snow Baleful Intent Tiger jerked his front leg, and a huge force was transmitted to his arm through the blade, making his whole body unstable. The short knife blade presented by Luo Ling collided hard with the spiritual power bursting from the tiger's claws - click.
There was a crisp sound, and the short knife that had been with him for a long time opened a gap the size of a fingernail on the blade, and then a sharp pain came from his back. Before he could adjust his center of gravity, Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's other A claw had already swept onto his back. His clothes were torn open, and four deep blood marks were scratched on his skin, extending from his left shoulder blade to his waist. He could clearly feel the warm blood gushing out from the wound and flowing down his waist.
Qin Tiexin grunted but did not cry out. He used the short knife to push hard on the ground, used the force to roll sideways, took a few steps away, and regained his balance.
Blood dripped down his back and fell on the snow, blooming into dark red flowers.
The pain made his brain more awake. Time was running out, the blood loss was accelerating, and the Demon Beast on the opposite side might pounce at any time. He raised his eyes and looked at the Snow Baleful Intent Tiger on the opposite side. The other side was also looking at him, with a fierce light flashing in his amber pupils. It was not contempt or testing, but a seriousness after being truly threatened.
Qin Tiexin tightened his grip on Edgeless and changed his strategy. He was not going to look for any more loopholes. He took a step forward, held the knife in both hands, opened and closed, and attacked with one knife after another. No longer defending, no longer dodging, no longer looking for opportunities, each knife brought all his strength and struck towards Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's vitals.
Heavy Mountain Saber Technique·Suppress the Mountain, then Mountain Shattering, then Suppress the Mountain. This is the martial arts he has practiced for the longest time and is the most proficient in it.
Each knife was heavier than the last, and each knife left no room. Snow Baleful Intent Tiger tried to suppress him with speed and flexibility at first. Several claws struck him and left several wounds, but Qin Tiexin did not dodge at all. He took one claw and another knife. You grab me with a claw, and I will cut you with a knife. If you step back, I will press forward. Snow Baleful Intent Tiger gradually discovered that this human's fighting style is completely lifeless.
Qin Tiexin caught one of its claws with his chest, Ice Silkworm Armor's light flashed, Qin Tiexin's throat felt sweet, he swallowed the blood he was about to spit out, and slashed at its front leg with a knife, leaving a deep wound with bone visible.
Snow Baleful Intent Tiger was completely angry, and it let out a deafening roar. The golden light in the tiger's eyes shrank suddenly, and the remaining spiritual power in the body that had been suppressed by Spirit-Eroding Pill suddenly exploded. Although no spells were formed, the pure fierceness and wild power made the air tremble slightly.
It opened its big mouth, exposed its white fangs, and lunged towards Qin Tiexin's throat. This lunge used all the strength of its body, and its speed was extremely fast. The wind pressure it carried caused the snow under its feet to explode to both sides.
Qin Tiexin did not retreat. He raised his right hand Edgeless to block it in front of him. At the same time, his left hand took out something from his waist.
The Sword Gang Talisman and Sword Gang Talisman given to him by Luo Ling are already in the active state.
It is tan, palm-sized, with a small simple sword drawn with cinnabar on it. Before going to the Primordial Unity Secret Realm, Luo Ling gave him three Sword Gang Talismans. After being activated, he can kill Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and he can use one of them in the Primordial Unity Secret Realm. This is his strongest killing move.
He put his thumb against the edge of Sword Gang Talisman and held it in his left hand. Then injecting the last trace of spiritual power to activate, Sword Gang Talisman would burst out a Golden Core Realm of Sword Qi within one breath. It was enough to cut the Snow Baleful Intent Tiger in front of him into two pieces, and even There is enough power left to affect the position of the two Ice Devil Generals in the distance. He has already calculated - Sword Gang Talisman has used this one, and there is the last one left in the storage ring. One is used to kill the tiger, and the other is left for the two Ice Devil behind him, and the Rogue Cultivator hidden in the dark.
Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's claws were less than three feet away from his throat. Its speed was too fast and the distance was too close. He could not activate Sword Gang Talisman to its maximum power. But he only needed to inject 80% of his spiritual power. Once Sword Qi came out, Snow Baleful Intent Tiger would die.
At this moment - Qin Tiexin suddenly felt something was not right. The wind stopped, and the strange fragrance that had been lingering in the air disappeared at this moment.
Snow Baleful Intent Tiger's attacks continued, and they were very close to his throat.
Then he heard a voice. It was calm and clear, as if it had the chill of the far north.
"Polar·Ice."
The sound was not loud, but it seemed to be coming from all directions, and it seemed to be ringing directly in the depths of his consciousness. Immediately afterwards, a white light spread from the direction of the ice wall.
The light was faster than imagined. It spread around him like ripples on the water, leaving a light blue trail in the air before disappearing without a trace.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
When time resumed flowing, the Snow Baleful Intent Tiger stopped. It maintained a forward posture, its sharp claws hovering half an inch in front of Qin Tiexin's throat, and the amber eyes still had the fierce light from before, and they opened But its big mouth was completely frozen. A layer of translucent ice crystals started from the tip of its tail and spread upward at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering its limbs, torso, and head. It was frozen in place, like an ice sculpture, motionless and without any breath of life.
Qin Tiexin stood there, holding Sword Talisman's left hand in the same position as before activation, and stared blankly in the direction of the ice wall.
Ripples appeared on the surface of the ice wall, spreading outward in circles, like pebbles dropped into calm water. In the center of the ripples, a figure slowly walked out.
The first thing that appeared was a foot, stepping on the snow outside the ice wall without making any sound. Then the whole person appeared - as if passing through a thin layer of water curtain, Li Yun walked out of the ice wall.
It's Li Yun.
But it's not exactly the Li Yun he knew.
Qin Tiexin held Sword Talisman's hand and froze in mid-air, his eyes fell on her, and he was in a trance for a moment.
Li Yun has changed.
Her hair was originally pure black, but now it turned into a white and blue color, like silk threads condensed by ice and snow. There was a faint cold light from the roots to the tips of the hair, which was particularly eye-catching in the night. Her skin was fairer than before. It is so white that it is almost transparent, like fine mutton-fat jade, with a warm luster under the moonlight. There is a vague layer of ice-blue aura lingering around the body, and the aura of the whole person becomes colder and dustier, as if an elf was born from the ice and snow.
And the moment she sensed her cultivation level - Qin Tiexin, her pupils shrank.
Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
She was Foundation Establishment Early Stage when she entered. In less than three hours, she crossed two small realms in a row, crossed the middle stage and entered the late stage directly. And the aura on her body was not just an improvement in cultivation, but more like an essential transformation - like something deeper was awakened.
After Li Yun walked out of the ice wall, his eyes immediately fell on Qin Tiexin.
He was half-kneeling on the snow, covered in blood, holding Edgeless in front of him with his right arm to protect him, and still maintaining the posture of transporting Sword Talisman halfway with his left arm. He was gasping for air, as if he was being pressed by a huge ball of Shitou, and he used all his strength to prevent himself from falling.
The ground around him was full of broken ice shards, dark red bloodstains, and scattered javelin fragments. Between the ice wall and the open space, several corpses of Devil Race and Demon Beast were lying in random directions. Less than three feet away from him, the Snow Baleful Intent Tiger, which had been frozen into an ice sculpture, had its mouth wide open, and its sharp claws were less than an inch away from his throat.
Li Yun's pupils shrank slightly. She recognized them as Snow Baleful Intent Tiger and Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. She also saw the wrinkled talisman in Qin Tiexin's left hand - although she had restrained her breath, she could still identify the residual Sword Qi fluctuations on it.
She didn't speak. She just looked down from his face to his back. There was a very deep scratch there, from the shoulder blade to the waist, the skin and flesh were rolled up, and the white spine could be vaguely seen.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Then she turned her eyes away and looked at the darkness around her.
"Now that you're here, don't leave."