1092 - I Became a Villainess and Was Pestered by Beautiful Girls

Chapter 1092: It’s Always Been Tang Xin Bang! Bang! Two ice arrows shot forth towards the white-haired sorceress. "Blood Shield!" Faced with such a formidable opponent, Senior Xue did not hesitate, unleashing all her bloodline power to engage the enemy in fierce combat. "Ancestral bloodline," a look of delight danced across the cold features of the Ice Staff. "I've never seen it before. It's quite a sight, so different from the ordinary people on the continent." "I have no quarrel with you," Senior Xue said in a deep voice. "Are you sure you want a fight to the death?" "What naive words," she snapped her fingers, and a terrifying ice sphere with a diameter of thousands of meters appeared above the floating island. "In battle, only one can survive!" "Ice Mistress, this is the Void Pool!" "No one can stop this lunatic, run!" Boom— In the artifact space, flames burst like fireworks and a countless number of shattered stones and ice fragments scattered across the sky. The artifacts, which were accustomed to staying dormant and rarely engaged, were drawn out by the commotion, each casting glances at the spectacle. Though there were often minor skirmishes here, merely sparring between artifacts, such a life-and-death battle had not been seen for countless years. "The ones entering are quite strong, aren't they?" The Dragon Slayer Sword remarked, observing the battlefield's center. "If they weren't strong, they wouldn't be able to enter here," the nearby Sun Shooting Bow shook its head, "Unfortunately, they've encountered the Ice Mistress. Has anyone ever escaped from her?" After reuniting with the little broom, the pair and the two artifacts immediately entered into battle mode. “Aso, full-armament mode!” Yao made a hand sign, and dark golden patterns appeared down her arms, as the chains of the Passionate Lock coiled around them, a perfect blend of beauty and brutality. The white-haired sorceress glanced at them and said, "Small broom, super evolution mode!" “What nonsense are you talking?” the artifact spirit maiden glanced at her, "Where would I get such a mode?" "...Then hurry up and come to my hand, please." Equipped with their artifacts, the white-haired sorceress and Yao possessed extraordinary combat strength. They could easily handle eight or ten artifacts. But as the Passionate Lock had warned, the Ice Staff was on an entirely different level. No matter what kind of attack was launched at her, it would be frozen in the air. Trying to engage in close combat, her chilling aura radiated a sense of extreme danger. Even energy would freeze; what means could harm her? "Is that all you've got?" The Ice Maiden stood on a plateau of solid ice, looking down at them. "Just so you know, I've received new orders." "In an hour, if within one hour you cannot defeat me, then Heaven's will shall descend with punishment!" "What does that mean?" Little Broom shouted, "Can Heaven's will interfere?" "Heaven's will is fair," the Ice Staff sneered, "It abides by certain rules, such as... survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle." "Without showing sufficient potential, it deems you unworthy of opposing it?” Senior Xue had a fair grasp of Heaven's will. Heaven's will does not bestow equal attention to everyone. If you want to gain something from it, you must show it something in return. "Then let’s give it a try!" The white-haired sorceress summoned ten bloodred threads, creating a web all across the battlefield. With a clenched fist, everything in its path was neatly sliced into cubes. Blood Slash! The Ice Maiden scoffed, raising an arm to summon thick ice walls dozens of feet thick, but in front of the web, they were sliced to pieces regardless. She remained unflustered, snapping her fingers again. Endless cold air erupted from her fingertips, saturating the sky. In an instant, the blood threads, even though formless and intangible, were covered in frost and halted in midair. "If you insist on using such childish techniques," the Ice Staff lifted her hand, and tens of thousands of ice shards materialized, all aimed at the intruders, "I won’t be polite." Even well-traveled Senior Xue and Little Broom found themselves overwhelmed, unable to breathe under the pressure. "This is outrageous," Little Broom whispered, "I feel her combat prowess far exceeds Blood Sovereign Palace's deputy, perhaps even the middle-stage tribulation masters aren't her match. Weren't we told that having a seventh-level bloodline in the Void Realm marked the end of cultivation?" "Artifact spaces aren't bound by rules," the white-haired sorceress mused, analyzing with bleeding fingertips. "Theoretically, a fully intact artifact's power should approach the Supreme Realm infinitely." Artifacts are recognized by Heaven's will, and under its sanctioned rules, they can wield power without restraint. Yet due to Heaven's will, they will never reach the Supreme Realm. This is the balance principle Heaven's will adheres to. "Xue, the Ice Staff is too powerful," Yao, holding the Passionate Lock, kept her eyes glued on the enemy. "Without a way to break through, we may not escape today." “Have you had enough rest yet?” The Ice Staff from afar appeared to have lost patience. "Let’s continue our game then!" Swish! Swish! Swish! Icy meteors plummeted from the sky, each harboring enough force to heavily wound a seventh-level powerhouse. The duo swiftly maneuvered through the meteor shower, slashing through the solid ice, rapidly depleting their energy. "Tang Xin," Little Broom communicated telepathically, "there might be a method worth trying." "What method?" "Artifact domain," she responded. "My domain is called 'Yin-Yang Wheel', it might hurt her, but it requires you to perfectly control both my powers at once." Two forces... Senior Xue shattered a meteor, looking at the staff in hand. "But my core has already merged, the power belonging to 'Tang Xin' has been absorbed, can I still perfectly control the broom form?" Only the Grand Senior Sister of the Mystic Spirit Sect could perfectly wield the broom, after all, it was specifically tailored for "her." The white-haired sorceress might wield the broom, and due to their power gap, exert a stronger force, but couldn’t do so “perfectly.” "What nonsense are you spouting?" Little Broom admonished. "You are Tang Xin, and always have been. Your two forces merely merged, there's no devouring or being devoured. You transform into the white-haired sorceress, but it doesn't mean you abandon the essence of the Grand Senior Sister of the Mystic Spirit Sect!" "Devouring and being devoured..." Bang! An anomalous ice chunk struck the white-haired sorceress as the Ice Maiden teleported into the meteor shower. "Your strength and conviction are severely lacking," she waved a hand, and a row of icebergs extended to the horizon. "Someone like you isn't worthy of wielding an artifact!" Crack—Snap! The white-haired sorceress blocked the ice wall’s attack with her staff, her bloodline power erupting like flames. "I understand now," Senior Xue voiced her resolution. "Let’s activate it." "Artifact domain, unfold!"