The Heartbreak Saber’s saber energy unleashed a frenzied storm.
Shards of ice flew as the palace trembled.
With this saber slash, a long crack appeared on the ice wall, creeping along the surface of the ice.
Tang Jie soon unleashed another slash, and with a boom, the ice wall collapsed.
“It’s useless!” the Frost Fairy sharply cried out. With a wave of her hand, another ice wall appeared to fill the gap.
But Tang Jie continued to heedlessly slash.
One wave of saber energy after another appeared, creating countless shadows with their light.
The Frost Fairy was dumbstruck by Tang Jie’s frenzied attack. Is this kid an idiot? Trying to fight it out with me like this.
It had to be understood that she was at the Mind Opening level. Creating ice walls took a minuscule amount of spiritual energy for her. There was no way his strength could compare to hers. He was just wasting his strength.
But Tang Jie did it anyway!
Savage saber light cut into the walls, releasing frightening flames and creating a dazzling light show on the ice palace. Even those within the illusion formation were able to tell from the clanging that someone was in the middle of attacking the ice palace.
The Frost Fairy finally realized that something was wrong.
Within the illusion formation, beams of light began to fire off in the direction of Tang Jie, exploding around him in balls of flame.
Tang Jie himself shouted, “Aim your attacks in my direction!”
More lights of various colors gathered together, erupting around him. A few would occasionally hit Tang Jie, but he would endure it with his prodigious constitution.
Someone suddenly roared, “Which brother is it over there?”
“Basking Moon Student Tang Jie!”
“Alright! I, Peng Xiaolong, have remembered your name. Be careful! Dragonflame Break!”
A dragon roar rang out, and a massive dragon phantom appeared in the formation, crashing into the ice wall next to Tang Jie. It was an abnormally fierce collision that caused the ice wall to splinter and the ice palace to totter. Even the Frost Fairy’s art power could not restore it!
The Frost Fairy paled in shock.
She finally understood what Tang Jie was trying to do.
While his slashes weren’t dealing too much damage to the ice palace, the clamor he produced was like war drums, encouraging everyone and raising their morale.
Without vision, this sound became the sole source of guidance, and the chaotic attacks were now concentrated on a single point, their offensive power instantly swelling.
With Peng Yaolong’s Dragonflame Break, the ice wall shattered, and Tang Jie charged into the palace, rushing up the ice steps.
He was charging right at the Frost Fairy!
Now that he was in the air, everyone could see him charging at the Frost Fairy, and the other students couldn’t help but cheer!
The Frost Fairy pointed at him with her scepter, and just when a tongue of icy flame was about to spit out, an arrow of light flew out of the distance.
There was no ice wall to block for her, and the Frost Fairy wasn’t willing to take the attack directly, so she went back on the defensive, creating an ice wall.
The light arrow struck the wall, instantly blasting through it and continuing on to the sprite.
The Frost Fairy’s eyes flashed with a cold light as she stared at the arrow. In flight, the arrow was swiftly covered with a layer of frost, growing heavier and heavier. Finally, one meter away, the arrow ran out of strength and fell to the ground.
This had been the closest attack to reach the Frost Fairy in this entire battle!
Countless students erupted with cheers! “An excellent Sirius Arrow! Good job, Brother Long!”
Long Dao proudly grunted as he put away his bow, but his face briefly flashed green. It was clear that loosing this arrow had taken a lot out of him.
Tang Jie continued charging forward!
He sprinted up the steps like he was taking the stairway to heaven. He broke out of the fog, appearing before everyone, presenting himself as a fearless brave who was facing down a terrifying foe.
Everyone was somewhat dazzled by this sight.
Only on the Frost Fairy’s face was there a flash of vexation.
As she stared at Tang Jie, she growled, “Seeking death!”
She thumped her ice scepter, and a halo radiated outward.
The ice stairway instantly began to come apart. Tang Jie’s foot struck empty air, and he immediately began to fall.
This ice palace was constructed from the Frost Fairy’s art power, and it could transform at her will. To step into the ice palace was to step into her territory!
The students gasped in alarm as Tang Jie fell.
With a roar, the little tiger shot out and picked up Tang Jie, causing everyone to sigh in relief.
But a moment later, the dismantled ice stairs became spikes that shot at Tang Jie.
There was no way to dodge, so Tang Jie planned to just take the spikes with his body. But at this moment, a brilliant sword light rose up from the ground, unleashing a rainbow wave of sword energy. There was a pleasant ring as the energy fended off those countless spikes.
“Ye Tianshang?” Tang Jie was startled.
Even though he couldn’t see, he knew that only Ye Tianshang could have done this.
Only his Galefury Sword could substantialize his attack and block the ice spikes.
Down below, Ye Tianshang gave Tang Jie a thumbs-up. “Tang Jie, good job!”
The air was the Frost Fairy’s land, and the ice palace was the Frost Fairy’s territory. There were many students who could take flight, but only Tang Jie dared to charge at her.
Whether it was Ye Tianshang, Peng Yaolong, or the other students, they all felt only admiration for Tang Jie. No matter how much they resented him or wanted the Iceflame Red Lotus, they understood the importance of cooperating when dealing with this lethal foe.
Kill the Frost Fairy!
Only by killing her could they think about the future.
With Ye Tianshang blocking the attack for him, Tang Jie could soar into the air once more.
The Frost Fairy’s eyes flashed with killing intent, and with a wave of her hand, countless ice bats appeared around her, swooping at Tang Jie.
Tang Jie shook his head. “It’s pointless.”
The fog surged!
It rose up from the ground into the air.
It was none other than the Eight Desolations Illusion Formation.
The fog enveloped Tang Jie, and he vanished from sight.
The Frost Fairy’s eyes chilled as she pointed and exclaimed, “Disperse!”
The Eight Desolations Illusion Formation was built on the basis of her ice fog, so she could forcibly take control over it if she tried. This was precisely why Tang Jie hadn’t used it to conceal himself at the start, instead waiting until he was close to use it at the critical moment.
The ice fog scattered, but before the ice bats could surround him, Tang Jie charged out of the fog. Behind him, the little tiger began to deal with the bats.
He activated the Violet Lightning Lunge, becoming a lightning bolt shooting through the air.
The Frost Fairy let out a long growl, her eyes glinting with cold light. Under her stare, frost began to build up on Tang Jie’s body. Just like that Sirius Arrow, Tang Jie had turned snow-white, and he began to slow down and lose altitude.
There was a sudden rush of air.
“Hurricane Sweep!”
The hurricane wrapped around Tang Jie and rapidly spiralled him upward. The frost melted, and Tang Jie’s rapidly falling body once more flew upward, carried by the winds.
Two talismans flew out, turning into fireballs that exploded on the Frost Fairy.
Ping Jingyue!
Shu Mingyang!
Countless spells flashed out. Some of them were aimed at the sprite while others landed on Tang Jie, creating a resplendent riot of colors.
In the middle of this splendor, the Frost Fairy finally paled.
She whistled and thrust out her hands. An icy wind gathered around her and surged forward.
This icy vortex swept through everything, clearing away the remnants of all the spell arts and slamming into Tang Jie, turning him into an ice statue.
Everyone’s hearts turned cold at this sight.
In the end, had they still failed?
But at this moment, a crackle came from the ice statue, a crack appearing on it.
More cracks appeared and soon began to spread out.
Finally, with a bang, Tang Jie broke out of the ice, jumping back into the air before he hit the ground.
“Impossible!” the Frost Fairy shrieked.
She had done everything in her power to deal with this single puny student, yet even this had not been enough to kill him.
Was his body cast from steel?
With a furious shriek, the Frost Fairy pressed her left hand down, and an icy wind howled toward Tang Jie. She knew what sort of threat this student presented her and would not allow him to get close.
But at this moment, there was a sharp shout, and the ice carried in the wind gathered together into large blocks of ice. They assembled themselves in the air, forming stairs that led straight to the ice palace and the Frost Fairy!
“This…” The Frost Fairy’s eyes froze.
An icy voice said, “Ice… I know how to use it, too!”
An aloof and beautiful face appeared in the distance.
Someone shouted, “Senior Sister Meng!”
Meng Shixue was a fifth-year student of Basking Moon Academy, a prodigy in her class and an expert in ice spells.
The ice steps soared upward.
Tang Jie flew up them.
As courageous and fierce as a tiger while as nimble as an assassin, he danced among the frost, bravely pushing through the murderous winds.
With all of the students helping him, there was nothing that could hold him down!
“Arrrgh!” The Frost Fairy furiously screamed. She once more gathered icy flames on her scepter, pointing it at Tang Jie.
A vortex of ice shot out like a dragon.
At the moment of collision, a soft and gentle voice murmured, “…hence, to execute this art is to conceal one’s desire and move without a trace, and so it is called ‘action without a trace’…”
An Rumeng!
A moment later, Tang Jie’s body flashed to the side. He became as nimble as the wind, and a light twist was enough to have that ice dragon brush past him. The stream of ice flowed past him, flecks of frost coming off it, but they did not affect Tang Jie in any way.
He once more shot up the ice stairs!
In the space of a single leap, he reached the Frost Fairy, his Heartbreak Saber held high up in the air!
The Frost Fairy stared in a daze at Tang Jie, seemingly stupefied.
The tip of the blade reflected cold light in the sun, and then it swung down.
Bang!
Light exploded as the blade struck the sprite’s petite body, going all the way through before striking the floor of the ice palace.
“Yeah!” Shouts rang out.
But then they saw that the body that the saber had cleaved in two had turned into countless flecks of ice, and there was no sign of the sprite.
That saber had clearly struck nothing but a block of ice.
Failure? Everyone thought the same thing at the same time.
They had gathered up all their strength to send Tang Jie to the sprite, but was that still not enough?
Was the Mind Opening level that hard to deal with?
Despair appeared in their hearts.
At this moment, Liu Hongyan shouted, “While frost and ice are transparent, the light casts a shadow. These are the signs of someone fleeing in the snow!”
Tang Jie’s eyes flashed. “Understood!”
He swung the Heartbreak Saber, sending a mottled streak of energy at an empty space three feet to his side.
“Aaaagh!” A bitter scream tore through the air.
