Chapter 1673 - 988: Stopping Killing with Killing

Sui Yi’s head pierced into that Ice Ridge.

Sui Yi gave Han Feigong a deep look and said something that filled everyone present—especially the Ice Gleam students—with shock and dread.

"Thousand Buddha revels in slaughter. In the end, Ice Gleam will kill to stop killing."

The words were eerily calm, airless and cold, echoing for no reason at all beneath the vast, spacious Ice Gleam High Wall.

Kill to stop killing!

So that’s why the four severed heads were placed there.

Not too far, not too close.

In a daze, that not-tall-not-short, utterly ordinary young man had already vanished along with that equally ordinary woman.

Han Feigong’s fingers slid past her bow to rest on the quiver that had just held that arrow. She narrowed her eyes slightly, jumped down from the ice block, walked to the burning corpses, pinched her fingers together, and slowly drew out the arrow.

As the nearby Cloud Ascendant Masters landed around them one after another, her fingertip lightly tapped the fletching. She knew that when she killed the Flying Snake, timing and terrain hadn’t mattered. What mattered was the people.

This arrow had been given to her by that person.

She closed her eyes.

Her voice was somewhat frozen, yet very clear and cutting.

"Honored seniors, when Ice Gleam Academy’s Cloud Ascendant comes in the future, if this has nothing to do with Thousand Buddha, please be candid and say so at that time."

One sentence.

All those Cloud Ascendants felt their hearts tighten, somewhat disgruntled. They had thought that once that man and woman left, this area would fall under their ’jurisdiction’. Instead, they discovered that this young woman who hadn’t even reached Void-breaking yet was actually quite forceful—so she was a Void-breaking Chief Student.... Already able to kill Cloud Ascendants now, and in the future bound to be a true Cloud Ascendant powerhouse, just like that terrifying Du Zhi and Xie Han.

And without a doubt, Ice Gleam was far stronger than Thousand Buddha. It was just that Thousand Buddha was always wildly flamboyant, bloodthirsty by nature, whereas Ice Gleam Academy was established as an academy, which fundamentally reduced its threat. However... if Ice Gleam Academy were to be angered—

Even if that Ice Venerable didn’t move, the Ice Masters beneath him would be more than enough to make Thousand Buddha choke on a bitter draught.

Not far away, the Ice Gleam Academy students finally realized that the one who had unleashed Nine Stars in Succession just now, with the last arrow killing the Flying Snake, was the strongest long-range Chief Student of their academy’s Cold War Department.

Fifth Level Void-breaking killing a Cloud Ascendant?

The third-ranked of Ice Gleam Academy.

Was Ice Gleam Academy trying to defy the heavens?

Under the high wall, Ah Qi and the others were dumbstruck. But they were much better off than the people nearby, even though they’d just watched a terrifying battle.

"Four Cloud Ascendants, all dead within five seconds."

"Four seconds," Gao Li said coolly.

It really had been four seconds.

Even broken apart, it was still one Cloud Ascendant per second.

"What’s even more terrifying is that young man—one Second Level Cloud Ascendant per second... all instant kills."

"And those were Thousand Buddha’s Sword Thorn and Yan Xue. Between the two of them, the number of Cloud Ascendant heads they’ve collected is well into double digits. Just died like this~~~"

The people around them clamored nonstop, horror-stricken.

The three of Gao Li, however, simply looked at one another.

Kong Xue. Flying Snake.

That sword felt familiar.

The same person.

"That woman... no, is she male or female... or was that woman just now actually her... hey, hey, I’m all confused..."

"You’re spouting nonsense again. Show some respect before such a powerhouse!"

This time Ah Qi had been scolded but didn’t dare talk back.

Gao Li looked toward the boundless wind and snow.

"Killing four... is a warning."

A warning?

The other two both started.

"Even though she’s terrifying, the Cloud Ascendants under Thousand Buddha’s Cloudburst aren’t just four.... Above them, there are Bone Demon, Feng Su, and other extremely fearsome slaughterers...."

"That’s why the four severed heads will be given to Ice Gleam Academy."

The two were stunned, both turning to look at the young woman standing in the vast wind and snow, longbow on her back and an arrow in her hand... her head tilted, gazing toward the southeast...

Light flew in...

The light hung in the air—it was a floating airship, not too big, not too small.

The hatch opened.

Robes trailed, a pair of cold eyes.

Han Feigong froze, stepped forward and bowed. "Snow Lord... honored seniors."

Five Cloud Ascendants, and behind them a group of Ice Gleam Enforcers, all wearing uniform Frost Armor and helmets, their aura cold and solemn. Silent and soundless.

The whole area fell silent.

Seeing this scene from afar, quite a few Cloud Ascendants sucked in a cold breath.

"That short-haired one... is Snow Lord."

"Below Frost King Seo Qingfeng sits Snow Lord... a Fourth-level Cloud Ascendant."

"He alone could instantly kill Yan Xue’s four people simultaneously..."

Snow Lord’s pupils were pale, as though snow drifted within them. His gaze swept once and landed on Han Feigong.

"If they start questioning and the trail leads to us..."

"Just tell them. A whole train of people—they’ll trace it eventually."

The three had settled on a plan.

Ice Gleam Academy took control of the field.

In no time, they saw Snow Lord leading his people to the outside of Wooden Baby Court.

Snow Lord’s steps paused slightly, then he kept his eyes straight ahead as he passed by Wooden Baby Pavilion...

A Cloud Ascendant went directly to find the three of Gao Li.

Such efficiency sent a chill through the three.

—The other side had probably already investigated the Battle on the Ice Plains and locked onto them as the three who had most recently been in close contact with that woman...

Even though they were also far away...

"You three, please come with us to Ice Gleam Academy."

At this moment Snow Lord was standing beneath the Ice Gleam High Wall, his gaze sliding over the totems above...

In the end his gaze slowly swept across the tens of thousands present in the arena, and tiny smiling snowflakes flew out from his body, spreading over every person’s body....

The snowflakes were very beautiful, but on every single snowflake grew an eye, cold and sharp...

They drifted around the people, penetrating every detail of their bodies, and at the same time staring into their eyes.

The body might be able to restrain itself, the eyes might also be able to restrain themselves, but it’s very hard for body and eyes to both be restrained—at least the small-fry level don’t have that kind of self-control.

Han Feigong watched as these countless snowflakes covered the entire arena.....

Very soon, one person after another was bound by the snowflakes, their hands and feet directly frozen, and the Ice Gleam Academy Enforcers rushed over to seize them.

Void-breaking, or below 4S?

The strongest among them had Fifth Level Void-breaking.

These people were Thousand Buddha’s eyes and ears, and also Thousand Buddha’s disciples.

They say that as long as Snow Lord alone acts, he can blanket the world in snow, knowing all things—so this is that kind of ability?

Terrifying to the extreme.

Until....

Ye Zixu felt the snowflakes already at his side. He had previously received Sui Yi’s message, telling him to sever his ties with the Thousand Buddhas Seal, not to let anyone investigate them. But whether it was because these Thousand Buddha disciples all resisted and jointly activated the Thousand Buddha Secret Technique, his soul suddenly sensed the rhythm of the Thousand Buddhas Seal, and that Thousand Buddhas Seal actually directly tugged at his soul...

Not good!

If Snow Lord senses it, then even if he himself has nothing much to do with Thousand Buddha, he will absolutely be seized by Ice Gleam Academy.

Just then...

The snowflakes suddenly bypassed him.

Ye Zixu froze for a moment, then discovered that between his soul and the Thousand Buddhas Seal....there was a layer of very mysterious power...

He only borrowed the Thousand Buddhas Seal to sense its faint existence, but had no idea who it belonged to...

It shouldn’t be Sui Yi and the others; they had already left.

So...

Suddenly.

Boom!

A Cloud Ascendant suddenly tore free of those snowflakes and shot into the sky...

Snow Lord glanced at him, and the two Cloud Ascendants behind him immediately attacked from left and right...

Ice and frost surged vast and mighty.

In an instant, that Thousand Buddha Cloud Ascendant was beaten down into an ice pit and bound up in a few moves.

"Bastards! Ice Gleam Academy, you truly mean to stand as enemies to our Thousand Buddha sect?!!!"

Such fury actually made the always-tight-lipped Snow Lord smile.

The smile was very cold.

"Three hundred years ago, the Hawk Old Sect schemed to ambush and kill my Magician Department’s number one prodigy, Dan Han. Ice Venerable once said: Ice Gleam students stand beneath perilous walls, life and death are vain things, but killing is still killing—our Ice Gleam Academy will kill him!"

"So our Ice Gleam Academy moved out and flattened the Hawk Old Sect’s three thousand remaining scions in Starlight. Every head was burned, bones ground to ash and cast in ice, sculpted within the Academy’s Stern Killing Forest."

"Three hundred years... it seems it’s been too long..."

His words were like knives.

Snow Lord waved his hand. "Seal!"

Sever the meridians, seal the nerves, then freeze them over, chains coiling around, and they were sent into the airship.

Seeing this, Gao Li and the other two, plus some who had been marked for return to assist in the investigation, didn’t dare harbor the slightest dissatisfaction, and obediently followed along....

Once the airship departed.

Ye Zixu let out a breath of relief. After confirming that both the Thousand Buddha and Ice Gleam people had left and no one was monitoring him, he finally contacted Sui Yi.

By then, Sui Yi was already thousands of miles away.

She and Pu Qinghan stood high in the sky.

After Ye Zixu finished describing the matter, Sui Yi only pondered for a moment, then smiled. "It’s her."

"Hm?"

"There’s an expert in Wooden Baby Court... it’s enough that you know she’s your benefactor, no need to deliberately show anything..... This person’s temperament is detached and drifting, letting things follow their course is what suits her best."

Ye Zixu had always trusted Sui Yi, so he deeply believed her judgment. Besides, he had seen that Wooden Baby Court before and had already felt then that they were no ordinary figures.

"I understand.... But I’m afraid I’ll have to stay at the Ice Gleam High Wall for some time. Inside this Thousand Buddhas Seal... there is a cultivation technique."

Sui Yi and Pu Qinghan exchanged a glance.

An opportunity had come.

After hanging up on Little Turtle, Sui Yi’s fingers stroked the turtle shell, and she said softly, "In the end, my calculations were off. I hadn’t thought Ice Gleam Academy would send out this kind of master—Ye Zixu almost suffered for it."

She sighed, but Pu Qinghan only smiled gently. "Is she beautiful?"

What?

Sui Yi tilted her head, looking at her.

"That Female Teacher from Wooden Baby Court."

"Mm.... I don’t know."

"You don’t know?" Pu Qinghan was surprised. Sui Yi never pretended—what is, is—so she truly didn’t know.

"...Her will is already so strong that I can’t clearly see her face. A single glance can bewitch the heart. If Ye Zixu were to face her directly, he’d likely have everything about him seen through."

Moreover, at the time she truly hadn’t paid special attention.

Perhaps the scene had been too hazy; she only remembered that hand, that wine jug, and that one glance.

Sui Yi clasped her hands behind her back, recalling that night when the other party, wine jug hooked in her fingers, drifted over and cast that faint glance.

If even Ice Gleam District has such masters, the other three districts likely won’t be any weaker.

"Leaving her strength and identity aside for now, if Ye Zixu wants to peacefully receive that Thousand Buddha inheritance in that region, he’ll probably have to rely on this person’s protection. But since she’s so detached, if she made a move this time, if it wasn’t purely on a whim, then it was because of you."