“Finally, they are all dead…”
Su Aoxue crouched on the ground, gasping for air.
Not far from her, Qin Wei used his longsword to slay the final frozen Gray Mist Creature.
Having successfully thrust his blade into the Elite-level Gray Mist Creature’s Life Core, Qin Wei didn’t even have the strength left to pull the sword out.
He collapsed straight onto the ground.
Fortunately, the Gray Mist Creatures on the other side of the battlefield were blocked by a “human wall” formed by his teammates.
For the time being, they would not be able to attack his weakened form.
“The two most dangerous threats have been killed, so we’ve likely survived for now. I just hope the brothers can hold on…”
As Qin Wei reached a trembling hand into his pocket to pull out a Healing Potion, Su Aoxue dragged her exhausted body toward him, swaying slightly.
Her voice was cold as she spoke. “I need the hearts of those two Elite-level Gray Mist Creatures.”
In that instant, Qin Wei looked up and met Su Aoxue’s azure eyes.
Whether it was the chilling intent swirling in her gaze or her breathtaking beauty, Qin Wei felt his heart hammer against his ribs.
He instinctively stammered, “…Al—alright.”
Qin Wei never would have imagined that the appearance hidden beneath that cloak was so extraordinary, nor did he expect the bone-piercing chill he felt the moment their eyes met.
“Remember what you said.”
After Su Aoxue finished speaking, she turned her gaze back toward the other battlefield.
As she walked away, Qin Wei grumbled in a low voice, “She’s beautiful, but damn, she’s one cold woman. Then again, I seem to remember that all Ice-type ability users are quite cold…”
On the other side of the battlefield, influenced by Su Aoxue’s domain skill — [Pseudo-Polar Domain] — the movements of the Mist Wraiths had gradually become sluggish.
Even though the humans were outnumbered, they weren’t losing ground at all.
In fact, they had already managed to slay several Mist Wraiths. However, the cost was high; few people were uninjured, though fortunately, no one had died yet.
Right now, if Su Aoxue wanted to, she could freeze many Gray Mist Creatures in an instant, but doing so would come at an even greater price.
Strangely enough, those Gray Mist Creatures seemed desperate to reach the spot where she was standing for some reason.
After scanning the area, Su Aoxue finally fixed her gaze on Shen Yan.
Although Shen Yan had many injuries, the white steam on the surface of his body had not dissipated, and his vitality still seemed very vigorous.
‘Forget it, I should rest for a bit.’
‘Anyway… Old Shen isn’t in any life-threatening danger right now.’
After thinking it over, Su Aoxue decided not to provide support.
Having forced herself to use a pseudo-domain skill, Su Aoxue felt her head spinning, as if she might faint at any moment.
This was likely due to overdrawing too much energy.
If one looked closely at her wrists, they would notice several distinct, light-blue ice marks, while a thin layer of frost surfaced on her skin.
‘My current physical body doesn’t seem capable of using such a powerful skill at will yet. I’m afraid the side effects will be quite painful…’
Su Aoxue sat cross-legged on the ground, trying her best to circulate her Visualization Method to regulate her breathing while thinking helplessly.
She could clearly feel that her body temperature was extremely low.
She could even see numerous ice marks appearing on her body, which felt like blocks of ice to the touch.
‘I wonder if it will spread to my face… and if it will still be there after I change back to my original body…’
‘But looking on the bright side, the silver lining in this misfortune is that there’s a powerful Hunt Team here.’
‘At least I’m not facing this alone; otherwise, I wouldn’t even know how I died.’
‘I wonder if that Mysterious Witch is monitoring me from the shadows. Would she have stepped in to save me if I couldn’t win?’
Su Aoxue couldn’t help but glance out of the corner of her eye toward where Qin Wei was lying.
By this time, Qin Wei had already consumed a Healing Potion and was also regulating his breath.
Meanwhile, on the other side…
‘That Frost Calamity Witch seems to be struggling quite a bit against a Gray Mist Tide of this level. How did she win at this point in time in my past life?’
‘Could it be that she has some other trump card?’
Seeing Su Aoxue sit down, Shen Yan took the opportunity to look boldly in her direction, an internal question arising.
In this life, because of him, the Butterfly Effect had been triggered.
The Frost Calamity Witch had the help of an extra team, but she hadn’t had that in the past life!
And even with that help in this life, the victory didn’t seem easy.
Shen Yan could tell from Su Aoxue’s gait just now that her body was severely overextended.
‘Moreover, her team doesn’t seem to be united.’
Shen Yan shifted his gaze toward Zhao Jun.
As one of the only two “idle” people on the battlefield, he had been observing the overall situation.
Whenever someone needed help, he would rush over immediately.
Because of this, it was easy for him to notice Zhao Jun’s extremely strange behavior.
After all, the man had been hiding behind others to release his skills, looking completely cowardly.
Could an Earth-system Superpower really be used that way?
Even Shen Yan, someone who hadn’t even awakened a Talent yet, dared to push forward!
Drawing on his wealth of experience from his past life and combining it with Zhao Jun’s behavior, Shen Yan quickly formed a guess: ‘This kind of person clearly values his own life above all else. He’s likely the type who would easily abandon his teammates and flee the moment things go south!’
If this had been his past life while he was leading troops, any cowardly, selfish waste like this would have been sent to the suicide squad to make use of their final bit of heat.
‘With a team like this, how exactly did she win against this Gray Mist Tide in the past life?’
Shen Yan didn’t believe for a second that the Frost Calamity Witch would have avoided this wave in the past life. After all, the Gray Mist Tide had struck shortly after she arrived.
‘I need to think carefully… where did the large amount of Silver Gray Grass from this period come from in my past life?’
‘Speaking of which, the name Zhao Jun sounds a bit familiar.’
‘Tsk, these are memories from over a decade ago…’
While pondering this, he saw Qin Wei begin to consume a second Healing Potion, but the Frost Calamity Witch didn’t seem to have taken one.
Did she not have any?
In that instant, a daring thought sprouted in Shen Yan’s mind: ‘If I go forward now to offer her medicine and gain some goodwill to build a relationship, could Su Aoxue avoid even a little bit of the risk of being killed later?’
But the moment the thought surfaced, he was reminded of the scenes where she had brutally suppressed him in his past life. It was too violent, too painful!
He had been treated so “miserably” by the Frost Calamity Witch in his past life, yet here he was, rushing to raise his favorability with her?
“Tsk…”
Shen Yan fell into a state of conflict.
“Snowy, oh Snowy, your Godfather is putting in so much effort just for your survival!”
Finally, after taking a deep breath, Shen Yan’s gaze became firm.
He began to run toward where Su Aoxue was sitting.