Master of Nine Stars

Chapter 314: Chapter 211: I’m Here (Part 2)

In a blind rage, Tang Yang’s strength was truly ferocious. Even with Rong Taotao propping up the Halberd Shaft with one hand and one foot, the force of the Great Saber’s swing sent him sliding backward.

"I was being too easy on you!" Tang Yang roared, charging forward. Clad in his Water Rhinoceros Armor, he was as valiant as a celestial god, completely unafraid of any of Rong Taotao’s attacks.

Rong Taotao’s expression darkened. "A joke. As if I need anything from you."

"Die!" Tang Yang’s Cyan Dragon Yanyue Saber became a blur of motion, each relentless slash aimed directly at Rong Taotao’s head.

Rong Taotao held the Long Halberd, his arm coursing with Douxing Qi. He appeared to raise his Heaven-piercing Halberd to block, but the instant their weapons met, he deftly redirected the force.

SWOOSH...

The moment Tang Yang brought his great blade down, the Cyan Dragon Yanyue Saber shattered. Amid the spreading water mist, Tang Yang charged forward, drawing a new saber from the vapor and thrusting it straight at Rong Taotao’s face.

Rong Taotao stumbled back, bringing his halberd to his chest to hastily parry the Water Saber. But Tang Yang seized the moment, spinning and whipping the Water Saber around in a full circle for another horizontal slash.

Rong Taotao sidestepped and planted his halberd vertically, once again propping himself against the Halberd Shaft with one hand and one foot.

They exchanged blows, a flurry of moves in a single second. The attacker was swift and ferocious, the defender’s guard was airtight!

The stadium, packed with ten thousand people, absolutely erupted!

"Holy shit... What... What the hell is this?"

"Damn, they wouldn’t even dare to film a scene like this for a movie, would they? You’re telling me this can actually happen in a real fight?"

"He’s somehow using a polearm like it’s a close-range dagger. My mind is blown. Just what kind of monsters does the Snow Realm produce...?"

"A Soul Warrior is holding his own against a Soul Captain! He’s just... holding on! Seriously, just holding on! He’s using pure skill to fight for his life!"

Someone in the crowd was right. It was clearly a polearm, yet Rong Taotao was somehow wielding it with the effectiveness of a short, close-quarters weapon.

Rong Taotao didn’t switch to his Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, because... under the onslaught of his opponent’s frenzied attacks, he seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough.

Strategy, details, and his own positioning.

The Heaven-piercing Halberd was planted before Rong Taotao’s chest. With his arm coursing with Douxing Qi, he strained to nudge the Ironspear Point to the left.

As his hand applied force, his foot kicked the Halberd Shaft to the right. This combination created another burst of power, allowing the halberd to once again parry Tang Yang’s thrusting Water Saber.

"Level Up! Heaven-piercing Halberd Mastery, Five-Star: Beginner!"

"Get the fuck out of the arena!" Tang Yang roared, unleashing a wide, horizontal slash.

But after his relentless string of attacks failed, Tang Yang had already lowered his expectations.

Before, he wanted to tear this annoying little pest to shreds. Now, all he wanted was to force Rong Taotao out of bounds.

Rong Taotao thrust his Long Halberd forward. Abandoning defense, he suddenly ducked, letting the Water Saber skim over his back. In the same instant, he kicked off the ground and dove straight into Tang Yang’s embrace!

To be precise, as he dove into Tang Yang’s arms, the Ironspear Point of his halberd was already striking his opponent’s Water Rhinoceros Armor.

THUD. THUD. THUD. Tang Yang stumbled back several steps, glaring at Rong Taotao with a mixture of shock and fury.

Rong Taotao stood his ground, pointing his halberd at Tang Yang with one hand. "I may be a lower rank than you. But when it comes to Martial Arts... I, Rong Taotao, have never feared a single soul in my entire life!"

"AHHHHHHH!" A shrill, tragic scream suddenly echoed from the other half of the arena.

Alarmed, Tang Yang whipped his head around to look.

He saw both Gao Lingwei and Tang Meng with ghastly expressions. The difference was that Gao Lingwei had Tang Meng by the throat, hoisting her high into the air. In her other hand, a Great Xia Dragon Sparrow had already materialized.

「In the Snow Prison Arena」

Tang Meng’s body trembled as she desperately tried to back away. Her once elegantly smiling face was now twisted in a tearful grimace.

"No, please don’t..." Tang Meng begged, shaking her head frantically. One of her feet was already on the very edge of the Arena.

Before her, Gao Lingwei clutched her head with both hands, stumbling forward just as unsteadily.

In this Snow Prison Arena, where the very concept of "defense" was meaningless, every form of offense and defense was a direct blow to the spirit.

A moment ago, inside the Snow Prison Arena, Tang Meng had used Visualization of Thought to summon an Ocean Attribute Soul Skill that should not have been possible there. She had even unleashed her ultimate trump card, the Torrential Rain Water Needle. However...

Any attack that struck Gao Lingwei inflicted the exact same damage upon them both.

In this world of snow, every impact was a clash of wills.

By this point, Tang Meng felt as if tens of thousands of needles were piercing her body, the bone-deep agony spreading through her every limb, making her terrified to even touch Gao Lingwei.

And yet, Gao Lingwei continued to close the distance, one staggering step at a time...

The next moment, Gao Lingwei lunged forward and seized Tang Meng by the collar. The instant they made contact, another sharp, agonized hiss escaped.

"Ngh."

"Hss..." Gao Lingwei’s body trembled as she whispered, "Never again. I won’t break my promise again."

"Ah... ah..." Utterly terrified and with no will left to resist, Tang Meng was shoved out of the arena by Gao Lingwei, pushed into the abyss below.

「And back in reality...」

Tang Meng was clutching her head, her eyes wide and bloodshot.

Her mind shattered, she could no longer tell the difference between illusion and reality.

"I won’t break my promise again." Gao Lingwei held Tang Meng up by the neck, and with her other hand, she plunged the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow straight through Tang Meng’s abdomen.