Extra: Under the Night
"Sister, are you okay?"
Shui Yue'er was surprised when she saw Shui Bing'er walking down from the Soul Fighting Stage with a dull expression.
Shui Yue'er, who has dark green hair and a face similar to Shui Bing'er. As Shui Bing'er's half-sister, although she is not as talented as Shui Bing'er, she has lived with Shui Bing'er for so long. For a long time, she knew very well how strong Shui Bing'er was, and she was confident that she had a say in Shui Bing'er's power.
To be able to force Shui Bing'er to use her third soul skill, the Tiandou Royal Academy student with scorpion braids across from him must be stronger than anyone except Shui Bing'er and Alizee.
Shui Bing'er was the last person to compete in Tianshui Academy. As soon as the game was over, she led the others out of the Tiandou Great Soul Fighting Arena, got on the carriage arranged by the academy, and returned to Tianshui Academy under the reluctant eyes of others.
Tianshui College is located in the north of Tiandou City, adjacent to Tiandou Lake. The exterior walls are extensively decorated with crystals. At night, the entire college reflects the bright moon in the sky, reflecting soft white light.
After getting off the carriage, everyone in Tianshui turned a blind eye to the beautiful scenery in front of them. No matter how beautiful the scenery in front of them was, they would not be as shocked as they were in the first place after seeing it a lot.
"Alizee, how do you feel?" Looking at Alizee getting off the carriage. Hearing Xue Wu's words, Alijie shook her head and said she was fine.
Shui Bing'er clapped her hands, and everyone's eyes were focused on her. "Everyone has worked hard today. I will take Alizee to the healing soul master for a detailed examination. Everyone, please go back and rest first."
Everyone nodded. Since the captain said so, just leave it to her. Shui Yue'er waved to Shui Bing'er and trotted back to her dormitory.
The empty entrance to the academy was filled with silence after everyone left. Looking at Alijie who was still slightly weak, Shui Bing'er stretched out a hand.
Alijie did not put her hand on Shui Bing'er's hand, but took off a necklace from her neck. With a slight twist of her slender fingers, she took off the pendant.
The pendant is very small, no bigger than a melon seed. The shape is like water droplets and the color is like ice crystals. If you look closely, you can see that the pendant is emitting a faint white light. Holding this small pendant in both hands, Alizee slowly input soul power into it.
As the soul power was input into the pendant, Alizee's face slowly turned pale, and her body couldn't stop trembling. But she didn't stop, even though her soul power was almost at its bottom now, she still forcibly squeezed out the soul power input pendant from her weak body.
After an unknown amount of time, the pendant that absorbed soul power like a bottomless pit seemed to be finally satisfied. A trace of blood red appeared in the deepest part, gradually spreading to the entire pendant.
Seeing this, Alizee hurriedly took out an ice bowl made purely of ten thousand years of black ice from the soul guide, and carefully placed the pendant in a small gap on it. The blood on the pendant was so rich that when it was about to turn black, a drop of blood slowly seeped out and flowed into the ice bowl.
After the blood was shed, the pendant instantly returned to its original state. No one could have imagined that this crystal clear "water drop" would shed a drop of blood after devouring soul power.
After retrieving the pendant, Alizee handed the ice bowl to Shui Bing'er. Looking at this drop of blood that remained liquid even in the extremely cold ice bowl, Shui Bing'er's eyes showed undisguised disgust.
"Great, right?" Alizee said slightly. It was different from the tone Gu You heard, like the stepmother in Cinderella or the queen in Snow White. There was obviously no change in the voice, but the malice in it was like a bottomless ice cave.
"Our 'princess'. Your arrival is a gift from the gods to us, and we will do everything we can to push you to that position."
"Do you think this is possible?" Shui Bing'er had a gloomy face. At this time, the moonlight was obscured by a cloud, and Shui Bing'er's face fell into shadow. "You have been pursuing a state that has not been reached for hundreds of years. Why do you think that I, an outsider, can achieve it?"
"Of course it's your martial spirit, our "princess"." Alijie, who also sank into the shadows, said with a smile, "The legendary Ice Phoenix, the pinnacle of the ice-based martial spirit, the ultimate container born just to complete It was born from the dream I was waiting for.”
Looking at Alijie's smile, Shui Bing'er was silent for a moment, shook her head and said, "Although you are smiling, you are very angry, angry at my appearance. If it weren't for me, you would be the chosen one in this generation." "
The smile on Alijie's face disappeared instantly, and her face was ferocious, "Yes, I am the first person in the family's history to control the ultimate. I should be the one to become the "princess"."
"Your appearance took away my hopes, my dreams, and everything I had!"
Looking at Shui Bing'er with a sad face angrily, Alizee closed her eyes and took a deep breath. As the breath was slowly exhaled, Alizee regained her composure and said calmly: "No need to say more, just put this aside quickly." Drink Bing Jizhi’s blood. Don’t forget that your mother is still our guest.”
Shui Bing'er's expression changed, "How is mother now?"
"What else can we do? We provide her with good food and drink. We just occasionally think of her favorite daughter and look forward to visiting her when she reaches level 40."
Shui Bing'er gritted her silver teeth: "You... are despicable!"
"Is this how you see it?" Alijie was a little surprised. "We just hope that you can visit us from time to time. Whether it is training supplies or soul rings, we will prepare everything for you."
"We don't need you to give us anything in return, as long as you truly obtain the power of Ultimate Ice."
"Even the next moment you reach the Ultimate Ice, it will be the end of our family."
Shui Bing'er stared at Ailijie's calm face, raised the ice bowl and swallowed the drop of blood. The majestic ice attribute energy instantly poured into her body, and a trace of pain appeared on her face.
"Thank you for your hard work, "Princess"." Ailijie bowed slightly, reached out to take the bowl from Shui Bing'er's hand, and turned away without mercy. Only Shui Bing'er, who stared at her back with cold eyes after the pain, stood there.
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ps: Since this chapter is free, I will add some words.
I think the foreshadowing I buried is still quite obvious. Whether it is Shui Bing'er's soul skills, or Ailijie's third soul skill, which relies on abandoning the soul skill effect to achieve the ice attribute that is infinitely close to the ultimate ice, the metaphor of the meaning of the twin flowers, the "seeker" in the previous chapter, and the nickname of "Ice Emperor's retainer", I have actually always written the truth in the book.
The Ai family is a family that pursues the ultimate. Ailijie is one of them.
My design logic is: the Ai family, who had not met Shui Bing'er, chose Alizee, who obtained the ultimate ice with side effects through the first soul skill, as the "princess", and then died because she could not really control the ultimate ice.
The branch line that originally did not affect the main line at all, because the protagonist's article changed the soul skill choice, Shui Bing'er appeared in front of the family seeking the ultimate power, and then became what she is now, becoming their "princess".
As a fanatic, Alizee has two emotions in her heart: hatred for "her dream being taken away" and joy for "a more suitable person has appeared". That's why they are twin flowers.
Their research on the extreme will also help the protagonist grow.
Well, a long section of the plot that should have been described slowly in the future has basically been said. The number of words in this book has been greatly reduced, and the progress of the book has been improved.
I'm tired, so that's it.