Starforce Warriors-Chapter 329: Ice Age

We’ve been discovered?!

Edward was mildly surprised but quickly rose into the air and flew toward Li Xiaofei. At the same time, the hidden battle armor squad that had been lying in wait also took to the air, no longer concealing themselves.

In the distance, Li Xiaofei’s expression froze for a moment.

Damn. I had only been bluffing. Who would have thought it would actually work?

But Li Xiaofei remained calm as Edward rapidly approached. His first attempt at fishing had yielded results without even using proper bait. Drawing this guy out had been effortless.

"What are you doing here, Great Xia man?" Edward hovered in the air, glaring down at him.

Li Xiaofei held his broadsword as he replied, "Are you here to kill me?"

Edward smiled as he replied, "It seems you already knew."

"Why does an inspector of the Realm of Traces harbor such deep hostility toward martial artists of Great Xia?" Li Xiaofei asked.

Edward responded indifferently, "Because you deserve to die."

"So, you framed Ye Liuying as well?" Li Xiaofei pressed.

Edward chuckled. "Her? Well, who told her Golden Body Realm aura to resemble the one left on this battlefield so closely? It gave me the perfect excuse to have her killed."

"So you’ve been targeting Ye Liuying from the very beginning?" Li Xiaofei asked, narrowing his eyes. "Coming to Liuhe Base City was just part of your personal agenda?"

Edward replied calmly, "There’s no such thing as a personal agenda for an inspector of the Realm of Traces. Whether or not the order comes from above, my words and actions represent the will of the Realm of Traces."

"Why do you want to kill Ye Liuying?" Li Xiaofei kept pressing.

Edward's voice turned cold and said, "All exceptional martial artists of Great Xia must die. Your very existence hinders the evolution of Earth and obstructs the will of the Star Council."

Li Xiaofei countered, "Our sages in Great Xia are also part of the Star Council. How can you claim we're obstructing it?"

Edward sneered, "Soon, that won’t be the case anymore."

Li Xiaofei’s heart sank. There was more to Edward’s words than he was letting on.

"You intend to sever the roots of Great Xia’s martial tradition, don’t you?" Li Xiaofei began to piece it together.

Edward sneered, "And what if we do? You’re not the first, and you certainly won’t be the last."

Li Xiaofei asked, "Have you considered the consequences? Acting this way on Great Xia's soil will provoke a response from the government."

"Punishment? Hahahaha!" Edward laughed loudly. "The Great Xia government is currently overwhelmed. You've already lost four out of five matches in the National Martial God Tournament. The northeastern beast tides have erupted, the southern sea monsters have landed, the Bayer Federation is aggressively pressing in the north, and Jiepeng forces are stirring up chaos in the east. On top of that, with the fall of your sages and the decline of your war gods, you can no longer defend this vast territory. The Dragon Group is stretched too thin and is suffering heavy losses. Do you really think they have time to worry about you and Ye Liuying?"

Li Xiaofei was shaken.

How has Great Xia’s situation deteriorated to such a critical state?

"Well, enough talk. It's time for you to rest in peace," Edward smirked. "Don’t worry, Ye Liuying will soon follow you."

Edward raised his hand and a violent ice storm began to form between his fingers. His powerful body, capable of withstanding the activation of sixteen high-tier star beast runes, allowed him to immediately unleash the secret technique called Ice Age. He had no intention of wasting time on Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei could feel the terrifying pressure of a Golden Body Realm expert pressing down on him. He held his broadsword and activated his armor technique. Crimson blood from the Bull Demon Beast floated out, forming a thick layer of blood armor over him.

The broadsword was also enveloped by the strange blood, transforming it into the Ghost Slayer Blade.

"So it really was you," Edward muttered, finally realizing the truth.

He recognized the Ghost Slayer Blade instantly.

He sneered, "So, you're the so-called Ghost Slayer, Zhong Kui. But it's useless. No matter how you transform, you’re as good as dead before absolute strength."

Li Xiaofei leaped into the air and unleashed the Eight Heavenly Blade Techniques. The Ghost Slayer Blade in his grasp transformed into a myriad of blade lights that converged into one. A thousand-meter-long blade aura tore through the sky. This was the strongest strike Li Xiaofei could currently muster.

The blade energy tore across the air, and it seemed as though the heavens themselves were being split in two.

"Weak little insect," Edward sneered before releasing the ice storm from his palm.

The secret technique of the Golden Body Realm, Ice Age, froze everything in its path. The sky, the earth, the very air, even blade energy wasn’t exempt. Everything the frost touched was reduced to dust.

The brilliant blade aura disintegrated into nothingness as it was overwhelmed by the extreme cold. This was the gap in their realms. The frost-white aura spread outward, and enveloped Li Xiaofei in an instant .

The area within a thousand meters transformed into a frozen wasteland of ice and snow. Li Xiaofei had vanished. Edward had a second energy orb of ice in his hand as he gazed down from above. There was no longer any trace of Li Xiaofei’s presence.

"Could he have truly been frozen to dust in an instant?" Edward’s eyes swept across the area, confirming that Li Xiaofei had been thoroughly annihilated. He finally let out a sigh of relief.

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It was done!

And far more easily than he had expected. The dreaded Great Xia Dragon Group had not intervened either. Yet, one question still lingered, unanswered.

Li Xiaofei’s transformation into Ghost Slayer Zhong Ku hadn't surprised Edward much. In truth, he had suspected it for some time. The real mystery was how Li Xiaofei had managed to appear at the Realm of Traces' secret base, kill Clove, and vanish without a trace.

***

In the Realm of Traces base, Ye Liuying sat quietly in the deepest prison cell, holding a copy of the Saints’ Sayings, flipping through each page with utmost focus.

She appeared so absorbed that it was like she had forgotten everything happening in the world outside. However, the faint furrow in her willow-leaf shaped eyebrows betrayed her true mood: she wasn’t at peace.

Suddenly, she stopped turning the pages. A crimson blade light erupted without warning from the tiny bathroom space that could barely hide a single person. It carried with it an overwhelming killing intent as it slashed directly toward her like a thunderbolt.

A cold smile appeared on Ye Liuying's face.

"So, the ghost from the Yiggs Union finally couldn’t resist making a move?"

Very well...

Her body suddenly erupted with dazzling sword energy as her aura surged. She turned and raised her right hand. In that moment, her right arm and hand transformed into a peerless sword as she unleashed her most powerful strike since reaching the Golden Body Realm.

This strike contained all her mental will, fueled by her deep hatred for the Realm of Traces and her loathing of the Inquisition. It was a sword strike carrying the full brunt of her rage and strength.

The presence of the assassin was instantly shattered by her sword. She felt her fingertips pierce into her target's body. But then the assassin vanished.

Not defeated. Not killed. But they simply... disappeared as if they had never been there at all. But they had also taken the energy of Ye Liuying’s strongest sword strike as well. The cell, aside from the broken bathroom partition, was eerily intact.

A look of confusion appeared on Ye Liuying's face.

What had just happened?