Chapter 9

Whoosh—

Her dress swayed, drawing a dark and beautiful wave. And through the gaps—

Whoosh!

A ball of fire flew in. Its speed was astonishing, but—

‘The opponent is not good.’

In front of Siu, an ice shield larger than his height was erected. In the face of that cold temperature, the ambitiously flying fireball extinguished like a lamp.

Crack!

At the same moment, ice shards shaped like wild beast fangs flew at Yinhé.

However, Yinhé nimbly dodged everything and muttered expressionlessly.

“You can’t defeat me by hiding behind a shield.”

Her tone, devoid of any inflection, showed no sign of anxiety.

But Siu, standing behind the shield, was the same. He calmly watched the ground.

The ice shield, hit by the fireball, was melting slightly, with droplets falling. As the last drop fell into the puddle on the ground—

Swoosh—

As if given a soul, a stream of water shot up and stretched toward Yinhé in an instant.

“...!”

Water? Not ice?

She reflexively spewed fire, but it went out helplessly like a candle in front of a fire extinguisher. Unlike the ice shards that were simply flying, this had an overwhelming momentum.

Tsk, Yinhé clicked her tongue in frustration and was about to kick off the ground and leap into the air when—

Throb—

A sudden headache made her stagger. The water stream, twisting like a snake, did not miss this moment and instantly wrapped around Yinhé’s neck.

‘Damn...!’

By the time she realized it, it was too late. Of all times, a headache now. And he could control water too.

She had been complacent. It was because she had become too accustomed to the beast-type monsters inside the gate. Her deteriorating physical condition recently also played a part.

The young man in front of her was indeed strong. Probably the strongest among all the enemies Yinhé had faced so far.

But that didn’t mean she couldn’t win. This was just a result of her complacency.

The water stream turned into a thick rope and mercilessly tightened around Yinhé’s neck. Before she could even try to pull it off, it began to thicken and gradually covered her mouth and nose.

‘I can’t breathe...!’

Bubbles gurgled out from her tightly pressed lips.

Is this how I die? Such a thought vaguely crossed her mind.

Suffocation or drowning. She had never thought her death would take such a form. And at the hands of a human? This is the height of irony.

In her clouding mind, the cold tombstone of her mother suddenly came to mind.

Yinhé.

Yinhé.

You have to go to school.

Yinhé...

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