How to Be the Perfect Junior Sister to a Reborn Villain - Chapter 10.1

Chapter 10

The snowfield was streaked with the Snow Soul Fox’s bl00d, crimson drops blooming like scattered rubies against the white.

The beast panted heavily, realizing with mounting terror that its strength was draining away bit by bit.

No.
It refused to die.

If it couldn’t escape, then these despicable humans would perish with it!

Every strand of fur stood on end as its sapphire eyes turned a chilling shade of red, madness overtaking reason.

With a sky-splitting roar, it unleashed a blizzard storm, a burst of destruction that rippled outward in every direction.

The force shattered three layers of the formation in an instant. The spiritual light flickered weakly, like a small boat caught in a raging sea, ready to capsize at any moment.

Lin Shanlai spat out a mouthful of bl00d, but his feet remained rooted to the ground. Not an inch of retreat.

He didn’t loosen his grip on the control artifact for even a heartbeat.
Instead, he shoved a handful of spiritual replenishing pills into his mouth, squeezing every last trace of energy from his dantian to hold the formation together.

Elder Gao fared even worse. His chest and the ground beneath him were splattered with bl00d. Exhaustion and mental strain hung heavy over him, and his spiritual reserves were almost completely spent.

But he could not stop.

The talismans were gone, so he lashed out with his vine artifact, striking the Snow Soul Fox over and over whenever it paused to draw breath, hoping to inflict just a bit more damage.

Meanwhile, Yan Jiuzhi hadn’t moved an inch.
But his sword had.

Waves of invisible sword energy tore through the air, his killing intent vast and unrelenting, each strike crashing into the Snow Soul Fox within the array.

Sword qi coiled around him like a storm. He looked calm, but his power was rapidly burning away.
Cold sweat streamed down his back, soaking through his robes.

If this went on much longer, the formation would collapse

That damned Long Yue Sect, those useless people, why hadn’t they shown up yet?
Had they been torn apart by wild dogs on the way?!

Rage flared in Yan Jiuzhi’s eyes.

And just then, far in the distance, a group of cultivators was flying swiftly toward them.

Standing atop a gleaming flying artifact were several inner disciples of the Long Yue Sect.

“Junior Sister,” said a tall, handsome man, glancing at the breathtaking girl beside him. “Judging from the trail of bl00d, the Snow Soul Fox should be nearby. Don’t worry, I’ll catch it for you.”

His voice dripped with devotion.

Xia Mengxue, standing gracefully on the flying disk, gave him a polite smile, but her eyes were distant, fixed on something unseen.

In truth, her gaze was glued to a flickering system panel hovering before her eyes, completely dim, lifeless gray.

Her points had been reset to zero before her rebirth.

And zero meant one thing:
If she died, she would not be able to traverse to another world.

She would truly cease to exist.

Her fists clenched.

Yan Jiuzhi had forced her into a corner. Every trick, every skill she had used them all.

He was like a soulless killing machine.
Even bleeding, even pierced by her blade, even facing certain death, he had kept coming for her.

And in that moment of absolute desperation, she had used her final trump card.

She had known there would be consequences.
But she hadn’t expected the cost to be so unbearable.

Her system had gone into hibernation. Every last shred of her astronomical merit points had been wiped away.

Taking a deep breath, she steadied herself. She couldn’t afford panic now.

If her memory was right, at this point, the Snow Soul Fox had fled here.
If they hurried, maybe just maybe they could still make it in time to “save” someone.

Her eyes flickered with calculation.

Now, her current cultivation was at early Foundation Establishment, equal to her restored divine sense.
Yan Jiuzhi, reborn, should still be only in Qi Refining.

If she could kill him here and now.
That would erase all future threats.

She had no idea that, at that very moment, Yan Jiuzhi was gathering his power to its limit, preparing to break through the final restraint on his spiritual sense.

He had only one chance.
He couldn’t afford a single mistake.
One strike, kill or die.

Inside the formation, the Snow Soul Fox suddenly shuddered.
A deep, primal terror gripped its heart, its beast instinct warning it of death.

It was going to die.

Unwillingness and fury burned within it.
If it had to die, then it would take every last one of these loathsome humans with it.

Summoning its last reserves of strength, it roared to the heavens its final, desperate cry.

It sacrificed half its lifespan, pushing its power to the absolute peak.

Gales howled. Snow and ice surged madly.
The very elements of frost in the air gathered around it, coalescing into armor of frozen steel.

Its body swelled in size, encased in crystalline ice.

Then.

With a roar that split the sky, an explosion of pure destructive frost erupted outward.

It was stronger than any attack before, imbued with its dying will to annihilate everything.

The surge of icy energy blasted outward, unstoppable and all-consuming.

The formation, fragile as glass, shattered completely.
Elder Gao, Lin Shanlai, and Yan Jiuzhi were all blown away, bl00d trailing through the air in three crimson arcs before they crashed into the ground.

In the distance, Lin Ruo, who had just regained consciousness, was flung back by the shockwave, tumoring helplessly.

When she looked up, her pupils shrank in horror.

The place where the array had stood was now a deep crater, the earth cracked and torn apart in a spiderweb of destruction.

Her master, junior brother, and Elder Gao lay scattered on the ground, their fates unknown.

Terror and despair gripped her heart as she staggered to her feet, trying to run to them.

But then she saw her junior brother, bl00d-soaked and trembling, struggling to stand.

She didn’t know what he meant to do; her vision blurred by tears and swirling snow.

She ran toward him, screaming, her voice breaking with panic.
“Junior Brother! Run!”

They couldn’t win.

If they stayed, they would all die.

“Run! Please, just run!”

Yan Jiuzhi spat out a mouthful of bl00d, the chill of hopelessness spreading through his chest.
He hadn’t expected the Snow Soul Fox’s strength to reach such terrifying heights.

But he didn’t look back. He ignored Lin Ruo’s desperate cries.

At that moment, he cast away all hesitation and broke through the restraints on his divine sense.

His fingers wove a rapid series of seals, activating the hidden binding array.

The Snow Soul Fox, drained and dying, hadn’t yet recovered from its self-destruction. Its steps faltered, its massive body trembling.

Then a surge of unseen power struck.

It froze, completely immobilized.

Its fur bristled like needles, its beast eyes wide with terror.

A threadlike yet crushing force, fine as spider silk but heavy as a mountain, pierced through the wound on its back and drove straight into its heart.

In that instant, time itself seemed to stop.

It never even had the chance to feel pain.
Its heart burst apart like a fragile bubble.

Bl00d sprayed into the air, filling it with a metallic tang.

At that very moment.

A furious shout echoed from afar.
“Stop! That Snow Soul Fox is mine!”

The voice arrived before its owner did.

A man in blue robes hurled a rune-inscribed cage with astonishing speed, catching the falling Snow Soul Fox the very instant it hit the ground.

With a thunderous boom, the cage snapped shut around the corpse.

The man descended slowly, arrogance radiating from every movement. With a flick of his wrist, the cage shrank and flew back into his palm.

But when he saw the dead Snow Soul Fox, bl00d still dripping from its fur, his expression darkened instantly.

That was the spirit beast his beloved junior sister had chosen.
And after chasing it for so long, someone else had killed it first.

His sharp gaze swept over the four battered figures below, a sneer tugging at his lips.

A mere early Core Formation cultivator, one Foundation Establishment, and two Qi Refiners.
Pathetic. Even their robes were plain mortal cloth, devoid of spiritual energy.

Two of them lay motionless on the ground; the remaining pair could barely stand.

Disgust flashed through his eyes, anger roiling beneath the surface.

He had put in so much effort to capture this Snow Soul Fox.
And these ants had ruined everything.

Turning slightly, he looked toward the pure, delicate girl beside him, her beauty like a lily trembling in the wind.

His hand tightened around his weapon, teeth gritting as his glare fell on the broken figures below.

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