Chapter 56: Blood Rain of the Dark Ice Spearplay

At the training ground of Xue Shi Castle.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

When the Flying Snow Divine Spear was unleashed, it naturally brought along swirling snowflakes.

Amidst the drifting snowflakes, faint threads of light flickered! Dongbo Xueying, clad in black, was fully immersed in displaying his spear techniques. His current spearplay was vastly different from the “Dark Ice Spearplay – Drifting Snow.” The Drifting Snow Spearplay now seemed as if blossoms of spears were blooming! At this moment, each thrust of Dongbo Xueying’s spear was followed by a relatively smaller retraction.

Yet the rotational force was significantly greater! And vast amounts of the world’s power converged at the spear’s tip.

With powerful rotational force and a massive influx of the world’s power being harnessed, the spear barely retracted before thrusting out a second time! Between the two phantom-like spear tips, the human eye could vaguely discern a thread-like trajectory forming.

Innumerable spear shadows, countless threads.

Like fine raindrops falling, connecting into threads.

This was the second level of the Dark Ice Spearplay — Blood Rain!

“This move nearly pushes the utilization of the world’s power to its ultimate limit, reaching an almost inconceivable degree. It exhaustively harnesses the power of the heavens and earth to accelerate one’s spear techniques,” Dongbo Xueying marveled. The senior predecessor who created this spearplay, Master Gu Yuanhan, had indeed reached an astonishing level in his pursuit of spear speed. Although Dongbo himself had achieved unity with heaven and earth, he had still spent a full six days just to learn this one move.

If he had to create something like this himself, the demands on physical strength, the internal energy dynamics of the spear techniques, and the manipulation and borrowing of the world’s power would be extremely high, making it unlikely he could accomplish such a feat.

Of course, this Ice Knight, Gu Yuanhan, had only compiled this entire spearplay system specifically when he had reached an extremely high level of cultivation and decided to record his techniques for future generations.

“Mastering the Blood Rain technique of the Dark Ice Spearplay has made my spear techniques even faster. If I encounter that divine messenger again now, killing him will be much easier.” Dongbo Xueying smiled. A sufficiently fast spearplay would make it very difficult for opponents to defend, eventually leading them to unavoidable openings, which he could then exploit to eliminate them!

“Xueying.” A figure entered the training ground—it was Zong Ling. Zong Ling sighed, “Your spearplay has long reached perfection; yet you still practice every day. It makes me feel ashamed. I really need to work harder too.”

“The more I practice spearplay, the more I realize my own insignificance,” Dongbo Xueying looked up at the sky. “The natural world is infinitely profound! We are but ordinary mortals. The longer I practice spearplay, the more I occasionally feel a sense of confusion. Compared to the profound mysteries of nature, my spearplay is far inferior—truly not worth mentioning.”

“Haha, enough already! What natural world? We can’t even feel what you’re talking about. Aren’t we even more pitiful?” Zong Ling joked.

Dongbo Xueying also smiled.

It was only after achieving unity with heaven and earth that he could more clearly sense the profound mysteries of the natural world. His spirit could fly with the wind, rise with the flames, feel the weight of the earth, and flow with the water… The more vividly he felt these, the more he understood the mystery and vastness of nature, and a sense of reverence arose in his heart.

Take his spearplay, for example. When defending, it faintly contained the mystery of flowing water. But when his spirit completely merged with the water, feeling its natural flow… he realized how crude his spearplay truly was! It was like the difference between a child’s scribbles and the actual natural scenery.

Of course—

Without reaching the state of unity with heaven and earth, one would not feel this so strongly.

“Uncle Zong,” Dongbo Xueying asked curiously, “Why haven’t I seen Qing Shi today? He didn’t even come back at noon?”

“Hearing from the soldiers, Qing Shi and his young girlfriend left early this morning with some soldiers to go sightseeing in Yi Shui City,” Zong Ling, wielding six curved blades with his six arms, began a simple warm-up routine with his blade techniques. “Ah, youth is truly wonderful!”

“Oh?” Dongbo Xueying nodded. Qing Shi and his girlfriend indeed had a good relationship, and going to Yi Shui City for sightseeing was something they did almost every few days, so he wasn’t surprised.

…

As the sun set in the west.

A group of soldiers was standing guard by the roadside, while nearby, a young couple was leisurely strolling and admiring the beautiful flowers and scenery around them.

This young couple was none other than Qing Shi and Ji Rong.

“These little flowers are so beautiful. In our area, we can only see more flowers and plants during summer. Usually, it’s mostly cold, even covered in heavy snow,” Ji Rong picked a small yellow flower and tucked it into her hair, then turned to Qing Shi with a radiant smile, “Am I beautiful?”

“Beautiful! There’s no more beautiful girl in the entire Yi Shui City,” Qing Shi also smiled.

Although they had had a slight disagreement a few days ago, since then Ji Rong had not mentioned those things again, and naturally, their relationship had gradually returned to normal. This trip to Yi Shui City for sightseeing had put both of them in excellent moods.

“You’re so sweet with your words!” Ji Rong teased, “Back then, how come I didn’t notice how sweet your words were? But speaking of beautiful girls, Sister You Yue is even prettier than me. By the way, I noticed that Sister You Yue hasn’t visited the castle these days. What’s going on? Did she and your older brother have some kind of problem?”

“Yes,” Qing Shi nodded. “I’ve also noticed that You Yue hasn’t been to the castle. I asked my older brother about it, and he told me not to ask. He also said that You Yue wouldn’t come back to the castle anymore and told me to keep some distance from her.”

“It seems they’ve broken up,” Ji Rong said.

“Perhaps,” Qing Shi smiled. “Actually, my older brother and You Yue never even started anything.”

Ji Rong smiled.

She felt a bit proud and delighted. Among the female disciples under Master Bai Yuan, although she was confident in her looks and demeanor, she always felt slightly overshadowed by Kong Youyue. In terms of looks alone, she was also very pretty, especially her eyes, which were particularly attractive. Although she was a bit shorter, her body proportions were still very good, giving her a delicate and petite charm. In contrast, Kong Youyue was more graceful and tall. Moreover, Kong Youyue seemed to be nice to everyone, and many disciples liked her. Combined with her mysterious relationship with Dongbo Xueying, she naturally became the leading figure among the female disciples.

“Clippity-clop!!!” A heavy sound of horse hooves came from the nearby road.

A group of dark red-armored cavalry was advancing.

At the head of the cavalry was a young man dressed in elegant white armor with narrow eyes. He looked left and right with a proud and spirited expression.

“Brother Zhao, this Yi Shui City is such a remote little place. Compared to our city in the prefecture, it’s far inferior. However, the two young beauties sent by the city’s governor were quite nice,” the young man in white armor with narrow eyes chuckled. Beside him stood a cold and stern knight clad in gray robes: “Young master, you’ve played enough. Once we join the army, you must follow the rules. In other places, the My Lord can protect you, but in the army, you can’t act recklessly.”

“Rest assured, rest assured. Once I join the army, I won’t act recklessly,” the young man in white armor said.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he spotted Ji Rong in the distance with Dongbo Qing Shi. He couldn’t help but feel a stirring in his heart and drool slightly: “Brother Zhao, look at her. She’s a pretty little girl, and she’s got a certain charm.”

Ji Rong was only sixteen, with a hint of innocence, yet already showing a promising figure. As a female mage, her demeanor was second to none among ordinary women. With a small wildflower in her hair, she made the young man in white armor feel itchy inside. Female mages were rare to begin with, and beautiful ones were even more scarce, often pursued by the scions of noble families.

“Hey, girl,” the young man with narrow eyes in white armor called out. His snow-treading horse immediately left the main road and approached them with a grin, “How about letting big brother take you to play? That silly kid next to you is too young to understand the charm of a beautiful girl. Big brother will show you what a real man can do.”

“Hmph.”

Both Qing Shi and Ji Rong’s expressions changed slightly. The soldiers from Xueying Domain nearby were even more furious, and many had already taken out their star-piercing crossbows from their backs.

“Who are you?” Qing Shi demanded coldly. At least in Yi Shui City, no one had dared to provoke him before.

“Young master,” the gray-robed knight immediately recognized the insignia on the soldiers’ armor and rode closer, lowering his voice, “These are the people from Xueying Domain in Yi Shui City. The domain lord is Dongbo Xueying. He went to the Destruction Mountains at the age of fifteen and killed the Silver Moon Wolf King. He should now be a Silver Moon Knight! We’re not far from the army, so it’s better not to cause trouble.”

“Xueying Domain, Dongbo Xueying?” The young man in white armor frowned. If they were in Qing He Prefecture City, he wouldn’t care about someone like Dongbo Xueying. His family had considerable influence in the city, although they always had to follow the orders of the Si Clan! Still, they were quite powerful and looked down on families from these remote little cities.

But this time, he had only brought a small escort team, whose leader was a Meteor Knight. Facing the Xueying Domain, they might not be able to handle it.

He had already decided to back down, but the young man in white armor was unwilling to lose face. He sneered, “Who am I? Hmph, you people from these remote little places aren’t even worthy of knowing!”

“You better listen well,” Ji Rong, standing beside Qing Shi, was also somewhat angry. “He is Dongbo Qing Shi of the Xueying Domain! His older brother is the domain lord Dongbo Xueying! How dare you flirt with me… Qing Shi, aren’t you going to do anything? Are you just going to let him insult me?”

“Make her apologize,” Qing Shi couldn’t afford to lose face in front of his girlfriend and immediately roared in anger, “Otherwise, you won’t be able to leave the territory of Yi Shui City alive!”

“Oh my, quite impressive, huh,” the young man in white armor, who had originally planned to back down, was used to being arrogant and immediately became furious at this moment. His eyes flashed coldly, “A small family from a remote place dares to be arrogant in front of me? You’re really overestimating yourselves! Attack, kill all the men, and take that little beauty with us.”

He made up his mind. After killing them, he would directly go to the army, and by the time Dongbo Xueying found out, it would be too late.

“Yes,” his group of dark red-armored soldiers, who were already accustomed to killing, immediately responded.

“You dare!” Qing Shi was shocked. Was he really going to kill them just for not apologizing?

“Attack.”

The gray-robed knight slightly frowned but still instantly jumped off his horse. A layer of cyan protective aura appeared on his body as he quickly charged forward. Seeing this scene, the soldiers from Xueying Domain were all startled. A Meteor Knight? The soldiers from Xueying Domain who were holding star-piercing crossbows were somewhat panicked. Star-piercing crossbows could indeed threaten a Meteor Knight.

But usually, it required over a hundred star-piercing crossbows to surround and attack simultaneously. Otherwise, the speed of the Meteor Knight made it difficult for them to aim.

“Quickly scatter, spread out, and attack that white-clothed man,” the experienced soldiers quickly began to disperse.

“Kill.”

The dark red-armored soldiers all rushed out.

The young man in white armor at a distance flipped his hand and a shield appeared in front of him. With the shield and hiding far away, he was not afraid of the star-piercing crossbows at all. He sneered as he watched everything unfold: “Kid, daring to be arrogant with me? You’re really asking for death.”

“Ahh.” The Meteor Knight was like a butcher when facing ordinary soldiers. In an instant, one of the Xueying Domain soldiers who was trying to scatter was cut down with a single slash.

More dark red-armored soldiers rushed directly toward Dongbo Qing Shi.

Qing Shi had never encountered such a situation before. He was panicking and nervous. His magical artifacts’ spells couldn’t possibly take down so many people at once, especially with a Meteor Knight among them.

He flipped his hand and pulled out a magical scroll—it was one of the many scrolls given to him by Dongbo Xueying, a fifth-tier magical scroll.