"Hehehe... to think even the mighty prodigy Si Xiu would even have such a day..." A mysterious man emerged from behind Si Xiu, who had fallen onto the ground, and was moving backwards. Her control over her cultivation was lost, returning her to Spiritual Foundation Tier-8.
"Liu Bo? Why would you betray the Holy Heart Sect like this? You had a bright future following my master!" Si Xiu let out a gasp of surprise as she recognised the voice of the man, who was covered by a darkened hood.
"Do you know how much did the Yang Emperor Sect offer me to kill that old grandma? Even you would betray the Holy Heart Sect if you knew what they offered me!" Liu Bo only sniggered at Si Xiu's response.
"How did you get past the Shattering Space Barrier relic? Not even Master was able to get past it by force!" Si Xiu was horrified by the extent of power that was shown. Her master was at the top of Astral Projection, where they could shake mountains and split seas. Even if her master could not decipher the power of Shattering Space, how did Liu Bo get in?
"Why should I tell you? Why not die right here instead?" Liu Bo took out a knife that was dripping with a colourless liquid. As the liquid dripped down, the ground was constantly being dissolved by it.
"Homing Blood Dagger! Go!" Liu Bo muttered some incantations and performed sigils and directed the dagger to fly towards Si Xiu.
"Ice World." Si Xiu went into a meditation state, closing her eyes and started to use her special skill.
Immediately, the air around Si Xiu started to swirl around her, as the Qi in her heart turned into strands, which absorbed the heat in the air, turning everything around her frosty.
This was the skill that she had developed after she had spent thousands of hours inside the high tier artifact, Northern Winter. Even though she could not fully bring out the power of Northern Winter, just replicating half of it's power was enough.
The Homing Blood Dagger which was directed on her vulnerable spots, started to slow down. Even though normal cold weather would not stop it, the interference of the Qi created temperature gradually slowed it to a stop.
"Hmm! You are more impressive than I thought, the third true prodigy of Holy Heart! Enough of playing with you. I shall use the relic Yang Emperor Sect gave me to kill you in one blow." A pair of gauntlets suddenly appeared on Liu Bo's arms, where flames started to burn a ghastly green colour after the gauntlets appeared.
Along with the flames, the dark hood was illuminated by green light. Liu Bo tore off the hood, revealing to Si Xiu and Shen Ying his grotesque form.
"What...happened to you, Liu Bo?" She could not believe her eyes. Such a naive and innocent young man bursting with energy, had been reduced to this creepy and strange...thing.
Liu Bo's eyes was the only normal thing about him left, as strange tumours grew on his skin, occasionally rupturing and oozing out impurities. The surface of his skin looked like it had a wooden texture to it, with some parts of his limbs melting.
As the ghastly fire continued to burn, more parts of Liu Bo started to fall apart, but he only gave Si Xiu a vicious gaze, before starting to give out a hoarse and chill-inducing laugh.
"Hahahaha! This is the Undead Baron's gauntlets, which gives me tremendous power in exchange for my appearance! With this, my Cultivation has grown from a mere Body Building Tier-11 to Rotating Core Tier-12! I also gained the ability to leech life. Of course, that stupid grandma died without even knowing why." Liu Bo's face twisted into a malicious grin, before he lunged at Si Xiu violently.
"You really killed Master! She raised you like her own child, but you returned her kindness with death! I will make you suffer pain and torture like no other!" Si Xiu decided to reveal her trump cards, now that Liu Bo had shown his.
From the Foundation that she built in her heart, an ice shard started to emerge, before being completely pulled out from the chest by Si Xiu. The area that Si Xiu affected doubled immediately as Si Xiu held the ice shard.
"Since you have decided to go down this path, you will be punished. Unlock, Snow Princess' Shard." Si Xiu coldly stated as her outfit changed into a white coat that had ice shards as decorations.
"Blizzard." As Si Xiu said this word, multiple Qi infused ice shards started to pelt down on Liu Bo, but he still walked through the storm of ice shards as if it was nothing. He sneered at Si Xiu, before stomping on the ground, leaping up to catch Si Xiu's legs.
Shen Ying, who was in the vicinity affected by Si Xiu, felt Si Xiu's cold Qi penetrating her body and directly into her blood vessels involuntarily. However, the Qi in the body did not stop there, and instead was drawn towards... the portal in her mind???
The portal in her mind hungrily devoured Si Xiu's Qi, where an even bigger pair of disgusting and eerie arms tore open the portal once more. Shen Ying put her conscience into her mind space to observe what was happening.
From there, she could see the staircase that was leading down the Underworld, but now, there was a visible figure that was walking down the stairs, giving off a much stronger vibe than the the other ghosts she had previously summoned.
As the ghost walked out of the portal, the ghost's figure was revealed. It was a pale and handsome man who was dressed in a tuxedo. It then proceeded to immediately walk out of Shen Ying.
By then, Liu Bo already had Si Xiu pinned down the floor. After several rounds of battling, Liu Bo had managed to get the upper hand, and was about to deal a fatal blow to Si Xiu, when a chilling hand was placed on his shoulder.