Chai Yong’s hand from the wrist down had been bitten off cleanly, and bright red blood splattered on the ground.
The muzzle of the ice sculpture dog was dyed red with blood. It shook its head like a normal dog shaking off water droplets and pounced on Chai Yong.
Chai Yong did have some fighting experience. He endured the pain, rolled away on the ground, and escaped the first pounce of the ice sculpture dog. However, before he could stand up, he felt another coolness behind him. The human figure carved from ice and holding the sword flashed a sinister smile. The sword in its hand plunged and stabbed straight through Chai Yong’s right shoulder.
Fang Ziyue and Li Chengyan were so frightened that they wanted to run away.
However, the unbroken ice sculptures surrounded the party, blocking their escape route.
Lin Xinghe and Tang Xin, who were hammering at the ice sculptures farther back on the path, saw this scene and stopped to watch.
Tang Xin asked, “Why don’t they attack us?”
Lin Xinghe said, “Because we weren’t marked…” She looked behind them. All the ice sculptures that she and Tang Xin had destroyed were also moving, but presumably because of the damage, they moved extremely slowly, as if they were a bunch of old and weak soldiers. The sculptures limped right past the two of them to attack Chai Yong and Li Chengyan.
Fang Ziyue was the first to realize that the ice sculptures did not attack Lin Xinghe and Tang Xin. She immediately thought of when Lin Xinghe had asked them if they smelled anything strange this morning.
Fang Ziyue disregarded everything else and shouted loudly: “Lin Xinghe, please save me! As long as you save me, I will tell you all the clues I know.”
Lin Xinghe asked, “What clues?”
Fang Ziyue immediately spilled everything that the NPC told them this morning.
Lin Xinghe looked thoughtful.
Tang Xin asked in a low voice, “Do you want to save them?”
Lin Xinghe said, “Yes, the teacher said that I must be dedicated to doing good and stop doing more evil. Only by helping others can I show that I have the intention and sincerity of repentance.”
She took out a waterproof butane flamethrower from her bag.
Tang Xin was dumbfounded: “The supermarket sells these?”
Lin Xinghe said: “Yes, this counts as an outdoor product for cooking, and I bought the model that is closer to industrial-grade upgraded products. Just hold the handle, pull here, and press here… ”
A half-meter-long flame erupted from the end of the nozzle immediately.
The ice sculpture caught by the flame gradually melted.
Lin Xinghe also gave Tang Xin a flamethrower and said to her, “Go find some flammable dry branches nearby and bring them here.” With that, she raised her weapon and went to Chai Yong.
Blazing flames.
Lin Xinghe’s whole body was reflected by the firelight, and her excited smile shone from her sweet and charming face.
【Run, ice sculpture monsters, run! The Great Demon King is coming to kill you! 】
【She is coming! She is coming! She came with a flame! 】
【To the ice sculptures in front, you are all alone! 】
【Am I the only one who wonders what kind of big villain Lin Xinghe used to be? She is not only extremely lucky but also black-bellied*— even after all this, she still looks dainty to me. 】
【I feel sorry for the protagonists of Lin Xinghe’s villain story. They must have been brutally abused. 】
Lin Xinghe confirmed that her conjecture was correct.
Although the ice sculptures were alive, their physical properties were designed to make them afraid of fire. Just now, even the ice sculptures that were surrounding Chai Yong, Li Chengyan and Fang Ziyue turned away from the fire after Lin Xinghe came over.
They seemed to want to get close to Chai Yong and the others, but they were afraid of the fire in Lin Xinghe’s hands, so they spun around in place like blind flies.
Lin Xinghe said to Fang Ziyue and Li Chengyan, “Come here and sprinkle all the alcohol in my bag over there. I want to make a fire to burn all these ice sculptures.”
It was also at this time that Tang Xin came back with a bunch of dry branches.
Lin Xinghe said, “You came back just in time to light the fire.”
Tang Xin threw the branches on the ground and took the rubbing alcohol from the other two’s hands.
As soon as the flame touched the alcohol, a chemical reaction occurred, and flames erupted from the ground, surrounding all the ice sculptures. Tongues of fire lapped at them, and they burned and melted in the raging fire.
Lin Xinghe licked her lips and smiled brilliantly.
“The entanglement of ice and fire is so beautiful. See how enchanting they look when they melt, like an artist’s masterpiece.”
Fang Ziyue saw Lin Xinghe clearly for the first time.
… This was the most terrifying devil!
TL Notes:
*A common translation of a trait in Chinese meaning someone that looks sweet and nice on the surface but is vile and violent inside.
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