In less than ten seconds, Chi Chuan had vanished from everyone's sight. Forty-seven seconds remained from the time Fang Junxue had given.
For Chi Chuan, who already possessed peak Martial Sect strength, with his full effort, his speed could reach at least several hundred meters per second.
Without exaggeration, within this minute, Chi Chuan could escape tens of thousands of meters away.
Could Fang Junxue truly attack such a distance?
At this moment, everyone dared not breathe deeply. The atmosphere in the field was heavy and oppressive.
"Sister Qiushui, why does Sister Junxue have to be so troublesome? Couldn't she just swat him away with a single palm?" Nangong Qianyu withdrew her gaze from Fang Junxue and asked with some confusion.
"I don't quite understand either!"
Bai Qiushui looked deeply at Fang Junxue and voiced a guess: "If I'm not mistaken, Chi Chuan must have been involved in what happened three years ago."
After all, Bai Qiushui had followed Fang Junxue for so long; her understanding of Fang Junxue might even surpass Ye Ming's.
It was precisely because of this that Bai Qiushui knew Fang Junxue's personality well.
If Chi Chuan hadn't done something that made her extremely angry, Fang Junxue wouldn't have chosen to "torment" him in this manner. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Whether Chi Chuan could escape Fang Junxue's attack range was not something Bai Qiushui even considered.
Or rather, it was completely unnecessary to care about.
Let alone escaping ten thousand meters, even if it were a hundred thousand meters, Chi Chuan would not be able to escape.
And it was this desire to give the opponent hope, only to cruelly extinguish it, that led Bai Qiushui to use the word "torment."
It was clear that Fang Junxue wanted to return the pain that Chi Chuan had once inflicted upon her in the same way.
She, Fang Junxue, was never someone with a soft heart. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been chosen by the "Ice Spirit."
...
Thus, time ticked by second by second.
Three!
Two!
One!
Fang Junxue slowly opened her eyes. In her clear, mirror-like eyes, a flash of icy blue light flickered.
"Game... over!"
She slightly raised her slender hand, and in the bewildered gazes of everyone, a crystal of cold energy, emitting an icy blue glow, condensed at her fingertips.
Just a slight perception of the outward radiating energy made everyone around feel a chill, like ice needles piercing their bodies, causing them to tremble uncontrollably.
Sensing this, Chi Lie's heart instantly turned to despair.
Previously, he had held onto a sliver of hope that his son could escape.
But now, it seemed he had been too naive.
As for stepping forward to plead for his son at this moment, that option had never crossed Chi Lie's mind.
Having lived half his life, how could he not see that Fang Junxue intended to kill his son? If he dared to step forward now, he would undoubtedly be eliminated on the spot.
Swish!
At this moment, Fang Junxue's index finger moved slightly, pushing forward. The suspended ice crystal transformed into a beam of light, disappearing from its spot in the blink of an eye.
People watched blankly as an icy trail appeared in the air, formed by the frost condensed from the ice crystal's interaction with the air.
...
At the same moment, thirty thousand meters away from the Bai family.
Whoosh!
A dishevelled figure was desperately running forward, a surge of blood energy burning on his body. Everywhere he passed, smoke and dust billowed, and gravel flew.
This person was Chi Chuan.
His sweat had already soaked his hair, sticking it tightly to his skin. He gasped for air and finally stopped.
Then, he sat down on the ground.
In order to escape, he had not hesitated to burn his vital essence, pushing his speed to the limit. Within the past minute, even an ordinary Martial Emperor might not have been able to match his speed.
"Run... I've run so far, I... should be okay now!"
Chi Chuan felt his legs were almost useless. He simply lay down on the ground and chuckled triumphantly: "Hahaha! Fang Junxue, no matter how strong you are, you can't cross tens of thousands of miles in a single blow. That's simply not something a human can do!"
He was extremely confident about this.
But just as Chi Chuan finished speaking, a deadly threat surged from within his heart, and every hair on his body stood on end.
"Wh... what?"
The moment this ominous feeling arose, Chi Chuan abruptly stood up and looked behind him.
The next second.
Swish!
An ice crystal pierced directly through his brow.
Chi Chuan's expression, contorted with terror, was frozen at this moment.
The light in his eyes began to fade.
However, this was not the end.
Strangely, after the ice crystal pierced his brow, not a single drop of blood flowed from his forehead.
Then, starting from his brow, it gradually froze, spreading outwards.
First, his head, then his neck, then his arms, and finally his feet.
A lifelike human-shaped ice sculpture was thus completed.
All of Chi Chuan's vitality was completely extinguished the moment the ice sculpture was finished.
Bang!
A gust of wind blew, and the human-shaped ice sculpture suddenly shattered, turning into a sky full of ice shards, which then turned into water vapor, merging with everything.
Thus, this game was truly declared over.
...
Bai family courtyard.
Three seconds after Fang Junxue released the ice crystal, the chilling aura emanating from her body slowly receded, returning her to her usual composed demeanor.
The grievances with the Bai family were now completely resolved.
After this incident, it was believed that Fang Junxue would no longer face any obstacles on her path to immortality.
After briefly calming her emotions, Fang Junxue took another step forward. This time, however, unlike before, a faint smile graced her face.
"Esteemed seniors, thank you for making this trip!" Fang Junxue walked up to Fu Tianxing and his group, expressing her gratitude.
"Alas! Miss Junxue, please don't call us seniors anymore!" Fu Tianxing waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "Although we came, we didn't help at all. It's quite shameful!"
"Indeed!"
Fairy Luo Xia also shook her head helplessly. "Our strength can't be considered 'senior'!"
After witnessing Fang Junxue's terrifying power, it had actually caused a significant shock to their worldview for Fu Tianxing and Luo Xia—no, it should include Fu Zhantian and Xi Yao as well.
And this was even though they already had some understanding of the immortal path.
Otherwise, it might have left them with psychological scars.
"It's different!"
Fang Junxue smiled slightly and did not dwell on the previous topic. "I invited the two esteemed seniors this time, partly to keep the ancient martial artists who accepted the invitation in check, but there was also another reason."
"Another reason?"
Fu Tianxing and Xi Yao exchanged glances, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Junxue will tell the two esteemed seniors the specific details later."
At this moment, Fang Junxue slightly turned her head and looked at the other ancient martial artists:
"Now, I'd like to discuss with the two esteemed seniors how to... handle them."