White-clad deliveryman serving wine (5)
She pretended not to hear what this person said.
Shu Ningmiao calmed down and looked down at the ground. The ice was not spreading out from her, but rather extending from another direction to her feet.
This person's extraordinary ability cannot be released out of thin air; its source can be found by following the direction of the ice surface.
Her immediate priority was to get off the ice; in a short time, the ice had already reached her calves.
A thick layer of ice covered her stiff skin, and her blood vessels were frozen stiff. Shu Ningmiao didn't even need to lift up her trouser legs to see that her legs had already started to turn purple. If this continued, they would soon become necrotic.
Pulling her leg out rashly would only tear off her skin along with blood, and besides, as long as the ice is still there, this person could freeze her at any time.
"You still won't budge?" The woman's voice was slightly surprised. "I thought you were just a pampered young lady, but I didn't expect you to have some backbone."
The other person snorted coldly.
The third person didn't say a word from beginning to end. Shu Ningmiao didn't know what that person's special ability was, but—it was obvious that Prometheus knew something about her.
These people's superpowers are too "targeted".
Her apparent superpower is enhanced strength, and in practice, she mostly wins through physical skills and melee weapons, excelling in close combat.
These superhumans, one used mist to obstruct her vision, conceal the distance and figures of her companions, and built an invisible labyrinth in the flat ground to prevent her from getting close; while the other directly imprisoned her movements with solid ice.
Let alone getting close enough to fight, Shu Ningmiao would probably freeze to death on the spot before she even saw their faces.
—But how could that be? She still has hands that can move.
Shu Ningmiao decisively swung her sword, but the tip of the blade was not aimed at any piece of ice on her body, but at the ice surface in front of her.
The blade, plated with gilded metal, can insulate against the ice to some extent. The ice cannot climb up the blade, and the tip of the blade plunges into the ice and twists, causing ice shards to fly out and create long cracks.
With a flick of her wrist, Shu Ningmiao used the tip of her knife to lift the piece of ice, and the ice beneath her feet finally broke completely from the ice extending in front of her.
"Young Miss, this won't work." The woman chuckled. "Your legs are already ruined. What good will stopping do?"
Her legs were still covered with a thick layer of ice, with her thighs and even half of her knees encased in ice, numb and unable to move, but this was exactly what Shu Ningmiao wanted.
What has been frozen will not be frozen again; any part of her body can be her vehicle.
Shu Ningmiao pursed her lips and remained silent. Her body was gradually losing temperature and becoming numb in the biting cold wind. She didn't have much time left.
She suddenly released the long sword that had been supporting her, letting her numb legs slam down onto the ice with a thud. Although the collision of the ice block with the ice surface was extremely loud, she didn't feel anything.
Only then did that cold voice condescend to speak: "Go and give her a quick death."
Shu Ningmiao heard no echo, only the sound of metal scraping in the cold wind, as someone drew a weapon and walked towards her.
She suddenly laughed.
Shu Ningmiao raised her hand and plunged her knife into the ice beside her. With a powerful swing of her arm, she slid several meters across the ice and sped towards the source of the ice.
The smooth, transparent ice surface was almost reflective, and the friction between it and the ice blocks frozen to her legs was much less than that of a concrete road.
The frozen ice on her legs became her skateboard, and the extended ice surface became the ready-made track.
The ice surface rubbed together, making a squeaking sound, and snow-white ice shards flew everywhere.
The closer she got to the source of the ice, the less fog there was. Shu Ningmiao held her knife horizontally in front of her chest, and in just a few seconds, she had already approached the superhuman who released the ice.
Like the two ordinary superhumans, this person also wore a black cloak with a red lining, but he was particularly eye-catching. He wore a white robe, spotless, and his frost-like hair flew out from his black robe. He seemed to be made of ice, and he frowned at her with disgust.
Shu Ningmiao turned her body to the side, raised the knife in her hand, and threw it at him fiercely. The heavy steel knife, which was longer than her arm, was thrown by her like a dart. It spun in the air and finally flew straight towards the white-haired man's head, making a loud clanging sound.
From within the mist came a woman's worried call: "Lin Chuiyun!"
Such a crisp sound couldn't possibly have been inserted into the brain of that Lin Chuiyun. Shu Ningmiao looked up in disappointment. Suddenly, an ice wall rose up in front of the man. The blade struck it, leaving a cut mark, and was bounced back.
Shu Ningmiao grabbed the hilt of the knife that had bounced back. Lin Chuiyun removed the ice wall in front of him and coldly said to her, "It's useless. No matter how you attack me, I can defend with the ice I've formed. Even the sharpest weapon can't cut through several meters of solid ice. Even if you get close to me, you'll still die."
Shu Ningmiao looked at him quietly. Even though she was kneeling on the ice and looking down at him, it didn't look like she was looking up at him.
She didn't see herself as prey at all.
Lin Chuiyun couldn't understand Shu Ningmiao's confidence, but he had to admit that she did have a way.
He couldn't beat her in close combat, but as long as the ice between them was connected, Shu Ningmiao could keep getting close to him through the ice.
Others dared not approach her, fearing they would be accidentally injured by the sudden drop in temperature and freezing temperatures.
Given this situation, keeping it frozen would do more harm than good. He could only unfreeze it and then freeze Shu Ningmiao again.
This gap in the system that allowed him to discontinue use made him feel vaguely uneasy, but what else could Shu Ningmiao do? Unless she could grow wings and fly into the sky, she would definitely be frozen by him as soon as she landed on the ground.
He silently deactivated his superpower.
What she thought would be a fleeting moment turned into a dramatic leap as the ice on her leg vanished.
The knife in her hand twirled in the air as she did so. Lin Chuiyun, remembering that she had just thrown the knife like a dart, instinctively knew to protect herself.
Faced with the choice between controlling the ice attack on Shu Ningmiao and protecting himself, Lin Chuiyun decisively chose to protect himself first, instantly erecting even thicker ice walls around him than before.
But the knife did not slip from Shu Ningmiao's hand.
Using the ice wall erected by Lin Chuiyun, she pushed off the wall with one foot and used the momentum to fly out lightly, like a feather, her body suddenly leaning backward.
Lin Chuiyun unfurled the ice wall, only then realizing what was behind her—
Shu Ningmiao's long hair swayed upwards as she leaned back, her face was frozen white, but her eyes were as bright as the morning stars: "I'll give you a chance, come and catch me in the water."
Behind her stretched an endless river!
Lin Chuiyun's fingers dug into her palm. How did she find out? Liang Yansi had shrouded the area in mist to prevent her from discovering where she was.
But her purpose was very clear. It was not a lucky accident or a clumsy attempt. She had no intention of attacking him with those actions. She was just jumping behind him!
From the very beginning, Shu Ningmiao noticed that the ice surface extended from the direction of the user.
The fact that the ice surface extends in a direction indicates that his special ability has "conditions".
Any natural superpower depends on the substances in nature itself, rather than being created out of thin air.
The prerequisite for ice to form is, of course, water.
Water is also needed to produce fog.
There is moisture in the air, of course, but is there that much? If the moisture in the air alone could freeze such a thick layer of ice on her legs, he wouldn't need to be restricted by the ground at all.
Only the parts in contact with the ground are frozen so solid because only the ground has a continuous supply of water.
She had noticed that the ground was a bit wet before, and thought it was the fog that had soaked the ground. In fact, someone had been controlling the water to flow onto the road. The water on the ground not only allowed Lin Chuiyun to use his superpower to freeze the ground at will, but also allowed him to create fog in this area.
The closer she got to Lin Chuiyun, the thinner the surrounding fog became, and the clearer she could see. It wasn't because this person had any special buffs, but because Lin Chuiyun was competing with the nearby fog for moisture when he was making ice!
Shu Ningmiao instantly discerned the ability of the third ability user who hadn't made a sound.
This person's special ability must be the ability to control water.
Similarly, the moisture in the air is far from sufficient to support such a continuous supply, and there are much larger water sources nearby.
The road she is on must be built on some water, and the three people will definitely be positioned as close to the water as possible.
In the last second before Shu Ningmiao fell from the railing, her upper body suddenly twisted, and without warning, the knife hilt she was gripping in her right hand slipped from her grasp and was thrown in one direction.
This direction is the same direction she heard someone drawing a weapon from earlier, and it doesn't match the direction of the woman speaking or Lin Chuiyun. It should be the third superhuman who can control 'water'.
In the heat of the moment, the woman shouted out, and she wasn't very close to Lin Chuiyun.
Creating ice and fog simultaneously would cause them to compete for resources. To cooperate without interfering with each other, the three of them maintained a distance from one another. So, if something happened...
—They didn't have time to save the other person either.
The blade pierced through the thick fog, making a hissing sound as it cut through flesh, and the damp, bloody smell wafted from the darkness.
She exchanged a half-smile with Lin Chuiyun, whose expression was blank, and let herself fall into the river with a splash.
The river water wasn't very warm at night, but it was much better than the biting cold of frozen frost. Shu Ningmiao sank into the water, her clothes soaked through, but her body temperature was slowly warming up.
"idiot."
Lin Chuiyun jumped down after her. The ground was about three or four zhang above the water. He landed on the water, his cloak spreading out like butterfly wings, his silver-white hair fluttering slightly in the wind. He crouched down to absorb the impact, and a piece of floating ice quickly formed under his feet: "Since you know I can freeze water into ice, why did you still jump down on your own? Are you looking for death?"
The river has an inexhaustible supply of water, and he doesn't need anyone else to divert it; he can control it however he wants.
Shu Ningmiao poked her wet head out not far from him, her black eyes floating on the water, her red eyes staring at him like dried blood clots on a pale face.
She floated in the rippling water, the water wetting her nose and lips. Her calves were still sore and swollen, but she still stretched her hand out of the water and made a provocative gesture towards Lin Chuiyun.
Lin Chuiyun chuckled, squatted down from the ice floe, and put his hand into the water.
Too much water isn't always a good thing, as it takes time for liquids to freeze. In this case, contact can speed up the freezing process.
A layer of ice froze on the water's surface, extending towards Shu Ningmiao.
In any case, Shu Ningmiao was soaking in the water, like an ingredient being cooked in a pot, with no way to escape. It was so foolish that he could hardly believe it.
This was the moment Shu Ningmiao had been waiting for.
To this day, she still believes that the most useful and important thing Yelü Qi taught them was what he said:
Superpowers are not everything.
She always remembered.
The things that superpowers can do are limited—all superpowers have 'limitations'.
Lin Chuiyun cannot freeze the entire river at once, but the water will always remain.
Shu Ningmiao suddenly asked him, "Have you ever been to school?"
Lin Chuiyun frowned.
“Now you should know.” Shu Ningmiao clasped her hands together and submerged them in the water. “Water conducts electricity.”
The human body only needs a small amount of bioelectricity to transmit signals.
She once again used neural connections through jealousy.
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