Chapter 10: Fall of the Nascent Soul Elder
"Nonsense!" Elder Jin retorted, his voice trembling slightly but laced with fury. "I’ve no idea what you’re rambling about. Where is my son, you scheming bastard?"
The blue-haired man sneered, his icy gaze piercing through Elder Jin’s defiance. "Still pretending to be a fool, are we?" His tone dripped with disdain as he flicked his fingers nonchalantly.
In an instant, sharp shards of ice shot forward, crackling with a cold so fierce it could freeze entire cities. Before Elder Jin could reply, the man flicked his fingers. Razor-sharp ice shards shot forward, so cold the air itself seemed to freeze.
"Don’t even try," Elder Jin growled.
He was not one to fall so easily. With a powerful gesture, thick shadows erupted from his back, twisting like serpents and slashing through the incoming ice. The shards shattered into glittering fragments, falling harmlessly to the ground. The shadows didn’t stop there; they lunged at the blue-haired man swiftly.
Before the attack could land, however, the blue-haired man vanished in a blur, reappearing behind Elder Jin with a sword forged from shimmering ice. "Too slow," he sneered, swinging the blade down in a lethal arc aimed for Elder Jin’s neck.
Elder Jin spun just in time, his arms hardening as shadows coalesced around them like armor. The ice sword clashed against the shadowy shield, sending sparks flying in every direction. The force of the impact caused the ground beneath them to crack and splinter, creating fissures that spread outward like spiderwebs.
Unperturbed, the blue-haired man laughed and stamped his foot. Instantly, frost began spreading across the earth, turning the battlefield into a frozen wasteland. Icy spikes erupted where Elder Jin had stood mere moments ago, forcing him to disappear in a flash of movement.
Desperate, Elder Jin slammed his palms together, summoning a swirling vortex of shadows. It roared forward like a black tornado, its destructive potential enough to make most Nascent Soul Realm experts tremble. Yet, the blue-haired man merely raised a hand, unleashing a blinding burst of cold light that froze the very air itself.