The massive blade aura descended almost the instant it appeared, leaving dozens of afterimages in the sky.
Bai Cangshu's figure reversed, falling into the wind, and the surrounding air instantly solidified into ice crystals.
The blade aura sank into the asphalt road, and the next moment, the surrounding wildland, overgrown with weeds, visibly turned silvery-white.
Crack~
The sound of the earth cracking was like a glacier breaking apart, followed by the sound of crumbling ice, and then a thunderous explosion.
Boom!
The ground instantly tilted and collapsed, and an area of several thousand meters in radius instantly sank by several meters.
Bai Cangshu emerged from the cold wind, staggered two steps, and wiped his chest with his hand; the icy blood had already turned into ice crystals. His mouth and nose were also bruised, and although the cells instantly frozen to death had already healed themselves, the blade aura, imbued with cold, still made his muscles feel slightly stiff.
This strike was incomparably overbearing; a single slash froze an area of several thousand meters completely.
With just one move, Bai Cangshu felt that the strength of the person before him was not on the same dimension as the Reincarnators he had encountered before.
Even the mysterious Scarlet Night could not compare to this person in terms of sheer oppressive presence.
Hong Chen dragged his blade, his long hair fluttering in the cold wind, and the ponytail braid had already broken due to the violently erupting internal energy.
His expression was unrestrained, his brows and eyes fully relaxed, as if every cell in his body was breathing deeply, and his hair began to spread out from the follicles.
This was a sign that his fighting spirit had completely erupted. Just by exchanging a glance with Tao Bai Bai, Hong Chen was certain that Flower Fairy was right: this Tao Bai Bai was a rare and powerful expert, an anomaly.
He was completely incomparable to those other so-called elite Reincarnators.
Coincidentally, he wasn't either…
Thinking of this, Hong Chen suddenly laughed heartily, stomping his foot onto the completely ice-cracked ground in front of him. With a burst of force, his shoes instantly shattered into pieces and flew in all directions due to the energy.
Bang!
The air was completely expelled, and Hong Chen appeared before Bai Cangshu like a phantom in an instant, the cold, shimmering precious blade slashing diagonally.
Fast, extremely fast!
Even without Mind Net and First Strike, Bai Cangshu could completely see the trajectory of this strike, but precisely because it was unmasked, this strike was so fast that it only left an afterimage.
The moment Bai Cangshu raised his left hand, the blade had already cut into his shoulder. The sharp edge penetrated only an inch, and the blade was then gripped by his left hand.
Hong Chen's eyes also twitched slightly. Tao Bai Bai's speed was beyond his imagination. His bare agility attribute had already touched the second extreme value, entering a special state of "40+", and with the 1.7 efficiency of "Howling Wind Cold", his actual agility attribute was already close to 70 points!
This meant that Tao Bai Bai most likely also had an agility attribute that had broken through the extreme value, and his basic attributes were terrifyingly high. He had never heard of any Reincarnator who could accumulate such high basic attributes with so few world experiences.
There was only one explanation: either the intelligence was wrong, and Tao Bai Bai was not a newcomer at all, but an experienced Reincarnator who had changed to a new avatar, or…
The opponent was a special Reincarnator!
Unlike newcomers who had only a superficial understanding of special Reincarnators, Hong Chen and Sage were under the command of a certain great figure and had seen some of the methods of special Reincarnators.
This kind of high-attribute newcomer perfectly fit the characteristic of Scarlet Sin Reincarnators quickly plundering attributes for growth by killing other Reincarnators. It could also be a Tarot sequence like "Chariot" or "Strength".
Hong Chen pulled back, drawing his blade, but the blade seemed to be stuck in the opponent's muscle. He heard the sound of a large bow tightening, and Tao Bai Bai's muscles instantly bulged inch by inch, his entire body swelling by more than a circle, his height exceeding two meters.
The left hand gripping his Snow Concealed Blade had veins protruding like black snakes, and his entire arm was completely hardened by Armament Haki.
Whoosh~
White mist spewed from Tao Bai Bai's mouth and nose.
Hong Chen guessed that Tao Bai Bai probably possessed some kind of special bloodline for this phenomenon, but he was not flustered. In the Second Ladder, while basic attributes like strength and agility were still important.
Reincarnators were no longer the type that relied purely on physical strength in combat.
Energy was the core of the Second Ladder!
Boom!
The icy internal energy instantly erupted, and the white mist around Hong Chen's body was instantly blown away, replaced by ice crystals formed by the rapidly dropping temperature.
Bai Cangshu, who was closest to Hong Chen, instantly had frost clinging to his body. This was the first time he had experienced such a direct energy impact.
With a sudden tremor of internal energy, Bai Cangshu felt an emptiness in front of him. The opponent had already stepped onto his body, pulling the blade hilt and leaping above his head. As his body spun, countless leg shadows descended.
Bai Cangshu's left hand, gripping the opponent's blade, suddenly pulled downwards with force. The chilling precious blade cut an incision on his shoulder. The wound did not bleed; instead, the area around it was completely frozen, the muscles turning pale blue, and the healing speed was slower than normal injuries.
"Ha!"
Bai Cangshu exhaled, this injury instead stimulating his fighting spirit even more. He yanked the red-haired man down from the air, and his own legs also kicked up like afterimages.
Wind God Kick!
A strong whirlwind, carrying powerful force, collided with the opponent's leg shadows.
The opponent's leg techniques were fierce, but Bai Cangshu's physical strength and power were even more terrifying. Wind God Kick was originally a light leg technique, but under Bai Cangshu's feet, a direct confrontation was even more formidable.
Bang bang bang bang!
Amidst a series of impacts, Blazing Flame instantly ignited on Hong Chen's body. He instantly pulled back and spun, and the icy internal energy extinguished the Blazing Flame in an instant. There were no injuries on his body, only his clothes were damaged.
Meanwhile, a crimson flame also ignited on Bai Cangshu's body; that was Jealousy of Solitude, which had risen during the high-frequency attacks.
"Trait · Jealousy of Solitude triggered, all attributes +1."
Hong Chen extended a hand, and the ice-blue precious blade, which had been pulled out of Bai Cangshu's body, returned to his grasp. He walked barefoot on the frozen ground, pacing in front of Bai Cangshu.
"You're very good, Tao Bai Bai, beyond my expectations."
Bai Cangshu was taller than the opponent. He looked down at the man holding the long blade.
Although the opponent did make him feel very strong, full of oppressive power, but…
Thump, thump…
Bai Cangshu's heart began to pound faster, and electricity appeared in his eyes.
"Already giving a victory speech?"
"Isn't it a bit too early…"
The opponent was strong, that was true, but Bai Cangshu also believed he himself was strong.
In the distance, a cactus broke through the ice-cracked ground, and surprisingly, ears and eyes grew on it.
Flower Fairy, hidden in a car more than ten kilometers away, closed her eyes, her expression solemn.
She looked at the desolate, icy land before her, knowing that Hong Chen had already made his move, but Tao Bai Bai was still standing, clearly not defeated.
"You must win, Hong Chen…"
In fact, Flower Fairy had learned more about Tao Bai Bai from confidential intelligence. A man who called himself the president of the Yixin Society had given her some information and invited her to a transaction.