Chapter 424 - The Man Behind the Curtain (2/2)

“Everyone, watch out!” Yu Hong exclaimed. She started to fly up to warn the rest.

But the group did not seem to hear her. Instead, they were flying toward her at top speed. The white light was catching up to them. Suddenly, their victorious expressions turned icy..

Yu Hong’s heart sank. Something was not right. They were… being controlled! She quickly summoned her flying sword and flew back to Shen Ying. “Sect…” Before she could call out for Shen Ying, her expression changed. The light before her eyes seemed to have disappeared. She turned around and summoned her immortal sword, flying toward Shen Ying expressionlessly.

“Master!” Yi Qing screamed. But he was too late. The attacks from the various people rained down on Shen Ying. Daggers began to rain down upon her. The defensive system in Shen Ying activated itself, causing a transparent defensive layer to form around her body. It wrapped her up safely in a protective ball which absorbed all the different attacks raining down on her and rebounded them outward.

The crowd that had been fast advancing toward her fell down toward the ground. Even Yu Hong flew back from the impact. A moment later, however, they got back to their feet. Their expressions now looked exactly like all those clones of Father Niu’s – calm and unmoving, like wooden dolls.

“Their consciousness has been captured!” Shen Ying exclaimed, her face hardening.

“Master.” Yi Qing finally made it to Shen Ying and landed beside her.

Shen Ying jumped. She shouted, “Don’t come here!”

It was too late. The moment the words came out of her mouth, something jumped out of the soil beneath her feet. What looked like thorns from the ground headed toward her, threatening to stab her. Yi Qing wanted to move out of the way of the thorns, but ended up being pierced through his left shoulder. He fell to the ground. Fresh blood flowed out of his wound.

All around, the glacier was expanding. Shen Ying was now trapped inside the ice.

“Master!” Yi Qing crawled to his feet, attacking the ice with all his might, but to no avail. All he could do was stand by and watch the ice pillars around Shen Ying grow into a huge ice mountain. He could no longer spot Shen Ying inside. What’s more, the suppressive force had appeared once again. Yi Qing felt the God Power leave his body as he began to vomit blood.

Shen Ying was now completely trapped inside the ice. Everything around her was white as snow. The space she was in now was much bigger than the one they were trapped in before, and she was now separated from the world she was in.

Now she realized why the glacier did not seem to expand while they were fighting Father Niu’s clones. The glacier had in fact been expanding downward, wrapping itself around the world beneath it so that it covered everything within a few hundred miles’ radius. The main aim seemed to be to trap her in this space that was separated from the world.

The assistant’s powers came from the manager. As long as she was not in the plane, Yi Qing would be easily subdued.

“Manager.” Indeed, a familiar voice echoed throughout the space. A white figure walked toward her from among the layers of ice. The man’s face was exactly the same as the many ones she saw awhile ago. The only difference was that this man carried with him a familiar aura as well.

Shen Ying narrowed her eyes and heaved a sigh of relief. He’s finally here. The real… body of Father Niu.

She confirmed her guess after scanning the man from head to toe. As she reached out and touched her wristband, she called out in an icy voice, “Invader!”

“I’ve finally caught you.” The man stared straight at Shen Ying and broke out in an evil grin. “As long as you disappear, we can completely replace this world.”

“Oh…” Shen Ying’s expression remained icy. She tilted her head and asked, “Are you sure?”