Chapter 42: The Truth

  Ability gained at the cost of one's life?

  Indeed, there are some things that need attention from this sentence.

  In anime, if a supporting character wants to go all out and is willing to pay the price with their life, they seem to be able to exert tremendous power and even turn the tide of battle.

  When the protagonist is beaten by the BOSS to the point of being unable to fight back, the supporting character will suddenly burst out, not only successfully saving the protagonist but also injuring the BOSS, although they usually die immediately afterwards.

  But have to admit it, things that are exchanged with life as a price are very powerful.

  Moreover, Airi is not just an ordinary supporting character.

  It's rare for a supporting character with main character abilities to appear even in anime.

  After all, cartoonists say that in order to highlight the protagonist's personality, abilities are extremely rare.

  Although I thought so, what happened next was still beyond my expectation.

  Kong Baihe clasped his hands together and immediately crouched down, slapping the ground fiercely.

  Suddenly, something astonishing happened.

  The ground began to freeze at a terrifying speed, spreading in all directions. In just a few seconds, the entire street was completely frozen over.

  "Now, the hunt begins, vampire."

  He stood up at a moderate pace, the ice layer under his feet suddenly cracked, and two white-as-snow taos floated up slowly, held lightly in his hands.

  Let's ignore the two giant swords that suddenly appeared for now and just talk about how he froze the streets.

  Very clear, very distinct, and extremely familiar... No mistake, how can such a classic scene be forgotten?

  Alchemy, it's absolutely alchemy, no mistake.

  In the anime Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward saw the Gate of Truth at the cost of one arm and gained the ability to use alchemy without drawing a transmutation circle.

  His movements were similar to those of Kuzuryu just now to an extreme degree.

  It's just that the alchemy power displayed by Ling Yao is so great that even the main character Edward is ashamed.

  In just a few seconds, a street hundreds of meters long was frozen in time...

  Is this what alchemy is all about, trading one's life for it?

  "You see the Gate of Truth, don't you?" I asked coldly after exhaling a breath.

  "What is the Gate of Truth?" Kokoro smiled as coldly as a winter breeze, "What I see isn't something as shallow as the Gate of Truth. What I see is...".

  He said with emphasis, "That's the truth."

  With one swing of the knife, the icy breath seemed to grow even more severe.

  Assuming a second-rate knife stance, Kokoro muttered faintly: "The name of the knife is 'Deep Snow' and 'Tilted Cold', a weapon made based on absolute zero."

  Although I really want to scold him now, but feeling the air temperature suddenly drop to an unbearable level, I still honestly set up my stance.

  What are you showing off about? If I had learned the great curse of Yiwu before crossing over here, I would have thrown it out long ago.

  That's a super powerful magic that can even freeze ghosts and gods, let alone alchemy... let alone alchemy...

  But, compared to a second-rate sword and whatnot, Ito Ryu is the real deal.

  Shén Huī Liú

  Taking it upon themselves to exorcise evil spirits, Kyoto's strongest school.

  Although I haven't systematically studied it carefully, but every time I spar with Jian Chen, I seem to have a certain understanding of Shen Ming Liu's moves, and some simple techniques can still be imitated.

  It's just like this.

  One step out, his body was like a ghostly apparition rushing to the front of the empty lotus, shattering a protruding ice block along the way and fusing it into a taichi sword, with a figure like a sharp blade, cutting through with a momentum that could take on a thousand riders.

  Kamui no Ken (Divine Cry Flowing Through the Void - Rock-Cutting Sword)

  Just as the ice blade was about to split the empty lily in two, a giant sword suddenly appeared, bringing with it an aura of destruction and chopping down from above.

  If I could cut a vacuum with a halberd, it would also be bisected by his great sword.

  Hard against hard?

  The corner of my eye twitched, and a chill suddenly burst out.

  Who's afraid of who? I don't believe you're invincible either. At worst, I'll just spend some time reassembling my body.

  I don't care if I'm cut in two, you can also put me back together like a puzzle.

  Just then, a small fist suddenly shot out from Kusakabe's waist and collided heavily with my ice blade, producing a low, muffled sound.

  It's worse, it's Karen.

  The strange vibration force once again exerted its powerful strength, and the ice blade split into countless fragments in an instant, flying out in all directions.

  At the same time, Sora no Kirito's taika cut down with absolute power.

  In the nick of time, I took a step back and the empty lotus leaf knife came down along my shoulder blade without any obstruction. If I hadn't retreated quickly, I would probably have been cut in two by now.

  Even though it was withdrawn quickly, a long cut of about one meter was still slashed out.

  Almost got killed.

  The True Ancestor's body transcended human imagination, with terrifying wounds healing completely in just a few breaths.

  "Oh dear, it seems like killing you is going to be a bit more difficult than I thought."

  The blade of the empty lily emitted a terrifying low temperature, "Just now was just a greeting, now I'm going to get serious, be careful not to get killed, vampire."

  Blood began to freeze, thinking seemed to have stopped, even space was...

  The temperature of the air seems to be getting lower and lower, but the empty lotus is unaffected.

  A visible chill emanated from his two swords, with a crisp crackling sound. The moment an icy stone touched the chill, it froze and shattered into ice shards, scattering to the ground with a clattering sound.

  Seeing this scene, Kong Baihe nodded in satisfaction, and the cold air became even more biting.

  "Your gaze is really disgusting." Suddenly, I laughed and pointed at him, saying: "It's like the gaze of a predator, it's really very disgusting."

  "Do you really think you've already won? The truth obtained at the cost of life is strong, but it's still not enough to kill me."

  With a wave of his hand, hundreds of ice arrows emerged from the void and shot forward in an irregular motion, overwhelming Hakuren and Karen.

  I directed the Ice Arrows while reciting an incantation that others couldn't quite hear.

  Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

  A violent explosion occurred, and smoke billowed out everywhere, blocking all visibility.

  Suddenly, a sharp and fierce knife aura slashed out from the smoke, closely followed by Kou Haku with an overwhelming killing intent.

  "A minor skill."

  I nodded and said: "It was just to delay time, now it's already done."

  Before he rushed over to me, I suddenly snapped my fingers loudly.

  Suddenly, a thunderbolt fell from the sky.