# Chapter 2479: Snowy Night Homecoming, Bitter Cold Sees You Not
Don't be fooled by Juejing, Shengxian, and the others strutting about with their bluster and bravado!
In reality, they were terrified deep down. They didn't think their Etch Legion was all that strong either. If it weren't for the Void Phantom Mirror holding the line, they would have been slaughtered long ago!
Once the rest of the human reinforcements arrived, the situation would become even more untenable!
The others they could deal with, but the problem was Jiangnan!
They had no confidence in facing the Fifth Calamity head-on!
Once Jiangnan showed up, the Etch Group Army would have absolutely no chance of survival!
They had long since given up on the idea of clearing out all these humans!
In this current situation, if they stopped fighting and ran, they'd die; if they didn't run, they'd be finished too!
The only way to survive was to coordinate with the Angel Tribe's operation—capture a human hostage to threaten Jiangnan and beg him for a way out!
This was also the only way to break the deadlock and stay in the arena. And what they needed to do was:
Tear open the defenses of the Life-and-Death Realm and create an opportunity for the Angel Tribe!
If a frontal assault wouldn't work, then it was time for psychological warfare!
On Mi Ye's side, since everyone had taken the Strongman Pill, they were gearing up for a counteroffensive, planning to take down the Etch Group Army in one fell swoop!
But then Mirror Mi Ye, clad in blood armor, let out a tinkling laugh: "Thanks for the potion boost~ We certainly received it over here! But since we've already taken it, what's there to hide?"
"If you can't even face your true self, how can you talk about chasing the peak?"
As she spoke, Mirror Mi Ye's hand fell on her own faceplate!
At that moment, a bad feeling suddenly arose in Mi Ye's heart!
They couldn't be...
(‧̣̥̇ᵒ̴̶̷﹏ᵒ̴̶̷)۶ "Hiss—don't!"
But it was already too late. Mirror Mi Ye directly removed her faceplate, revealing a stunningly beautiful face!
Only the thick beard on her chin and upper lip was exceptionally conspicuous!
(˵¯͒┏ꇴ┓¯͒˵)
Freya: (´థ┏ж┓థ)σ Pfft~
Instead of seeing Mi Ye's original form, they ended up seeing Mirror Mi Ye's bearded face!
In a way, it fulfilled her wish!
These Star Mirror Race folks were really something else!
Mi Ye: Ah!!!
A hysterical scream echoed across the battlefield. She had hidden it so well, but who knew her mirror self had copied even her beard?
And she showed her face?
"Cover it! Cover it up right now! Aren't you embarrassed?"
Mirror Mi Ye stroked her beard with a mocking expression:
(˵ಡ┏̫┓ಡ) "Why should I be afraid? It's your face I'm embarrassing, isn't it? Hehehe~"
Mi Ye was so furious that veins bulged on her forehead, and the aura around her grew increasingly violent!
It wasn't just Mirror Mi Ye—the mirror selves of Bai Kou, Shan Mao, Luo Tianqing, and the others all removed their coverings!
They revealed their bearded faces!
This was like a stone thrown into a lake, stirring up a thousand waves. Whatever they feared, that's exactly what happened. Mi Ye and the others' killing intent was fully ignited!
The void around Bai Kou was frozen solid by the extreme cold!
Luo Tianqing's eyes turned red: "Sister! Let's smash them together!"
Shan Mao ground her teeth and cracked her fingers: "Don't worry! I'll punch your mirror self's face a few extra times—no need to remind me!"
"Boom!"
Mi Ye's aura erupted violently. The Source of All Evil on her chest radiated a deeper, more profound malice, as if hating and despising this world!
Infused by the power emanating from the Source of All Evil, Mi Ye was completely corrupted. Even her blood armor turned pitch black!
Her body turned into a pure black arrow, shooting straight toward her mirror self!
Wherever she passed, black spiderweb patterns spread out, completely ignoring the deadly poison mist of the Heaven Plague Race!
Even that poison mist was forced to retreat when faced with Mi Ye's Source of All Evil!
Mirror Mi Ye naturally rose to the challenge, welcoming the attack!
Two jet-black figures collided violently in the starry sky, sending out fierce energy ripples!
The eight spider legs behind her also attacked alongside her fists, creating afterimages!
Mirror Mi Ye made the same moves. Every strike Mi Ye delivered was caught by her mirror self. When the spider legs clashed, dazzling sparks flew!
Black death curses flowed toward each other's bodies, but neither could suppress the other!
Mirror Mi Ye chuckled lightly: (๑¯ิ┏ꇴ┓¯ิ) "What's wrong? Getting angry? Don't forget—you are me! And with all the buffs from the Group Army, I'm only stronger than you!"
As she spoke, Mirror Mi Ye punched through Mi Ye's defense, driving her fist straight into Mi Ye's abdomen, piercing the black armor, and blasting a hole right through it while injecting deadly poison!
"Now... do you understand?"
Mi Ye stubbornly stared at her mirror self, her gaze growing even colder: "Since you came from me, then my weaknesses must be your weaknesses too, right?"
"No one knows me better than myself!"
The next moment, the death curse flowing onto Mirror Mi Ye's body struck the spiritual energy circuit nodes within her in a specific pattern, causing energy stagnation, then surged violently toward the Source of All Evil on her chest!
Mirror Mi Ye immediately tried to counter with the same method, but it was too late. Her mirror self coughed up a mouthful of black blood, her aura extremely unstable!
And at some point, extremely fine black spider silk had already wrapped around Mirror Mi Ye!
Mi Ye's small hand suddenly opened: "Spider King's Absolute Bind•Sacrifice!"
The extending spider silk directly pulled Mirror Mi Ye's body apart, binding her in the void. A blood-red spiderweb array formed beneath her feet!
The next moment, Mirror Mi Ye let out a miserable scream, blood flames igniting on her body. Her internal energy was crazily drained away, and no matter how she struggled, it was useless!
Soon, her body shriveled up, all her power sucked dry!
Mi Ye ground her teeth and stepped forward, her large eyes filled with murderous intent!
She raised her fist and slammed it directly into Mirror Mi Ye's face!
"Just die already!"
With a single powerful punch, she sent Mirror Mi Ye's head flying!
Her small hand made a cutting motion, and the black spider silk, sharp as a steel blade, sliced Mirror Mi Ye's body to pieces!
It shattered into countless mirror shards and dissipated into nothingness!
Only then did Mi Ye feel relieved—finally, she had destroyed that bearded face!
But not long after, Mirror Mi Ye, still with a full beard, walked out of the Void Phantom Mirror again, her aura exactly the same as before!
She touched her beard and spoke darkly:
(￢┏ꇴ┓￢) "Now... I know your weakness too. Next time, it might be you who dies!"
Mi Ye stomped her foot in anger. Here we go again!
It was always like this. Every time she killed her mirror self, she essentially exposed her weakness to the enemy!
The mirror self could make countless mistakes, but Mi Ye and the others couldn't afford even one!
If they didn't kill, they couldn't fight at all!
And if they switched opponents, exchanging their mirror selves with someone else to fight, it would only be more dangerous!
After all, only you knew exactly how many abilities you had and what you could do!
If Bai Kou and Mi Ye swapped their mirror selves to fight, they might lose on the first encounter!
Fighting your own mirror self, although it gradually revealed your weaknesses to the enemy, at least allowed you to counter each other!
The Star Mirror Race's ability was really disgusting!
It wasn't just Mi Ye fighting—Bai Kou was also battling her mirror self!
She was determined to destroy that bearded face of hers!
"Snow Eye•One Look Eternal!" ×2
Bai Kou and her mirror self activated their eyes simultaneously, glaring at each other!
The extreme cold froze the void solid, as if time itself had stopped!
One look—and it was eternity!
The surrounding poison mist was sealed by the Snow Eye, turning into ice crystals floating in the starry sky!
The two just stared at each other with wide eyes, neither speaking. The more Bai Kou looked at her mirror self's bearded face, the angrier she got!
My pure, icy, lofty flower image—you've completely ruined it!
Die, die, die!
At that moment, Bai Kou's snowflake pupils began to rotate slowly!
Under her gaze, it felt like even her soul was freezing!
Both Bai Kou and her mirror self started shivering!
But the terrifying power of the Snow Eye gradually bloomed as her pupils kept rotating!
It seemed to reach a critical point!
A single transparent tear slowly flowed from Bai Kou's Snow Eye, and the moment it left her eye socket, it turned into an ice crystal!
"Snow Tear•Snowy Night Homecoming... Bitter Cold Sees You Not!"
As the teardrop crystallized, Mirror Bai Kou's pupils suddenly contracted. With a "whoosh," her entire body turned into a transparent human-shaped ice sculpture, boundless cold air flowing downward!
Then it violently shattered into ice crystals, scattering as countless mirror shards dissipated!
Before her mirror self vanished, her eyes were filled with utter disbelief!
With the same ability, why did she lose?
Bai Kou rubbed her shoulders, shivering from the cold, puffing warm breath onto her hands~
"Heh~ That despair and desolation of waiting a thousand years, only to wake up and find everything changed, all friends gone—how could a mere mirror self like you ever understand?"
"Cold arises from within, warmth springs from the heart! You are me, but you can never become me! A hundred times, a thousand times, and it will always be the same result!"
"Achoo~ *sniffle*..."
But the next moment, two Mirror Bai Kous stepped out of the Void Phantom Mirror. If one can't beat me, then I'll bring two!
Bai Kou looked on helplessly. You're really doing this?
After this battle, she was definitely going to catch a cold!
On another side, the sisters Luo Tianhong and Luo Tianqing also faced their mirror selves!
"Domain Expansion•A Thousand Rainbows in a White Day!"
"Domain Expansion•Clear Sky for Ten Thousand Miles!"
Both sisters possessed extremely pure force-type abilities, without all that flashy nonsense!
Their personal domains were simply the materialization of their respective powers!
Endless white light streams surged from Shan Mao's body, all pure force, even distorting the void!
These light streams raged like towering waves, coalescing in the starry sky into a female emperor's phantom clad in battle armor!
It seemed capable of suppressing everything!