# 719
Chapter 720: You're Here
If she had the [Celestial Gate] in hand, Jialan's combat power could have risen significantly.
After all, it was the Baili family's ultimate offensive Forbidden Ruins, capable of perfectly compensating for Jialan's weakness in attack power. Unfortunately, after the [Celestial Gate] disappeared, Jialan had no choice but to fight these demons with bare fists.
BOOM—!!
A thunderous explosion rang out as Jialan's figure emerged unscathed from the flames. Ignoring the endless barrage of icy sword rain flying toward her, she grabbed a demon by the throat, lifted it into the air, swung it half a circle, and slammed it hard into the ground!
Dense cracks spread across the ruins beneath her feet. The demon whose throat she gripped tightly opened its mouth, and a blinding burst of fire began to condense within.
Jialan raised an eyebrow and simply covered its mouth with one hand. The fireball was forcibly blocked within the demon's oral cavity, unable to shoot out, trapped as it exploded. While the flames engulfed Jialan's form, they also blew the demon's own head to pieces.
After slaying another demon, Jialan slowly rose from the ground. Before she could act, frigid frost crawled up from the ground to her ankles, binding her body in place.
Jialan猛地抬起头，只见一个披着淡蓝色长发的少女正漂浮在她的头顶，那双苍白的眼眸凝视着她，透露着森然杀意。
Jialan raised her head sharply to see a girl with pale blue flowing hair floating above her. Those pale-white eyes gazed at her, radiating a chilling killing intent.
Japanese demon, Yuki Onna.
As a famous yokai widely known in Japanese legends, the Yuki Onna's power far exceeded those nameless demons. From the aura emanating from this one, she was a "Klein"-level "Mystery."
Jialan's eyes narrowed. She crouched slightly, her feet suddenly stomping down to shatter the frost beneath her, using that force to leap upward and charge directly toward the Yuki Onna.
The Yuki Onna raised both hands gently. A cyclone carrying frigid snowflakes swirled around her before violently exploding outward, slamming the leaping Jialan back down to the ground.
At the same time, endless blades of ice condensed from the blizzard, pouring down like a torrential storm onto Jialan who had been knocked to the ground. With a series of low rumbling explosions, the ground tiles around Jialan shattered inch by inch, frost spreading outward!
Jialan's form was buried beneath the ice blades and frost. The ice that had pierced the ground began to converge at an astonishing speed, climbing up Jialan's body.
As Jialan was covered by the frost, she felt her body growing heavier and heavier, her movements growing slower and slower. As the frost accumulated thicker and thicker, a heavy layer of ice appeared on the surface of her body.
The Yuki Onna seemed to sense the terror of this girl as well. Instead of attempting to kill her, she chose to seal her within the ice.
"Jialan!"
Nearby, Wu Xiangnan, sword in hand, his form darting like a startled swan among the demons, frowned at the scene. Breaking away from his own battlefield, he rushed urgently toward Jialan!
But before he could take two steps, several more demons rushed toward him, completely cutting him off from Jialan's battlefield, like a roaring wall of demons blocking his path.
Damn it!
Wu Xiangnan cursed inwardly, drawing his sword to battle these demons.
Trapped within the ice, Jialan's body grew more and more encased. She raised her head, her black hair already nearly covered white by the ice and snow. Those eyes stared fixedly at the Yuki Onna, her face full of defiance and stubbornness.
If only I had the [Celestial Gate] in my hands...
Jialan gritted her teeth, still desperately trying to break free from the ice seal. Unfortunately, the frost had already engulfed her body, rising past her neck and spreading toward her face.
Snap—!
Just then, a drop of rain fell from the sky, striking the surface of the ice covering her.
Jialan froze.
Rain?
She looked up at the gray sky. There wasn't a trace of dark clouds... Where was this rain coming from?
This drop of rain seemed like an omen. After it fell, dense raindrops poured down from the sky!
Rushhhh...
In an instant, the rain poured down in torrents!
At this moment, both the Knight and Wu Xiangnan noticed something was wrong, simultaneously looking up at the sky, confusion flickering in their eyes.
Within the dense curtain of rain, a figure like a black lightning bolt descended from the high heavens!
Before the three of them could get a clear look at the figure, it vanished within the rain curtain as if it had never appeared at all.
An illusion?
The ice had already covered Jialan's ear roots. She gazed blankly at the sky where the figure had appeared, as if searching for something.
Suddenly, at the top of the black temple behind them, a figure in a black windbreaker, wearing a Sun Wukong mask, silently appeared within the rain curtain. Three swords—one deep blue, one pitch black, one light purple—hung from his waist. A shroud of nightfall rapidly spread outward from him as its center.
Behind the mask, those star-like eyes ignited with two brilliant golden lights, burning like a furnace. Clad in nightfall, he stood atop the temple in the heavy rain, his presence commanding and regal, as if a king of darkness had descended upon the mortal realm.
The moment she saw that mask, Jialan's pupils trembled. Cracks spread across the ice layer covering her, fine as threads.
Her lips couldn't help parting slightly. Within those lifeless eyes, an unprecedented joy suddenly kindled!
That was...
Wu Xiangnan and the Knight looked at this mysterious figure who had suddenly appeared atop the temple, their hearts filled with questions.
Within the rain curtain, Lin Qiye turned his gaze, landing on Jialan's figure. Seeing the glad light in her eyes, a smile curved his lips behind the mask.
However, in the next instant, those heavy blocks of ice sealed Jialan completely within. The frost invaded those hopeful eyes, transforming her into an ice sculpture, standing quietly amid the ruins.
Lin Qiye's eyes turned ice cold.
He placed his right hand on the hilt of the deep blue sword, drawing it half an inch outward. The bright blade reflected the falling rain around him,散发着微光。
"Collapse." Lin Qiye said calmly.
BOOM—!!
The violent rain suddenly collapsed and crashed down from the sky, striking precisely the blue ice sculpture. Thousands upon thousands of raindrops cut through the ice layer like fine needles. In an instant, the ice that had imprisoned Jialan was sliced away by the rain.
Within the ice, Jialan's eyes narrowed slightly. Her body suddenly tensed with force!
With a thunderous crack, the ice adhering to Jialan's body shattered inch by inch, shards of ice flying in all directions.
The girl in the deep blue hanfu stood quietly in the rain. The rain that had been cutting through ice suddenly gentled, drifting softly onto her body, sliding down her robes and falling to the ground with soft pattering sounds.
Jialan faced the figure standing on the temple. About to speak, she suddenly seemed to realize something. She reached up and gently tucked the hair that had come loose during battle behind her ears, smoothing out her dust-covered robes...
Having finished all this, she looked up at Lin Qiye again. Unable to contain the joy on her face any longer, eyes smiling, she spoke magnanimously:
"You're here?"