System Journey to Godhood

"You're wrong about two things," Snowy shook her head and spoke unhurriedly to Ming Xiong, with a firm and calm voice, "First, I don't need anybody to protect me. Instead, I'll be the one who will protect Feng Xue and Feng Family. And second, do you think you're already winning by controlling these spirit beasts? Do you think you're the only one who can do it?"

The implication of Snowy's words shook Ming Xiong's confidence.

Does it mean she also had an ability to control the spirit beast?

If it was true, then why had he never heard about her before?

With rare ability like controlling spirit beasts, she would have already renown across the Eastern Region by now, just like him.

'She must be bluffing and just want to buy time.'

This reason was making more sense to him.

She might already contact the people from Feng Family or Heaven Swords Sect and tried to survive as long as possible.

He looked at Snowy and gave her a ridiculing smile.

"Don't think about waiting for reinforcement; they will only coming here to collect your dead body by then."

He utterly dismissed Snowy's word and didn't take it at face value. Snowy knew this yet didn't make any effort to correct his misunderstanding and decided to play along with it.

"Didn't you say before you'll give me three chances? That was only my first attempt! You are lying!"

Snowy tried so hard to pretend to be frightened; she pointed and yelled at Ming Xiong just like the typical villain when they got beaten.

At least, that was the impression she got from the records of her previous host.

"That's only because I wanted to capture you alive, which was, unfortunately didn't work as well as I thought. But now, I change my mind! I must kill you here so you won't be a threat to Heavenly Blood Sect later on!"

Ming Xiong felt that sense of danger oozing from Snowy wasn't less than Feng Xue and might even more dangerous.

Even if she wasn't that strong currently, her potential was something that he couldn't imagine.

He couldn't give her time to grow lest she will be the reason for his sect's demise, just like Yan Family.

"Despicable!"

"Shameless!"

"Is this a genius from Heavenly Blood Sects? More like an entitled brat!"

Some spectators, mostly young cultivators, couldn't contain their disgust and apprehension toward Ming Xiong anymore and started jeering and mocking him.

Alas, they forgot that he currently had an enormous amount of powerful beasts at his disposal.

"Shut up, you ant!"

"Aah!"

"Noo!!"

Some spirit beast suddenly leaped into the crowd and assaulted any cultivators who criticized Ming Xiong's action and brutally bit them to death.

The rest of the cultivators felt suffocating due to Ming Xiong ruthlessly massacred any dissenting voices.

Although they still felt discontent and angry at him, they didn't dare to show it in the slightest.

The splattered blood and pile of fresh corpses in front of them had already enough to convey Ming Xiong's warning: Anyone who dared to oppose him will be killed without mercy!

"Why you kill them? They are innocents!"

"So what? I'm strong. And, in the eyes of the strong, they aren't that different from ants! If I want to kill, I just kill. Why bother?"

Snowy's fist unknowingly clenched hard, stopping her hand from shaking.

Snowy was shaken by how easily Ming Xiong took another life.

She didn't expect that her acting was resulting death of many innocent peoples.

She didn't know whether its due to her gradually became more human or the kindness she felt from people close to her like Feng Xue and Feng Family that she forgot about the cruelness of this world.

Only because they are voicing their opinion, they lost their life.

It was her fault.

She caused their death.

'I need to calm down.'

Snowy surprised by how much the death of irrelevant people affected her emotion.

They didn't have anything to do with her, yet her heart aching by the sight of their death.

"There is nothing more dangerous than the wretchedness of human's heart."

She muttered those phrases, and her eyes filled with conviction.

"Hmph. What? Are you feel angry because of those dead people? Don't you pretend to be a saint!"

"Yes. I'm not a saint. So I won't spare your life today."

"Hah. What a big mouth!"

"Kill her!" He shouted a command to all spirit beasts under his control except for four Spirit Beast Kings, which he ordered to stay guard and kept Feng Xue busy.

ROAARRR!!

The spirit beasts rushing toward Snowy's location with great momentum.

Anyone who was assaulted by such frightening might would have already trembled in fear, but not Snowy. She was still as calm as the lake's surface behind her.

The spectators looked at such Snowy with pity and sighed, lamenting for her misfortune as she wouldn't pass today with her life intact.

'Another promising young will fall today. What a bad luck for her to attract Demon Prince Ming's ire.'

Or so they all thought.

Zing zing zing zing.

Snowy summoned her Heaven Inquisitor Pipa, plucked the string one by one, and started playing a tune.

Her calmness was in harmony with the serenity and tranquility brought by the melody.

There was no chirping of birds nor buzzing of cicadas that could accompany the music. However, the leaves quickly replaced their place as part of the assemble as they trembled and tumbled.

It spread, rippled fast through the air, and reached the ear of every living being in the vicinity of Blackwood Forest.

"No, no, no, It can't be true!!"

Ming Xiong staggered a few steps backward, but his eyes still glued at the scene that happened before his eyes.

Every spirit beast that initially charged Snowy ferociously with killing intent oozing from their body became timid and docile as soon as they listen to Snowy's song.

The closer a spirit beast to Snowy, the more apparent the effect was.

And the area of effect became larger as time passed, spreading fast like a wildfire in the dense forest.

More and more spirit beasts fell to its influence and be freed from Ming Xiong's ability.

Very soon, two spirit beast lords who were guarding Ming Xiong were also slowly affected by Snowy's technique.

"Go back whence you came…."

Snowy's voice was like a hammer crushing Ming Xiong's technique that shackled their will. Their hazy and out-of-focus eyes were gradually regained their clarity.

All the spirit beast who had already regained their freedom lowered their head to Snowy as if expressing their gratitude and disappeared in a flash to the depth of the forest.

"No! Try to break free from my ability?! How dare you!"

Alas, whatever he did, his ability was still overwhelmed by Snowy's techniques.

Most of the spirit beast he controlled had already escaped from his grip.

'I need to escape!'

Ming Xiong knew that he already lost the battle. This outcome was never once occurred to him, even in his wildest dream.

Whoosh! Crack!

"AAAHH!!"

Before he got a chance to flee, a massive hand grabbed his body quite hard that some of his bone breaking.

An Ape Overlord, a 30-feet ape-like beast with silver hair behind its back, stared at Ming Xiong in its fist with hate and contempt.

"Don't kill him yet. If you want, you can slap him, though. It's quite satisfying. You should try it."

This enchanting voice was the last thing that Ming Xiong wanted to hear in this situation.

Other people might argue that it was sweet like an angel's voice, but to Ming Xiong, it was only sounded like a death sentence.

PAH!

It might be only a slap, but with the ape's massive hand and enormous strength, it looked more like someone who was swatting a fly.

BOOM!

Ming Xiong's body crashed into the ground and went limp while twitching violently.

"That's a second slap."

He knew that his death was already knocking on the door.