192: Chapter 192 Schemes...

On the giant screen above the arena, Reinhardt was still standing in the same spot.

A large patch of his white-gold light armor on his chest was shattered, and the wound on his left shoulder was wrapped in a temporary Source Power bandage, yet blood was still seeping out from the gaps.

He had won the battle against Heavenly King Lin just a moment ago.

But it was not an easy victory.

However, what slightly surprised Lu Cheng was that the people in the Nordic Union representative area did not show much concern.

It was as if... they already knew what would happen next.

Lu Cheng narrowed his eyes.

"Still have a trump card?"

Ye Beihan stepped onto the arena without any superfluous words.

The moment his foot landed, a layer of black-blue frost spread outward along the arena floor.

Reinhardt raised his head, his silver-grey pupils watching him quietly.

"You want to challenge me right now?"

Ye Beihan's tone was calm.

"You did the same thing just a moment ago."

Reinhardt nodded.

"Fair."

He was not angry; hunters never blame their prey for fighting back.

Because in his world, all battles are inherently mutual hunts.

A countdown appeared between the two.

[3]

[2]

[1]

[Begin!]

The instant the numbers hit zero, Ye Beihan moved.

He stomped his foot down.

"Frost Step."

Boom!

Black-blue frost exploded along the ground, and the entire arena seemed as if it had been bitten by a giant creature of extreme cold; frost spread rapidly, locking directly toward Reinhardt's feet.

This was Ye Beihan's first step.

Restricting the arena.

Compressing the opponent's movement space.

As long as Reinhardt's movement was restricted, he could drag this battle into the close-quarters pressure rhythm he was best at.

However, the next second, the light on the arena suddenly dimmed.

The entire space seemed to be shrouded in some kind of cold white moonlight.

The ground was covered with a layer of silver luster, and countless fine silver dust particles appeared in the air, as if moonlight had been crushed and sprinkled onto the arena.

Reinhardt's originally golden-tinged silver-grey hair gradually faded its human color in the moonlight, turning cold white.

His pupils also turned a pale silver, and a ring of crescent moon-like markings appeared at the bottom of his eyes.

Behind him, a waning moon slowly rose.

Incomplete.

Cold.

High-hanging.

The moment that waning moon appeared, the aura on Reinhardt completely changed.

The bit of warmth that belonged to a human seemed to be drained away by the moonlight, leaving only quiet, indifference, and danger...

"God Descent!"

Reinhardt raised his right hand.

The silver moonlight condensed into a Silver Moon Longbow in his palm.

Ye Beihan did not retreat.

He shook his arms, and the sound of ice cracking came from deep within his bones.

Black-blue frost patterns spread from his neck all the way to his arms.

Profound Frost Battle Bone, fully activated.

A layer of semi-transparent Frost Bone Battle Armor covered his body, and small ice spikes even grew from his shoulders, elbows, and back.

He looked like a War God of the Cold Prison who had walked out of the Northern Frontier ice fields.

Reinhardt raised his bow.

A flash of silver light.

Moon Scar Arrow.

That arrow was extremely thin, with almost no sound.

Ye Beihan turned sideways, his ice armor grazing the arrow light to dodge it.

But the next second, he looked down at his shoulder.

There was a thin silver Moon Scar there.

It was just a graze.

But it counted as a hit.

Reinhardt slowly lowered his bow.

"Those who are illuminated by the moonlight cannot escape."

Ye Beihan's eyes darkened slightly.

The frost under his feet exploded again.

He ignored the Moon Scar and charged directly at Reinhardt.

"Profound Frost Heavy Fist!"

Ye Beihan punched out, the cold air on his fist bones condensing into a solid form, freezing even the air into white cracks.

Reinhardt shifted his feet, his figure sliding sideways while stepping on moon shadows, simultaneously drawing his bow three times in succession.

"Three-String Continuous Moon."

Three arrows traced different arcs, shooting toward Ye Beihan!

Ye Beihan did not retreat; he lowered his shoulder and charged.

"Frost Bone Mountain Cracker!"

His shoulder bones and spine erupted with cold air simultaneously, like an iceberg forcefully smashing through the third arrow, continuing to press toward Reinhardt.

Moonlight exploded, frost surged!

Reinhardt's brow finally twitched slightly.

This student from the Dragon Nation Northern Frontier Martial Arts School was even stronger than he had imagined!

The Silver Moon Longbow dissipated in Reinhardt's hands.

The next second, the moonlight transformed into two crescent-shaped short blades.

Crescent Twin Blades.

His figure suddenly closed in, like a white ghost peeled away from the moon shadows, circling to Ye Beihan's side and back.

"Moon Shadow Death Step."

The blade light slashed down silently.

Shoulder, elbow, knee, ribs.

Every strike did not seek to be fatal, but was specifically aimed at weakening Ye Beihan's mobility.

This was the truly terrifying part about Reinhardt.

But Ye Beihan was not an ordinary physical-type martial artist.

The Crescent short blades slashed against the Frost Bone Battle Armor, and shattered ice flew everywhere.

Reinhardt's wrists were also frozen stiff by the Profound Frost counter-shock.

Frost quickly formed on the surface of the blades, and the flow of Source Power slowed down.

Ye Beihan raised his head.

"Are you done hitting?"

He threw a backhand punch.

Reinhardt pulled back to retreat, but was still grazed on the shoulder by the force of the punch, his whole body sliding sideways for several meters.

The battle between the two entered a true tug-of-war.

Reinhardt used Moon Scar Arrows to constantly mark Ye Beihan.

Ye Beihan used Frost Step to restrict the arena, and used Profound Frost Heavy Fist and Frost Bone Pulse Lock to force Reinhardt to constantly change positions.

Every time Reinhardt got close, he would leave wounds on Ye Beihan's body.

But every time he attacked Ye Beihan, he would also have a portion of his Source Power frozen by the Profound Frost counter-shock.

This was not a contest of speed versus speed.

It was a war of attrition between a hunter and an iceberg.

Reinhardt wanted to dismantle Ye Beihan's mobility.

Ye Beihan wanted to completely freeze this moonlight hunting ground.

On the arena, half was moonlight, half was frost.

Until the fifth Moon Scar lit up.

Reinhardt raised his head.

The crescent moon markings in his eyes suddenly became clear.

"Moon God Lock-on."

The Moon Scars on Ye Beihan's body lit up simultaneously.

The next second, Reinhardt raised his bow toward the sky.

A huge silver moon seemed to appear in the sky.

The bowstring was pulled to the limit.

"Celestial Moon String."

Countless moonlight arrows descended from the sky.

The entire arena was swallowed by a silver rainstorm.

Ye Beihan slammed his fists into the ground.

"Profound Frost Bone Prison!"

Black-blue ice bone pillars rose from the ground, protecting him all around.

Moonlight arrows kept falling.

The ice bone pillars shattered one by one.

The arrow rain itself was not extremely powerful, but every beam of moonlight kept leaving new Moon Scars.

Ye Beihan's Frost Bone Battle Armor began to shatter.

His shoulder was pierced.

His arm was slashed open.

The ice armor on his chest also cracked like a spiderweb.

But he did not fall.

The cold air at the wounds automatically sealed the flesh.

The Battle Bone was indestructible.

He gave a low roar, the cold air inside his body suddenly reversed, and his blood entered a state of extreme cold and high pressure.

Ice Blood Boiling.

The aura on Ye Beihan did not decrease but instead rose.

"Dragon Spine Cold Spear!"

He mobilized the Profound Frost Battle Bone in his Dragon Spine pulse, the cold air channeling through his spine across his entire body, finally blasting out a black-blue ice spear-like impact from his arm.

The ice spear tore through the moonlight arrow rain, heading straight for Reinhardt's chest.

Reinhardt's face turned a shade paler.

The waning moon phantom behind him trembled violently.

The Silver Moon Longbow was pulled to the limit again.

This time, the blurry phantom of Artemis behind him also drew a bow simultaneously.

One man, one god.

The sounds of two bowstrings overlapped.

"Moon God's Arrow."

A thin silver arrow light pierced through the entire arena.

The ice spear and the moon arrow collided in mid-air.

Boom!

Silver light and frost exploded simultaneously.

The energy barrier vibrated violently, and even the gazes of the three War King referees became a few shades more serious.

When the light dissipated, Ye Beihan had already fallen to the edge of the arena.

His arms were still held in a defensive posture, the ice armor on his chest was completely shattered, and his entire body was pinned by the moonlight, unable to stand up.

Reinhardt stood at the other end.

The silver bow slowly dissipated.

The waning moon phantom also disappeared along with it.

After the Divine Might state was dispelled, his hair color returned to a bit of its golden-silver hue, but his face was frighteningly pale.

That was not ordinary weakness.

It was a ghastly white that almost lacked any signs of life.

His breathing was so faint that it felt like it could stop at any moment.

His chest rose and fell weakly, and his fingers were also trembling slightly.

The referee's voice rang out.

"Ye Beihan is unable to continue effective combat."

"Nordic Union, Reinhardt Moon-Hunter wins."

For a moment, there were no boos in the entire venue.

Both sides had given their all...

But just as the Northern European medical staff were preparing to go up on stage to assist Reinhardt, a cold voice rang out from the Eagle Country representative area.

"Eagle Country team."

"Challenge Reinhardt Moon-Hunter."

"Northern European team, forfeit!"

This was also something they had agreed upon beforehand—to farm points from each other by reclaiming the right to be challenged for Reinhardt, preventing other teams from gaining an advantage.

On the Dragon Nation team's side, Gu Changqing spoke up immediately.

"Challenge Reinhardt Moon-Hunter!"

"Northern European team, forfeit!"

Sister Bai immediately spoke, "After a period of chasing, the scores on the field have now been unveiled. From top to bottom, they are: Nordic Union: 5 points; Sakura Island: 4 points; Eagle Country team: 1 point; Dragon Nation team: 0 points; Tianlan Ancient Kingdom: 0 points"