Chapter 73: The Ice of Desperation

“No, I’m not lying! It’s the truth!”

Liu Xingluo desperately wanted to prove that what she had said was true.

Unfortunately, she had no way to prove it now. After all, there was no fourth person present at that place back then, nor were there any surveillance cameras.

Moreover, the other party involved, the real Seventh Princess, was either still sleeping inside her body or had already vanished completely.

“Don’t waste your breath. I won’t be fooled by you. Now, you defective product, die and return my little sister’s body to her.”

Not believing a single word Liu Xingluo said, Jidi began to exert her power, further lowering the surrounding temperature. Liu Xingluo could feel that she was serious about getting rid of her.

Faced with this, Liu Xingluo had no choice but to prepare for battle. Although Jidi wanted her to die obediently, who would listen to that? Even if she couldn’t win, she wouldn’t give up struggling and just die.

Besides, she was using the Seventh Princess’s body now. Both were princesses, so she surely wouldn’t lose too quickly.

But soon, Liu Xingluo realized how foolish that thought was.

With just a raised hand, Jidi conjured a blizzard that blasted toward Liu Xingluo. Liu Xingluo was forced into a half-kneeling position, lowering her center of gravity to steady herself, lest she be blown away.

[So cold. Is this the power of the Sixth Princess, a true princess?]

Even though she was using the Seventh Princess’s body, Liu Xingluo still felt the biting cold. No wonder Lain had once told her that any princess could single-handedly defeat all humans. Looking at this, it was indeed true.

But she had come to defeat her. Being suppressed like this wouldn’t do. She had to push through the blizzard and get close to her.

Just as Liu Xingluo tried to stand up and act, she found she couldn’t move.

[What? What’s happening?]

It wasn’t that her limbs had gone numb from the cold. Liu Xingluo could still feel them. But she simply couldn’t move, as if her body were fixed in place, surrounded by something extremely hard that blocked her movements.

Wait, could this be… had she been frozen by the blizzard?

Realizing this, Liu Xingluo tried to open her eyes. Normally an easy task, it was now extremely difficult. Her eyelids felt frozen shut.

But this level of freezing only sealed her movements. Being frozen like this wouldn’t kill her.

Jidi knew this well. After all, Liu Xingluo was using her little sister’s body. A princess wouldn’t die from something like this. Still, she was disappointed. If it were her little sister, she would have shattered the ice and broken free in less than three seconds. But Liu Xingluo seemed completely helpless. It was too disgraceful. She truly didn’t deserve to be in her little sister’s body, let alone use it. It was better to kill her and take the body back.

Although trapped in ice, Liu Xingluo had no intention of waiting to be killed. Her opponent was out to kill her. Doing nothing wouldn’t do. She had to find a way to break the ice and escape.

Fortunately, even if she couldn’t break free as quickly as the real Seventh Princess, she could still rely on the body’s strength to shatter the ice. Liu Xingluo could already hear cracking sounds as the ice fractured under her struggle.

But she was too slow. Before she could break free, Jidi had already formed a giant ice spear and hurled it at her, sending her flying along with the remaining ice.

“Ahhh!!!”

Experiencing such intense pain for the first time, Liu Xingluo screamed and was sent tumbling several times before stopping.

“It hurts, it hurts so much.”

[No, I can’t win. I have to run. I have to escape. This is not an opponent I can defeat.]

Feeling the pain in her body, Liu Xingluo thought about fleeing. It was only natural. For someone who had never faced such a terrifying opponent, the sheer agony was enough to make her afraid of Jidi.

At the same time, the pain told her that if she didn’t run and continued fighting, death awaited her.

No, no, no, no! I don’t want to die, don’t want to die, don’t want to die!!!

“You disgust me. Those tears, that expression.”

Standing before Liu Xingluo, looking down at her twisted face and streaming tears from the pain, Jidi felt utter contempt. Her little sister had never shown such an expression. And such a weakling had taken over her little sister’s body—it made her sick. Even if killing her wouldn’t return the body to her little sister, she would still do it. She couldn’t let this person continue to defile and insult her little sister’s body!

Faced with Jidi’s contempt, Liu Xingluo couldn’t utter a word. Even if she begged for mercy, Jidi wouldn’t spare her.

“Be grateful. I was going to torture you slowly, but you disgust me so much that I’ll give you a quick death. Farewell, you disgusting creature.”

Forming an ice spear, Jidi prepared to pierce Liu Xingluo’s heart. Even a princess couldn’t survive a fatal wound to the heart.

But…

“Huh? Still struggling? Wouldn’t it be better to just die obediently?”

Seeing Liu Xingluo tightly gripping the spear to prevent it from piercing her, Jidi grew impatient.

Why would such a weak person struggle at the brink of death? If she just died, she wouldn’t have to suffer anymore.

“No, I won’t! I, I refuse to die!”

At the moment of death, Liu Xingluo’s survival instinct, one of the most basic biological instincts, roared. Even if she was outmatched, she would never allow herself to be killed while she could still fight back.

Struggle, keep struggling, until every ounce of strength was gone. Until then, her spirit and body would not accept death.

With the explosive power of her survival instinct, Liu Xingluo crushed the ice spear with her bare hands, then quickly stood up and kicked Jidi.

The force of that kick was not to be underestimated. Jidi, struck by the blow, was pushed back nearly ten meters before stopping.

“This power… Alright. It seems you do have some skill. Then I’ll take you seriously and fight you properly.”

Caressing her abdomen where Liu Xingluo had kicked her, as if the force still lingered, Jidi gained a new understanding of Liu Xingluo and decided to treat her seriously.