Chapter 127 Silenced

Gao Junwei was stunned, frozen in place. There was nothing he could do; the teamwork between the siblings had been so unexpected and so perfectly coordinated. In just a moment, his mother had vanished from this world.

Just like Gao Junwei's sudden disappearance during the provincial league's semi-finals.

Unfortunately,

back then, when Gao Junwei disappeared, nearly ten thousand people were watching, and countless more saw it on television.

But here, in this snowy wasteland, there wasn't a soul in sight.

It seemed that Gao Junwei's mother had chosen this location precisely because of that.

There was one unchanging truth: if you want to harm someone, you must be prepared to be harmed in return.

The world never bends to individual will.

Otherwise, according to Gao's mother, Gao Junwei's mental illness would have been cured, and he would have overcome his mental block; Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue would have been torn to pieces and left to rot in the wilderness by her son.

Otherwise, according to Gao Junwei, his mother would have already been released by Han Jiangxue.

Indeed,

Gao Junwei was utterly shocked; he never expected this to happen.

His dignified Star River Peak-stage mother, killed just like that?

No, she wasn't dead yet; she was merely thrown into the Shattered Space. There was still hope; he had to save her!

Gao Junwei gripped his Tang blade tightly, grabbed the heavily injured Han Jiangxue, and held her body from behind, the blade pressed against her neck. "Open the Shattered Space! Open it! Release her!"

Han Jiangxue remained expressionless, her eyes cold. A trickle of blood ran down her pale lips, and she showed no reaction to the blade against her neck, as if she felt no threat.

"Hey." Jiang Xiao's voice came from a distance. Gao Junwei anxiously looked up, only to see Jiang Xiao stagger to his feet and say, "The knife..."

Gao Junwei's hand, holding the blade, trembled slightly, his emotions raging. The sharp Tang blade left bloody marks on Han Jiangxue's neck as he yelled, "Open the Shattered Space! Open it now! Let her out!"

Han Jiangxue ignored everything. In her mind, even if it meant death, she would never open the Shattered Space.

Yes, if she died, Gao Junwei's mother would be forever trapped in that space, unable to harm Jiang Xiao again.

"Are you freaking deaf!? I told you to open the Shattered Space!" Gao Junwei roared in desperation, his arm suddenly dropping, the blade slashing across Han Jiangxue's thigh.

*Thwack!*

A bloody gash instantly appeared. Han Jiangxue gritted her teeth, refusing to make a sound!

*Whoosh...*

A pillar of light suddenly descended, enveloping Gao Junwei and Han Jiangxue.

As mentioned before, in the Nebula stage, with its relatively lower physical abilities, it was difficult to dodge instantly-cast star techniques purely based on reaction time; it was best to predict them in advance.

Due to the limitations of using star techniques, Jiang Xiao couldn't cast Blessings without any pre-movement.

Just as Han Jiangxue flicked her fingers when using Wild Wind, not to follow a trend or explain her actions to the audience, but because it was an inherent part of using Wild Wind.

Could instantly-cast star techniques not be dodged?

Of course they could. Gao Junwei's mother could, and the bald man in the armory who tried to kill Jiang Xiao could too. They either possessed unique skills, acting as if they had eyes in the back of their heads, sensing everything around them, or they were fully focused on Jiang Xiao's "casting" motions.

But Gao Junwei was clearly not one of them. He was panicking, utterly panicked.

The domineering and powerful mother in his mind was suddenly thrown into the Shattered Space, her life and death controlled by others.

This scene completely caught him off guard.

Under such immense psychological pressure, Gao Junwei truly panicked.

On the battlefield, panic gives your opponent an opening.

From the moment the blade left Han Jiangxue's neck and cut her thigh, Jiang Xiao's Blessing had been brewing.

A glimmer of cold light appeared first, followed by the spear... uh...

A Blessing arrived first, followed by Jiang Xiao trotting over.

Jiang Xiao wasn't trying to be cute; if he could, he would have strode confidently towards the enemy, but he was indeed seriously injured at the moment.

Jiang Xiao's star power was also running low. As he charged forward, a thick black beam of light shot out, directly connecting with Gao Junwei.

The advanced gold-quality star technique, Reverse Flow of Light!

Heavily injured and with his star power nearly depleted, Jiang Xiao truly had nothing left to lose.

Just now,

Gao Junwei was also acting like a madman, believing that the sky was falling, that he had lost the most important thing, and that he had nothing left to lose.

But the truth was, besides losing his mother, he could lose even more.

Such as his life, and his star power.

It couldn't be said that Han Jiangxue had developed resistance to Blessings, but after prolonged exposure to Jiang Xiao's silver-quality Blessings, she could indeed react faster. She used all her strength to push Gao Junwei away, falling to the snow, and Jiang Xiao arrived shortly after.

*Thud!*

Gao Junwei slid backward, his legs bent, skidding about 8 or 9 meters in the snow. Gripping his Tang blade, he broke out in a cold sweat, almost having his throat pierced by the serrated combat blade!

Jiang Xiao inwardly sighed in regret as the black Reverse Flow of Light between them stretched out instantly.

"You... you..." Gao Junwei stared in shock at the Reverse Flow of Light. He slashed wildly with his Tang blade, but couldn't cut the damn beam. The rapid loss of star power terrified and tormented him.

Jiang Xiao squatted down, placing a hand on Han Jiangxue's shoulder, and applied Imprint.

The silver-quality Imprint indeed required physical contact to leave a mark on the target. He wondered if the gold-quality Imprint would have new effects.

Feeling his star power growing and the flesh wounds on his body healing, Jiang Xiao had finally passed through the most difficult period.

One, two, three Bell Clangs were thrown out, the crisp, pleasant sound of the bells ringing in the snowy field as the jumping medical light waves weaved back and forth between the siblings, rapidly healing their bodies.

Gao Junwei's Adam's apple bobbed. He knew that the longer he dragged this out, the less hope he had.

On one hand, there was his mother in the Shattered Space. Gao Junwei had personally experienced the Shattered Space, and he knew very well what it felt like inside. He knew that his mother would suffocate from lack of oxygen, and the longer she stayed, the more certain her death would be.

On the other hand, there was the medical-type awakened one on the battlefield.

Even though Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao had been beaten bloody and heavily injured by his mother, after these few short exchanges, the siblings' conditions had already recovered.

This was the true terror of medical-type awakened ones!

Moreover, Jiang Xiao wasn't a normal healer...

He was practically a poison-milk! (referring to someone who buffs others, but with unexpected or detrimental results)

Not only did he cause Gao's mother's death, but he was now absorbing Gao Junwei's life force and star power.

Although the Reverse Flow of Light was supposedly sharing life force and star power, given the current situation, with the energetic and star-power-filled Gao Junwei and the heavily injured, star-power-depleted Jiang Xiao...

There was no doubt that Gao Junwei's star power and life force were pouring into Jiang Xiao like crazy.

This wasn't sharing life and star power at all!

It was simply extracting life and star power...

As the saying goes, no sooner said than done.

Gao Junwei had no time to wait or hesitate; he either had to fight or flee.

Gao Junwei didn't think he could escape. He knew Han Jiangxue's strength too well. Not to mention Han Jiangxue, if he turned and ran now, Jiang Xiao could drop a Blessing on him and he'd be done for. He had to focus all his attention on Jiang Xiao, predicting and dodging the Blessing.

If... if the signal flare hadn't been crushed by his mother...

An idea struck Gao Junwei: why not use the Frightful Roar!? Catch them off guard! Whether to fight or flee would depend on the situation!

Gao Junwei opened his mouth to shout!

But a single phrase forced Gao Junwei's roar back down!

"Shut your mouth!" Jiang Xiao threw out a Silence, once again depleting his recovered star power.

Fighting required brains.

The more crucial the moment, the more life-threatening, the more calm and composed you had to be.

Jiang Xiao had been closely watching Gao Junwei. He already looked like he was mourning his parents' deaths. As the situation became more and more unfavorable to him, his face became uglier. Why did his eyes suddenly light up?

Clearly, Gao Junwei had a plan in mind!

What plan!?

I don't care what your plan is; it's not going to happen here!

Battles between awakened ones mostly involved star techniques.

You want to turn the tables!?

Am I going to give you the chance!?

I'm the one who turned the tables to get here!

A lion uses its full strength even to hunt a rabbit. I understand this principle. The one who doesn't understand it is already in Little Jiangxue's Shattered Space.

The intended loud Frightful Roar was forcibly swallowed back into his stomach. Gao Junwei's face was extremely contorted, and he trembled, making a hissing sound. His face was so red it looked like it was about to bleed.

At the same time, Jiang Xiao felt his right hand being grabbed.

Beside him, bathed in the Blessing and Bell Clangs, Han Jiangxue grabbed Jiang Xiao's arm and shakily stood up...

Her cold eyes also fell on Gao Junwei.