Crossing The Line

"Fuu~."

A chilling cold breath spewed from audience members' mouths. Some were still shivering from the cold atmosphere, forcing them to surge their own Magical Aura just to fend off the freezing temperature.

Under this terrifying cold, a single thought ran through everyone's mind; Ghost Ice prowess is monstrous!

All audience member's eyes were practically glued to Elsa's calm stature in utter awe.

"This….this power!"

"Only the Early Stage Origin Tier and yet so….unfathomable!"

As they stared, the audience realized then that Elsa's prowess never stopped surging for even a second.

A faint yet dazzling blue Ice Magical Aura covered Elsa's entire body as her prowess exploded to unimaginable degrees, pushing everyone into further awe.

Even though nobody could see her true appearance, many audience members fell into a slight trance from the sheer elegant beauty of Elsa's Ice Magical Aura.

But while shock and awe spread all across the board, Roaring Thunder was undergoing utter hell.

'I-I can barely-Argh!!'

Roaring Thunder felt like he was abruptly thrown into the pits of a terrifying frozen storm. His body shivered uncontrollably as the cold air from Elsa's power penetrated into his body, drilling into his veins.

Immediate frostbite began to cover his entire body within just a mere few seconds under Elsa's Ice powers. And it wasn't just the cold that was significantly affecting Roaring Thunder.

Elsa's Early Stage Origin Tier Magical Aura was tremendously pressuring him, causing a severe suppression to wrack his entire being.

At this point, Roaring Thunder had already surged the full extent of his base Magical Aura.

His own Magical Aura spewed out his body like a rising storm, desperately attempting to resist this indomitable pressure and painful cold air. However, no matter how Origin Mana energy he gathered, it was absolutely nothing against Elsa's domineering prowess.

Roaring Thunder couldn't even directly stare at Elsa anymore. That chilling bright blue glow continually flashing on the top of her palms brought about a stinging pain in his eyes.

Keeping his head down low, Roaring Thunder began to feel his survival instincts explode in a frantic furry!

For a split moment, Roaring Thunder went utterly rigid. His Aura Sense could detect it, the haunting sensation of looming death!

Fear enveloped Roaring Thunder's mind as he snapped out of his trance. Frantically wanting to escape Elsa's Magical Aura as far as possible, Roaring Thunder started to take desperate steps back.

But after only several steps back, a painful freezing sensation pierced Roaring Thunder's feet.

"Ah?!"

This time, Roaring Thunder couldn't contain his groans of anguish as he felt like his feet were frozen solid!

At the same time Roaring Thunder stopped moving, the Icy blue light shimmering upon Elsa's palm got even brighter. Then, in just a split second, a line of Ice spewed from Elsa's palm and penetrated into the enormous stage beneath her feet.

Immediately dazzling Ice began to freeze the stage, quickly covering a 100-foot radius.

Elsa's Ice went unhindered, already freezing over Roaring Thunder's feet near instantaneously!

"Yo-you're a freak!!" Roaring Thunder's disbelief shouts blared out in the underground arena.

With his feet frozen in a solid block of Ice, he experienced an overwhelming wave of Elsa's Magical Aura penetrate into his veins.

And compared to just the cold air flowing around him, Elsa's direct Magical Aura was a thousand times worse. He could feel his own Magical Aura rapidly dwindling as his veins started to freeze over.

If this were to continue on, Roaring Thunder was assured his whole body would freeze in just a mere few seconds!

Unwilling to simply roll over to his grave for Elsa, Roaring Thunder gnashed his teeth, forcing past the hell drilling into his body and burned every drop of power within his veins.

'Zzzt!!'

Like a burst of thunder, a raging blue Lightning Origin Aura exploded from Roaring Thunder's body. Streaks of lightning flashed through the air as Roaring Thunder's Magical Aura began to frantically surge.

However, in a completely unexpected twist, Roaring Thunder's Origin Aura only lasted for just a mere second.

"Huh?? Argh!!"

A more painful wail squealed from Roaring Thunder as his Lightning Origin Aura combusted to tiny wisps, leaving his body utterly venerable.

"Holy….what the hell happened?!"

"Did she just destroy his Origin Aura?!"

The audience members didn't think they could feel any more awe, but Elsa immediately proved them wrong.

Origin Aura would be the evolution of one's Spirit Aura from the Spirit Tier to the Origin Tier realm. Despite having different names, both abilities hold the same qualities: to bring out one's full prowess!

And even though Roaring Thunder and Elsa were in the same realm, Roaring Thunder's Origin Aura got destroyed like paper mache.

Destroying someone's Origin Aura goes beyond just having a higher prowess than your opponent. To completely shatter a foe's Origin Aura would mean that person control over their own Origin Mana and Origin Aura reached an unfathomable high degree!

This would be a feat only seen in the most talented of geniuses who are in top-class Sects or Special Academies!

And apparently, before the audience's very eyes, Ghost Ice had just achieved a feat like this?

Just how terrifying can a newcomer be?!

At the same time, everyone felt their brain lagged from Elsa's genius control; the whole center stage was encased in a layer of luminous blue Ice.

Roaring Thunder simply couldn't move anymore. His legs were now entirely frozen, and Elsa's Ice continued to creep up his body.

Almost all of his veins were penetrated by Elsa's Ice Magical Aura, and he could no longer gather any energy from there.

Nightmare, an utter nightmare. That was all Roaring Thunder could think as his lifeless eyes stared into Elsa's black mask.

Before today, he could never expect he would lose in such a humiliating way. Initially, when Elsa strolled up to the stage, he didn't sense anything overly remarkable about her.

She at most had a refined Magical Aura that could only be obtained through diligent training.

But once she released her entire Magical Aura, everything changed in just a snap. It was like she transformed into some sort of demon with her prowess.

And as Elsa's Ice covered up to Roaring Thunder's neck, he realized another terrifying thought.

Throughout this entire time, Elsa had never once brought her Origin Aura!

With just her base Magical Aura, she suppressed him as if he was no different than a mere insect.

'Th-this can't be Early Stage….' In Roaring Thunder's last moment before he completely froze over, his mind nearly collapsed on itself.

Whoever this Ghost Ice is, their prowess was simply impossible for any Early Stage warrior! But, no matter how ludicrous Elsa's prowess seemed, there wasn't anything Roaring Thunder could do about it.

And then, without even being able to squeal anymore, Roaring Thunder's entire body was encased in a block of Ice.

Silence fell over the entire underground arena.

In this silence, Elsa could just feel the shock radiating off everyone's eyes. But she couldn't focus on them right now.

Even though Elsa did freeze over Roaring Thunder, an Origin Tier cultivator still held high vitality.

Elsa could sense a faint life force within Roaring Thunder. If she leaves it just like this, she would still win anyway. However, Elsa didn't want to leave it just like this.

Elsa gradually lowered her raised hand, pointing it right at Roaring Thunder's chest.

With just one shot, she'll instantly kill Roaring Thunder, scoring her a victory precisely like Asher. Then, surging her Ice powers, a blue glow swirled at the tip of her finger, and a glistening sharp icicle form into existence.

Right then, Elsa was about to fling the icicle straight at Roaring Thunder's chest. But before she could, Elsa completely froze up.

'I-I….dammit!'

Even though Elsa continued to steel herself over and over again, promising Asher that she will kill, she still couldn't stop from freezing up.

Looking at Roaring Thunder's helpless figure now, killing him now would only be overtly cruel just to benefit herself.

Of course, other cultivators wouldn't ever think this way. Most other experienced System's cultivators wouldn't even put in the thought of hesitating if the opportunity is provided for them. To gain what they want, experienced cultivators know there are inevitable actions to take.

But Elsa couldn't stop a sick feeling from nestling in her stomach.

Growing up in a lavish High-Class life, Elsa never really experienced any profound hardships or traumatic events that would tremendously change her life.

Sure, she witnessed death and saw bits and pieces into the harshness of their society. Still, overall, she was kept relatively sheltered.

If she had never gotten into a relationship with Asher, Elsa guessed she wouldn't really experience any severe hardships in terms of combat.

And it was at the thought of Asher, Elsa felt something snap in her mind.

All because he wanted to keep their relationship, he had already morphed into an average cultivator mindset, showing zero hesitation when killing. Plus, even now, he's still his same caring self and wouldn't be disappointed at all if Elsa couldn't take this step.

That thought honestly made Elsa feel inferior to Asher. His prowess may not be as high as her, yet his mental state was years ahead.

Reflecting on herself, she realized she was thinking too naive for their whole plans. It wasn't just about power; it was also about cultivating your mind to deal with any situation, no matter how cruel or brutal they seem.

Just like Asher, she never wants their relationship to end because of things they couldn't control. Her feelings for him ran far deeper than she ever realized, and she didn't or rather couldn't let Asher down.

Even though she knows he wouldn't care, Elsa would see it as a personal failure that she couldn't take this step.

So with a jumbled-up emotional state, Elsa finally went through with it, flicking her icicle straight at Roaring Thunder's chest.

Elsa's icicle flew at breakneck speed, reaching Roaring Thunder in just a second, tearing into her own Ice and drilling straight into Roaring Thunder's chest.

Elsa's icicle was precisely accurate as it shot right through Roaring Thunder's heart, taking away what little life force he had.

Elsa slowly lowered her arm in a slightly shaky manner. She finally did it, and it was like squashing a bug; she killed another human being.