Chapter 1031: Can't Keep Me Trapped

"I'll say it again: I still long for you to join us and become a close teammate. Besides, our team truly needs a top-tier female warrior like you."

Ling Yao, however, scoffed, "Didn't you just say you could fulfill all my reasonable requests? I'm a bit thirsty now. Could you get me some water?"

Black Face once again flashed his bright white teeth. "No problem at all! Just a moment!"

With practiced ease, he swiftly exited the energy-body sealed space. It was at this precise moment that Ling Yao intently observed all the energy fluctuations emanating from his body as he made contact with the sealed space.

She finally noticed a crucial detail. Combining this with the structural characteristics of the positive energy-body space that he had previously rambled about, Ling Yao finally conceived a method to break through the spatial seal.

Soon, Black Face re-entered from outside the sealed space, once again feeling as if he were passing through a creamy silver wall. He quickly handed Ling Yao a water gourd filled with clear water.

"You're not entirely a bad person, I suppose. However, it's regrettable, but expecting me to betray our Glory Squad and join your ranks is something that will never happen, not in a lifetime.

Unless you make the same decision—betray your team and join ours—then I might consider taking you on as my servant."

Black Face couldn't help but shiver. "Your ambition isn't small, is it? You actually think I'd be your servant? Dream on! That's impossible in this lifetime! It's more likely I'd make *you* my servant!"

Black Face bared his bright white teeth, even making a somewhat haughty expression. However, at that moment, the smile on Ling Yao's face instantly grew several degrees colder. Right in front of him, she crushed the water pouch in her hand.

The clear water splattered out at that instant, and in the same breath, she unhesitatingly unleashed her purest power of the Frost Law.

Infinite droplets of water transformed into intensely cold ice shards, completely encircling and locking down Black Face from all directions.

"What the hell is going on?"

Black Face was dumbfounded on the spot. He never dreamed that this girl in front of him would also be proficient in the Frost Law inheritance.

"Aren't you a swordswoman? How can you wield frost-attribute power?"

Even though Black Face was now completely sealed by this powerful frost energy, having lost all ability for independent movement, he still hadn't stopped talking, which was truly baffling.

"There's a lot you don't know. To think you could conquer me with your level of power is laughable. Now, I'll give you one last chance: leave your team and become my servant and attendant. That's your only option."

Black Face chuckled, his perfect white teeth once again on display. "Even though I'm a chatterbox and love to ramble, I'm also a man of dignity and faith. There's no way I would ever betray my comrades. Don't even think about it. Even if I'm destined to fall by your hand, as the saying goes, 'to die beneath the peony is to be a romantic ghost.' My life would have been worth it."

Ling Yao sneered, "You want to die? It's not that easy! If I truly wanted to kill you, I would have done it already. But your habit of spouting nonsense really needs someone to help you change."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ling Yao unhesitatingly snapped her fingers. In an instant, Black Face's entire set of large, white teeth were completely encased in ice.

Following this, Ling Yao made a slight motion with her palm, picking up a tiny droplet of water and gently raising it towards Black Face's front teeth. In that same instant, the droplet rapidly mutated in mid-air, transforming into a biting ice arrow that pierced through his two front teeth.

While it caused no lethal damage, the missing teeth certainly prevented Black Face from smiling. He was instantly petrified on the spot as if sitting in an ice cellar. Ling Yao, swaggering confidently, mimicked Black Face's earlier actions towards her, returning to stand before him and gently patting his shoulder.

"From now on, young man, you'll have a lisp when you speak. I'm curious to see if you'll still be a chatterbox in the future. I hope that next time we meet, you'll be a more taciturn individual."

Ling Yao seemed unable to suppress a smile herself. Leaving him with an enchanting silhouette, she brushed past him and returned to the edge of the energy-body seal. There, she located the specific energy necessary. In her palm, a spherical ice shard rapidly materialized, which she then thrust forcefully forward towards the energy body.

In an instant, Ling Yao created a perfectly circular hole in the previously impenetrable energy body.

Ling Yao's speed was astonishing. Before the energy barrier could re-seal, she had already exited the circular confined space and returned to the island battlefield.

At that moment, on another part of the battlefield, Gugulas and his stunning maid were rapidly advancing deep within the dense forest, aiming to return to Xu Yang and the others as quickly as possible.

Although they had just finished off a group of crocodiles and sustained considerable losses in combat power, they still retained a certain level of fighting capability compared to the other members of the Glory Squad.

This was because Gugulas and his stunning maid had undergone a series of special training sessions to strengthen their physical bodies. As a result, their current physical strength and sustained combat ability were far superior to any other Glory Squad member, with the exception of Xu Yang.

Just then, a sudden murderous aura descended from thin air, halting the advance of Gugulas and his stunning maid.

They both stopped simultaneously and stared intently forward. The killing intent quickly locked onto the dwarf's aura. Immediately, phantom after phantom, hidden in the darkness, continuously flickered into view. Each phantom displayed distinct ninja characteristics, indicating that an extremely powerful team of ninjas had surrounded the stunning maid and Gugulas.

"Heh, interesting. These guys are very fast. Be careful of their surprise attacks," the stunning maid said with a cold smile, advising Gugulas.

Ironically, these two seemed the least like a master and servant pair. Gugulas, in fact, had the demeanor of a lackey, while the stunning maid, by all appearances, seemed to be the leader controlling Gugulas's will.

Unconsciously, the two stood back-to-back in the center. Among the dozens of figures surrounding them, one leader quickly stepped out from the crowd. Judging by his appearance, he seemed to be a newly adult individual, likely with limited combat experience.