Chapter 343

The “Manga Consciousness” was a bit confused: “What are you trying to do? You can’t use your abilities right now.”

Hearing this, Su Bei’s lips curled into a slight smile. He looked at the Snow Woman’s feet and said meaningfully, “Who said you can’t help without an ability?”

Since it knew the final outcome would be the same, the “Manga Consciousness” didn’t stop Su Bei. Instead, it watched him curiously, wanting to see what he would do.

Su Bei’s method was simple. He just took out another flight device to support himself, then grabbed a corner of the flying carpet, and with a powerful flick, accurately threw it under the feet of the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast.

Although it had been a while since he’d thrown gears, he still had the touch. Even with a much larger flying carpet, he could easily toss it to the right spot.

The moment the flying carpet slid under the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast, it immediately flew up. The continuous flow of snow from the mountain that had been pouring into the beast was quickly cut off due to the distance, and the beast’s attacks instantly weakened by more than a single degree.

“Just as I thought,” Su Bei’s lips curled.

Just as he had guessed, the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast’s endless power indeed came from the snow on the mountain. During its attacks earlier, he had noticed the snow on the mountain seemed to be moving on its own without any wind, but because it was all a vast expanse of white, he couldn’t see clearly. It seemed his judgment was correct—as long as he severed the beast’s link to the mountain, it would lose most of its power.

Elvis and the other two were very smart. Although the situation was a bit unexpected, seeing the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast’s attacks suddenly weaken significantly, combined with the action of the flying carpet, they quickly deduced the beast’s weakness.

“Tiffany, get it up in the air!” Elvis immediately commanded. At the same moment the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast jumped off the carpet, he reversed time, forcibly sending it back onto the carpet.

This bought enough time for Tiffany to find some anti-freeze gear and approach the beast. Seeing the Snow Woman was airborne, Su Bei immediately retracted the flying carpet. The item was quite useful; he had no intention of leaving it behind.

While fighting the Snow Woman, Ian asked curiously, “Who’s helping us? Can you show yourself? Please let us thank you in person after the battle is over.”

After waiting a moment, he thought about it and asked tentatively, “Are you the guy who had dinner with us the day before yesterday?”

He’s pretty sharp, Su Bei raised an eyebrow but didn’t make a sound.

Seeing that no one appeared or spoke, not even giving a hint, Ian immediately understood that the person didn’t want to reveal themselves. He stopped asking and focused on attacking the Nightmare Beast.

After successfully separating the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast from the mountain, the Snow Woman, having lost most of its power, was no longer a match for the three of them. It was quickly defeated by their joint efforts.

However, just a second before the Nightmare Beast was about to die, it suddenly erupted with an intense black light. The entire beast exploded, turning into a sky full of black snow that drifted down.

The next second, from the top of the mountain, one could see several snowy mountains, including this one, suddenly start to avalanche. The snow rushed down the slopes at an incredible speed, reaching halfway down in an instant, heading straight for the city at the foot of the mountains.

“Oh my god!” Ian’s eyes widened, his face filled with panic. “What do we do? The residents at the foot of the mountain won’t be able to escape!”

Seeing this, Elvis immediately used his ability to reverse time. While his ability couldn’t bring the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast back to life, it could temporarily revert the effects it caused back to the beginning.

In other words, he would now have to continuously consume his Mental Energy, repeatedly retracting the energy wave released by the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast, to keep the avalanche in a state of dynamic pause.

But this was obviously not a long-term solution, as Elvis’s Mental Energy was finite. His face was pale, a massive projection of a clock hovering over him, as he shouted sternly, “Quick, call the local Ability Government or an academy!”

Ian nodded repeatedly while dialing. But as soon as he finished dialing the number, he shoved the phone into Tiffany’s hands and started running quickly down the mountain. “You make the call! I think there’s a broadcasting station over there. I’ll go evacuate the residents!”

The reason he didn’t ask Tiffany to go was that she wasn’t good at communicating with others. Plus, if people saw her in her vampire form, it could easily cause a panic.

Reaching a suitable spot, his figure flickered and vanished. This was one of the capabilities of his ability; he could perform a limited form of teleportation within his [World within a Painting].

Su Bei continued to sit cross-legged on his recalled flying carpet and asked with understanding, “Are we about to enter the main plot now?”

The “Manga Consciousness” gave an affirmative reply: “Yes, members of the main protagonist’s group will be here soon. Do you want to say hello to them?”

“Of course not,” Su Bei refused without hesitation. “If I’m going offline, I should do it thoroughly. Besides, this part won’t be drawn in the comic, right?”

Since the author designed him to appear at the last moment, for the sake of dramatic impact, they definitely wouldn’t have him show up before then. It wouldn’t serve any purpose anyway, so it was better to avoid trouble. Su Bei chose not to meet them. He needed to avoid exposing himself as much as possible to prevent enemies from finding him.

The following events unfolded as Su Bei expected. Because the Arctic was so remote and many people were busy, the mission was carried out by Jiang Tianming and his team, assisted by the teleportation master, Lei Ze’en.

Only they could reach the Arctic in time. If it were anyone else, by the time they arrived, it would be too late. No matter how much Elvis conserved his Mental Energy, he couldn’t possibly hold out for several hours.

The group worked together busily. This time, it was Ai Baozhu’s moment to shine. Using her [Glorious Domain], she single-handedly held back the avalanches from several mountains. That’s right, at a critical moment, she had successfully developed the ability to multitask with her power, allowing her to create five [Glorious Domain] barriers simultaneously in different locations.

Su Bei had previously thought her improvement would be in defensive strength, but it turned out to be in quantity. Five [Glorious Domain] barriers, which could even be placed in widely separated locations, was indeed a pretty good evolution.

However, the last two evolutions of the main group’s abilities were both in terms of breadth. It seemed a massive, large-scale war involving everyone was indeed coming.

After the avalanches were under control and the residents were evacuated, the four people standing on the mountaintop, overseeing the situation, finally began to talk about what happened before the disaster. After all, things had been urgent, and the person reporting, Tiffany, wasn’t very talkative, so many details had been left unclear.

Even the Ability Government only knew that an Advanced Nightmare Beast had triggered a massive avalanche before it died, that Elvis’s team had temporarily contained the situation, and that they needed immediate support.

As for Jiang Tianming’s group, who were sent as support, they were even more in the dark. They were quite curious about how that Nightmare Beast had caused such a huge avalanche and, given its immense power, how Elvis and the other two had managed to defeat it.

The first question was easy enough to answer, but the second one—

“You’re saying that while you were fighting the Nightmare Beast, a flying carpet suddenly appeared and told you the beast’s weakness?” Ai Baozhu repeated Elvis’s words, her face filled with disbelief. “Are you serious?”

Elvis shot her a cool, aloof glance. “Do we have any reason to lie?”

That was true, but it sounded too absurd. Does the Arctic also have one of those mysterious ‘sweeper monk’ types who just shows up to help? Lan Subing silently commented to herself.

She pulled back Ai Baozhu, who looked ready to argue with Elvis, and said with a hint of helplessness, “Did you see where the flying carpet disappeared?”

“Mid-air.” This time, it was Tiffany who answered, clearly worried the other two would start fighting.

Mid-air? It couldn’t possibly be a fairy godmother who came to help, could it? Lan Subing was about to say something when Jiang Tianming suddenly tugged her arm.

She turned her head in confusion and saw Jiang Tianming giving her a strange look, signaling her to stop asking questions.

Although she didn’t understand why, Lan Subing was obedient to her teammates and immediately shut her mouth.

After they found an excuse to send Elvis and Tiffany down the mountain, Jiang Tianming finally spoke. “If I remember correctly, based on the timing, Su Bei should have arrived in the Arctic by now.”

As soon as he said this, Lan Subing’s eyes widened. “You mean—”

This act of appearing from mid-air to help others really did seem like something Su Bei would do. Could Su Bei be here?

Jiang Tianming didn’t let her finish, nodding affirmatively. “I think it’s possible. But since he didn’t show himself just now, let’s not go looking for him.”

No one knew better than them how dangerous it was out there. As an Ability user without an ability, if Su Bei were discovered to be alive, he would face immense danger.

“You’re right.” Lan Subing nodded in agreement. “But Elvis and the others probably don’t know yet. It seems like Su Bei has no intention of revealing that he’s still alive.”

After all, Su Bei had been alone with Elvis’s group for a while, yet he had chosen to help while invisible rather than showing himself after the Snow Woman Nightmare Beast was defeated. It was clear he didn’t want to be seen.

Although it felt a bit wrong to say, Lan Subing was actually a little happy. Su Bei hadn’t hidden the fact that he was alive from them; he had only started faking his death after revealing himself to them.

This must mean they were very important to Su Bei, right?

Jiang Tianming cleared his throat. “Then let’s agree not to say anything either.”

What they didn’t know, however, was that Su Bei was sitting cross-legged in mid-air, watching their conversation with great interest. He hadn’t expected Jiang Tianming to be so sharp as to guess it was him who had helped. But obviously, they hadn’t guessed that he hadn’t left right after helping and was instead still here, watching the show.

To be honest, if he wasn’t trying to stay hidden, he would have hurried the two of them along. Again, it’s really cold in the Arctic sky, okay?