Chapter 240

The reason she deliberately kept a distance, neither too close nor too far, was to use herself as live bait.

Since she had already marked the area to set the mountain on fire, when she lured the bone demon to this spot, she led it right into the center of the avalanche.

And since the snow is a lifeless object without any breath, the bone demon was destined to be unaware of it.

“Using something dead to deal with something dead—clever move.”

Zhen Xiao leaned against the wall, frowning unconsciously as he watched the bone demon get buried under the snow in the mystic mirror.

“But that demon is quite powerful. I wonder if this snow…”

Before he could finish his sentence, a furious howl echoed from within the mirror.

Immediately after, a giant skeletal hand suddenly emerged from the snow.

—Despite such a powerful impact, the bone demon remained completely unscathed, struggling as it broke free from the snow!

“Is this demon’s body really that tough?”

Ji Yunkai took a bite of sweet pastry, his tone devoid of any emotion, “It seems that plan failed.”

“Wait.”

Tian Xianzi leaned forward a bit, smiling with narrowed eyes, “Ning Ning is moving again.”

In the image, He Zhizhou and Xu Ye both appeared shocked, but Ning Ning’s expression remained unchanged, as if she had anticipated this outcome. After staring into the bone demon’s dark eye sockets for a moment, she smiled and raised an eyebrow.

It was a taunt, as if she was certain of her success.

Although the bone demon couldn’t see her expression, its demonic energy intensified due to what had just happened. It let out a hoarse roar and charged toward her again, swinging its hands.

Ning Ning continued playing the role of the live bait, running ahead without looking back.

Tian Xianzi, watching from outside the mirror, was stunned.

“So that’s it!”

He grinned widely, “It’s the river!”

Not far ahead of Ning Ning was the wide, frozen river that connected to the waterfall.

As she ran forward, crossing the ice and continuing onward, the bone demon’s hands would inevitably land on the river’s surface as well.

It turned out that her plan from the beginning wasn’t just to cause an avalanche.

Or rather, the snowmelt from the avalanche was merely a necessary catalyst in her plan.

The sword energy mixed with the fire talismans would melt most of the snow into water, soaking the bone demon’s entire skeleton.

According to the law of friction, the amount of friction depends on the roughness of the contact surfaces.

The bone demon’s body was supported entirely by its hands, and its joints were already quite smooth. The lubricating effect of the water further reduced friction, so when it was on the ice, all it needed was a push.

Even the slightest bit of force.

The enormous skeleton followed the girl onto the ice, and after a brief moment of hesitation, it uncontrollably slipped to the side.

Ning Ning then stopped running and stood near the riverbank, close to the demon, swinging her sword energy forward.

Bingo.

Home run!

The sword energy struck the bone demon squarely in the chest, and with a bewildered expression, the skeleton slid swiftly down the river, eventually reaching the cliff at the waterfall.

And the bone demon’s icy slide ended right there.

For the first time, its large eye sockets showed great confusion.

Then came the sensation of weightlessness, the fall, and Newton peacefully closed the lid of his coffin.

He Zhizhou, watching the beautifully sharp trajectory of the skeleton, couldn’t help but exclaim, “Wow, that shot was really… bare-bones.”