CHAPTER 419 THE DEATH OF GRACE

"I don't feel right, Ricky. Something smells fishy. Look, Kinsey and Grace have equivalent strength. But

now, Kinsey is employing his Metallic Mutant. His power is bound to increase greatly. In this case,

Grace..." Tyson used his internal strength to converse with Ricky.

"I feel the same discomfort, too. He is going to have greater power, I would say, way stronger than

Grace's," Kristen echoed in the same way, worried.

"I've notice it, too. You are right about this," Ricky admitted with furrowed brows, though he was

unwilling to accept this fact because he still hoped for the best.

"But there's nothing I can do. I have to trust her, hoping she can make it through."

After partially suppressing his realizations to keep his focus, Ricky locked his eyes on the battle

platform, cheering for Grace silently. 'Come on, Master Grace. Be careful and beat him.' At the same

time, he activated his mind to race quickly, trying to connect with the mysterious axe dwelling in the

deepest side of his Soul Sea. He had searched about this in his mind to identify as to which tool he

currently owned could help to break the glow teen on the battle platform. The conclusion was that the

mysterious axe might be the only one which would be of any help.

His mind travelled across his Soul Sea, searching for the trace of the axe but he grew more and more

anxious as he failed to locate even the most minute trace. Despondency and anxiety began to creep

over his heart. 'Come on, come on! Where are you? Show yourself!' he fervently prayed silently.

...

Grace, on the other hand, grew more serious and focused as her eyes concentrated on Kinsey. She

had been absolutely confident about herself after all she had been through and certain that she would

definitely defeat him. However, her confidence was shattered painfully, thanks to Kinsey's unexpected

performance.

"What? You look so scared," Kinsey claimed in a distant tone. He would notice even a hint of change

on Grace's face.

"Of course not! I was just surprised!" Grace replied in the same tone as she was asked. Without

hesitation, she immediately adjusted and regained her confidence. Yes, she might be surprised but

there was no way to claim that she was being scared because everyone knew that she was never a

coward. Though her enemy might be stronger than her, never would she surrender without a fight.

"Hopefully, your Metallic Mutant would not disappoint you," she exclaimed, voice turning slightly

arrogant.

"Holy Snow Attack - come and embrace me, my snowflakes!"

Grace employed her cultivation method once again as she screeched. All the frosty power, which had

been circling around her, materialized and turned into thousands of snowflakes. They joined and

condensed in an instant, then fell gracefully on Grace's body like a glamorous robe.

"Click!". "Click!"

There were crackling sounds heard in all directions and Grace was soon covered by the snowflakes.

An icy sword materialized in her hands, flickering in promising spark. The crowd beneath the battle

platform felt that magic was happening in front of them and covered their eyes to protect them from the

dazzling sword shining the brightest.

Grace never hesitated and made her move. She flew into the air at a breathtaking pace and appeared

above Kinsey in the blink of an eye. Next thing they knew, she jabbed him downwards with her icy

sword to hack him into pieces. Her icy blade rushed towards Kinsey's forehead in a snap. She wanted

to end him.

"Well, I'm quite confident about my Metallic Mutant and I'm pretty sure It will not disappoint me, but it

will surely disappoint you because it will help me make your life miserable," Kinsey replied, tone still

distant. Grace's icy sword, which was so powerful that it could split mountains, didn't even frighten him. copyrighted © content.

He roared out loud and crossed his arms. Endless golden rays were emitted from him and these all

flashed to resist Grace's sword.

"Bang!" A clear sound echoed in the sky as Grace's icy sword was able to land on Kinsey's metallic

arms forcefully and violently.

The deafening sound wasn't commensurate of the impact it caused. Kinsey's arms remained intact.

Surprisingly, there wasn't even a scratch caused by Grace's attack and Kinsey's golden rays still shone

brightly.

A vicious smile appeared on Kinsey's face. He shook his arms fiercely and a strong metallic power

embedded with killing intent pervaded in the surroundings. In an instant, it was converted into

thousands of small streams of metallic blades and dashed towards Grace's icy sword. In the blink of an

eye, Kinsey successfully defeated Grace's icy attack.

"The Metallic Fist!"

Kinsey announced. All of a sudden, he stomped on the ground forcefully and then flashed himself into

the air immediately. The endless metallic power containing strong killing intent gathered behind him

and eventually turned into a golden giant shadow.

As they were suspended in the air, he faced Grace, raised his right hand, and formed a fist. The giant

golden shadow also formed a big fist which overlapped with Kinsey's. He made another giant metallic

fist appear in the air and then threw it towards Grace. His attack, of course, filled with enormous killing

intent.

"Form and show me the snowflake passage, my frosty power!"

fixing her eyes on the big golden punch running ferociously towards her, Grace, with her eyes calm,

howled as she channeled all her internal strength to circulate the endless frosty power in her body.

Meanwhile, she manipulated her hands and turned them over and over to employ her mastered

cultivation method. She knew her opponent had grown extremely strong by using his mutant power so

she would not dare to halt for even one second. She might have been killed if she would be distracted

even just for a second.

The frosty power gushed from her body and turned into thousands of giant snowflakes. They then

gathered together and formed a passage to confront Kinsey's Metallic Fist. The passage, made of

snowflakes, seemed to be so unreal, perfect in every inch, as if it was out of this world.

"Bang!" A loud explosion echoed throughout the sky. Kinsey's Metallic Fist and Grace's snow passage

collided with each other. Ricky and his friends stared at them, praying passionately that the snow

passage would stick longer and protect Grace.

However, to their dismay, it only held on for a while before the cracks began to form and compromised

Grace.

"Crack!" "Crack!" The cracks brought total insecurity to Grace's survival. Kinsey's fist broke the

passage so it collapsed into snowflakes which returned to the frosty power and finally faded. Kinsey's

Metallic Fist remained as powerful as before and hit Grace heavily.

"Bang!" Grace was knocked off, hitting herself to the ground. She was bleeding and was already

spitting as to which was sprayed on the competition platform.

She struggled to sit up with one hand pressing the ground to support herself, her face pale with pain,

and legs trembling weakly. Luckily, she had the frosty power brought by her Holy Snow Attack protect

her so she didn't suffer that much from Kinsey's attack. Nevertheless, all the people present could

figure out that Grace was obviously weaker than Kinsey when he activated the Metallic Mutant.

Probably Grace could resist his punch this time. However, what if he kept on throwing punches towards

her?

"Master Grace!" Ricky called heartbreakingly. "Kinsey, I will tear you into pieces should you hurt her a

bit more!" he threatened with so much anger in his eyes.

"Ha-ha. Tear me into pieces? In your dreams! Oh, let me remind you, you are not going to even

approach me unless you break and smash the light curtain on the battle platform. Ha-ha!" Kinsey burst

into laughter. Ricky's threat was nothing to him but a joke.

"Oh! There's another thing I'm curious of. Between my Metallic Mutant and your Nine-degree Body

Refining Formula, which one is stronger? What's your opinion?" he asked again in a disdainful tone

after boastful laughter. Now, he was dominating the fight and he would spare no effort to tease Ricky.

"Nine-degree Body Refining Formula! Turns out Ricky's mysterious cultivation method is called the

Nine-degree Body Refining Formula! I didn't know it until today," some warriors beneath the fighting

battle platform murmured. Thanks to Kinsey's provoking words, they were able to learn about it.

"Crack! Crack!" Ricky's roar did not make any difference, as he was helpless and was left with nothing

more to do. He couldn't get access to the axe in his Soul Sea and had no idea to break the light curtain

as well. Raged, he clenched his fists firmly, his bones rattled in frustration.

"Ha-ha. What? Are you deaf now? Why didn't you make any response? Isn't Ricky supposed to be able

to do everything? Isn't he an expert at working wonders? Why don't you show me any?" Kinsey teased

again. Ricky's offended facial response brought him pleasure. He was more than pleased to see him

helpless.

Kristen and Tyson fell silent at the scene. They stared at Kinsey with angered eyes.

None of them said anything to comfort Ricky. They knew that their words would not work and would not

calm him down. Grace was Ricky's master. She took him away from the Nan Clan even when he was

not qualified to be a member of the Snow Sect. She trusted him when he showed the white token that

was only supposed to be seen by the qualified members. Moreover, she taught him how to survive in

the Snow Sect, where he made several friends. If it were not for Grace, he would still remain weak and

lonesome. Grace was more than his master. She was his family.

"Don't, Kinsey!" Hoffman persuaded in a cold tone.

"Don't what? Ha-ha. Just come and smash the light curtain on the platform if anyone of you would even

dare," Kinsey snorted coldly.

Then, he stopped communicating with them and turned his sharp eyes to Grace.

"Stop struggling anymore, Grace. Even though you are able to employ the Holy Snow Attack, you are

weaker than me now. You are not, by any means, a match for me anymore. Just face that fact," he

claimed with a distant voice. "Today is going to be the last day you breathe in this world. Let's continue

with this fight and put an end of all of it."

"Bomb! Bomb!"

Before his words faded, he channeled all his strength to employ the golden killing spiritual energy to the

extremes of his capabilities. Then he spun fast and turned into a golden storm.

"Golden killing spiritual energy - Metallic Mutant Storm!" Kinsey was proudly giving off an arrogant

laughter as he performed his cultivation method.

Then the golden storm carrying an overwhelming power swept towards Grace.

Faced with the impending strike of death, Grace remained calm.

She wiped the blood on the corners of her mouth and stood up. She then channeled her internal

strength to activate the Holy Snow Attack to the limit. All the frosty power circled around her now fragile

physique.

"The power of holy snow - Icy Shield!"

As she roared, endless frosty power scrambled to move ahead, forming an icy shield in front of her to

shield her from the incoming attack. There were snowflakes floating around the shield.

Grace's body almost turned transparent because she exerted all her strength to employ the Holy Snow

Attack. The power left in her body continued to get depleted.

Kinsey's Metallic Mutant Storm hit Grace's Icy Shield.

The difference between their powers were prominent. Probably one could improve their power by

practicing hard or in great persistence. However, it would not make much difference in the end.

Grace's Icy Shield did not last long. It held the Golden Storm back for only a few seconds. As everyone

else predicted, the shied was smashed, broken into pieces, and its parts disappeared in the air at last.

The storm dashed towards her again and thrust through her body which seemed to be an icy sculpture

because of its transparency.

After it was done, the storm shaped back into Kinsey and landed behind Grace. The whole space fell

silent.