Little Qiu's originally thin and frail body began to grow taller at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its messy hair began to grow longer, turning from brown to black in a single second. The purple mark on the side of its lips began to miraculously disappear. Not only was its face changing shape, but its entire body was also undergoing a complete transformation. It was as magical as a magic trick.
Five seconds later, Xiao Qiu had become a completely different person. Her long hair fluttered in the wind, and her figure was impressive. She wore a pure green long-sleeved qipao.
Without looking at her face, just her proportions, curves, figure, and clothes were enough to make one's imagination run wild.
However, when she saw her face clearly, even Ding Meng, who had always been resolute, was momentarily dazed. This was a flawless face. It could be said that it was an indescribably beautiful face. As long as a man saw this face, it would be difficult for him to shift his gaze away.
Jia Hua had been the same when she first saw this face. She had practically stopped breathing.
This person was none other than Chu Yifeng's right-hand woman on the Sea Heaven's Pole Island — Miss Bing.
Little Rascal had already cried out in surprise. "Wow! A peerless beauty! Top quality, top quality! Ding Meng, you definitely can't miss this opportunity. No matter what, you have to get your hands on her. It would be too much of a pity to miss this opportunity."
Xiao Ai, who had always been solemn and cautious, also expressed her stance. "Mm … not bad!"
Little Rascal's cries were unable to wake Ding Meng from his shock. What truly woke him up was the powerful aura emanating from Miss Bing's body. Up until now, he had only personally seen two people with the aura of an expert. One was Qu Xiaoqing's bodyguard, Sister Zhong, and the other was Colonel Feng of the military. Although Miss Bing's aura couldn't compare to those two, it was still quite exaggerated. At the very least, it was a power that Ding Meng had never seen before.
"She's a biochemical and ice Origin Ability user."
Little Rascal finally calmed down. "No wonder I felt that her Origin Energy was coming from her face. It turns out that she's cultivated a cultivation technique that allows her to retain her looks."
Ding Meng was also aware of this. The main purpose of the Cultivation Method was to change one's appearance and disguise oneself quickly. It focused on health care, beauty, transformation, and concealment. It was a non-combat Cultivation Method, and its overall power was not strong.
Of course, to say that it wasn't strong was just a layman's word. Cultivation techniques depended on who was using them. No matter how trashy a cultivation technique was, in the hands of an expert, it could still play a powerful role.
No matter how much Ding Meng thought about it, he would never have imagined that the real Xiao Qiu would look like this. Not only did she hide her strength, but she also hid her true face. She really hid it well.
At this moment, a burst of silly laughter came from the side. Turning around, it was actually Long Ming who was standing in the distance and looking at Miss Bing with an even more exaggerated expression.
Ding Meng pondered and said, "I was wondering. Long Ming is not weak, his conditions are not bad, and his future is not bad. The only thing that can make him change his mind is not money. So this is how you bribed him?"
Miss Bing said, "It wasn't difficult. I just went to the restaurant outside your school and sat for a while before I negotiated the terms with him."
Ding Meng sighed and said, "Bribing Claudio was naturally even easier. You didn't even need to reveal your true face."
How could Claudio, who was standing in the distance, say anything?
The illusion in his vision had not completely disappeared. At this moment, when he saw Miss Bing's true face, his expression was no different from Long Ming's.
"Then what about Lei Bao?
How did you fool them? "Ding Meng turned his head and asked.
Miss Bing coldly said, "You shouldn't even ask this kind of question."
Ding Meng said, "You're not a member of the Surprise Mercenary Group."
Miss Bing's face was cold and she did not reply.
"Because the Surprise Mercenary Group definitely can't afford to raise an Origin Ability User like you."
Ding Meng pondered and said, "I know that someone hired the Surprise Mercenary Group to help them build the Black Gold Base and excavate the K virus. So, you should be someone who hired them."
Miss Bing said, "You don't look like someone who isn't smart."
Ding Meng said, "I also know that if I ask you who you are, you definitely won't tell me."
Miss Bing stared at him and said, "I can tell you. My name is Lan Bing."
"Lan Bing?" Ding Meng frowned. He did not understand what she meant.
Miss Bing nodded. "Very few people know my name. The reason I made an exception this time is not because of you."
Ding Meng did not understand. "Then why are you doing this?"
Naturally, Lan Bing would not tell him that the real reason was because of Old Yu. During the ten days she had disguised herself and infiltrated Planet TT12, she had acted cold and heartless, but Old Yu did not dislike her because of this. Instead, he took good care of her.
Rather than saying that he took care of her, it was more accurate to say that it was because Old Yu did not know anything and had nothing. Without strength, he was naturally not a threat. From this, it could be seen that the saying "those who live in the dark are blessed" was not wrong at all.
Lan Bing said coldly, "I'll ask you something right now."
Ding Meng stared at her. "What is it?"
Lan Bing said word by word, "This energy body. Do I have the right to take it away?"
Ding Meng replied without hesitation, "Absolutely."
Lan Bing said, "Then why don't you move aside?"
Ding Meng replied coldly, "It's one thing for you to be qualified, but it's another thing for you to pay the price."
Lan Bing snorted disdainfully. "It seems that sometimes you really aren't smart enough."
As soon as she said this, Ding Meng suddenly felt that the air around him had become strangely cold. If even a thermodynamic Origin Ability user like him felt cold, then it was easy to imagine the situation of the others.
When he turned around, he saw that Xing Yi, who was lying on the ground, had already turned into an ice sculpture. Qu Xiaoqing was leaning against the wall, her entire body emitting a white mist. Long Ming and Claus had already been wrapped in a thin layer of ice and were standing motionless. Randy was either too far away or too lucky, but he had not been affected by the ice energy. However, he had also collapsed on the ground, seemingly unconscious.
It was only now that Ding Meng realized that he had fallen for Lan Bing's dirty trick. Snow began to fall like goose feathers in the hall, and white streams of air began to swirl in the air. Clearly, Lan Bing had secretly used some strange technique while they were talking.
From Ding Meng's perspective, Lan Bing was like a goddess of ice and snow in the distance. She looked so beautiful and moving, but the temperature was still dropping. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the streams of air were getting thicker and thicker. In the blink of an eye, the hall had turned into a world of ice and snow. The goddess was like a god of death.
"Look out, it's the Winter Ice Dust Storm," Little Rascal cried out in surprise. "Look at this level, she's probably not just a Melder."
Indeed, it was not just that. Ding Meng noticed that snow was rapidly rising from the ground. The surface of the snow was faintly blue, and the blue light began to spread from his boots to his ankles, calves, thighs, and waist. Everywhere the blue light passed, it froze. Most importantly, the layer of ice was rapidly thickening.
Not good!
Ding Meng could also sense that the circulation of his blood and Origin Energy was weakening as the layer of ice thickened. Lan Bing was deliberately freezing everyone to death here.
There was a crisp tinkling sound, followed by the sound of ice shattering. The golden Diamond Mirror Image finally covered Ding Meng's body. His Diamond Astral Art had activated its strongest defense.
Lan Bing wasn't surprised. She had already seen Ding Meng use this move in his battle with Salazar on planet TT12. She slowly raised her right hand, her slender fingers curling into claws and twisting them in the air.
All of the wind and snow in the hall rushed toward Ding Meng from all directions. The blue layer of ice formed once more, creaking and spreading across the surface of the Diamond Mirror Image. This was a true suppression of strength.
The Diamond Mirror Image slowly lost its luster, and the golden hue darkened until it was completely covered in ice. It looked like an ice sculpture. Lan Bing was the sculptor, and her hand was the knife. She was now carving Ding Meng into a lifeless statue.
However, just as the head of the statue was about to be frozen, Ding Meng's hands suddenly pierced through the ice and pushed to the sides.
There was another earth-shattering explosion. The Mountain Crushing Overlord's Force shattered all of the ice. This time, even the snow under Ding Meng's feet and the stone slabs under the snow disappeared without a trace. Ding Meng was standing in a shallow pit. The Diamond Mirror Image reappeared and covered his body, still glowing with a golden light.
Lan Bing raised her head in surprise. Ding Meng's foundation had once again exceeded her expectations.
Salazar couldn't do anything to the Diamond Mirror Image back then because he relied on his wrist blade to deal damage. If the Winter Storm, which relied purely on Origin Energy, couldn't trap Ding Meng, then it proved that Ding Meng's cultivation method was most likely a five-star one.
"It's the same for a five-star cultivation method."
Lan Bing suddenly clasped her hands together in front of her chest. Then, she slowly separated them to form claws, as if she was holding onto an invisible ball of energy.
However, a spherical layer of ice suddenly appeared around Ding Meng, surrounding him in the center. As Lan Bing twisted her claws, the layer of ice crackled and thickened. In the blink of an eye, it had solidified into a large ice ball five meters in diameter. Just by looking at the purplish blue surface of the ice ball, one could tell that the Dark Ice Force she was using this time was more than twice as powerful as when she was defending herself.
Little Rascal couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. "Hiss … this beauty's ice Origin Energy is so powerful."
Xiao Ai also began to call the police. "Her Origin Energy Index has already broken through 35,000 points. ACT5570, hurry up and think of a solution, or you'll be in danger of being frozen."
Ding Meng had long since sensed that this ice ball was completely different from the previous one. The ice ball that Lan Bing had solidified earlier was pure ice. It was "dead", but this ice ball seemed to be "alive". Not only did it form an even more solid ice, but countless amounts of ice Origin Energy also corroded the surface of the Diamond Mirror Image like a tidal wave. Although the surface of the Diamond Mirror Image hadn't broken yet, Ding Meng could sense that the Origin's rotation had slowed down yet again. It looked like it was going to stop at any moment. Once the Origin stopped rotating, the Diamond Mirror Image would shatter completely. At that time, he would have no choice but to use his physical body to withstand the ice energy. He had no doubt that Lan Bing could freeze him into a block of ice.
Ding! A part of the mirror on the lower left side of Ding Meng's body shattered. Sharp and cold energy whistled through the air, immediately paralyzing half of his body.