Listening to the commentator's voice, Polaris Glacier also noticed the Horse Girl following behind her.
She was a bit confused, what exactly was going on?
It was their first time on the same track; it shouldn't be possible for them to almost completely ignore the effects of the extreme cold.
She released a cold snow around her, sweeping towards the back.
“No matter what, maintaining the leading position is what I should be focusing on right now…”
Her thoughts hadn't fully solidified when, suddenly, a figure accelerated past her, snatching the lead.
It was Funabashi, a Horse Girl who also employed a front-running or even a runaway strategy.
“I told you, we’re not just props, don’t look down on us.”
“I can easily break through your aura interference from the starting gate!”
A low voice came from ahead, and Polaris Glacier’s expression immediately turned cold.
And the words the other party had spoken earlier revealed their true meaning in the subsequent race.
Funabashi, running in front, gradually released a special wave around her, which quickly spread backward.
Every Horse Girl who came into contact with this wave, including Polaris Glacier, felt the scenery before their eyes begin to spin and blur.
Their steps on the grass also became soft and mushy, like cotton.
Their previously focused minds involuntarily fell into chaos, and the Horse Girl’ expressions also showed signs of abnormality.
“Is this… her aura interference…?”
The frost in Polaris Glacier's eyes turned dark, and the cold snow invading the rear suddenly became even more intense.
Forgetting for a moment the Horse Girl behind, whose expressions were becoming increasingly pained from the double aura interference.
What needed to be focused on most right now was still Funabashi, who was leading the race.
“So that's what she meant by that remark back then.”
It seems she's the same type of competitor as me.
Running at the very front, then continuously interfering with those behind using her aura to maintain her advantage.
It must be said, this strategy is quite underhanded most of the time, especially when other competitors on the track cannot release an aura to resist.
After all, not everyone can release an aura; this ability is tied to talent.
And unfortunately, Polaris Glacier, she has no means to resist aura interference!
She has never trained in that area, and has barely encountered it in actual races.
This resulted in her only being able to endure it now.
The situation caused her steps to involuntarily slow down.
Although in her perception she was still running at top speed, in reality, she wasn't; this was the effect of mental confusion.
Funabashi, constantly watching behind her, noticed the Polaris Glacier slowing down, and also slowed her own pace.
Her stamina could not support a high-speed runaway for the entire race; slowing down now was to conserve energy for the final straight.
The two Horse Girl, separated by about two horse lengths, continued to push forward, and soon entered the track’s only long, wide, gentle curve one after another.
Behind them, about five horse lengths back, the Horse Girl gathered in a group were still struggling.
In fact, some among them could release an aura to resist Funabashi's interference, but Polaris Glacier's cold snow invasion was too intense.
As soon as they got a little closer, the rate of stamina loss would noticeably increase; who would dare to charge forward?
Of course, it wasn't impossible to charge forward and compete for the leading position with the two in front, making it more comfortable for oneself to run.
It's just that if they really did that, they might lose speed by the final straight.
Ah, so here's the problem.
Running behind and enduring the cold snow invasion now, stamina is consumed exceptionally fast, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will also lose speed at the end.
What should they do? How can they resolve this?
The Horse Girl were thinking, the Horse Girl were struggling.
It just seemed that there was really no way to cope with the current race situation.
