Chapter 5845-5846
He simply raised his right index finger and gently touched the ice pillar directly in front of him.
A point of chaotic light flashed at his fingertip.
The light was initially only the size of a grain of rice, yet it seemed to contain the birth and destruction of a universe.
The next moment, the light suddenly spread!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no blinding light.
But centered on Kai’s fingertip, an invisible wave silently swept across the surroundings.
“Crack—crack crack—”
A series of teeth-grinding cracking sounds rang out.
The five ice pillars, containing the combined power of a Celestial Immortal Realm expert and inscribed with ancient divine script, were like glass struck by an invisible giant hammer, their surfaces instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks.
The cracks spread rapidly, covering the entire ice pillar in the blink of an eye.
Then, with a deafening roar, all five ice pillars collapsed simultaneously, turning into a shower of ice dust!
The five divine warriors who were presiding over the formation simultaneously spat out a mouthful of blood, their faces instantly turning ashen, their eyes filled with horror.
The formation was forcibly broken, and they suffered a severe backlash!
“This is impossible! Even a sixth-grade Celestial Immortal would be trapped in the ‘Mysterious Ice Dragon Trapping Formation’ for a short while…” the leading double-axe warrior exclaimed in shock.
His only response was Kai’s indifferent gaze and five sword energies, drawn with fingers like swords, seemingly
slashing through the air. The sword energies were invisible, yet faster than thought.
The five Divine Race warriors felt a chill on their necks, and their vision spun.
They saw their headless bodies standing in place, their blood frozen into scarlet ice pillars before it could even spurt out, and then their consciousness sank completely into darkness.
Kai didn’t even glance at the five slowly falling corpses. He turned, took a step, and was already a thousand feet away. In a few flashes, he caught up with the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang ahead.
The entire process, from stopping to killing the five and then leaving, took no more than a few breaths.
“Continue on your way.” Kai’s tone was completely calm, as if he had merely swatted a few flies.
As the three ventured deeper, the environment grew increasingly harsh.
A massive, bottomless ice-cracked canyon appeared ahead, its sides sheer and precipitous, barely a dozen feet wide, serving as one of the only routes to the heart of the ice plains.
“Senior, this place is treacherous and easily ambushed,”
Ling Shuang warily observed the ice walls, her divine sense meticulously scanning every inch of ice.
Kai nodded, his golden vertical pupils subtly appearing as he scanned the canyon.
In his vision, the energy fluctuations hidden within the ice walls were as clear as fireflies in the night—twelve in total!
Each spot harbored a divine warrior, the weakest being at least a fourth-grade Celestial Immortal, the two strongest even reaching the sixth grade!
They were almost one with the ice walls, their heartbeats, breathing, and energy fluctuations reduced to a minimum, clearly masters of stealth and assassination.
Furthermore, beneath the ice at the canyon’s entrance and exit lay three interconnected, trigger-activated ice explosion arrays.
Once stepped inside, it would trigger a chain reaction of explosions, powerful enough to severely injure a sixth-grade Celestial Immortal cultivator.
“Twelve ambushes, three ice-blast formations,”
Kai calmly stated the enemy’s arrangement. “Two sixth-grade Celestial Immortals, four fifth-grade, and six fourth-grade. Quite stronger than the last batch.”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord gasped upon hearing this.
With such a lineup, combined with the advantageous terrain, even an eighth-grade Celestial Immortal could easily perish here if they weren’t careful.
Ling Shuang also gripped her sword hilt, preparing for a fierce battle.
“Stay close to me, don’t stray more than three zhang away,” Kai ordered, stepping into the canyon first.
The instant he entered the canyon, the ambushes on the ice wall moved!
There were no shouts, no warnings, only the purest killing intent erupting!
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!” Twelve ice-blue figures shot out from the ice wall like ghosts, their speed leaving afterimages in the air.
Their weapons varied—ice swords, ice spears, ice wheels, ice spikes—but all exuded a deadly chill, attacking Kai and his companions from all directions, sealing off any space for escape.
Simultaneously, three ice explosion arrays beneath the ice layer were triggered!
“Boom boom boom—!”
Terrifying explosions erupted from beneath their feet, releasing extremely compressed icy energy in an instant, forming three ice-blue energy pillars over thirty feet in diameter that shot skyward, completely engulfing Kai and his companions!
The shockwave from the explosions caused countless ice spikes to fall from the ice walls on both sides, and the entire canyon trembled.
The twelve ambushers wore cold smiles.
Such coordination, such a deadly trap, even the clan elders would have to temporarily retreat; these three reckless outsiders were doomed!
However, their smiles froze on their faces the next second.
A point of golden light suddenly appeared within the ice-blue energy pillars.
The golden light was initially weak, but in the blink of an eye, it expanded and spread, like the rising sun, unstoppable!
“Roar—!”
A faint dragon’s roar seemed to echo through the canyon! Wherever
the golden light passed, the violent ice explosion energy melted and vanished as quickly as spring snow meeting the blazing sun!
A golden sphere, three zhang in diameter, hovered steadily in mid-air. Inside the sphere, Kai stood with his hands behind his back, protecting the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang unharmed. On
the surface of the sphere, chaotic immortal power and a trace of true dragon blood intertwined and flowed, forming an absolute defense.
“What?!” The twelve ambushers were horrified.
Their fully activated ice explosion formation couldn’t even break through the opponent’s defense?
Kai raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding divine race ambushers, and said calmly, “The ambush was well done, but unfortunately, the power is a bit lacking.”
Before he finished speaking, he moved.
This time, he didn’t use sword energy.
Instead, he formed an ancient and profound hand seal.
“Chaos—Suppress Prison!”
“Boom!”
Centered on Kai, an indescribable heavy pressure suddenly descended!
That wasn’t physical pressure, but suppression at the level of laws!
It was as if the weight of the entire world had converged here, pressing down on these twelve divine soldiers!
“Thump! Thump! Thump!”
The twelve soldiers plummeted from mid-air like dumplings being dropped into a pot, crashing heavily onto the ice.
They were horrified to find that the flow of their ice-type immortal power had completely stopped, their bloodline abilities were completely suppressed, and they couldn’t even move a single finger!
They could only watch helplessly as the white-robed figure slowly approached.
“You… who exactly are you?!”
A fifth-grade Celestial Immortal leader struggled to raise his head, his eyes filled with fear and disbelief.
He had only ever felt this absolute suppression of laws on a few of the clan’s top elders!
Kai didn’t answer his question, but simply reached out and gently grasped the twelve men from a distance.
“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!…”
Twelve muffled thuds followed, like twelve ice grapes being crushed.
The bodies of the twelve divine soldiers simultaneously exploded, turning into twelve clouds of blood mist, which were then frozen by the extreme cold into twelve poignant ice sculptures of blood, adorning the pristine white ice surface.
Kai dispersed his hand seals, and the golden sphere of light vanished as well. ”Let’s go.”
Kai didn’t even glance at the “ice sculptures” and continued walking forward, his steps unhurried, as if he had just taken a stroll.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang exchanged a glance, both seeing deep awe in each other’s eyes.
With a mere gesture, he had suppressed and annihilated twelve Celestial Immortal Realm experts, including two Rank Six experts!
Such strength was beyond their comprehension.
The three emerged from the canyon, leaving behind only twelve dazzling crimson ice flowers and the remnants of the destroyed ice explosion array, silently recounting the brief but brutal battle that had just taken place.
Beyond the canyon lay a relatively open ice basin.
In the center of the basin grew a sparse but tall patch of “Ice Crystal Ironwood.” This spiritual wood was crystal clear, yet its wood was several times harder than refined iron, making it an excellent material for crafting ice-type magical artifacts.
However, at this moment, this Ice Crystal Ironwood forest had become the most dangerous killing field.
As Kai and his companions stepped onto the edge of the basin, a series of low, rumbling roars echoed from the forest.
The roars were filled with ferocity and hunger, clearly not from benevolent creatures.
“It’s the Ice Soul Wolf pack, and… the Xuanbing Giant Bear!”
Ling Shuang’s expression changed slightly. “These two are the most ferocious pack beasts on the ice plains. Adults are at least equivalent to the fifth rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and their leaders can reach the seventh rank. Judging by this commotion, their numbers are definitely considerable! The Northern Underworld God Clan can actually command them?”
Kai scanned the area with his divine sense and understood.
In the Ice Crystal Ironwood Forest, over three hundred Ice Soul Wolves lurked, twice the size of ordinary wolves, covered in ice-blue fur, their fangs like daggers, their claws gleaming coldly.
Among the pack were three exceptionally powerful wolf kings with a single horn on their foreheads, their aura reaching the seventh rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Behind the wolf pack were eight colossal Ice Bears, each the size of a small mountain, standing five zhang tall, their muscles bulging, covered in thick ice armor. A single slap of their paws could shatter mountains and split rocks.
One of them, a bear king with silvery fur, possessed an aura of a peak seventh-grade Celestial Immortal!
These ferocious beasts were even more powerful than the major sects of the tenth heaven.
What was more troublesome was that these beasts were clearly enraged or controlled by some means, their eyes bloodshot, radiating a violent aura, completely displaying a do-or-die attitude.
“It wasn’t driven, but some kind of provocation or enticement was used to lure them onto our inevitable path,”
Kai calmly analyzed. “Using these beasts to deplete our strength is much easier.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the forest echoed with mournful wolf howls and ferocious bear roars!
“Awooo—!!!”
“Roar—!!!”
More than three hundred Ice Soul Wolves surged out of the forest like a blue tide, their speed extremely fast, running like the wind on the ice, stirring up a cloud of snow mist.
Eight colossal ice bears followed closely behind, each step causing the ice to tremble.
A beast tide!
A true beast tide!
Even a cultivator at the eighth rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm would have to temporarily retreat and choose to fight on the move against such a massive charge, daring not to confront it head-on.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord’s face paled. Even if Kai could handle so many ferocious beasts, he and Ling Shuang would likely be unable to protect themselves.
Ling Shuang took a deep breath, drew her longsword, and a chilling sword aura condensed before her.
Kai, however, smiled.