Upon receiving Lin Yang's response, Su Ran immediately unleashed her ultimate ice-based magic technique—"Ice Heart Frost Prison." A chilling aura emanated from her, and countless icicles abruptly sprouted from the ground, swiftly piercing towards the spreading purple vines. Simultaneously, a large swath of frost flowers descended from the sky, rapidly freezing the space around the vines.

These icicles and frost flowers contained powerful ice elemental energy. Upon contact with the vines, they emitted a "sizzling" sound. The crystalline substance on the surface of the purple vines was eroded by the frost, and their movement was indeed slowed down. Su Ran concentrated fully, constantly adjusting the frequency of his ice elemental energy to interfere with the frequency of the vines' attacks.

The disciples of Zixiao Palace stood ready, gripping powerful runes tightly in their hands. The runes they had prepared combined the power of several high-level runes from Zixiao Palace; once released, they would unleash devastating force. When they saw the vines become disoriented due to Su Ran's ice magic, the leading disciple shouted, "Attack!" Several disciples simultaneously threw out their runes, which rapidly expanded in the air, radiating multicolored light, and hurtled towards the vines.

The moment the rune struck the vines, it erupted with intense light and immense force. The vines were torn to shreds by the rune's power, some even blasted into dust. However, the crystal ball seemed to sense the danger, releasing even greater power. The remaining vines regenerated at an even faster pace, growing thicker and sweeping wildly towards the group once more.

The disciples of the Qingyun Sect dared not slacken in the slightest, chanting in unison the incantation to unleash the "Qingyun Binding Spirit Technique." Azure clouds gathered in the sky, transforming into countless azure ropes that coiled around the vines. These ropes, seemingly soft, were in fact incredibly strong, containing the unique spiritual power of the Qingyun Sect. Once they bound their target, they would continuously tighten, making it difficult for the target to break free.

The vines, entangled by the Azure Cloud Ropes, were restless, twisting and struggling wildly, trying to break free. Sweat beaded on the foreheads of the Azure Cloud Sect disciples as they strained to maintain the spell's flow. At this moment, the Spirit Sword Sect sword cultivators also unleashed their pinnacle sword technique—"Sword Shadow Soaring Through the Void Slash." Their figures flashed, their swords like phantoms, and sharp sword energies crisscrossed, slashing towards the bound vines.

The sword energy clashed with the vines, producing a series of metallic clangs. Under the combined attack of sword energy, Azure Cloud Ropes, and ice magic, the vines finally began to falter once again. But just when everyone thought they were about to successfully defeat the vines, the crystal ball suddenly erupted with a burst of intense purple light, and all the vines instantly broke free from their restraints and merged together, forming a gigantic purple vine giant.

The giant, several meters tall, exuded an evil aura. Its eyes gleamed with an eerie light as it roared furiously at the group. Then, it raised its massive vine arm and slammed it down upon them. Seeing this, Lin Yang swiftly activated his "Starry Sky Shield," and a shield radiating starlight appeared above their heads. The giant's arm struck the shield, causing it to tremble violently. Lin Yang's face turned deathly pale, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Su Ran was frantic with worry. She knew that if a solution wasn't found quickly, everyone's lives would be in danger. She continued casting ice spells to attack the vine giant while frantically searching for a countermeasure. Suddenly, she remembered an ancient forbidden ice technique she had seen in her family's ancient texts—the "Ice Soul Rift Spell." This spell was incredibly powerful, but extremely dangerous to cast; a slight misstep would result in the caster's soul being obliterated.

However, there was no other way at this moment. Su Ran gritted her teeth and decided to take the risk. She gathered all her ice spirit power into her hands and chanted an obscure and difficult-to-understand incantation. As the incantation was chanted, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, and the water vapor in the air instantly condensed into countless tiny ice crystals, which swirled around Su Ran.

Lin Yang noticed Su Ran's unusual behavior, turned around, and was immediately horrified: "Su Ran, no! This technique is too dangerous, your life will be in danger!" But Su Ran did not stop. A resolute glint flashed in her eyes as she continued chanting the incantation. The ice crystals spun faster and faster, forming a huge ice-blue vortex that emitted a chilling aura.

The vine giant seemed to sense the threat as well. It stopped attacking and focused all its attention on Su Ran. It swung its massive arm, smashing it down towards Su Ran. Ignoring his own injuries, Lin Yang once again unleashed "Starry Sky Slash," a golden sword aura imbued with powerful stellar energy soaring into the sky and slashing towards the vine giant's arm.

The sword energy collided with the vine giant's arm, erupting in a burst of intense light. However, due to Lin Yang's previous injury, this attack did not completely block the vine giant's assault. The vine giant's arm still slammed heavily into the icy blue vortex, causing it to shake violently. Blood trickled from Su Ran's lips, but she still endured the pain and insisted on finishing the incantation.

Finally, "Ice Soul Crack"