Chapter 223
"Boom—"
The pale blue ice cones and the deep purple lightning bolts collided violently in mid-air, and a violent energy shockwave swept out, blowing away the rubble in the ruins area and splashing the water in the melting pool several meters high, instantly freezing into ice beads and scattering.
The prefabricated villa that Su Jing had built was not far away. The violent tremors caused the metal frame of the villa to creak. Her eyes narrowed, and she raised her hand to activate her spatial ability. A pale blue light screen enveloped the villa, and the entire prefabricated house instantly shrank, transforming into a stream of light that flew into her space.
The special materials of prefabricated houses are well-suited for space storage. After storage, they not only do not take up space, but the materials inside can also be insulated from external impacts, so they will not be affected by vibrations later.
Having resolved the hidden dangers of the villa, Su Jing refocused on the battlefield.
The power of the ice spikes from the third-tier high-level Ice Soul Beast far exceeded expectations. The fourth-tier ice wall she had condensed was shattered, ice shards flew everywhere, and the lightning pillars were mostly neutralized by the violent energy contained in the ice spikes, leaving only a shallow scorch mark on the Ice Soul Beast's light blue ice armor.
"Awooo—" The Ice Soul Beast roared, its icy blue vertical pupils filled with ferocity. It was clearly enraged by Su Jing's counterattack. The cold air around it suddenly intensified, and the surface of the Melting Pool instantly froze into thick ice. The surrounding temperature plummeted from 30°C to 0°C, and its breath instantly condensed into white mist.
"Su Jing, it's about to release ice mist! It will obstruct vision and cause frostbite!"
Little Jin perched on Su Jing's shoulder, its little ears pressed tightly against her scalp, providing accurate early warnings.
Su Jing was prepared. She activated the heat dissipation function of the temperature-resistant manganese crystal inner liner and at the same time activated her fourth-order ice-type ability to condense a thin layer of ice shield around herself. This ice shield was not for defense against attacks, but to isolate the cold air of the ice mist and prevent her body temperature from dropping rapidly.
The Ice Soul Beast suddenly opened its mouth, and thick ice mist gushed out, instantly enveloping the entire ruins area, reducing visibility to less than five meters.
Despite her obstructed vision, Su Jing relied on her intuition and Xiao Jin's warnings to accurately track the Ice Soul Beast's movements.
"50 meters to the left! It's flanking us!" Xiao Jin shouted urgently.
Su Jing immediately activated her third-tier flight ability, and her figure quickly rose into the air, avoiding the Ice Soul Beast's long-awaited tail sweep—the thick tail swept across the ground with a howling cold wind, smashing a huge piece of rubble into pieces, with fragments flying everywhere, the power was astonishing.
"We can't just sit here and take a beating in the ice fog." With a thought, Su Jing activated her third-tier lightning ability. Dozens of deep purple lightning threads condensed at her fingertips and swept indiscriminately into the ice fog.
When the laser touched the ice mist, it instantly burst into a blinding flash of lightning, illuminating the surrounding environment and briefly dissipating the chill within the ice mist.
Using the flash of lightning, Su Jing could see the location of the Ice Soul Beast. It was curling up, seemingly gathering strength for a stronger attack.
"Now!" Su Jing activated her perfect stealth ability, her figure disappearing into the icy mist as she swooped down towards the Ice Soul Beast. Xiao Jin continued to report: "Its abdomen lacks ice armor protection, making its energy fluctuations the weakest point! Watch its forepaws; it's charging up ice spikes!"
Su Jing adjusted her direction, avoiding the attack range of the Ice Soul Beast's front claws. A two-meter-long lightning blade condensed at her fingertips, carrying a destructive aura, and she stabbed it fiercely into the Ice Soul Beast's abdomen.
"Pfft—" The lightning blade pierced the Ice Soul Beast's abdomen with precision, and pale blue blood gushed out, instantly freezing into ice beads on the ice surface.
The Ice Soul Beast let out a shrill roar, its body convulsing violently as it slammed its front paws towards Su Jing. Su Jing, prepared, activated her mineral powers, conjuring a manganese crystal shield in front of her. With a "crack," the shield shattered, and Su Jing was thrown back by the immense impact, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. Yet, she gripped the lightning blade tightly, twisting it in the Ice Soul Beast's abdomen to widen the wound.
"Roar—" The Ice Soul Beast went completely berserk, ignoring its abdominal wound, and turned to ram its head into Su Jing. Su Jing activated her flight ability, dodged to the side, and at the same time drew her lightning blade, condensing a lightning pillar again, and shot it at the weak point of its head.
The lightning bolt struck the Ice Soul Beast's head, shattering its ice armor. Pale blue blood mixed with ice shards flew everywhere, and its movements became noticeably sluggish.
Xiao Jin shouted, "Its energy is draining, but it's not fatal yet! Quickly use your ice-type abilities to freeze its wounds and stop its energy from recovering!"
Su Jing immediately did as instructed, pushing her fourth-tier ice-type ability to its limit. Pale blue cold air surged into the Ice Soul Beast's body through the abdominal wound, freezing its blood vessels and meridians.
The Ice Soul Beast's body stiffened for a moment, and the ferocity in its eyes gradually faded, replaced by despair.
Seizing the opportunity, Su Jing poured all her remaining spiritual power into the lightning blade and stabbed at the head of the Ice Soul Beast once more.
With a soft "thud," the lightning blade pierced through the ice armor and struck its brain. The Ice Soul Beast's body twitched one last time before its massive form collapsed heavily onto the ice, becoming completely still. The surrounding icy mist slowly dissipated with its death, and the temperature began to rise again.
Su Jing landed on the ice, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and gasped for breath.
The battle had exhausted most of her spiritual power, and the energy of the manganese crystal inner lining had also been depleted, but the joy of victory overshadowed her fatigue.
Little Jin jumped down and excitedly ran to the Ice Soul Beast's head. With its little paws, it pried open the shattered ice armor and took out a fist-sized, light blue demon core. This high-level third-tier demon core was even larger than the previous five mid-level demon cores combined. Its surface shone with a lustrous sheen, and the ice-type energy it contained was pure and rich. You could even see the energy flowing inside the demon core.
"Su Jing! Such pure energy! It's so much stronger than the previous demon core!" Little Jin ran back, holding the demon core, its little paws trembling slightly. Su Jing took the demon core, her fingertips clearly feeling the violent yet pure energy contained within, along with a faint trace of spiritual energy—clearly, this Ice Soul Beast had also absorbed the residual spiritual energy from the polar night to reach the strength of a high-level third tier.
Instead of absorbing it immediately, she activated her spatial ability, storing the Ice Soul Beast's corpse into her space (which could later be used to refine ice-type energy crystals, animal hides, and bones to improve cold-weather supplies). Then, she took Xiao Jin back to the open space where the villa had been.
Reactivating her spatial abilities, Su Jing retrieved the prefabricated villa. The villa was intact, and the supplies inside were completely unaffected by the battle's impact—the isolation of the space allowed the items stored inside to avoid all external shocks, which was a key reason why Su Jing chose the prefabricated villa as her temporary residence.
Upon entering the villa, Su Jing sat down at the metal workbench, placed the third-tier high-grade demon core on the table, and took out a bottle of spiritual fruit essence that she had previously refined.
She took a deep breath and swallowed the spiritual essence. The pale green spiritual energy flowed into her body through her throat, quickly repairing the meridians damaged in the battle and replenishing the spiritual power she had consumed.
After her spiritual energy had mostly recovered, she picked up a high-grade third-tier demon core, her fingertips glowing with a faint green spiritual energy as she gently touched its surface.
The energy of the demon core was guided by spiritual power, transforming into a light blue energy stream that flowed into Su Jing's body through her fingertips.
Unlike ordinary demon cores, this high-level demon core not only possesses pure energy but also carries a trace of primordial power. After entering her body, it did not cause any sense of violence but instead flowed gently along her meridians, continuously nourishing her dantian and meridians.
Su Jing closed her eyes, circulated her internal energy, and guided the energy to flow through her body, transforming it into her own spiritual power.
During the energy flow, Su Jing could clearly feel the spiritual power in her dantian becoming increasingly abundant, and her cultivation level, which was originally stuck at the mid-stage of the first level of Foundation Establishment, began to rise rapidly.
The meridians were widened and nourished by energy, becoming more resilient. The spiritual senses also continued to extend, from 1 kilometer to 1.5 kilometers. It could even vaguely sense the growth of the spiritual herbs on the spiritual field in the space, as well as the aura of the three spiritual deer.
Xiao Jin lay quietly beside her, guarding her without making a sound. The temperature inside the villa was stabilized at 25°C by the intelligent temperature control heating core. A light blue energy flow swirled around Su Jing, intertwining with the light green spiritual energy of the spiritual fruit to form a faint light curtain.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Jing's energy reached a critical point. The spiritual power in her dantian surged like boiling spring water, her meridians were expanded to the extreme, and her spiritual perception instantly extended to 2 kilometers away. She could clearly detect the aura of the refugees in the base, the patrol routes of the guards, and even the movements of several low-level demonic beasts deep in the ruins area.
A soft burst of energy rang out within her body, and Su Jing's cultivation successfully broke through, reaching the peak of the first level of Foundation Establishment!
She slowly opened her eyes, a glint of light flashing in them, and the energy barrier around her slowly dissipated.
Raising his hand, he felt the spiritual energy within his body, which was more than three times stronger than before. His third-tier lightning ability and fourth-tier ice ability had both been slightly improved. His lightning ability showed signs of breaking through to the fourth tier, while his ice ability was more refined and more precisely controlled.
Her enhanced spiritual awareness allows her to anticipate dangers, and her flying ability also improves speed and endurance.
"Su Jing! You've become so strong!" Little Jin sensed the change in Su Jing's aura and excitedly pounced on her shoulder, rubbing her cheek with its little paws.
Su Jing patted Xiao Jin's head, a faint smile appearing on her lips—this high-level third-tier demon core not only allowed her cultivation to break through, but also deepened her understanding of ice energy. When improving cold-resistant materials later, she could incorporate purer ice energy, taking the materials' low-temperature resistance to another level.
She collected the remaining demon core energy back into her dantian, got up and walked to the monitoring screen in the villa. The screen displayed the real-time situation of the base: Wang Peng was leading the guards to clean up the remains of demon beasts in the ruins area, the refugees were moving around normally wearing temperature-resistant manganese crystal inner linings, and the base's defense facilities were intact.
Su Jing sent Wang Peng a private message: "The third-tier high-level Ice Soul Beast has been killed. The base area is safe. New and improved cold-proof supplies will be available later. Be careful to guard against the remaining low-level monsters."
Wang Peng's reply came quickly, filled with obvious joy: "Thank you, 'I am the God of Wealth'! With you here, we can rest assured! The base's supplies can still last, so you should get some rest!"
Su Jing did not reply, but instead activated her spatial ability and entered the space to check.
Inside the space, three spirit deer were guarding the spirit field. Upon seeing Su Jing enter, they obediently stepped forward. After absorbing the residual spiritual energy from the battle, the spiritual herbs in the spirit field were growing even better. The spiritual essence of all 400 spirit fruits had been extracted and neatly arranged in jade bottles.
The Ice Soul Beast's corpse was placed in the recycling area, where Robot No. 1 was dismantling its hide and refining energy crystals.
Su Jing walked to the recycling area and looked at the light blue energy crystals extracted by the robot. She had a new plan in mind: mixing these crystals into the heating core and the cold-proof clothing could increase the low-temperature resistance of the materials to -20℃. At the same time, by incorporating the spiritual energy of the spiritual fruit, it could also enhance the user's physique.
She was about to instruct the robots to mass-produce the improved supplies when she suddenly felt a faint but continuous vibration coming from outside the space. It wasn't caused by the battle, but rather from deep underground.
Su Jing immediately exited the space and activated her spiritual perception. The vibrations became more and more obvious. Although they were weak, they carried a destructive aura, as if a huge disaster was brewing.
She looked at the monitoring screen of the villa. The earthquake monitor on the screen began to fluctuate slightly. Although the value was not high, it was steadily rising.
A strong sense of unease welled up in Su Jing's heart. She knew that the calm after the end of the polar night was only temporary, and a new crisis was about to arrive.
She put away the monitoring screen and began to organize the supplies in the space, classifying and storing the important raw materials and finished products. At the same time, she checked the structure of the prefabricated villa—since it was a prefabricated house, it was not difficult to disassemble. If there was a strong tremor later, disassembling part of the structure could reduce the impact and ensure her own safety.
Xiao Jin also sensed something was wrong. She pressed her little ears tightly to her scalp and said anxiously, "Su Jing, there's a rumbling sound from underground. It's so scary! It sounds like something is about to come out!"
Su Jing patted its head and said in a deep voice, "Don't be afraid, we'll be ready."
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