The wind and snow outside the ice cave came quickly and went quickly.
As the two stepped out of the cave, the aurora borealis in the sky lit up again, its deep blue and brilliant purple hues illuminating the entire ice field like a dream.
"Let's go. We'll have to face what's on the murals eventually."
Ning Liu broke the silence, turning his gaze to the vast forest of ice pillars in the distance.
Shui Bing'er nodded. The content of the mural filled her with worry, but even more so with a resolute acceptance of her impending fate.
The deeper one ventures, the more grotesque the true face of this eternally silent ice plain becomes.
The ice element energy in the air was so concentrated that it almost solidified, and at the same time, it became extremely violent.
The ice beneath our feet was no longer flat; deep, bottomless icy ravines crisscrossed the landscape, like the gaping maw of the earth.
The soul beasts that had been lurking beneath the ice began to appear more frequently.
"boom!"
A giant ape, as big as a small mountain and covered in thick ice armor, suddenly burst out from behind an iceberg.
With each step it took, the earth trembled, and its scarlet eyes held pure savagery and hunger.
Ten thousand years, the Ice Demon Ape!
"Sect Master, I'll lead the attack," Shui Bing'er volunteered.
Ning Liu had no objection. He flashed and appeared on a high place to the side to cover her.
Shui Bing'er faced the charging demonic ape head-on, advancing instead of retreating.
She took a deep breath, and the incredibly solid Ice Phoenix Martial Soul behind her suddenly lit up, its seventh soul ring, that dazzling red, shone brightly!
"Seventh Soul Skill, Ice Phoenix True Form!"
A clear phoenix cry resounded across the icy plains, and Shui Bing'er's figure instantly merged with the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.
A gigantic ice phoenix with a wingspan of over thirty meters appeared out of thin air!
It was no longer a phantom, but was made of the purest ice crystals, imbued with divinity. Every feather shimmered with holy light, and its phoenix eyes were filled with icy blue mist.
The Icebound Demon Ape's ferocity was aroused by this divine pressure. It roared and swung its giant fist, creating a fierce gust of wind that tore through the air, and smashed it hard against the Ice Phoenix.
The ice phoenix neither dodged nor avoided, but instead extended one of its enormous claws.
The divine ice power clashed violently with the brute force of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast!
"Bang—"
A violent shockwave exploded, whipping up a sky full of ice and snow.
The giant fist of the Frozen Demon Ape, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, was actually blocked by the Phoenix Claw. At the point where the fist and the claw made contact, layers of ice crystals were spreading upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Ice Phoenix raised its head and let out a high-pitched cry. With a flap of its wings, countless ice feathers shimmering with cold light shot out like a rain of arrows, instantly covering the Demon Ape's entire body.
"roar!"
The demonic ape, in pain, frantically pounded its chest, trying to shatter the ice feathers covering its body. But those ice feathers were like maggots clinging to its bones, not only piercing its flesh but also frantically draining its body's heat and life force.
Just as Shui Bing'er was about to finish off the beast in one fell swoop, a sudden change occurred!
Above the icy plains, two more equally powerful auras soared into the sky.
A lithe ice crystal cheetah and a giant ice silkworm lurking beneath the ice simultaneously launched a surprise attack on the ice phoenix.
Besieged on all sides!
Shui Bing'er's expression changed slightly. Controlling the enormous ice phoenix body, she found herself somewhat overwhelmed for a moment.
Just as the Ice Crystal Leopard's claws were about to tear apart the Ice Phoenix's wing, a silent sword light appeared out of nowhere in its path.
Instant Slash Through the Void!
Before the ancient ice leopard could even see what it was, its charging figure was severed in two, turning into two cold corpses that fell to the ground.
At the same time, the ice silkworm that broke out of the ice opened its huge mouth and sprayed out a huge ice net covering an area of 100 meters in radius.
Ning Liu's figure appeared like a ghost in front of the ice net, the Empty Dream Sword drawing an arc in front of him.
"Sword shadows overlap in the air!"
Hundreds of sword shadows, indistinguishable from real ones, bloomed in an instant. The incredibly tough ice net was instantly transformed into countless flying ice shards under the dense sword shadows.
The crisis is over.
Shui Bing'er seized the opportunity, her phoenix eyes flashing with divine light.
She no longer tried to suppress it with brute force, but instead sank her divine sense into the raging ice element.
On the brink of life and death, her understanding of the power of Xuanbing broke through to a new level.
"Disperse."
She uttered a single word softly.
The frozen demon ape, which was struggling frantically, suddenly froze.
The next moment, the ice elements that made up its massive body seemed to lose all cohesion and began to disintegrate from the inside.
"Splash..."
The giant ape, as large as a small mountain, was reduced to a lifeless pile of ice and rubble within a few breaths, collapsing with a deafening roar.
Shui Bing'er deactivated her Martial Soul True Form and landed beside Ning Liu. Her face was somewhat pale, but her eyes were brighter than ever before.
"Walk."
Ning Liu glanced at her, said nothing, simply grabbed her, and with a flicker, disappeared from the spot.
The very next second after they left, the spot where the two had just stood collapsed with a deafening roar, forming a bottomless ice cave, from which countless jagged ice spikes shot out.
After an unknown amount of time, the two finally arrived at the outer edge of the Ice Pillar Forest.
The scene before me was both magnificent and eerie.
Countless giant ice pillars, hundreds of meters high, resemble giant swords piercing the sky, forming a vast forest.
Under the aurora borealis, these icicles refract a mesmerizing light, beautiful yet exuding extreme danger.
At the very center of the Ice Pillar Forest, a huge, hemispherical barrier emitting a soft blue light enveloped an area.
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