Su Yao and Ling Yu gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes warily fixed on the cave entrance. The bells rang urgently, their sound particularly jarring in the tranquil forest. Su Yao activated a spatial magic array to further conceal the presence within the cave, while simultaneously preparing to launch an attack at any moment.
Holding his ice sword, Ling Yu approached the stone wall beside the cave entrance, crouching slightly to use his ice-type abilities to sense the movements outside. "It seems there's only one person, but their aura is strange," Ling Yu murmured. Su Yao frowned slightly. Scanning the area outside the cave with her system, she discovered that the newcomer wasn't the mysterious man in black robes, but rather possessed a familiar energy fluctuation.
Just as they were wondering, a figure appeared at the cave entrance. It was a person wearing a tattered cloak, their face obscured by shadows, making their features impossible to discern. The cloaked figure slowly raised their hand, revealing a badge that emitted a faint glow. Upon seeing the badge, Su Yao was startled; it was the symbol they had seen before in the ruins of an ancient organization, representing a neutral yet mysterious power.
"Don't be nervous, I mean you no harm." The cloaked figure's voice was hoarse and deep, as if it came from an ancient abyss. "I know you were fighting the black-robed man, and I know you took that dangerous crystal ball." Su Yao remained vigilant and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
The cloaked figure chuckled. "I'm here to help you, or rather, we share a common goal—to prevent the crystal ball's power from being released." With that, he pulled a cloth bag from under his cloak, filled with various strange items. "These are supplies I've collected; they'll be helpful to you."
Su Yao looked at the items, and the system quickly scanned and displayed their information. Among them was a piece of warm jade that could suppress the power of extreme cold, and some rune stones that could enhance the stability of supernatural abilities. After thinking for a moment, Su Yao said, "Why should we trust you?" The cloaked man slowly put down the bag. "You have no choice. The black-robed man's power is increasing, and without my help, you cannot stop him. Moreover, once the power of the crystal ball goes out of control, the entire world will be swallowed by extreme cold, including my organization, which will cease to exist."
Ling Yu looked at Su Yao, who nodded slightly. They decided to trust the cloaked figure for the time being. Su Yao picked up the warm jade, feeling the gentle power it emitted, and she came up with a plan to use it to destroy the crystal ball.
“We can use the warm jade to guide the extreme cold power within the crystal ball to conflict with each other, thereby breaking the crystal ball’s structure,” Su Yao said. Ling Yu and the cloaked figure both felt that this plan had some feasibility. However, the cloaked figure warned, “This is very dangerous. If it’s not controlled properly, the extreme cold power might erupt prematurely.”
Su Yao indicated that she understood. She began to use the system to simulate the process, while simultaneously selecting suitable auxiliary items from the system space and the supplies brought by the cloaked figure. They found some threads capable of withstanding powerful energy impacts and planned to use these threads to connect the warm jade and the crystal ball before conducting the experiment in a safe location.
During the preparations, Ling Yu suggested finding a more secluded location to prevent the mysterious man in black robes from detecting the energy fluctuations and coming after them. The cloaked man said he knew of a place—a valley protected by ancient magic, with a special energy field that could suppress energy fluctuations to some extent.
So, they set off towards the valley with their supplies. Along the way, they carefully avoided the search area of the mysterious man in black robes. Upon arriving at the valley, Su Yao could clearly sense something unusual; the energy within the valley seemed to resonate with her spatial abilities.
They set up an experimental site in the center of the valley. Su Yao used her spatial abilities to levitate the crystal ball in mid-air, then connected the warm jade to the crystal ball with silk threads. Once everything was ready, Su Yao took a deep breath and began to guide the power of the warm jade. The light from the warm jade gradually intensified, colliding with the cold light of the crystal ball, causing a dramatic change in the temperature of the entire valley.
Will they be able to successfully destroy the crystal ball and escape this extreme cold crisis?
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