As Su Yao stepped into the Ice Forest, the surrounding temperature seemed to drop even lower, and each breath created a thick white mist in the air. The branches of the ice trees, like sharp blades, gleamed coldly in the eerie blue light, as if warily watching this uninvited guest.
She walked cautiously, the system constantly scanning the surrounding environment, indicating that the energy fluctuations here were extremely complex, seemingly concealing countless traps. Suddenly, a slight tremor came from the ice beneath her feet, and Su Yao immediately used her spatial ability to teleport to the side. There, where she had been standing, the ice had cracked, and several huge ice vines, covered with sharp thorns, stretched out, thrashing wildly, searching for their target.
Su Yao frowned. She could sense that these ice vines were only a small part of the forest's defense. Wind-based energy gathered in her hand, forming a wind blade, which she slashed at the ice vines. The wind blade struck the ice vines, leaving only a shallow mark, but the ice vines lunged at her even more furiously. Su Yao dodged continuously, observing the ice vines' attack patterns. She discovered that the roots of the ice vines were the source of their power; destroying the roots would stop the ice vines from attacking.
She seized the opportunity, and as the ice vine lunged at her again, she used her spatial abilities to teleport above the vine's roots. Then, she unleashed her fire abilities to their fullest extent, shooting a pillar of flame from her hand straight towards the vine's roots. The flames sizzled upon contact with the ice, and the ice vine began to struggle violently. However, under the sustained high temperature, its roots gradually melted, eventually collapsing onto the ice.
Having dealt with the threat of the ice vines, Su Yao continued deeper into the forest. But she hadn't gone far when she heard a low roar, like a warning from the depths of the forest. As the roar grew closer, a massive ice leopard came into view. The ice leopard's body was like a moving iceberg, its eyes gleaming with a cold blue light, each step leaving deep claw marks on the ice.
The ice leopard pounced on Su Yao with astonishing speed. Su Yao quickly dodged to the side, the leopard's claws tearing through the ice where she had just been standing. Knowing she couldn't let the ice leopard gain the upper hand, Su Yao took the initiative, combining her wind and spatial abilities to instantly appear above the ice leopard, her blade aimed at its back. However, the ice leopard's fur was as hard as iron, and the blade only left a white mark.
After being attacked, the Ice Leopard became even more ferocious, opening its maw and spewing out a burst of extremely cold air. Su Yao quickly erected her power shield, but the icy aura still caused cracks to appear. She realized she had to find the Ice Leopard's weakness as soon as possible, or she would be in dire straits. While dealing with the Ice Leopard, she noticed that a patch of white fur on its belly would shimmer slightly each time it attacked, and she guessed that this might be its vital point.
Su Yao deliberately lured the ice leopard into attacking. When the leopard pounced on her again, she feigned injury and fell to the ground. The ice leopard fell for the trap and charged at her. Just as the ice leopard was close, Su Yao concentrated all her supernatural power in her legs, pushed off with all her might, and flew towards the ice leopard's abdomen. At the same time, she infused her blade with fire power and stabbed it viciously into the white fur on the ice leopard's belly. The ice leopard let out a scream, its massive body collapsing onto the ice. After struggling a few times, it lay still.
After the battle with the Ice Leopard, Su Yao had exhausted a significant amount of her supernatural power and was quite tired. She took out some potions to restore her powers from her spatial storage, drank them, and rested for a while. At this moment, the system indicated that they were very close to the mysterious source of power, located in the center of this forest.
Su Yao stood up and walked towards the center of the forest. The closer she got to the center, the taller the surrounding ice trees became, and the more dazzling their light grew. Finally, she arrived at an open area with a huge ice lake. In the center of the lake was a vortex radiating brilliant light, which contained incredibly powerful energy. Su Yao knew that this was the mysterious source of power she was looking for.
However, a transparent energy barrier surrounded the frozen lake, preventing her from approaching. Su Yao approached the barrier, and the system began analyzing how to break it. After some effort, the system indicated that a specific combination of runes and a sufficiently powerful energy attack were needed to break the barrier. Su Yao calmed herself, recalling the rune knowledge she had learned in the ruins, and began drawing runes on the ice. After completing the drawing, she used all her remaining energy runes to launch a final assault on the energy barrier.
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