Chapter 52: Ice and Fire Dome and Straight Male Photosynthesis
"Damn it! Fight!" Li Jiuyou's eyes flashed with ferocity, holding nothing back! He channeled his own raging demonic fire essence through the blood pact's channel, unreservedly pouring it back into Jiang Xuelan! At the same time, he clenched his fists, pushing the crimson-gold demonic fire, imbued with icy will, to its limit! The flame was no longer pure golden red; a hint of icy blue ripples flowed through its core, emitting an eerie aura that burned everything and froze souls!
"Ice Soul—Fen Tian!"
They both spoke in unison! Their voices strangely overlapped under the resonance of the blood pact!
The Frost Silence Sword in Jiang Xuelan's hand erupted with a dazzling radiance of icy blue and crimson gold! The space surrounding the sword was distorted by the extreme temperature difference! He spun around and swung his sword! A massive crimson-gold sword aura, entwined with icy blue frost patterns, tore through the filthy air like a divine retribution, carrying the dual destructive will of freezing and burning, fiercely slashing at the crimson eye that was throbbing wildly, attempting to condense the filthy beam of light once more!
Li Jiuyou followed closely behind, his fists transformed into countless red-gold meteors with burning ice-blue cores, bombarding the roots of the mother vine like a rainstorm, blocking its energy supply!
This time, there was no earth-shattering explosion.
There was only a silent scream that seemed to come from the depths of the soul, extremely shrill!
Tsk——!!!
The interwoven sword energy of ice and fire sliced through the giant scarlet eye like a hot knife through butter, cutting unimpeded into it! Icy blue frost patterns instantly spread and froze, while the scarlet-gold demonic fire burned fiercely from within! The enormous eyeball twitched violently, twisted, and swelled amidst the ice and flames! The tendrils that formed the pupil broke and charred! The viscous dark red liquid froze into ugly ice slag before it could even splash out, and then instantly vaporized under the high temperature inside!
The entire crimson eye completely exploded, transforming into icy crystals and charred ashes flying all over the sky!
The mother vine, having lost its core, let out a dying wail, twisting wildly. Countless pitch-black tentacles lashed out like headless venomous snakes, turning the nest upside down! However, its roots were continuously bombarded by Li Jiuyou's ice and fire meteors, and its strength quickly weakened. Finally, it twitched violently in the filthy mud and slowly fell silent.
The lair was in shambles, filled with the smell of burning and decay. The remaining ripples of ice and fire energy intertwined and flickered in the air, making subtle crackling sounds.
Jiang Xuelan knelt on one knee, leaning on the Frost Silence Sword. His face was as pale as paper, a streak of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The backlash from forcing himself to exert his maximum strength had damaged his internal organs. Li Jiuyou was also panting. The wound on his arm, corroded by the mucus, had opened again after his previous full-strength burst, and blood stained his red-gold vine robe.
Neither of them cared about their own embarrassment, their eyes fixed on the deep roots of the mother vine.
With the mother body's death and the withering of the foul vines, a faint glimmer of emerald green finally emerged clearly—a branch barely a foot long, dripping emerald green, as if carved from the purest jade! It was deeply embedded in the mud, and the surrounding rotten roots retreated in fear. A warm aura of life flowed from the branch's surface, emitting an ancient and pure aura. It was the core fragment of the Jianmu debris!
"It's done!" Li Jiuyou's eyes burst with ecstasy. He didn't care about his injuries and was about to move forward.
"Wait!" Jiang Xuelan suddenly stopped him, his icy blue eyes fixed on the branch. "The evil god's aura of doom has penetrated deep into its marrow. Touching it forcefully could backfire." He forced himself to stand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and once again traced the charred Jianmu leaf on his fingertips. The leaf now emitted a soft emerald light, echoing the distant branch.
A Che's voice came from behind them with surprise and eagerness (Man Gu and Xuan Jia finally protected him and broke through the obstruction of the remaining vines): "Immortal Lord! Brother Li! Let me try! Mother-in-law said that my wood spirit energy might be useful!"
Jiang Che, escorted by Man Gu, cautiously approached the "pure land" purified by the Jianmu fragments. He took a deep breath, and pure wood spirit energy flowed unreservedly from his small body, like the gentlest stream, carefully enveloping the emerald green branch rooted in the filth.
The moment the pure wood spirit energy came into contact with the Jianmu fragments, the emerald green light suddenly shone brightly! Like a dormant star awakened! A majestic yet gentle breath of life spread out from the branch! Like an invisible wave, it instantly swept across the entire Rot Root Nest!
A miracle happened!
The gray-black rotten roots that lurked around, emitting a foul odor and mucus, melted and withered like snow in the sunlight the moment they came into contact with the emerald light. The filthy fungal mats and pustules covering their surfaces quickly melted and withered, revealing the dark brown, wood-grained texture of the ancient vines beneath. Though still withered, they no longer emanated a sinister aura.
Even more astonishing was the simultaneous eruption of an unprecedentedly brilliant azure light from the blood-covenant vine seals on Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou's wrists, washed over by this rich, pure life energy! The light was no longer confined to their wrists, but spread upwards like a living being, outlining even more complex and profound vine patterns on their arms! Within these patterns, glimmers of icy blue and crimson gold shimmered like tiny stars, as if the lives of ice and fire had achieved a profound and harmonious symbiosis!
An indescribable sense of comfort instantly washed away the fatigue and pain of both of them! Jiang Xuelan felt the burning pain in his internal organs being soothed by the coolness, and the cracks in the icy sea of consciousness healed at an accelerated rate. Under the emerald green light, the wound on Li Jiuyou's arm stopped bleeding and scabbed over at a visible speed! Even the energy consumed in the previous fierce battle was rapidly restored!
"This... this thing can photosynthesize and replenish energy?!" Li Jiuyou was stunned as he felt the surging power and warm comfort in his body. He tried to move his injured arm, and apart from the slight tightness caused by the new scab, he was fine!
A flicker of surprise flashed across Jiang Xuelan's eyes. He reached out, his fingertips gently touching the newly formed vines on his arm, gleaming with a faint icy blue light. A stream of cool life energy flowed through his fingertips, and the dull ache in his lower back from the God-Slaying Gu eased slightly. He looked at the Jianmu branch, its radiance growing increasingly warm and pure under the nourishment of Ache's wood spirit. For the first time, a glimmer of hope ignited in the depths of his icy blue eyes.
Just as everyone was immersed in this miracle of life, a stream of emerald green light penetrated the rotten roots above the nest like an arrow, and landed accurately in front of Jiang Xuelan, turning into a slightly trembling glowing vine leaf - it was Qingluo's message!
Qingluo's crisp and anxious voice came from the leaves:
"Big Fireworks! Little Ice! It's bad! The Emerald Dome's protective barrier is under attack by many black vines and it's about to collapse! Grandma said that the Breath of Sin has polluted the dome's roots and it needs the power of Jianmu to purify it! Did you get the stuff? Come back soon!"
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