With the cold-dispelling artifact ready, Danyangzi took out the artifact he had used before, which was a very ordinary-looking iron pickaxe.
The two walked one after the other to the middle of the lake, and they could feel the chill rising from their feet just by walking on the ice.
Danyangzi poured his power into the iron pickaxe, and the seemingly ordinary iron pickaxe emitted a golden light. He slammed the iron pickaxe down, and the thick ice layer immediately cracked and shattered into ice fragments of varying sizes that floated on the water's surface.
Akari thrust out a palm strike, the force shattering the ice and revealing a large ice hole in front of the two, with the black water below as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.
Danyangzi put away his pickaxe and took Chili's hand again, saying somewhat embarrassedly, "Let me use my qi to form a water-repelling shield."
Akari instinctively tried to break free, but she didn't use much force and found it was no use. Her hand was firmly held by Danyoko, so she could only turn her face away and nod.
When Danyangzi took Chili's hand again, he was overjoyed. He enveloped Chili and himself with the gentlest immortal energy.
Protected by a magical water-repelling shield and a heat-preserving and cold-dispelling artifact, the two held hands and jumped into the water.
The biting cold assaulted them the moment they entered the water, and the cold-dispelling artifacts on Danyangzi and Chili activated instantly, emitting a fiery red glow to dispel the icy chill.
Danyangzi and Akari exchanged a glance, then headed towards the bottom of the lake.
At the beginning of the world, when the five races were born, the first immortal race born in the Immortal Realm was called the Holy Spirit Immortal Race, which was the most primitive and ancient immortal race.
The Holy Spirit Immortal Clan loves peace and maintains friendly relations with the other four clans, enjoying harmonious development for tens of thousands of years.
As the Immortal Clan multiplied and other Immortal Clans were born, the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan, whose ideologies differed from those of the new Immortal Clans, was forced to leave the Immortal Realm.
The immortals, who believed themselves to be the rulers of the Five Realms, pursued the Holy Spirit Immortals who had left the Immortal Realm. Ultimately, forced by circumstances, the Holy Spirit Immortals had no choice but to come to the Human Realm.
The Holy Spirit Immortal Clan, known for their friendly nature, was accepted by the human realm, and the human realm lent them the northernmost part of the human realm for recuperation.
In order not to drag down the kind and accepting human race, the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan unleashed a severe winter storm in the far north, annihilating the immortal realm's pursuers in the snowstorm, but also suffering the fate of their entire clan's annihilation.
The wind and snow did not stop because of the destruction of the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan. The Holy Spirit Ice Soul gathered the remaining power of the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan and merged with the endless wind and snow to create a new life.
The ice-attribute power, imbued with immortal energy, transformed the surrounding area into a lake. The place where the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan once lived is located at the bottom of the lake, and the Holy Spirit Ice Soul awaits the arrival of a destined person within it.
The existence of top-tier materials like Holy Spirit Ice Soul and Black Flame Divine Gold has never been a secret; it's just that the conditions for obtaining them and the difficulty of forging them are extremely high.
Each of these materials alone is an unattainable dream for any swordsmith, and their forging difficulty is comparable to a hellish nightmare dungeon. However, Danyangzi and Chili want to fuse two materials with opposing attributes to forge them!
This is like not only eating egg tarts but also buying a hot pizza to eat together.
Danyangzi couldn't help but grip Chili's hand even tighter. The Holy Spirit Ice Lake was pitch black, and even though he used a light-emitting spell, he was still a little afraid of the dark.
Akari felt that Danyoko was holding her quite tightly, but she was too shy to say anything.
Oh dear! What's wrong with this guy?! I'm too embarrassed to say it out loud... Oh well, actually, this guy's hands are quite comfortable.
Seeing Danyangzi walking forward with his head down, Chili noticed something amiss and moved closer to him from behind.
"Hey, are you afraid of the dark?"
Just as Dan Yangzi was about to deny it outright, Akari said with a light smile, "Actually, I do a little bit too."
Akari instinctively tightened his grip on Danyoko's hand, a gesture that made both of their hearts pound and brought them one step closer together.
In the dark depths of the lake, there is a small area of architectural ruins, which is the lake bottom relic, a place where the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan once temporarily resided.
In the center of the ruins, a faint blue light flickered. As Danyangzi and Akari approached the ruins, they could clearly feel that the temperature here was lower than when they arrived.
Even with their warming and cold-dispelling artifacts in effect, Danyangzi and Akari still felt a chilling coldness, not from the icy chill released by the Holy Spirit Ice Soul, but rather...
The souls of the immortal pursuers who had been annihilated here by the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan were all awakened when Danyangzi and Chili approached, and that eerie chill came from the souls of these pursuers.
Danyangzi is a member of the Dream Immortal Clan, a branch of the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan. The Dream Immortal Clan possesses a strong Holy Spirit Immortal bloodline, and the souls of these Immortal Clan pursuers harbor deep resentment towards the Holy Spirit Immortal Clan.
Upon sensing the arrival of Danyangzi, who possessed the aura of a Holy Spirit Immortal, the souls of all the Immortal Clan pursuers awoke with murderous intent.
Danyangzi and Chili immediately understood what was going on and quickly took out their weapons from their storage bags.
The pursuers' souls are probably at the seventh or eighth rank, with only a few at the ninth rank, but the number of ninth-rank souls is definitely greater than that of Danyangzi and his companion.
These souls used their last bit of strength to solidify themselves into physical form, all in order to kill Danyangzi, vent their hatred, and find peace.
Danyangzi has really walked right into a trap.
Akari holds a pair of short swords, using a reverse grip with her left hand and a forward grip with her right. The short swords are well-suited to Akari's fast speed and petite stature.
When they first met Akari, even Danyoko, who was wielding a long spear, was surprised by her speed. If it weren't for their similar strength and ample combat experience, Danyoko wouldn't have been able to fight Akari to a draw.
The two swordsmiths, one wielding a short sword and the other a long spear, truly found sword-making to be their passion.
Akari turned to look at Danyoko and said, "Be careful, they're coming for you."
Danyangzi nodded, his eyes somewhat solemn. The seventh or eighth-order pursuers were nothing to worry about; the main problem was the five ninth-order souls standing in the back row.
Danyangzi wouldn't be worried if he were alone; he could just run away if he couldn't win. But now he's not alone.
He knew that the group of guys on the other side were after him, and if Akari got hurt because of him, Danyoko really didn't know what to do.
Danyangzi stood in front of Chili and said in a deliberately relaxed voice, "You said they came for me, then that's perfect, you go around them and take the Holy Spirit Ice Soul away."
"I can handle this alone." With that, Danyangzi took the black gold ore out of his treasure bag and tossed it to Chili.
Chili caught it without hesitation and stuffed it into her storage bag. Then she stood next to Danyangzi and said, "You alone are enough? Don't be ridiculous. I'll reluctantly stay and keep you company."
“But…” Danyangzi looked at him as if he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Chili.
"You're so annoying with all this dawdling! If we're going to die, we'll die together; if we're going to live, we'll live together. Stop with the nonsense! I'm really unlucky to have you. After this battle, we still have another one to fight. Let's finish this quickly!"
After speaking, Akari drew her sword and charged at the enemy, transforming into a streak of red blood as she began slaughtering the immortal pursuers.
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