On an ice platform, a wisp of ice flame slowly rose from a hole. The small flame remained motionless in the blizzard, and the surrounding snowflakes seemed to have eyes, avoiding the ice platform and the small flame.
In addition to the small flame, there were two copper oil lamps on the ice platform, probably the immortal lamps of Li Xiu and Li Qingyi.
Originally, being able to find the Lamp of Immortality should have been a happy thing, but on the ice platform, there was a huge and intimidating ice tiger sleeping soundly.
There wasn't even a single demon spirit around the ice platform. There was only a tiger sleeping soundly on top of it. Just from the terrifying aura and brilliance on its body, it was certain that the tiger was most likely a god.
They had to blow out the Longevity Lamp before they could go back, but there was a god-level demon tiger guarding the ice platform. Perhaps they could not even reach the ice platform and would be discovered and killed by the god-level demon tiger.
If it were before, they could still use the power of the Butterfly God Deed to resist for a while, but now they may have to fight for their lives.
"You need the power of nine fire seeds, right?" Li Xiu looked at the ice tiger sleeping soundly on the ice platform from afar and asked Li Qingyi in a low voice.
Li Qingyi nodded and said, "Using the light energy of the Nine Fire Seeds to advance to the Soul Casting level will be of great benefit to me in the future."
"Then let's go to the last place of fire first, and then come back to think of a solution. Maybe after a while, the god-level demon tiger will leave on its own." Li Xiu said.
Li Qingyi also knew that there was no other way. If they wanted to go back, they could only go up to the ice platform and blow out the Longevity Lamp. If the god-level demon tiger did not leave, they would have no choice but to fight with all their might.
Now we can wait for a while and hope that the god-level demon tiger will leave the ice platform by itself.
The two of them rushed to the last fire source. On the way, Li Qingyi explained, "I didn't expect that our immortal lamp would randomly appear in such a place. If the ice tiger doesn't leave, we will be in real trouble."
"There are so many troubles, but this one is not a big deal." Li Xiu consoled with a smile: "Besides, we don't necessarily have to kill it. If it really doesn't work, we can first find a way to blow out the longevity lamp and leave. As for the fire there, we will have to find a way next time."
Li Qingyi nodded slightly: "The fire can be taken at any time. The most important thing is to be able to return alive. I am afraid that it is not easy to blow out the longevity lamp in front of the god and the devil. How can I care about so many things?"
"Why do you say that?" Li Xiu realized that Li Qingyi seemed to be a little too worried about the divine demon spirit, and he must know something.
"All along the way, I have been thinking about what you said before. Although we did not encounter other gods and demons later, based on the information I have previously obtained, your judgment should be correct. The guardian demons of these nine fire sites are very likely the nine sons of the dragon. They are all mixed-blood demons with dragon blood." Li Qingyi said thoughtfully.
"So what?" Li Xiu didn't understand what Li Qingyi meant by his previous guess.
"If this guess is correct, then the ice tiger guarding the eighth fire point is not a tiger, but the seventh son of the dragon, Bi'an, also known as the Charter. Bi'an is the symbol of prison and the patron saint of the common people. In ancient prisons and government offices, they liked to use its image to show their majesty."
Li Qingyi paused and said, "If that is really the Bi'an, its ability might be related to the prison. I am afraid that we will be trapped by it and unable to leave even if we want to."
Li Xiu consoled him, "Even if it really is a Bi'an, it may not be related to the abilities in myths and legends. Don't worry too much."
"I hope I'm overthinking it." Li Qingyi forced a smile.
The polar bear carried the two people across the ice field for eight hundred miles and finally arrived near the last fire site.
It was a snow slope with a flame burning on it and thick snow all around.
When they were still about seven or eight miles away from the fire, Li Qingyi stopped the white bear. She got off the white bear's back and pointed at the snow slope and said, "This place is called the Snow Burial Slope. The snow here is different from the snow in other places. It is not only deep but also very light, just like a trap. If you step on it, you may fall into the snow of unknown depth and can't even climb out. There is no foothold in the snow around. There are demons hidden under the snow. The demon spirit of the god position should also be under the snow, but we can't determine its individual location. If we happen to alarm it, we will be in trouble."
"Can we fly over there?" Li Xiu asked as he looked at the snow slope seven or eight miles ahead.
"Look, the snow here is falling vertically without any trace of wind. If we fly over there, we will probably be discovered immediately by the gods and demons below." Li Qingyi said.
"We can't walk on the snow, nor can we fly over, so how are we going to get to the fire?" Li Xiu pondered.
"You don't have to go. I'll go get the light and come back soon, so we don't have to take risks together."
Li Qingyi said.
"Okay, how do you plan to get there?" Li Xiu knew that it would be useless if he went there together, and it would increase the risk. It would be better for him to wait here.
"I have my own way." Li Qingyi said, summoning his glacier crystal worm and letting it drill into the snow in front first.
The glacier crystal worm's tiny body sank into the snow when it landed on it, and soon disappeared. It was not known whether it was because the snow here was too fluffy or because the snow was just special.
Li Qingyi stood outside the snow slope, staring at it without moving. He was probably controlling the glacier crystal worms that sank into the snow to explore the way.
After a long while, Li Qingyi finally moved. She jumped lightly, jumped four or five meters, and landed in the snow.
"Didn't they say that we can't step on the snow?" Li Xiu was puzzled, but he saw Li Qingyi landed steadily on the snow with her feet hardly sinking. It was not like what she said just now, that she would sink directly into the snow if she stepped on it.
Li Qingyi stood there motionless. After a while, she stood up and jumped again, about seven or eight meters away, and landed steadily again.
In this way, Li Qingyi stopped and jumped once, gradually approaching the fire at the top of the snow slope.
Li Xiu also realized that the place where Li Qingyi jumped should be a special place, so she was able to stand on it without sinking. Before, she released the glacier crystal worms to explore the way, and they should have been exploring these places where they could land.
While Li Zheng was thinking, he saw Li Qingyi jump up again, but this time when she landed, one of her legs suddenly sank. There was white snow under both feet, but one foot stood firmly while the other sank directly into the ground, as if she was standing on the edge of a cliff with one foot missing.
Seeing Li Qingyi's body tilting and seeming to fall into the snow, Li Xiu secretly broke into a cold sweat for her.
Fortunately, Li Qingyi's sense of balance was strong enough, and she was young enough. Her slender waist and strong waist strength enabled her to stabilize herself by twisting her waist, regaining her balance, and standing on the snow slope in the posture of a golden rooster standing on one leg.
Li Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and soon, Li Qingyi leaped to the next landing point.
Later, Li Qingyi nearly fell into the snow several times, which made Li Xiu roughly guess that the area of those footholds should be very small, barely enough to accommodate one person standing on it. The position where the glacier crystal worms poked out was only an approximate one, and it was impossible for Li Qingyi to know the exact boundary of the foothold in detail. Li Qingyi was still in great danger.
Fortunately, Li Qingyi's luck was pretty good. Li Xiu watched her rise and fall again and again with some trepidation. Although there were several accidents along the way, she finally managed to jump successfully to the fire on the snow slope.
Li Qingyi summoned an unbreakable ice shield and placed it on top of the flame. The flame immediately merged into the ice shield. The flame gradually condensed into a strange light symbol in the ice shield.
The other seven light symbols were all shining inside the shield, flowing and flashing continuously as if they had life.
After completing the first light symbol, Li Qingyi didn't think twice, put away the unbreakable ice shield and jumped back directly.
With the previous experience, it would be much safer to come back. She already knew the exact location of the destination, unlike the previous time when she only knew an approximate location.
Even though he already knew the landing point, Li Qingyi was still very cautious. He would wait for a while after each jump to a landing point. This was not for rest, but because he was afraid that continuous jumping would attract the evil spirits under the snow.
Li Qingyi jumped up again and landed on the next landing point like a civet cat, still very stable.
But just as she landed on the landing point, her face suddenly changed, and then Li Xiu heard a cracking sound, a bit like the sound of icicles being broken under the eaves.
Li Qingyi reacted extremely quickly. He made the corresponding decision the moment he heard the sound. He jumped up again and landed on the next landing point.
That beautiful figure was just like a real kitten, falling silently, and this time the footsteps did not make any sound.
Li Qingyi stood motionless on the foothold, looking at the snow slopes around him, observing whether there was anything unusual.
Li Xiu was also looking at the snow slope, secretly sweating in his heart.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement on the snow slope, as quiet as death. Li Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to jump to the next landing point when the snow on the entire snow slope suddenly shook like an earthquake. The entire snow slope was shaking violently, and the snow was shaking like waves.
Li Qingyi ignored everything at the moment and made continuous leaps, trying to get out of the snow slope as quickly as possible.
Li Xiu also summoned Xue Linglong and the Jedi Knight to protect him on his left and right. The Fire Lotus Sword was suspended above his head. He held the Food Knife in one hand and the Longevity Chopsticks in the other. He stared at the shaking snow slope beside Li Qingyi. If there was any accident, he would provide support at the first time.
Li Qingyi jumped out of more than twenty landing points in succession, and the snow on the snow slope suddenly disappeared, just like the foam of laundry detergent suddenly disappeared.
Li Xiu and Li Qingyi were immediately struck by a horrifying scene. This was not a snow slope at all, but a huge abyss-like pit with icicles sticking out from the bottom.
The icicles were thick at the bottom and became thinner as they went up. The top part was just enough for two feet to stand on together.
These icicles were where Li Qingyi had just landed.
And where the fire was, which was the center of the deep pit, there was a huge ice pillar, and the flame came up from the center of the huge ice pillar.
On each icicle, there are entangled ice monsters that look like dragons, Chi and Jiao. Those ice monsters have ferocious faces, dancing icy beards on their faces, shining strange horns on their heads, and pieces of ice scales emitting a dreamy glow.
What was even more terrifying was that, on top of the huge ice pillar, there was a gigantic ice demon that was over a hundred meters long. Its entire body was shining brightly with icy light, and the strong light made it difficult to see what its body looked like. Just the wriggling of its icy whiskers caused terrifying ripples of light in the space.
The huge ice spirit hadn't moved yet, but the ice spirits about ten meters long that were coiled around the icicle had already swam up along the icicle and sprayed icy light at Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi directly put on the indestructible ice armor, ignoring the attacks of the ice spirits, and tried to rush out of the deep pit.
Rays of icy light hit her, causing Li Qingyi's body to sway left and right. However, the indestructible ice armor was not broken, and she did not fight back.
Unfortunately, those ice spirits did not let her go. Although they had no wings, they seemed to be able to ride on clouds and mist. They flew into the air, spewing icy breath, extending their sharp claws that shone with icy light, and some even attacked her with their tails.
For a moment, there were flashing icy lights everywhere in the sky and on the ground. Even Li Qingyi did not dare to withstand so many magic light attacks with his indestructible ice armor.
Li Qingyi stepped hard on the icicle and quickly leaped into the air, dodging the icy dragon breath and sharp claws. However, while he was in the air, more magic lights bombarded him.
Li Qingyi endured several demonic lights and her body suddenly fell uncontrollably into a deep pit. She endured the pain and summoned a sword contract. The sword contract could fly automatically like the Fire Lotus Sword. She stepped on the sword body to avoid falling into the deep pit.
But more magic lights came from all directions. When Li Qingyi was feeling distressed, he suddenly heard a rattling sound.
A stream of light bullets like a galaxy swept across the sky, forcing the ice demons to dodge and spit out icy light to resist, giving Li Qingyi a chance to catch his breath.
Li Qingyi put down his sword and rushed towards Li Xiu while looking at him. He saw that Li Xiu was holding a Gatling-like pistol in each hand and was madly shooting at those ice monsters with all his strength.
Light bullets swept across the sky like a swarm of meteors, forcing the demons to dodge or fight back with icy light.
However, Li Xiu had two guns in his hands, and the firepower was too fierce. Some ice monsters were unable to dodge and were hit by the light bullets, but they were not injured. The light bullets shattered and disappeared when they hit their scales.
At first, the Ice Demons took those light bullets seriously, as if they were facing a powerful enemy, but suddenly they found that those light bullets could not hurt them at all, so they surrounded and attacked Li Qingyi again without any care.
Looking at Li Xiu who was firing fiercely outside the pit and seemed to be more powerful than Rambo, Li Qingyi was speechless: "Li Xiu's symbiotic contract looks intimidating, but the destructive power is not very good!"
Of course, Li Qingyi didn't think that Li Xiu was incapable, it's just that the destructive power was too small. After all, he was at the soul-casting level. The bullets didn't cause any damage to the light-based level demon spirit. This reverse level jump was unparalleled.
Seeing that the ice demons were surrounding him again and releasing a sky full of demonic light, Li Qingyi could only grit his teeth and rely on himself.
But the next second, Li Qingyi's eyes widened.
Those ice demons were obviously extremely ferocious, as if they wanted to tear her into pieces immediately, but their attacks, whether it was ice light, dragon breath, sharp claws or tail strikes, seemed to be deliberately avoiding Li Qingyi, and none of the attacks landed on her.
Those attacks that went off track ended up hitting their own kind.
In an instant, magic light exploded, ice scales flew, broken feet and tails, and howling sounds were heard. Hundreds of ice monsters were in chaos in the air. Many of the seriously injured ice monsters fell into the deep pit, while those with lighter injuries were entangled on the ice pillars.
For a moment, there was no more ice demon spirit attacking Li Qingyi. Li Qingyi was surprised and happy, and flew towards Li Xiu on her sword.
Some Ice Spirits at the Soul Casting level reacted and once again sprayed icy breath and various magical lights at Li Qingyi.
However, those icy magic lights deviated from their tracks again, and none of them could touch Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi didn’t know what kind of strange ability Li Xiu’s symbiotic contract was, but this ability was indeed extremely useful.
Just as Li Qingyi was about to rush to Li Xiu on his sword, he suddenly saw a brilliant light blooming on the giant ice pillar, shining on everything like the sun, covering everything in that strong divine light.
Li Qingyi, who was about to rush out of the deep pit, suddenly seemed to go crazy under the illumination of the divine light. The edge of the deep pit was obviously only two or three meters away from her, and Li Xiu was standing next to her, but she flew her sword around the deep pit, circle after circle, and refused to fly another two or three meters out.
Li Xiu's situation was not much better. The light bullets fired from the two forbidden guns actually began to circle and did not fly towards the target at all. The fast-flying groups of light bullets surrounded the deep pit like a halo.
Li Xiu and Li Qingyi stopped almost at the same time. They both knew that they were trapped by the divine light of truth, which could not be broken through by brute force.
"What you fear will come true!" Li Xiu took back the forbidden spear and replaced it with the food knife and the immortal chopsticks.
The power of the god level can only be broken by these two god level things.
Li Qingyi stopped in front of Li Xiu and said to him, "This god-level demon spirit seems to be restricted. Its divine light is more effective within the pit, but much weaker outside the pit. You should be able to rush out."
Li Xiu was also looking at the evil spirit coiled on the huge icicle, and saw that there was a strange chain between its body and the icicle, locking it on the huge icicle.
Just now Li Xiu was wondering why it hadn't rushed out. It turned out that it couldn't rush out.