Xue Ling'er was knocked back a few steps by the force. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ji Jiuying flashed in front of her, quickly snatched the staff from her hand, and struck Xue Ling'er hard in the chest with another palm.
ah--
With a scream, Xue Ling'er coughed up blood from the pain. When she came to her senses, she realized that Ji Jiuying had already snatched the staff from her hand. Ignoring the pain, she leaped up and unleashed a barrage of attacks on Ji Jiuying.
"Damn brat, give me back my staff!" Xue Ling'er instantly flew into a rage.
While dealing with Xue Ling'er's skills, Ji Jiuying summoned the Illusion Demon Sword, charged up her strength, and pushed the sword hard. Blood splattered everywhere, and the Illusion Demon Sword returned to Ji Jiuying's hand.
Xue Ling'er looked down in disbelief at the gaping hole that had pierced her body. "Aaaaah! You bitch, I'm going to kill you!"
Xue Ling'er was in so much pain that she was almost suffocating. She rolled around on the ground, and soon her entire upper body reappeared and began to move around on the ground. The scene was both comical and terrifying.
It's over! Ji Jiuying looked down at Xue Ling'er, her red lips slightly parted, "I told you long ago, showing off in front of me comes at a price!"
With that, he conjured Nine Heavens Mystic Fire in his right hand, "Go!"
Ahhhh—
Xue Ling'er's entire body was surrounded by the Nine Heavens Profound Fire. She writhed and screamed in pain, and soon turned to ashes. A pool of blood on the ground proved that she had existed.
Ji Jiuying coldly watched Xue Ling'er die in front of her, then leaped to Feng Che's side.
"Miss, you are really amazing!" Qingling exclaimed, clapping her hands.
"That's right, it's not like you've only known your young lady for a short time," Ji Jiuying said with a smile.
"How do we remove the ice from these people's bodies?" Lian Qingcheng asked.
Upon hearing this, Ji Jiuying took out Xue Ling'er's staff. "This is that fairy's weapon. I feel that removing the ice from these people might be related to the sapphire on this staff."
The sapphire is round, about an inch square, and has a crystal-clear texture. In the center, there is a five-petaled snow lotus pattern, which looks very vivid.
The milky white staff and the sapphire complement each other perfectly, as if they were meant to be a perfect combination.
"This blue gemstone seems to be a snow-cold stone born from the glaciers of the far north, capable of absorbing yin and cold energy," Ye Qingchen observed carefully and said.
"That's right, this is the Snow Frost Stone, which is a rare find in a thousand years. It can sense the surge of ice-type spiritual energy, improve the perception and application of ice-type spells, and also allow one to use ice-type spiritual techniques more skillfully."
"Clearly, Xue Ling'er hasn't figured out the Snow Frost Stone, otherwise dealing with her wouldn't be so simple," Feng Che explained.
"I see." Ji Jiuying nodded. It just so happens that her ice-type spiritual arts needed to be strengthened. With this Snow Frost Stone, she could better utilize her water-type and ice-type spiritual arts.
As he spoke, he infused spiritual energy into his staff and waved the blue gem on it. With a gentle wave, the people around him gradually returned to their original appearance, and the people who were originally in the crater gradually thawed.
What's going on?
"The smoke that the fairy released just now froze us all. I thought I was going to die here, but I didn't expect to be alive!"
"Hey, where did that fairy go?"
“Look at the blood on the ground.”
"I know, it must have been that princess of Cangyue Kingdom who killed the demon. Look, the weapon she's holding is the demon's weapon."
Everyone turned their attention to Ji Jiuying and the others, while some people eyed the weapon in Ji Jiuying's hand, but dared not step forward rashly because of Feng Che's presence.
Ji Jiuying and her companions could easily see the expressions on those people's faces. They just snorted coldly in their hearts, thinking that not only were they ungrateful, but they also dared to covet the achievements of others.
The people at the bottom of the pit were all hugging each other and crying. They had watched their companions who came with them being drained of their blood by the demon. They had thought they were going to die too, but they never expected to be saved.
"Qingfeng, over here."
Ye Qingchen waved to Gu Qingfeng below, and Gu Qingfeng ran over in surprise.
"Qingchen, Qingcheng, Miss Ji, Miss Qingling, what brings you here? There's a demon causing trouble here." Gu Qingfeng looked at them solemnly and said, still unaware of what had happened since he had just woken up.
"Don't worry, that demon has already been killed by Xiao Jiu!" Lian Qingcheng said with a smile when she saw his solemn expression.
Gu Qingfeng stood there stunned. He thought they had come here while the fairy was away, but when he saw that the fairy's weapon was in Ji Jiuying's hand, he was instantly impressed.
He had witnessed the demon's power before; they were frozen into ice sculptures before they could even unleash a single move, and he could only watch helplessly as those people were drained of their blood.
"Look, that's our savior!" The spiritual cultivators recognized Xue Ling'er's weapon and learned from later conversations that it was this princess of Cangyue Kingdom who saved them.
Everyone knelt down and kowtowed to Ji Jiuying, "Thank you for saving our lives, Princess!"
Ji Jiuying said calmly, "No need to thank me, I just happened to save you."
Ji Jiuying was just telling the truth, but unfortunately she didn't find what she was looking for.
"By the way, Qingfeng, how did you end up here?"
“A fellow Daoist of mine said that there might be a rare treasure at the far north peak soon, which might be the one I want. I never expected that instead of finding the treasure, I would be captured by this demon.”
“This demon kills three people every day, drinks the blood of two, and leaves one to bleed under her throne.”
Feng Che and Ji Jiuying exchanged a glance; something was amiss beneath the throne!
"Have you seen anything under the throne?" Feng Che asked.
Gu Qingfeng glanced at Feng Che, his eyes sharp and his demeanor imposing, giving off an inexplicable sense of pressure from a powerful figure. Although he didn't know who Feng Che was, his attitude towards Ji Jiuying suggested that Feng Che was someone Ji Jiuying could trust.
"No, but every time she opened the throne, a bloody smell would fill the air," Gu Qingfeng recalled.
The palace was completely bare, nothing but ice and snow, so most of the spiritual cultivators who wanted to come in and scavenge for treasures had already left. However, the sharp-eyed Ji Jiuying spotted a small figure flashing by in the crowd.
Ji Jiuying narrowed her phoenix eyes. How could a child survive in this unprotected environment? Her intuition told her that this child was not simple. What was he trying to do?
"Come on, let's go take a look and we'll find out!"
Lian Qingcheng said, and they immediately agreed. The group flew to the throne.
Ji Jiuying looked at the staff in her hand and waved it, but the throne didn't budge. She asked in confusion, "How do I open this?"
Several people took turns studying it, but they still couldn't open the throne.
"Qingfeng, think carefully again about how that demon opened the throne?" Ye Qingchen asked.
Gu Qingfeng thought for a moment but couldn't recall anything. Just as everyone was silent, Ji Jiuying glanced at the blood on the ground, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she exclaimed in a flash, "I've got it!"
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