Jiang Ke’er once again succeeded in making the atmosphere awkward.
She closed her eyes, and once again, those blood-stained altars appeared before her, with those mournful calls echoing in her ears.
“Welcome, my master…”
Since Nebula Energy was sealed by the Bell, she hadn’t experienced these visions for a long time.
But recently, these visions have appeared again.
“No big problem!”
Jiang Ke’er smiled indifferently.
Looking at the massive, insurmountable ice barrier before her, Jiang Ke’er took out Peerless Beauty and Frost Shadow to see if she could cut through it.
As expected, she couldn’t.
She had no choice but to continue using the Feather Arrow.
She pulled out the bow and used the most penetrating Feather Arrow to make dots on the ice barrier.
The ice barrier wasn’t very thick. Though extremely hard, it was similar to the skin of the Ruins Snake God, so the Feather Arrow could forcefully pierce through it.
She shot a circle of dots on the ice barrier, then shattered the connections between the dots.
Finally, she kicked it.
Boom.
The huge ice block was successfully kicked to the other side.
Jiang Ke’er looked north from the ice hole—a vast expanse of white.
The Northern City-States clearly couldn’t communicate with the south anymore.
The terrifying cold wind coming from the other side of the ice hole instantly formed a layer of frost on Jiang Ke’er’s body, almost freezing her solid.
This was just a fraction of the northern temperatures.
“Ugh—”
Suddenly, Jiang Ke’er felt light, her feet leaving the ground as she was roughly wrapped in an embrace.
“Don’t move if you don’t want to freeze into an ice pop.”
Qiao Xiaoxian opened her coat, wrapping Jiang Ke’er between her coat and inner clothes, holding her tightly.
Waves of intense heat emanated from Qiao Xiaoxian, quickly melting the frost on Jiang Ke’er.
Though her face was still stern and she said little, she was like a winter heater—at least next to the heater, Jiang Ke’er didn’t have to worry about freezing to death.
“Hmph, mind your own business. I could cross without you.”
Jiang Ke’er pouted and turned her head away, but as soon as her face touched the cold wind, it froze into an ice block, so she quickly buried her face in Qiao Xiaoxian’s chest.
Qiao Xiaoxian shuddered violently—from the ice block on Jiang Ke’er’s face.
Shoving an ice block into someone’s collar was truly mean.
Qiao Xiaoxian wasn’t angry. She just sighed softly and patted Jiang Ke’er through the coat.
“This might be more than just a problem with the sun,” Qiao Xiaoxian said seriously as she carried Jiang Ke’er, leaped through the hole over the ice wall, and walked.
Jiang Ke’er poked two small holes in Qiao Xiaoxian’s coat and looked through them to see outside.
Just as she put her eye to the hole, she saw a pale human face.
That cultivator was still smiling, chatting with someone beside him, but in an instant, his expression was forever frozen in that moment.
The entire world here seemed frozen in time.
Whether inside or outside, whether cultivators or anything else, all were forever frozen into a completely static state.
Fei Ling said that this year, the cold places are extremely cold, and the hot places are extremely hot. Not only is that statement entirely correct, but the reality is probably even more absurd than what he knows.
“What exactly happened…”
Jiang Ke’er really wanted to find a survivor to ask about the situation, but with the conditions here, survivors seemed impossible.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew, sharply reducing even the heat around Qiao Xiaoxian. A layer of frost formed and melted on her skin surface, showing the terrifying temperature of the wind.
It was probably this sudden cold wind that froze everything.
If the entire Northern City-States were like this, it would be too horrifying.
As the realm with the most living beings in the Ancient Scholarly Realm, the Northern City-States of the Realm of No Regret had at least ten million Demon Race cultivators and one hundred million Human Clan cultivators—and that was a conservative estimate.
The total accounted for one-twentieth of the entire Shenzhou population.
If the cold wave descended upon the entire Northern City-States in an instant, what a disaster that would be.
But Jiang Ke’er probably didn’t have time to investigate the situation here.
This place was not suitable for a long stay. Even if Qiao Aotian’s cultivation base was profound, it would be hard to endure here for long.
“Let’s go directly to Abyss Valley. There are two Xu Gods there,” Jiang Ke’er said.
“Not investigate here?” Qiao Xiaoxian asked in surprise.
“What’s there to investigate? You’re so weak, do you want to freeze into an ice pop?”
“…Are you worried about me?”
“No, I’m just saying you’re weak.”
“Oh, so you are worried about me.”
“In your dreams?!” Jiang Ke’er was furious. “Let’s go! Hurry up!”
Qiao Xiaoxian smiled and suddenly felt more energetic as she walked.
They quickly reached Abyss Valley. As expected, even the two Xu Gods there hadn’t escaped being frozen to death by the cold wave.
They had already frozen solid in the extreme cold. When Jiang Ke’er hit them hard, their bodies shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.
One of the two Xu Gods here was a Giant Gecko. After fusing its power, Jiang Ke’er gained—
The ability to use her tail like a grenade—throw it and explode!
‘???’
And she could quickly grow a new tail too~
After a brief struggle, Jiang Ke’er quickly adapted to this annoying ability—at least the power of the “True Tail Bomb Technique” was indeed considerable, and it was inexhaustible.
A strange ability added!
Qiao Xiaoxian was more troubled… Next time she wanted to restrain Jiang Ke’er, she couldn’t use the method of grabbing her tail, or the scene would be terrible.
The ability brought by the other Xu God was simple and practical—it increased Jiang Ke’er’s Spiritual Power circulation speed.
Hmm~
The ability of this second Xu God should greatly reduce the cast time of her ultimate move… Although she didn’t have an ultimate move at all.
“Hurry, next, next. Tool dragon, let’s go!”
Qiao Xiaoxian said with increasing worry: “Actually, I don’t want you to continue fusing this power…”
“What, can’t take it anymore?”
“Sigh,” Qiao Xiaoxian sighed. “Forget it.”
Qiao Xiaoxian quickly flew to the location of the next Xu God.
This time, the Xu God was a Giant Catfish.
However, it was frozen under the icy lake, making it very troublesome to dig out.
Fortunately, she had the True Tail Bomb Technique.
With just one tail, she successfully blew through the ice above the Giant Catfish and made a large hole in its body.
Jiang Ke’er fused the White Light.
She gained the ability to breathe underwater.
This was the seventh Xu God fused; three remained.
The eighth was a Bear-type Xu God that was frozen half to death but not completely dead. Its will to live was extremely strong; it stubbornly clung to the brink of death, refusing to take a step forward.
Jiang Ke’er kicked it onto the Bridge of Helplessness.
After devouring the ability of the Bear-type Xu God, Jiang Ke’er’s sense of smell was greatly enhanced. Now she could clearly distinguish the source of scents in the air… and Qiao Xiaoxian really smelled so good!
Sniff—
And even with enhanced smell, it wasn’t overwhelming. What a wonderful fragrance! What brand of body wash did she use?
The ninth Xu God was a White Ape.
The White Ape had thick fur, a powerful cultivation base, and extremely strong cold resistance!
It perfectly resisted the cold wave and maintained its peak strength!
This should be the most difficult Xu God to deal with. It was intelligent, agile, and strong, with almost no weaknesses! Jiang Ke’er had prepared for a tough battle.
However, the Ape God evaded the cold wave, but it seemed it hadn’t evaded something else…
Cough cough cough—