“Go.”
Chen Ping did not even glance at those “ice sculptures”. He continued forward, his pace leisurely and unhurried, as if he had merely taken a stroll.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang exchanged a look. Both saw deep awe in each other’s eyes.
With a casual gesture, he had suppressed and slain twelve Heavenly Immortal realm experts, including two at the sixth grade.
Such strength had already surpassed their comprehension.
As the three walked out of the canyon, behind them remained only twelve glaring blood-coloured ice flowers, along with the remnants of the destroyed ice explosion formations. They silently recounted the brief yet brutal battle that had just occurred.
After passing through the canyon, ahead lay a relatively open ice plain basin.
In the centre of the basin, there surprisingly grew a sparse but tall grove of “ice crystal ironwood”. This spiritual wood was crystalline and transparent throughout, yet its texture was several times harder than refined iron. It was excellent material for crafting ice-based treasures.
However, at this moment, this ice crystal ironwood grove had become the most dangerous killing ground.
When Chen Ping’s group stepped onto the edge of the basin, low, continuous beast roars echoed from within the grove.
Those roars were filled with violence and hunger. They were certainly not from benevolent creatures.
“Ice soul wolf pack, and… profound ice giant bears.”
Ling Shuang’s expression changed slightly. “These two are the most ferocious pack-dwelling vicious beasts on the ice plain. Adults are at least equivalent to fifth-grade Heavenly Immortal realm, with leaders reaching seventh-grade. From the sounds, there are definitely many of them. The Beiming Divine Clan can actually control them?”
Chen Ping swept his divine sense over the area and understood immediately.
Within the ice crystal ironwood grove lurked over three hundred ice soul wolves. Their bodies were twice the size of ordinary wild wolves, covered in ice-blue fur. Their fangs were like daggers, their claws gleaming with cold light.
Among the wolf pack were three particularly robust wolf kings with single horns on their foreheads. Their auras had reached seventh-grade Heavenly Immortal realm.
Behind the wolf pack were eight profound ice giant bears, each like a small mountain. Standing on hind legs, they reached five zhang in height. Their bodies were knotted with muscle, covered in thick ice armour. A single swipe of their paws could shatter mountains and crack stone.
One bear king with silver-tinged fur had an aura that was actually at the peak of seventh-grade Heavenly Immortal realm.
These vicious beasts were stronger than those from major sects in the Tenth Heaven.
More troublesome was that these beasts had clearly been enraged or controlled by some method. Their eyes were blood-red, emitting violent auras. They were completely in a fight-to-the-death stance.
“It’s not control. They used some means to enrage or lure them, directing them onto our necessary path.”
Chen Ping analysed calmly. “Using vicious beasts to drain our strength is quite convenient.”
As soon as his words fell, shrill wolf howls and furious bear roars rang out from the grove.
“Awooo!!!”
“Roar!!!”
Over three hundred ice soul wolves surged out from the grove like a blue tide. Their speed was extreme. They ran across the ice as if flying, kicking up snow mist that filled the sky.
The eight profound ice giant bears followed closely. Each step shook the ice surface.
A beast tide.
A true vicious beast tide.
A charge from a beast horde of this scale would force even an eighth-grade Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator to temporarily avoid the edge, choosing to fight while retreating. They would never dare to meet it head-on.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord’s face paled. With so many vicious beasts, even if Chen Ping could handle them, he and Ling Shuang would probably struggle to protect themselves.
Ling Shuang took a deep breath. Her long sword left its sheath. Sharp sword energy gathered in front of her.
Chen Ping smiled.
“Perfect. Time to test a newly comprehended technique.”
He stepped forward alone, facing the surging beast tide.
Against the backdrop of hundreds of vicious beasts, his figure appeared so small, yet so steadfast and unmoving.
He slowly raised both hands. His left hand cupped emptily, his right fingers joined and held upright at his chest.
In the palm of his left hand, a speck of crimson spark quietly emerged. It rapidly expanded, transforming into a slowly rotating twelve-petaled fire lotus shrouded in chaotic aura.
At the centre of the fire lotus, a strand of dark golden dragon-shaped flame could faintly be seen swimming about. It emitted a terrifying high temperature capable of incinerating all under the heavens.
It was precisely the “Chaotic Dragon Flame” formed by fusing chaotic origin fire with true dragon vital blood.
At the tip of his right fingers, an ice-blue light shone. It was not cold energy, but an extreme chill that froze laws and solidified space-time.
That was the ice element origin power that Chen Ping had simulated and evolved to the utmost using chaotic immortal force.
Ice and fire, two extremely opposing forces, now coexisted harmoniously in his hands. They began to slowly approach and merge.
“Chaos Return to Origin, Ice and Fire Dual Heavens.”
Chen Ping uttered a low shout. His hands suddenly pushed forward.
“Boom!!!”
With him as the centre, the left half of the world instantly became a crimson sea of fire.
It was no ordinary flame, but chaotic dragon flame. Even a touch could incinerate treasures and scorch divine souls.
The sea of fire churned. Dragon shadows could vaguely be seen shuttling within. The temperature was so high that the distant ice crystal ironwood began to melt.
The right half of the world became a world of absolute zero frozen sealing.
Extreme cold permeated the air. Even space seemed frozen, showing fine black cracks.
That was the phenomenon of spatial instability caused only when freezing laws reached a certain realm.
The boundary between ice and fire was clearly demarcated ten zhang in front of Chen Ping, yet they strangely intertwined and rotated, forming a hundred-zhang diameter ice-fire taiji diagram.
At this moment, the vanguard of the beast tide had already reached the edge of the taiji diagram.
“Sizzle!!!”
The ice soul wolves that charged into the fire sea area did not even have time to howl miserably before turning into green smoke within the crimson flames. Their forms and spirits were utterly destroyed.
The ice-blue fur and protective cold light on their bodies were like paper before the chaotic dragon flame.
The ice soul wolves that entered the frozen world instantly solidified into lifelike ice sculptures, maintaining their running postures. They were then shattered by the surging companions behind, turning into scattered ice fragments on the ground.
That extreme chill directly froze their vitality and divine souls.
The ice-fire taiji diagram slowly advanced forward. Wherever it passed, whether ice soul wolves or profound ice giant bears, all melted away like ice and snow under the blazing sun.
The three wolf kings attempted to flank around the taiji diagram, but three strands of chaotic sword energy that Chen Ping pointed out instantly pierced their skulls. Their massive corpses crashed to the ground.
The silver-furred bear king was the most ferocious. It let out a mad roar. Its entire body’s ice armour burst with dazzling light. It forcibly withstood the pressure at the edge of the ice-fire dual heavens and charged towards Chen Ping like a war chariot.
With every step it took, the ice surface exploded into a large pit. Its momentum was terrifying.
