The instant Xu Chunniang opened her eyes, a tiny crack appeared in the more than ten-zhang-thick solid ice with a crack.
The crack emerged from the deepest part of the ice and, centered on her, rapidly spread outward, splitting the entire intact mass of ice in two.
Then several more cracks rang out. Fissures crawled across the thick ice layer, and dense frost-cold poured from the gaps.
Once the solid ice shattered into pieces, the pressure on Xu Chunniang greatly lessened. At last, she moved.
At first, her movements were still slow. Her exposed hands and feet had been frozen for too long and no longer obeyed her well.
Only after she sent the Earth Law protecting her heart meridians and bones into her flesh and sinews did sensation gradually return to her limbs.
It turned out that during the days Xu Chunniang had been trapped in the Ice Prison, she had remained conscious from beginning to end. She had merely deliberately created the illusion that all life had perished and her soul had dissipated, misleading Long Yu.
Forcing her way out of the Ice Prison beneath Long Yu's very nose would not only consume a vast amount of Chaos True Qi, but would also require her to guard against his attacks at every moment. Even if she won, she would inevitably pay a devastating price.
Rather than confronting him head-on, she might as well beat him at his own game and grant him his wish. Given the cultivation and strength she had displayed, being trapped to death in this nine-layered Ice Prison was perfectly reasonable.
After Xu Chunniang decided to feign death, she stopped struggling. On one hand, she circulated the Chaos True Qi within her body to form Earth Law, protecting her heart meridians, bones, and blood so