Devour and Advance

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Chapter 449: Devouring and Advance

After dismissing those people with a few words, Xiao Ming immediately left the area. After flying for half a day, he found a place to create a Cave Mansion and began refining the Nai Qiong Divine Ice.

Calling it a Cave Mansion was an exaggeration; it was really just a relatively well-hidden cave.

Sitting cross-legged in the center of the cave, Xiao Ming did not choose to swallow the Nai Qiong Divine Ice directly. Instead, he summoned Ling and had her perform Devouring on it.

The Nai Qiong Divine Ice was clearly not easy to overcome through Devouring. As Ling approached it, a faint Energy Tide surged forth from within the Nai Qiong Divine Ice, actually forcing Ling to remain five centimeters away and preventing her from getting closer. For a time, the two were deadlocked.

Not only that, Xiao Ming could even sense the surrounding Ice Attribute Energy rapidly gathering, until large amounts of grain-sized ice fragments appeared within the Cave Mansion.

Faced with this situation, Ling refused to be outdone.

To deal with ice, one naturally needed blazing fire.

Raging White Flame ignited from the void, raising the temperature within the Cave Mansion by several degrees.

Both the White Flame and the Nai Qiong Divine Ice affected half the Cave Mansion—one was freezing cold, the other scorching hot. Xiao Ming found himself caught in a Double Heaven of Ice and Fire.

After the two collided, the Cave Mansion showed signs of collapsing in just a few breaths.

"This can't continue."

Xiao Ming frowned. At this rate, successfully devouring the Nai Qiong Divine Ice would take quite a while.

He had already spent a great deal of time coming out here. He had no time to waste.

He gently raised his right hand,