The Ice Phoenix's fate was sealed. With Cen Feng and True Lord Huolian joining the fight, it was brought down in just a few exchanges.
The Ice Phoenix let out a shrill, despairing cry, and its enormous body crashed onto the glacier. Its immense wings of ice crystals shattered, cascading down in countless shards.
At the same time, the crystalline feathers covering its body broke apart with melodious chimes, finally becoming a mountain of ice crystals.
An ice crystal slowly rose from within the mountain and hovered above it, breathing out powerful waves of cold.
True Lord Hanli reached out and drew it into his hand. As the crystal settled into his palm, a look of enjoyment involuntarily appeared on his face. He cultivated the power of ice, and this ice phoenix cold soul was nothing short of a supreme treasure to him.
In the space of a breath, True Lord Hanli's severely depleted true essence seemed to replenish, and his aura stabilized.
"What a powerful ice phoenix cold soul. It was already extremely close to Void Insight. Had we not dealt with it, it would likely have advanced before long!" True Lord Hanli gazed at the cold soul, marveling.
"Normally, it shouldn't have happened so quickly. Even if it devoured the living beings of this world, surely it would still have struggled to advance to Void Insight?"
True Lord Chiri asked in puzzlement.
True Lord Hanli said coldly, "It must have been Ling Xiao and the others meddling. They seem to have supplied the Ice Phoenix with some kind of energy, allowing it to force another evolution. Had we not made preparations, we would have been in real trouble today!"
With a greatsword resting on his shoulder, True Lord Houtu asked in a booming voice:
"What could possess such