The Tenth and Sixtieth Chapter: Too Late
At those words, everyone's expressions shifted. Did that mean their mission had failed completely?
Rong Huan's face stiffened as he looked at him. "Senior Brother Ji, if we flee in disarray, there's no way we'll complete the mission. I'm afraid we'll have a hard time explaining ourselves."
Ji Xiu raised an eyebrow and tilted his head back to watch the snowflakes drifting down from the sky. Each one was exquisitely beautiful, yet so cold that it seemed as if even their Seas of Soul were about to freeze over.
His gray conical hat had long since been blanketed in pale-blue snowflakes. As they fell, they melted into water, which instantly froze in the extreme cold. The bone-piercing chill seemed to cling to their clothes, seeping through their skin and into their marrow.
He raised a hand, and a rich gray spiritual power swirled in his palm. In the next instant, it curled into a ring and wrapped around him, warding off most of the cold. Only then did he silently turn his gaze to the seal trapped in transparent black ice and sneer. "Take a look for yourself. Do you think you can break through that ice?"
Xu Xuan Jiao couldn't help retorting, "That dragon's aura is far stronger than Senior Brother Rong's, so of course he can't break it. But it's on par with Senior Brother Ji's. Does that mean even you have no way to deal with it? Or are you..."
As she spoke, Mu Zhuo tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to stop. He feared she might anger Ji Xiu if she wasn't careful. Everyone had heard about his temperament; once he flew into a rage, he wouldn't spare even his own family.
Ji Xiu tilted his conical hat slightly