Ice Fire Nine Heavens

On some protruding rocks on the surrounding walls, white silk sacs were also hanging, with corpses inside. These corpses had not yet been sucked dry, as if they were prepared as rations by the Ice Silk Spiders.

"That unlucky guy seems to have something on him."

Wei Suo scanned the area and saw that inside one of the silk sacs, there was a corpse that also appeared to be a cultivator. A faint glow emanated from its chest, but he couldn't tell if it was a talisman or something else.

"Ice Mist Fruit!" Ye Guowei, whose face was still flushed, let out a low exclamation as she swept her gaze over the area.

Following her gaze, Wei Suo saw a small plant growing from a crack in the rock face. Its leaves were dark green, like fern fronds, but its stem bore four white fruits that resembled small tangerines. These four white fruits emitted wisps of icy mist, like four ice spiders.

"It really is an Ice Mist Fruit. It seems there's a large piece of Cold Jade inside this rock wall."

Wei Suo's eyes lit up. The Ice Mist Fruit was a rare fruit containing chilling spiritual energy, an essential ingredient for refining pills from the Demonic Cores of many fire-element demonic beasts. A single Ice Mist Fruit cost over twenty low-grade spirit stones. Moreover, Ice-element demonic beasts of level three or higher could also consume these fruits to strengthen their Demonic Cores.

Demonic Cores were equivalent to the Sea of Consciousness where demonic beasts stored their True Essence. The stronger the Demonic Core, the more powerful the demonic beast. However, these Ice Mist Fruits could only grow near Cold Jade, so the presence of this Ice Mist Fruit plant indicated that there was a considerable amount of Cold Jade within the rocks. Cold Jade of medium grade or higher could be used to refine talismans or magic treasures, making it quite valuable.

"No wonder there were three Ice Silk Spiders here," Lin Daoyi said in a low voice, taking a talisman into his hand. Lin Daoyi's movements were solemn and cautious, but Wei Suo couldn't help but smile when he saw the talisman in his hand. The talisman Lin Daoyi held, glowing with a vermilion light, was actually a Fireball Talisman that Wei Suo had refined.

"It seems the Fireball Talismans I refined are quite popular among the rogue cultivators in Lingyue City."

"Careful!" Just as Wei Suo was feeling smug, Nangong Yuqing, whose blush had not yet faded, cried out without warning. Palm-sized, pale blue ice flowers rapidly condensed in front of her, quickly forming a translucent ice shield with beautiful, fine ice patterns.

With a muffled "bang," the moment the ice shield formed, a stick-like black shadow violently collided with it.

"Ice Silk Spider?"

Wei Suo's first reaction was that an Ice Silk Spider had appeared, but by the light from Lin Daoyi's hand, Wei Suo saw that the object hitting the ice shield was a python as thick as an adult's arm, about ten feet long. Its color was similar to the surrounding rocks.

"Gray Stone Rock Snake!"

Just as Wei Suo was momentarily stunned, Lin Daoyi, in front of him, also exclaimed in surprise.

"No way? An Ice Silk Spider has a level two demonic beast subordinate?"

The Gray Stone Rock Snake, a mid-level stage two demonic beast, had scales that could change color to match its surroundings, making them very tough. Most spells cast by cultivators below the second level of the Sea of Consciousness Realm could hardly injure it. Moreover, relying on the strength of its tail, it could leap several yards in an instant.

"Damn, it's not just one!" As Wei Suo was quickly thinking about information related to this demonic beast, another Gray Stone Rock Snake of the same size suddenly darted out from a crevice in the rocks with a hiss.

"Another one? Hahaha!"

If it were in the past, Wei Suo would have broken out in a cold sweat seeing another one appear. But now that Wei Suo had a bunch of Fireball Talismans on him, and Nangong Yuqing seemed to have some real skill, in his eyes, the Gray Stone Rock Snake was now equivalent to mobile spirit stones, and he wished more would come out.

"The chilling energy on her ice shield is so strong?" Because he wasn't panicked at all, Wei Suo observed very carefully. The Gray Stone Rock Snake that had hit the ice shield was repelled and clearly moved sluggishly, with its head covered in a layer of white frost.

With a rustle behind him, Wei Suo quickly turned his head and saw Ye Xiaozheng unfastening the weapon on his back. It was a terrifyingly broad black greatsword, like a plank of wood. Seeing Ye Xiaozheng preparing to step forward with this greatsword, Wei Suo knew that Ye Xiaozheng was truly honest; a smarter person would definitely not be the first to rush forward.

"Ye Xiaozheng, don't come up yet. It's quite narrow here, and the Gray Stone Snakes can only attack us from the front. Let the two of us handle these two Gray Stone Snakes first."

However, Lin Daoyi immediately called out to stop Ye Xiaozheng, who was preparing to squeeze forward.

"Bang!" At that very moment, another Gray Stone Rock Snake slammed into the ice shield Nangong Yuqing had put up in front of her. From Wei Suo's position, he could clearly see several of the Gray Stone Snake's sharp fangs deeply embedded in the ice shield, causing several long cracks to appear on the entire shield. However, at the same time, this second Gray Stone Rock Snake was also frozen stiff by the chilling aura from the ice shield, its entire front half covered in white frost. At this moment, a Flame Blade rapidly formed in Nangong Yuqing's hand and, with a whoosh, slashed at the Gray Stone Snake's head. This Flame Blade did not directly cut through the Gray Stone Snake's head scales, but the explosion of flames that followed surged directly into the Gray Stone Snake's mouth, which it hadn't had time to close, and flowed down its throat.

"Good heavens, Nine Heavens of Ice and Fire, it's too cruel."

Wei Suo shook his head sympathetically. This Gray Stone Rock Snake, still suffering from the paralysis of the ice, was doused with flames in its throat. Its eyes bulged, and it looked like it wanted to grab its throat but had no claws, frantically unable to do anything.

"Wei Suo, can you stand back a bit...?"

Nangong Yuqing, who had just unleashed the Flame Blade, turned her head slightly at this moment and whispered to Wei Suo, her ears flushed red.

Because Wei Suo was right behind her, and although the Gray Stone Snake couldn't directly shatter the ice shield she had conjured, the strength of this second-tier demonic beast was still astonishing. When it collided, it had pushed her back. As a result, every time the Gray Stone Snake hit, she had a close encounter with Wei Suo.

Wei Suo was almost enjoying it, but upon hearing Nangong Yuqing's voice, he put on a righteous expression, nodded, and leaned back slightly.

"Boom!" Just as Wei Suo's Azure Water Blade struck one Gray Stone Rock Snake, Lin Daoyi also activated the Fireball Talisman in his hand. A dazzling fireball also smashed into the other Gray Stone Rock Snake.

"Now even its mother wouldn't recognize it."

The Gray Stone Rock Snake that was hit by the fireball was even more miserable. Its entire head had become a charred stick, and it was clearly beyond saving.

This Fireball Talisman was refined by Wei Suo. Seeing its power, Wei Suo felt immensely proud. However, when he saw the state of the other Gray Stone Rock Snake, Wei Suo began to look at the beautiful Tie Ce, who was practically being taken advantage of by him, with a new appreciation. Because the Gray Stone Rock Snake she had struck with her Flame Blade was also lying on the ground, only breathing its last breaths.

From this, it seemed that the fiery power of Nangong Yuqing's Flame Blade was comparable to Wei Suo's Fireball Talisman. A first-tier Fireball Talisman was equivalent to the spell power of a cultivator at the fifth level of the Sea of Consciousness Realm. This meant that this long-legged beauty's cultivation level should be at the fifth level of the Sea of Consciousness Realm.

"It seems I need to speed things up. My cultivation is not as good as this beauty's, which is really embarrassing," Wei Suo shook his head, and took the opportunity to glance at Nangong Yuqing's slender waist, long legs, and her bouncy, elastic buttocks that had just made contact with him. "If it were that silver-robed little beauty, it would have been even more soul-stirring, right?" Wei Suo compared them in his mind, thinking that in terms of legs, Nangong Yuqing was more alluring, as her long legs were both straight and slender. However, the little beauty in the silver dress seemed to have an even rounder and perkier backside than Nangong Yuqing.

(Another update is here! If today's red tickets exceed 5,000, I will add another 5,000 words after I return to Wuxi!)