Stimulated by the smell of blood and their hatred for humans, Guan Ning's psychic power detected hundreds of monsters within a hundred-meter radius. As for his domain's thousand-meter sweep, it revealed even more monsters gathering here.
"This won't do! It's too slow." Guan Ning shook his head. The efficiency was far too low. Normal Psychic Masters controlled dozens of weapons at once, while he was merely a martial artist. His speed was too slow.
As the blue ice sword slaughtered the surrounding monsters, Guan Ning pondered a solution.
"Got it!"
Suddenly, he thought of a method. Whether it worked or not, he would give it a try first.
"Merge!"
The blue ice sword abruptly dissipated. At the same time, the heavy-water Origin Force within Guan Ning surged forth, saturating the surrounding waters. As the heavy-water Origin Force merged with his domain, an immense pressure arose out of nowhere, drastically slowing the sea monsters within the domain's range.
"Condense!"
With a thought from Guan Ning, the river water within his domain's range grew colder and colder.
At first, the monsters paid it no mind. They even found the underwater temperature increasingly pleasant; seawater had always been colder than river water. But gradually, the chill became more intense. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
"Crack, crack..."
The command staff in the base and the soldiers fighting outside were all stunned. The surging Huangpu River had suddenly frozen, and the ice layer was growing thicker and thicker. They seemed to hear the sound of the river surface freezing. Sure enough, the surface began to freeze as well. No matter how the river water battered it, the frozen area remained unmoved—and continued expanding.
"H-How... did it... freeze?!"
"So cold!" It was still summer, and the soldiers were