Those Who Cross This Line Die

Those ferocious birds, already crazed to begin with, seemed to have been injected with an even stronger stimulant. Their scarlet eyes nearly dripped blood as their attacks grew even more frenzied, utterly heedless of the cost!

Some Wind-Eroding Falcons even began detonating themselves midair, turning into clusters of filthy black mist that corroded the barrier and disrupted spiritual perception!

Under the repeated impacts of those self-destructions, cracks finally appeared in Yue Shan's earthen wall!

The icy field maintained by Hanche and Shuang Ning was likewise contaminated and shattered across a vast area!

The defensive line was on the verge of collapse!

"Junior Sister Shuang!" Hanche abruptly looked at Shuang Ning, resolve flashing through his eyes. "Protect Miss Jinling and retreat toward the stone chamber! Leave this... to me!"

"Senior Brother!" Shuang Ning cried anxiously.

"Go!" Hanche barked, saying no more.

He stepped beyond the bounds of the icy field, facing alone the surging flock of Wind-Eroding Falcons, as well as Elder Yinbone and the Black Baleful Three Fiends closing in step by step. Frost qi erupted from his body with unprecedented force. His long hair and robes stirred without wind, while the ground beneath his feet swiftly froze into thick, crystalline blue-black ice!

His face instantly turned paper-white, yet his aura soared to its peak!

He was burning his origin, forcibly raising his combat strength! To repay Chu Ming for purifying his core and sharing his intelligence, and to fulfill his promise to stand guard! "Northern Darkness Secret Art: Xuanbing Prison!"

Hanche formed a complex, ancient hand seal, then slammed it toward the ground!

BOOM!

Centered on him, terrifying frost qi erupted in a ring!

The ground, the rock walls, the air... everything visible to the naked eye was instantly covered and frozen beneath thick blue-black ice that gleamed with