"Hiss—!!"
A bolt of searing pain jolted Tian Meng awake.
His plump body arched violently, dazzling light flaring around him. The entire ice cavern shook under the impact.
"Aah—!"
A piercing shriek tore from Tian Meng's mouth.
Before he could struggle, two blue-gold rays of spiritual power shot from Zhao Linchuan's eyes and struck him head-on.
Zhao Linchuan's demigod-level spiritual power plunged into Tian Meng's Sea of Spirit like an invisible hand and brutally suppressed him.
Tian Meng's consciousness was crushed in an instant. Only one thought remained in his mind, a thought Zhao Linchuan had forced into it.
Sacrifice.
Sacrifice everything I am, without holding anything back. Give every last bit of it to her.
The moment that thought took hold, Tian Meng's body began to burn fiercely, like gasoline set alight.
A white pillar of energy erupted from within him and shot into the sky, rising hundreds of meters above the icefield!
Qian Renxue sat cross-legged on the ground, her hands forming a seal. Her long golden hair whipped wildly in the energy storm, her robes snapping around her. She was a lone skiff tossed amid towering waves.
Zhao Linchuan immediately spread his Azure Dragon Domain. Azure life force flowed out from beneath his feet and enveloped the area around Qian Renxue.
At the same time, Zhao Linchuan barked:
"Five Virtues Empowerment!"
Five ancient, mysterious characters suddenly coalesced out of thin air.
He pointed, and the five characters flew toward Qian Renxue like fluttering spirit butterflies. One after another, they entered her brow, chest, lower abdomen, and shoulders, granting her a powerful boost to every attribute.
Outside.
Though the depths of the Far North were forbidden to life, they were not entirely lifeless.
The disturbance caused by Tian Meng's Sacrifice was immense. Against the gray sky, the white