Under the gaze of Song Wen and the others, Ji Yue's soul slowly dissipated within the ice, like a drop of ink falling into water—spreading out, then vanishing without a trace.
"Did any of you three see clearly how Ji Yue's soul disappeared?" Xuan Li's delicate brows were tightly furrowed.
Not one of the other three answered.
The instant Ji Yue's soul entered the ice layer, perhaps affected by the extreme cold, it swiftly broke apart into fragments of soul.
Yet in an exceedingly short time, those soul fragments spread through the ice layer and disappeared. It was as though the ice itself were a living thing, directly devouring them.
"How could this be? Why would soul fragments vanish for no reason?" Feng Zhongli said quietly.
"It seems the secret of this place is more troublesome than we had imagined. Still, let us test whether, after devouring a living human soul, this Dragon-Breath Profound Ice will truly have its icy power weakened, as the Flood Dragon King claimed," Song Wen said.
As his words fell, the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword blazed with black light and stabbed straight down at the ice.
Song Wen did not blink, staring fixedly at the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword. A Minor Teleportation Talisman had already appeared within his right sleeve, while three Blood Shadow Thousand Illusions blood crystals had appeared within his left.
Clang!
The impact of the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword against the ice did not ring with the clear metallic chime it had produced when Song Wen struck the ice before. Instead, it sounded more like the crisp crack of a porcelain vase shattering.
Looking closely, they saw that the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword had pierced a pit one zhang deep into the ice, with fine cracks extending all around it.
Compared to