The giant shadow rammed it a second time. This time, the ice only shuddered dully without moving an inch.
It struck a third time, then a fourth, each impact stronger than the last. But after Shui Bing'er had reinforced it repeatedly, the ice layer had become absurdly thick. When the thing below struck for the fifth time, it finally stopped and slowly sank back down.
"It's gone," Bing Yekong said. "It gave up."
The group continued onward. The rest of the journey was relatively peaceful. Occasionally, a few sea soul beasts nudged at the edges of the ice, but none posed much of a threat.
It took them less than the time needed to drink a cup of tea to cross the entire ice path and step onto the soft grass on the opposite shore.
The moment Shui Yue'er's feet touched solid ground, she bounced twice. "We made it! That was so easy!"
"It was only easy because Bing'er and I could freeze it," Bing Yekong said. "Any other method would've been troublesome."
At some point, Sea Horse Douluo had also come around from the opposite shore. He stood beneath the shade of a tree not far behind them, narrowing his eyes slightly as he looked at the ice path spanning the Ring Sea.
He did not say a word, but the expression on his face clearly said, "Well done."
As Bing Yekong turned to look back at the ice path, the nine-pointed star on his forehead suddenly lit up.
Interwoven golden and red light poured from between his brows, condensing into a halo above his head. Then another wave of warm energy surged into his body, traveled through his meridians once, and finally settled within each of his Soul Rings.
The seven Soul Rings around the Heavenly Frost Sword