Life from Death

Just as Xu Changqing was about to confirm what the image he had just seen was, a surge of coldness suddenly rushed up from below.

Amplified by the Frost Cabbage, it became several times more violent.

The temperature of the entire Stone Mountain dropped by a third in an instant.

A layer of frost instantly covered the ground, accompanied by a spreading, sinister chill.

Almost instinctively, Xu Changqing activated the "Thick Earth" Domain. The surrounding soil, rocks, gravel, and the like all sprang up, forming a thick barrier around him and sealing him tightly within.

He looked somewhat like a frightened Radiant Spirit Turtle withdrawing into its shell.

And sure enough, it truly kept that chill "outside the door."

Yet it remained unwilling to give up, circling around him continuously in an attempt to find a weakness.

After tangling with him for quite a while and finding no way through, it finally withdrew.

Seeing this, a flicker of shock appeared in Xu Changqing's eyes.

He had long guessed that there was something below, but he had never expected it to be something unclean.

He recalled the image that had flashed through his mind just now—it had been a corpse!

Its gender could not be discerned, but its entire body was pitch-black.

At first glance, it looked as though it had been struck by lightning.

This showed that the Frost Cabbage had mutated mainly because an unknown corpse was buried exactly ten meters beneath it, which was why it had become a Cradle Ice Embryo.

For some reason, Xu Changqing felt that this corpse seemed to be using the Ice Embryo to undergo rebirth.

Considering the intense malice it had shown—and the fact that it had just attacked him—

Xu Changqing did not hesitate. He operated the max-level Thick Earth Carries