Guesthouse

Bzz!

In an instant, the Blood Soul Demon Puppet behind Ye Xishui shuddered violently. A tangible humming soundwave swept forth as countless blood shadows emerged from the puppet's body. In the blink of an eye, they condensed into a ferocious phantom of a blood soul in midair and charged straight at the icy-blue sword light Snow Empress had unleashed.

"Heh heh." Seeing this, Ice Empress immediately let out a cold sneer and raised a slender jade finger toward the blood soul phantom Ye Xishui had released.

Ice Emperor Finger!

Ice Empress's amber eyes abruptly turned cold. Her fingers formed a sword gesture as she pointed remotely at Ye Xishui!

As Ice Empress pointed, vast amounts of heaven and earth energy instantly surged toward her fingertip. The rolling clouds were forcibly torn apart, and snowflakes like ice crystals drifted down from the clouds, carrying an awful chill.

Rumble!

In an instant, a deafening explosion erupted in the sky. An enormous icy-blue finger nearly a hundred zhang long tore through the air like a gigantic blue cannonball, carrying bone-piercing cold as it smashed viciously toward the blood soul phantom Ye Xishui had condensed.

Boom!

Ice Empress's icy-blue giant finger collided head-on with Ye Xishui's blood soul phantom, erupting with an earthshaking roar.

Blinding light instantly engulfed the entire sky. Violent shockwaves spread outward in rings, sending every dead leaf within a hundred zhang flying and turning them into a sky full of white mist.

And at the very moment the blood soul phantom was restrained by Ice Empress, Snow Empress's icy-blue sword light silently closed in. Even the air froze wherever it passed, its edge aimed directly at Ye Xishui's head.

Ye Xishui's expression changed drastically. She had no time to dodge and could only grit her teeth and forcefully circulate her Soul Power to block it.

"Xishui!" Seeing this, Long Xiaoyao immediately panicked. The blood-red soul ring ranked eighth among those on his body lit up at that moment.

Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Scale Armor!

Long Xiaoyao shouted. Powerful black Soul Power surged from his body like floodwaters bursting through a broken dam, continuously gathering at his chest before forming a suit of black dragon-scale armor over his body in the blink of an eye.

After forming the Dragon Scale Armor, Long Xiaoyao turned into a streak of black light and blocked Ye Xishui's path.

Thud!

The icy-blue sword light struck directly against Long Xiaoyao's Dragon Scale Armor, producing a deep muffled impact. However, after being worn down again and again, the sword light's power had gradually weakened.

Even so, the immense impact sent Long Xiaoyao crashing into Ye Xishui behind him. He carried her backward through the air for some distance before they barely stabilized themselves.

"Xue'er, let's use that move to kill them directly, then hurry and find Little Xuan." Ice Empress turned to Snow Empress beside her, extending her hand as she spoke softly.

"Alright!" Snow Empress nodded, gave Ice Empress an OK gesture, then took the hand Ice Empress had extended.

The next moment, icy-blue and emerald-green mists continuously surged from the delicate bodies of Ice Empress and Snow Empress before spreading outward.

Suddenly, the light mist rising from Ice Empress and Snow Empress surged like solid matter. The icy-blue and emerald-green mists radiated an aura of extreme cold, causing the temperature to plummet to freezing.

At this moment, the temperature around Ice Empress and Snow Empress's bodies was infinitely close to absolute zero.

Blue and green intertwined, extremity beyond extremity—terrifying beyond measure!

"Every law of heaven and earth, freeze beneath ice! Let ice become calamity and cover all eight horizons!"

As the low shout fell, snow actually began to fall over the core region of the entire Evil Demon Forest. Goose-feather snow whirled through the sky and covered the land for a thousand li in moments.

Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors!

Ice Empress and Snow Empress shouted in unison. A massive blue-green pillar of light erupted from their bodies and shot fiercely toward Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui below...

Meanwhile, elsewhere...

The sky was already nearing dusk. Lin Xuan decided to first take Wang Qiu'er to Mingdu, not far from the Evil Demon Forest, to find a guesthouse for the night.

Before long, Lin Xuan led Wang Qiu'er to a guesthouse.

Holding Wang Qiu'er's hand, Lin Xuan walked to the counter. With a light flick of his finger against his storage ring, he took out a Gold Soul Coin card and slapped it onto the counter with a smile. "Sorry for the trouble, please get us two rooms."

The attendant behind the counter looked at Lin Xuan, then at Wang Qiu'er, whose hand he was holding. A strange look flashed through the attendant's eyes as he respectfully asked, "Esteemed guests, you want two rooms, correct?"

"Yes." Lin Xuan gave the attendant a look, then nodded. "We want two rooms."

The attendant quickly understood the meaning in Lin Xuan's eyes. He immediately put on an understanding expression, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly as he said seriously, "My apologies, esteemed guests, but we only have one room left."

"Hm? There aren't any rooms left?" Hearing that, Wang Qiu'er frowned and subconsciously glanced at Lin Xuan. A trace of wariness flashed through her pinkish-blue eyes; she still remembered what had happened in that cave.

"Let's go somewhere else." Wang Qiu'er pulled her hand from Lin Xuan's grasp and spoke in a calm tone.

"Ah, esteemed guest, please wait!" Seeing that Wang Qiu'er intended to leave, the attendant hurriedly explained, "Esteemed guest, although our guesthouse only has one room left, rest assured that it is very spacious and fully furnished. It is more than enough for two people. Besides, there are no other places to stay nearby."

As he spoke, the attendant gave Lin Xuan a meaningful look, as if saying, Brother, this is as much as I can help you with.

"Qiu'er! I promise I won't do anything! Really!" Lin Xuan looked at Wang Qiu'er with complete sincerity, taking her hand as he said, "If you sense anything wrong, you can kick me out of bed anytime."

"...Mm... Alright..." Wang Qiu'er looked at Lin Xuan's sincere expression, then recalled that the attendant had said there truly were no other guesthouses nearby. Thinking again of Lin Xuan's promise that she could kick him out of bed, she hesitated for a moment before finally biting her soft pink lower lip and nodding lightly.

"Esteemed guests, here is your room key. Please keep it safe." After seeing that Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er had reached an agreement, the attendant smiled and handed over a key.

"The money left on the Gold Soul Coin card is all yours." Lin Xuan smiled faintly at the attendant as he accepted the key, transmitting his words directly to him.

"Oh!" The attendant trembled slightly upon hearing that, then immediately said ingratiatingly, "I wish you two esteemed guests a wonderful night."